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By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 09 February 2007 watch Diet Drug report A diet drug that now is only available by prescription will soon be available over the counter. In the United States and other countries it is expected to be on drug store shelv

VOA标准英语2008年-Triple-Drug Therapy Found Most Effective Agains

By Jessica Berman Washington 14 May 2008 Researchers have determined that commonly prescribed triple-drug combination therapies that use old antiviral drugs are the most effective for suppressing the deadly virus that causes AIDS. The findings have m

2006年VOA标准英语-U.S. Officials Deal with Drug Smuggling at

By Greg Flakus Hudspeth County, Texas 17 February 2006 watch Mexican Border report Guarding the Mexican border on horseback There has been tension along the US-Mexico border in recent weeks following

2006年VOA标准英语-Mothers of Prescription Drug Abuse Victims Test

By Melinda Smith Washington, D.C. 28 July 2006 watch Prescription Drug report If you have a teenaged son or daughter, are you talking to them about the dangers of mixing over-the-counter medications with prescription drugs? The World Health Organiza

VOA标准英语2008年-The Business of Opium in Afghanistan: Drugs and

By Siri Nyrop Kabul, Helmond And Nangahar Provinces, Afghanistan 27 May 2008 Afghanistan supplies virtually all of the world's illegal opium. Last year, the country's drug trade was a $4-billion business, half of which alone was produced in the south

VOA标准英语2012--Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Controversial in US

Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Controversial in US In April of 1998, twins Lawrence and Lamont Garrison were about to graduate from Howard University in Washington. Both worked at the U.S. Justice Department and planned to attend law school. Then,

VOA标准英语2012--Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Effort to Control Disease

Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Effort to Control Disease The biggest fear is the resistance will spread across Southeast Asia and then spill over into Africa, where the vast majority of the 700,000 deaths a year [from malaria] occur. Historically,

VOA标准英语2012--MSF: Alarming Scope of Drug-Resistant TB

MSF: Alarming Scope of Drug-Resistant TB A medical aid group says the spread of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis is much greater than previously thought. Doctors Without Borders calls the situation alarming. MDR-TB is a form of tuberculosis that doe

VOA标准英语2011--Prescription Drug Abuse Is a Growing U.S. Problem

Prescription Drug Abuse Is a Growing U.S. Problem U.S. health officials say drug abuse is a major cause of death in the United States and that prescription drugs are a big part of the problem. Painkillers and mood-altering medications have left many

VOA标准英语2011--Study: New Drug Boosts 'Good' Cholesterol

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VOA标准英语2011--Drug War in Mexico Raises Human Rights C

Drug War in Mexico Raises Human Rights Concerns The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, is concluding a weeklong visit to Mexico, where she expressed concern over abuse of citizens by police and soldiers fighting organized crime gro

VOA标准英语2012--Inherited Vulnerability to Drug Addiction Discovered

Inherited Vulnerability to Drug Addiction Discovered Scientists have discovered structural abnormalities in the brains of drug addicts and their non-addicted siblings, a finding that suggests there may be an inherited vulnerability to addiction, and

VOA标准英语2009年-Discovery of Possible Drug Labs Leads to C

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, along with INTERPOL and the government of Guinea, recently discovered four sites where they believe drugs such as heroin, cocaine and ecstasy could have been processed and manufactured in Conakry. These

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Five Patients Given Experimental Ebola Drug Said To Be Improving Without specific drugs or a vaccine for Ebola, the only thing doctors can do for those suffering from this disease is treat their symptoms and hope their bodies can fight the virus. Ebo

VOA标准英语2013--Drug Abuse is Major Threat to Street Kids

Drug Abuse is Major Threat to Street Kids There are millions of children around the world living or working on the streets. A new study says their struggle to survive is made even harder by high levels of drug use. The journal Addiction has published

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Drugmaker Tries To Cash In On The Opioid Epidemic, One State Law At A Time

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Another Drug Crisis: Methamphetamine Use By Pregnant Women

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VOA慢速英语2010年-IN THE NEWS - Growing Drug Violence Sh

This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. More than six thousand people died last year in Mexico's drug wars. So far this year the violence has only gotten worse. More than one thousand people have already been killed. Police have become common tar

VOA标准英语2010年-US Drug Czar Kerlikowske Supports Mexi

The top drug control official in the U.S., Gil Kerlikowske, is speaking out against increasing drug violence in Mexico and in support of Mexican President Felipe Calderon. In the most recent violence, 21 people died Thursday in a gun battle between r