New Heart Attack Tests

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 5, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. A new blood test could give doctors a better way to tell if a person is in danger o

Medical Emergencies

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: September 17, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Would you recognize a medical emergency? The American College of Emergency Physic

Aspirin and Pancreatic Cancer

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 12, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers who found a possible link between aspirin and the risk of cancer of th

Placebo Effect Update

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: November 19, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. When scientists want to test the effectiveness of a new drug, they usually divide

Pollution Rule Eased for Older Power Stations And Factories

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: September 5, 2003 This is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English Environment Report. The administration of President Bush has eased an air pollution rule for about seventee

Fuel Cell Cost-Cutting

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: July 25, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Environment Report. Researchers say they have found a way to reduce the cost of some 1)fuel cell production. The

Study Says Wind Power to Lead Growth in Renewable Energies i

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: July 18, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Environment Report. A study says wind power will lead the growth in the use of 1)renewable energy in the United

Weather and Plant Growth Study

by Caty Weaver Broadcast: July 4, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Environment Report. Scientists in the United States say plant life has increased on Earth in the past twenty yea

Dispute Over Water Levels Along the Missouri River

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: August 1, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Environment Report. Last month a judge ordered the United States Army Corps of Engineers to begin to lower wat

U.S. Begins Chemical Weapons Burn

By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: August 15, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Environment Report. In the United States, the Army has started to destroy old chemical weapons at a base in t

Old Chemical Weapons in the Baltic Sea

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: July 11, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Environment Report. The 1)Baltic Sea is home to thousands of tons of old chemical weapons. Britain, the Soviet U

Study Finds Huge Drop in Caribbean Coral

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: August 8, 2003 This is Bill White with the VOA Special English Environment Report. A new study shows an eighty percent decrease of hard coral in the Caribbean Sea over the pa

Blackout in U.S., Canada

By Caty Weaver Broadcast: August: 22 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Environment Report. Last week millions of people in the United States and Canada suddenly found themselves in

Bush Chooses Utah Governor to Head the Environmental Protect

By Mario Ritter Broadcast: August 29, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Environment Report. President Bush has nominated the governor of 1)Utah, Mike Leavitt, to head the Environmen