VOA英语2010年-Early HIV Treatment Saves Lives

A review of the guidelines for HIV treatment in poor countries finds priority should go to starting that treatment early. What we learned from a clinical standpoint, as well as a cost-effective standpoint, is that earlier anti-retroviral therapy impr

VOA慢速英语2011--Doctors Lack Many Ways to Treat Radiatio

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Countries across Asia and beyond are reporting small amounts of radiation from the disabled nuclear reactors in Japan. But officials say these levels are not a threat to public health. On Tuesday, Chines

2009-02-07&2009-02-09 脉搏快有问题？

So how is it, doc? It goes alright? Good. OK. I have my pulse checked coz Jim from Texas says his pulse is fast, really fast and he'd like to know if he should worry about it. Is a fast pulse an indication of anything specific? Well, you'd know the n

美国英语听力80篇3 Lesson54

[00:04.91]54) Anti-sense Technology [00:10.55]Research scientists have reported success in using an experimental method [00:17.97]called anti-sense technology to treat people with cancer. [00:23.41]For years, researchers have tested anti-sense techno

超级简单英语阅读:No Energy

Carol felt tired. She felt tired all the time. She didnt use to feel tired. She used to have a lot of energy. Why was she so tired all the time? You should eat more sugar, her friend told her. Sugar will give you energy. But Carol didnt want to eat m

2007年VOA标准英语-Irbil Water Treatment Plant a Model for the Reg

By Brian Padden Irbil, Iraq 27 September 2007 Recent outbreaks of cholera in parts of Iraq highlight the need for basic services like clean water.Development projects in much of the country have been delayed because of the deteriorating security situ

CNN 2010-04-01

PHILLIPS: Forget the questions regarding the law just for a second and just think about the moral issue here. It may make your blood boil. A small baby at risk, her parents worried about her broken heart, but also faced with no way to pay for her lif

2007年VOA标准英语-Report: AIDS Treatment Targets Hampered by Lack

By Tendai Maphosa London 18 July 2007 Global AIDS treatment will fall far short of a target to have five million people in Africa being treated in the next few years. A new report reveals that the continued lack of access to drugs by many of the worl

Health Experts Detail Radiation Symptoms

U.S. health experts monitoring Japan's nuclear crisis are seeking to explain health risks from radiation（放射） exposure, while cautioning that radiation levels measured this week at the Fukushima-Daiichi power plant in northern Japan have not y

VOA慢速英语2011--Fukushima Children Tested for Thyroid Cancer Risk

Health Report - Fukushima Children Tested for Thyroid Cancer Risk This is the VOA Special English Health Report. This week, Japanese doctors began examining three hundred sixty thousand children in Fukushima Prefecture. The goal is to learn the exten

New Treatment Could Prevent, Reverse Alzheimer’s

New Treatment Could Prevent, Reverse Alzheimers New research suggests that a brain protein that has changed form may be the cause of brain disorders -- including Alzheimers Disease. Researchers say they have developed a treatment that may cause the p

VOA标准英语2010年-Early AIDS Treatment Saves Lives, Mone

A new study of HIV-infected people in Haiti indicates that starting treatment early could save many patients who might otherwise die of AIDS. And starting anti-AIDS medicines earlier might also save money. The World Health Organization currently reco

VOA标准英语2010-Starting AIDS Treatment Much Earlier May

Joe DeCapua 15 April 2010 Over the years, theres been debate over when to start HIV-positive patients on anti-retroviral drugs, or ARVs. At first the standard practice was to wait until a persons immune system had nearly collapsed. But a growing body

Japan's Nuclear Crisis Stokes Fears of Radiation Exposure

Japan raised the severity of the Fukushima nuclear crisis from four to five on a seven-point scale of international nuclear events. Fears of radiation exposure has caused a run on salt products all across the region, including in China, where shopper

2007年VOA标准英语-Iodine Deficiency Causing Health Problems in Gu

By Kari Barber Dakar 06 July 2007 After years of turmoil and economic hardship, the small West African nation of Guinea Bissau is facing a health challenge caused by the absence of iodine in the nation's diet. In countries where iodine is not already

美国国家公共电台 NPR Don't Screen For Thyroid Cancer, Task Force Says

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Screening healthy people to look for thyroid cancer does more harm than good. That's the word from doctors on a federal health advisory committee. NPR's Richard Harris has the story. RICHARD HARRIS, BYLINE: More and more people a

60秒科学:Apnea Treatment Improves Golf Game

Apnea Treatment Improves Golf Game A study presented at CHEST 2009, the meeting of the American College of Chest Physicians, found that golfers with apnea who got treatment lowered their handicaps by as much as three strokes. Steve Mirsky reports The

咖啡与甲状腺药物同时服用产生的问题

Around the world, many people start their day with a cup of coffee, a cappuccino, or an espresso. At the same time, there are many people with various thyroid conditions who rely on synthetic thyroid hormone replacement medication like levothyroxine

Researchers Stumble Across Hair Growth Treatment

Researchers have stumbled across what may turn out to be a miracle（奇迹） treatment for hair loss in humans. The scientists were investigating how stress affects the digestive system when they made the discovery. The team at the University of Ca

50% of AIDS patients in L. America receive treatment

PANAMA CITY, April 17 (Xinhua) -- In Latin America there are 600,000 people infected(传染) with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and about 50 percent of them receive treatment, regional director of UNAIDS for Latin America Cesar Nunez