VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: And I'm Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about a fat cell gene linked to colon cancer. We will also tell about new developments in the fight against the

发表于:2019-01-11 / 阅读(100) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA慢速英语2008年(十一)月

Coffee May Help You Live Longer 咖啡可以帮助你活得更久 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Today we have more good news for all our coffee drinkers around the world. Another new study finds that drinking coffee

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 2016年VOA慢速英语(一)月

A diet of burgers, chips, sausages and cake will programme your brain into craving even more foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat, according to new research. Over the years these junk foods can become a substitute for happiness and will lead bi

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Possible Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee slammed the Obamas for letting their daughters listen to Beyonce. 共和党潜在总统候选人 麦克哈克比 抨击奥巴马夫妇让女儿听碧昂斯的歌 Huckabee said might get chills

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调查显示:沃尔玛最能代表美国 Half the respondents of a new poll say taxing the richest Americans by at least 50 percent is a great idea, while more than a third consider Twitter a fad that will likely fade. Those are among the findings

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(69) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

HARI SREENIVASAN, PBS NEWSHOUR WEEKEND ANCHOR: A new report from the American Cancer Society finds breast cancer is now as common among black women in the U.S. as it is among white women. The data published this week shows the rate of breast cancer a

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(67) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈健康系列

Certain activities can be good and some bad for our grey matter, so see which you should carry on doing... or ditch. 有些活动可以使我们的大脑更加敏锐,而有些则会使大脑变得更加迟钝。下面让我们来看看哪些生活习

发表于:2019-01-28 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

WASHINGTON, March 7 (Xinhua) -- What's driving the rise of obesity in the United States? A group of economists argued in a recent study that big-box grocers, warehouse clubs and fast-food restaurants are key contributors to the county's obesity epide

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(263) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

According to data from the Pew Research Center, 72 percent of Internet users say they turn to the Web for health information in a given year. I know its tempting, especially late at night when the doctors office is closed, but Id urge you to step awa

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Do you have any idea how much sugar you're eating? It's probably a lot more than you think. 你知道你一天吃了多少糖吗?结果可能远远超过你的想象。 As this shocking graphic reveals, millions of us are unwittingly eating everyda

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也许听到这个消息,有的人会很生气。瘦人对环境有益。但这不是对胖人们的人生攻击,只是提示大家,我们都需要注意健康了。经研究发现,由于食品生产加工和运输等因素,超重的人群比

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LOS ANGELES, March 3 (Xinhua) -- More and more American adults are suffering from a decline in overall sleep duration(持续时间), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (疾病防治中心) said on Thursday. It's recommended tha

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A pair of US academics have analysed 52 of the most famous paintings of the Last Supper painted between 1000 and 2000 -- and discovered that, over that period, the portions of food placed before Jesus and his disciplesgrew astonishingly. 近日,美国

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Spring Festival is the most important holiday for Chinese people. Excitement and happiness are palpable this time of the year, and they reach the peak on lunar new year's eve. 春节对于中国人来说是最重要的节日。在每年的春节都让人

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The vast majority(大多数) of Americans live in cities and urban life carries special health risks. Overcrowding leads to greater stress, which can lead to violence, according to Dr. Jo Boufford, president of the New York Academy of Medicine. And t

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BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhuanet) -- CT scan, a widely used heart-imaging test, is likely to result in the over treatment for patients with heart disease, according to a study published online by the Archives of Internal Medicine on Monday. CT, which produ

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Binge TV-watching is associated with loneliness and depression, a study has shown. 研究发现,沉迷于电视与孤独和抑郁有关。 Those who spend hours immersed in back-to-back episodes of their favourite TV series really are likely to be

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Choosing an active way to get to work could make a big difference in how much weight creeps on in middle age, a large U.K. study suggests. 英国一家大型调查机构近日表示,选择一种积极的方式上班,也许对中年时期悄悄出现

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So, I have a penguin in my car. It is small, plastic, and makes a very irritating, repetitive noise. Thankfully, it has an on-off switch. But, where on earth did it come from? McDonalds is the answer. I hardly ever go there, but, the other day, my tw

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(78) / 评论(0) 分类 英语博客 A cup of English

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Long-term coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for endometrial cancer, according to a study published online Tuesday in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers Prevention, a journal of the American Associat

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻