For more than ten years of his life Nick Wilkins fought leukemia. It was a heartbreaking time for his parents. But now at 15, Nick is cancer-free thanks to a new experimental therapy. Nick went through many kinds of treatment: chemotherapy, radiation

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017 Entertaining Clients Dialogue 1 A: Mr. Bryant? Hi, Im Mike from Florence Incorporated. Ill glad you made it okay. How was your flight? B: It was pretty bumpy, also a bit long, all together about 5 hours. A: That is a long flight. You had a layov

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Could Vitamin C Help Fight Tuberculosis? A new study suggests that a low-cost nutrient could help drugs fight tuberculosis more effectively. 一项新研究表明,一种低成本的营养素可以帮助抗结核病药物发挥更好的功效。 The

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Over the outbreak of Giant Panda Disease in north China's Shaanxi province, one of the three giant pandas diagnosed with distemper is now in deep coma, after another fatally succumbed to the disease on December 9. The Shaanxi Rare Wild Animal Rescue

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1. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is striking back against critics in the US. Al-Maliki says Democratic Senators Hillary Clinton and Carl Levin need to come to their senses . Both lawmakers have called for al-Maliki's ouster . 2. The Atlanta Fa

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Jesse Sullivan was an electrical worker who lost both of his arms while working on power lines And Im Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about an American

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BOB DOUGHTY: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. FAITH LAPIDUS: And Im Faith Lapidus. Today we tell about the latest research and treatments for Parkinsons disease. (MUSIC)BOB DOUGHTY: Parkinsons is a disease of the ce

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AS IT IS 2015-07-02 Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Less Likely to Spread 耐药结核病传播的可能性较小 The number of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis cases is rising. Multi-drug-resistant TB results from a bacterium a group of small living th

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Much Progress, Much to Do on HIV In July, the worlds largest AIDS conference will be held in Washington, D.C. About 20 thousand delegates from 200 countries and more than two thousand journalists are expected to attend AIDS 2012. This will be the fir

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The AIDS epidemic is still an emergency. It hasn't gone away and it will not go away International organizations that work with HIV/AIDS issues say unless more money is provided for programs in developing countries, the campaign to eradicate the dise

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When violent incidents such as the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and others occur, many people wonder what caused the violence. Some leading researchers say mental illness is not necessarily connected to violence. It is often t

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Baby oysters could be the canaries in the mine shaft for another dimension of global warming. Pacific Northwest scientists are studying how the oceans suck in excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The process changes seawater chemistry - locally

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A new study says developing countries will need between $400 million and $700 million over the next 20 years to battle HIV/AIDS. The findings appear in The Lancet medical journal. The estimates are being released at a time when overall funding for HI

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In South Africa, people with HIV are dying because they dont have access to the medicine that would keep them alive. The government has pledged to provide antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to many of the HIV-positive people who need them. The pills bolster

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Topic 1-Is skiing more dangerous than we think? Skiing has become the latest fashionable sport taken up by the Chinese middle class, since China won the bid on hosting the twenty-twenty-two Winter Olympic Games. The enthusiasm has been shadowed by t

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60 测试新药安慰剂的疗效 DATE=6-21-01 TITLE=SCIENCE REPORT - Placebo Effect Study BYLINE=Nancy Steinbach (Start at 59

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HEALTH REPORT - Sometimes What Feels Like an Infection May Be an Allergy By Mario Ritter Broadcast: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Pollen from flow

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Bob Doughty. VOICE TWO: Jesse Sullivan was an electrical worker who lost both of his arms while working on power lines And Im Barbara Klein. This week, we will tell about an American s

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Dr Matshidiso Moeti, Regional Director of the World Health Organization's Africa Region, says Tu Youyou's development of a treatment for malaria has been a life-saver. As you know Malaria is one of the biggest killers of African people, particularly

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BEIJING Jan. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Keeping a healthy diet may help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in their treatment, a new study revealed. The study was published Monday in the American medical journal Pediatrics. After an

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