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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: In Your Health on this Monday morning, cancer researchers are testing whether a cheap, safe drug that's been used for more than 40 years to treat parasitic infections might also help to fight cancer. The research is part of a gro
SCIENCE REPORT - February 28, 2002: Blood Test For Ovarian Cancer By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Science Report. American medical researchers say they have developed a simple blood
By David McAlary Washington 15 May 2007 Another African epidemic is taking the spotlight, cancer. Experts say aging and infectious diseases are increasing Africa's cancer burden. A new non-governmental group is trying to raise global awareness of the
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Today in Your Health, we're taking a close look at chemotherapy. It's been a mainstay of cancer treatment for decades, but that method is slowly being edged aside in medical research as new treatments, like immunotherapy, grab the
Cancer Survivors Share Sisterhood and Support on Dragon Boat Race Teams Welcome to American Mosaic from VOA Learning English. Im Faith Lapidus. On the show today, we play music from Queens of the Stone Age. We also go to Los Angeles, to see how and w
AS IT IS 2013-05-20 Angelina Jolie Removes Breasts to Prevent Cancer Hi there. Thanks for joining us again on As It Is. Im Kelly Jean Kelly. The fate of mankind will rest in the hands of one. Ooo. Dont start. Do you recognize that movie? Its Lara Cro
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Have you ever felt lumps under the skin on the sides of your neck when you were sick? Those might be lymph nodes. They can get swollen and painful but their job is to fight infection. Lymph nodes are par
What is really scary is the WHO says that 70% of the new cancers that will be seen in the future are going to be affecting individuals in the developing nations -- the so-called poorer segments of the world. I am sure Nigeria is one of them. The Worl
DoctorFightsCervicalCancerinDevelopingCountries Cervical cancer is the second deadliest cancer - after breast cancer - among women in developing countries. Eight hundred women die of cervical cancer every day, nearly 300,000 each year worldwide. Cali
If you could take a vaccine that would protect you against cancer, wouldn't you take it? Well, for cervical cancer, there is a vaccine. It protects against a virus called HPV, which can lead to cancer of the cervix. But a new study reports that many
Actor Michael Douglas has become the international face of throat cancer since he announced he had the disease. The actor says his doctors give him an 80 percent chance of beating the cancer. Michael Douglas didn't speak to reporters at the premiere
By Greg Flakus Houston 20 October 2009 For many people, a cancer diagnosis can be as devastating as the disease itself, and many patients struggle to be upbeat as they face debilitating treatment and, sometimes, the prospect of death. M.D. Anderson
By Carol Pearson Washington 03 July 2007 A second cervical cancer vaccine has passed a key clinical trial and its maker is seeking to use the vaccine in countries around the world. As VOA's Carol Pearson reports, more women may be able to use this ne
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There are a lot of reasons why people get cancer. Sometimes it's exposure to something toxic like smoke. Sometimes it's just bad genes. New research finds most of the genetic mutations that lead to cancer crop up naturally, and t
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Let's talk now about Eve Ensler. Of course, she's best known for her groundbreaking play The Vagina Monologues. More about that later. Right now, her one-woman show, In The Body Of The World, based on her memoir, is playing off Bro
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: New research finds an increased risk of breast cancer among women who are using hormonal birth control. The study's published in The New England Journal of Medicine, and NPR's Patti Neighmond has our report. PATTI NEIGHMOND,
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: This next story is about a line of cancer research that could potentially help a huge number of people, people like Michael Robertson. MICHAEL ROBERTSON: I'd been having unidentified symptoms for a few months, but it was during a
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
By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 19 June 2006 watch Cervical Cancer report Cervical cancer vaccine A couple of weeks ago, the world's first vaccine against a cancer that affects women was hailed as a medical breakthrough. Non-profit agencies and a bi
By Carol Pearson and Rosanne Skirble Washington, DC 09 March 2006 watch Lung Cancer report Dana and Christopher Reeve Dana Reeve was best known as the widow of actor Christopher Reeve, and as a tirele