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Newborns Face Severe Infections 新生儿面临严重的传染病感染危险 A new study estimates that nearly 7-million newborns a year suffer life-threatening infections. Most go untreated. The infections include sepsis, meningitis and pneumonia.
In the early 1800s, a French physician named Ren Laennec had a dilemma. He needed to listen to the heart sounds of a young woman with signs of heart disease. But the only method of listening to heart sounds known to Western medicine at the time was s
By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 19 March 2007 Tuberculosis until a few years ago was off the informal list of priority diseases because it could be prevented and it could be cured. Now, as the world marks Tuberculosis Day, the disease is causing alarm be
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 04 January 2006 Israel's Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, has suffered what his doctors call a
Renee Montagne: This is Morning Edition from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. John Ydstie: And I'm John Ydstie. In Your Health this morning, two stories on medical report cards and how people are using them. We look first at efforts to rank hospitals a
Report:DementiaNotBeingIdentifiedEarlyEnough This year's World Alzheimer's Report focuses on caring for patients in the early stage of the disease, and identifying those who can benefit from treatments that are effective at that stage. In some countr
Australian scientists say an organic compound used by Indian women to paint dots or bindi on their foreheads could hold the key to a breakthrough in cancer treatment. Rose Bengal was first used in the early 1900s as a dye for food, textiles and cosm
By Naomi Schwarz Dakar 27 October 2006 Africa's Sahel region, stretching from Senegal to Ethiopia, along the southern edge of the Sahara, has been called the meningitis belt. More than half the world's cases of the disease occur there. Researchers i
By Lisa Ferdinando Miami 25 July 2006 Healthcare professionals are in Miami for a two-day conference on HIV/AIDS and the Latino population. Erik Estrada Latino actor Erik Estrada was a guest speaker at the 2006 National Conference on Latinos and AID
By Carol Pearson Washington 23 May 2007 The parasite that causes malaria is wiped out in the United States, but the disease can still cause problems. Doctors so rarely see patients who have it, that they do not always recognize malaria's symptoms. T
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 21 September 2007 A suspected Ebola death has been reported in another province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, raising fears that the virus may be spreading. But the World Health Organization says that with new mobile la
By Michael Bowman Washington 20 May 2008 One of America's best-known political figures, Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy, has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Washington, the diagnosis comes days afte
Experts Troubled by New Dengue Outbreaks in Western Hemisphere Dengue had been eliminated in this hemisphere for quite a while but unfortunately it got reintroduced and has been generally growing since then, said Donald Shepherd. Donald Shepherd spok
Study Shows Opiate Abuse by Some US Forces with Mental Disorders The U.S. war in Afghanistan is the longest military conflict in American history. Many of the troops who have fought there also saw combat in Iraq. Doctors say at least one third return
By Carol Pearson Washington 22 October 2009 According to the WHO, smoke kills one person every six seconds Tobacco deaths rarely make headlines, but the World Health Organization says tobacco smoke kills one person every six seconds. Studies have sh
CAR Aid Meeting Held in Brussels 中非援助会议在布鲁塞尔举行 Despite U.N. and French peacekeeping troops deployed in the Central African Republic, sectarian violence remains high. Since early last year, thousands of people have been kille
美国研发尿样检测疟疾新方法 快速无痛进行检测 The simple urine test kit, containing five test strips, is available at a Nigerian pharmacy for 12. 这种尿液简易检测包中包含5张分析试纸,尼日利亚药房就可买到,售
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Arizona Senator John McCain is undergoing treatment for a deadly form of brain cancer, but you'd never know it by watching him work. As the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, McCain is managing the Senate debate on the annua
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Insulin is getting more and more expensive, and that's costing lives. Some people with Type 1 diabetes have died because they couldn't afford the insulin they needed to live. Diabetes activists like Angela Lautner of Elsmere, Ky.
SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Fear is leading many immigrant families to cut their ties with health care and other critical government programs. Researchers in Texas say that's one reason why there are more children going without health insurance. Ashley Lopez