Studies: Americans Sicker than Citizens of Other Developed Countries 研究表示美国人花在看病的钱比其他发达国家公民多 WASHINGTON Americans have the most expensive health care system in the world, although they don't have the most

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So, herewe go. First, an axis for health: life expectancy, from 25 years to 75 years.And down here, an axis for wealth: income per person, four hundred, fourthousand, and forty thousand dollars. So down here is poor and sick, and uphere is rich and h

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A new report finds a combination of poverty and social injustice is killing people on a grand scale. It urges governments to fund universal health care to end these inequities. The report, which was commissioned by the World Health Organization, is

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By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 08 March 2006 watch Russian Population report The Russian government is looking for ways to stop a severe population decline in the country, which has reportedly reached record

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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 02 December 2007 The United Nations Children's Fund says it is beginning a week-long mass immunization campaign in war-torn Somalia on Sunday. UNICEF says volunteer health workers aim to immunize 100,000 children and women in c

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By Mil Arcega Washington 25 May 2007 Technology and high gasoline prices are helping to coax hard-to-extract oil from California's oil fields. Production at some of the state's older oil fields is expected to dry up in about 25 years, but Chevron say

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 22 June 2008 Australia's Labor government has promised to maintain a controversial policy aimed at protecting Aboriginal children in remote settlements, a year after police and troops were sent into indigenous camps. Aborigines

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America's Health Report Card Shows Improvement Needed If you ask Americans about health and life expectancy, they're pretty well informed. I believe Americans are living longer. I do not believe they are healthier, said one woman. I dont think Americ

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Nearly a third of African-Americans report experiencing discrimination when they've been to the doctor. It's according to a poll from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Perhap

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The life expectancy of Native Americans in some states is 20 years shorter than the national average - 20 years. There may be many factors in this and here's one. About a quarter of Native Americans report experiencing discrimina

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I read that the life expectancy of people in a small village near the Blue Mountains is up to 88. That's really high! Do you know the reason? I have no idea. I think that it has something to do with water they drink everyday. In that way, we can do s

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Where the forces of nature meet? In a hidden world, a tropical miracle. At this moment, evolution is building a living colossus, a giant built by nature's tiniest creature, a model of reincarnation, a survivor born from disasterthe Great Barrier Reef

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By Melinda Smith Washington 16 November 2007 For at least three decades, Americans have been encouraged to put down their cigarettes and quit the habit -- for at least one day [November 15th]. The Great American Smoke Out, as the day is called, is de

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Long Live Us About a century ago, the average life-span for Americans was about 50 years. Today, the typical American lives for around seventy-eight years. According to a German aging study, the maximum life span in industrialized countries has incre

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Beginners. Andorra is one of the smallest countries in Europe. It is high up in the Pyrenees. If you look at the map of Europe, you can see that it lies exactly between France and Spain. It is a very mountainous area that has spectacular views. Thoug

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 11 October 2007 Fifteen years of conflict on the African continent have cost Africa an estimated $300 billion, which is the amount of foreign aid received during the same period. This is the assessment of a new report calli

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The World Health Organization is urging governments to adopt primary health care and universal coverage as the best ways of improving health and saving lives. This year's World Health Report says primary health care can provide billions of people fa

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By Bill Rodgers Washington, D.C. 08 February 2006 watch Avid report Throngs of voters turned out for elections in Haiti, exactly two decades after the downfall of the Duvalier dictatorship and almost

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By Tendai Maphosa London 18 December 2007 It has been another difficult year for Zimbabwe, with a seemingly ever-increasing political and economic crisis that has forced an estimated 3 million Zimbabweans into exile. From London, Tendai Maphosa spoke

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By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 05 October 2009 A U.N. report says migrant workers improve human welfare at home and in host nations. The report says governments should make it easier for workers to travel abroad. A new report by the U.N. Development Prog

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