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Flightless Bird, American Mouth I was a quick wet boy Diving too deep for coins All of your street light eyes Wide on my plastic toys And when the cops closed the fair I cut my long baby hair Stole me a dog-eared map And called for you everywhere Hav
US Military's Handling of Brain Injuries, Mental Health in Spotlight For Will Cook, coming home has been almost as challenging as going to war in Iraq. Doctors believe the 22-year-old former U.S. army specialist is suffering from traumatic brain inju
UNIT ELEVEN [00:15.60]That is a cat.Picture 1. [00:22.75]This is a dog,Gogo.Picture 2. [00:32.31]That is a cat,Gogo.Picture 3. [00:42.14]What is this? It is a monkey.Picture 4. [00:55.69]What is that? It is a panda.Picture 5. [01:07.63]This is for yo
SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: Im Shirley Griffith. STEVE EMBER: And Im Steve Ember with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in VOA Special English. Today we tell about Lady Bird Johnson. She is best known for being the wife of President Lyndon Baines Johnson who led the nation du
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to hear now about some new research that could help mental health professionals identify people who are likely to attempt suicide. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on an effort to assess young adults by studying their brain
Four people in east China's Jiangsu Province have been confirmed as being infected with the lesser-known H7N9 bird flu, bringing the total number of infections in the country to seven. The three women and one man, one of whom is a poultry culler, are
Klas: Good morning, May. Good girl, you are reading English books again. May: Good morning. There is no reason to miss so beautiful a morning. Is that a new bird? Klas: Oh, yes, my daughter bought it yesterday. We call her Lulu. May: It looks so cute
By Nancy-Amelia Collins A World Health Organization official has warned of the likelihood of more human deaths from the bird flu virus, after the death of a teenage boy in Thailand this week. On Wedne
Kasey Chambers' 'Little Bird' Takes Flight Kasey Chambers was just 11 years old when she began her career as a member of The Dead Ringer Band, a group led by her parents. In 1999, at the age of 23, Kasey released her first solo album to considerable
MRI Sees Brain Atrophy Years Before Alzheimer's Symptoms Memory loss and mental confusion are the first overt signs of Alzheimer's Disease, an incurable and fatal brain ailment. But scientists are starting to find evidence of the disease long before
Steroids Affect Brain Development in Premature Babies Premature babies routinely get powerful steroids both before and after they are born. The drugs help the babies' tiny lungs mature and boost blood pressure, among other benefits. Previous research
An estimated 20 percent of the population has trouble working with numbers. That's as many as one person in five with some sort of numerical disability. The British researchers are exploring ways to stimulate the brain to improve the ability to under
'Electronic' Skin Monitors Heart, Brain Function U.S. researchers have developed a stretchy, ultra-thin, self-adhesive material that contains miniature electronics to monitor heart activity, brain waves and muscle movement. According to scientists, t
Study: Electric Brain Stimulation Alleviates Some Disorders HOUSTON Modern medicine relies mainly on drugs to cure or alleviate disorders, but for some conditions doctors apply electrical stimulation. The pacemaker, for example, helps weak hearts mai
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: As we've heard, Senator John McCain is recuperating from neurosurgery. He had a blood clot removed from over his eye. And to learn more about the kind of surgery he underwent, its risks and what a recuperation might be like, we t
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: And now the story of a man with an injury that changed our understanding of the brain. The man was Phineas Gage, and he died 157 years ago today. Gage became famous for surviving an accident that drove an iron rod through h
By Greg Flakus Houston 12 July 2007 Former First Lady and environment champion Lady Bird Johnson has died at her home in Texas. The widow of President Lyndon Johnson was 94 and had been in failing health for some time. VOA's Greg Flakus has more abou
By Tom Rivers London 13 November 2007 Authorities in Britain have ordered the culling of thousand of turkeys and other birds at a farm northeast of London where a deadly strain of avian flu has been detected. For VOA, Tom Rivers reports from the Brit
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 03 September 2007 Researchers say studies do not confirm whether wild birds are carriers of the H5N1 bird flu virus. VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Bangkok, where experts are gathering this week to figure out better ways to t
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 17 December 2007 Experts with the World Health Organization are urging countries to step up surveillance of bird flu outbreaks in poultry. The announcement follows Pakistan's first human bird flu fatality and Burma's first r