VOA标准英语2012--Wounded Syrians Seek Refuge, Treatment in Lebanon

Wounded Syrians Seek Refuge, Treatment in Lebanon Hasna was a typical Syrian housewife, living in the countryside of Homs with her husband and two small children, until frequent army bombings caused them to flee four months ago. But when they thought

VOA标准英语2012--WHO: Better HIV Antiretroviral Strategies Needed

WHO: Better HIV Antiretroviral Strategies Needed The World Health Organization says comprehensive HIV treatment strategies are needed in developing countries to overcome stigma and discrimination. It says there are a number of vulnerable groups unabl

VOA标准英语2012--HIV Superinfections Appear Common

HIV Superinfections Appear Common Theyre called HIV superinfections and a study indicates theyre much more common than first thought. Researchers say this raises concerns about possible resistance to treatment and may require new approaches to AIDS v

VOA标准英语2012--MSF: Alarming Scope of Drug-Resistant TB

MSF: Alarming Scope of Drug-Resistant TB A medical aid group says the spread of multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis is much greater than previously thought. Doctors Without Borders calls the situation alarming. MDR-TB is a form of tuberculosis that doe

VOA标准英语2011--Science: 2011 Breakthrough of the Year

Science: 2011 Breakthrough of the Year The journal Science has named an AIDS study as its 2011 Breakthrough of the Year. The clinical trial found that antiretroviral drugs can be used to dramatically lower the risk of transmitting HIV. The clinical t

VOA标准英语2010年-US Approves New Prostate Cancer Treatm

African Maternal and Child Mortality Rate Remains High Despite Improvements Elsewhere Doctors are calling it a milestone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment. It is not a cure, but it can ext

VOA标准英语2010年-South Africans Urged to Take Collectiv

Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe has urged South Africans to take collective responsibility to reduce the spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Motlanthe was speaking at an event to mark World AIDS Day. Speaking on a walkabout among poor famil

VOA标准英语2010年-Discrimination and Stigmatization Hind

A new study by the United Nations Children's Fund says discrimination and stigmatization limit women and children getting access to HIV prevention, treatment and social protection. UNICEF is calling on the international community to step up efforts t

VOA标准英语2011--New Tests to Quickly Diagnose Sleeping S

NewTeststoQuicklyDiagnoseSleepingSickness New diagnostic tools are being tested that would quickly indicate whether a person has African sleeping sickness. Current methods of diagnosis are slow and cumbersome and delay life-saving treatment. Health o

VOA标准英语2012--New Alzheimer's Research Raise Hope for Treatment, Cure

New Alzheimer's Research Raise Hope for Treatment, Cure Scientists working to unravel the mysteries of Alzheimer's disease are excited by two recent studies. Both provide important new insights on how the disease spreads through the brain. Guy Eakin

VOA标准英语2010年-New Studies Holds Out Hope for Breast

This year, 1.5 million people worldwide will be told they have breast cancer. A breast cancer symposium taking place outside of Washington (Oct. 1 through 3) features new studies on breast cancer screening, treatment, genetics and survival. Some stud

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African Women Still Face HIV Stigma 非洲妇女仍面临因艾滋病的耻辱和歧视 New research shows that more than 30 years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, African women living with the HIV still face much stigma and discrimination. The study says

Scientists Make Progress Toward Better Diabetes Treatment, Cure

Scientists Make Progress Toward Better Diabetes Treatment, Cure Excess sugar, or glucose, in your blood is not good. But a healthy body regulates it through insulin, produced in the organ called the pancreas. If the body fails to do that, either beca

2007年VOA标准英语-New Pill Developed to Curb Alcoholism

By Melinda Smith Washington 12 July 2007 Alcoholism is a growing problem worldwide. The World Health Organization reports that alcohol causes almost two million deaths every year and results in physical disability or shortened life span for at least

2016年CRI Qingdao Plans to Alleviate Locals from Medicare Burdens

As of 2015, life expectancy in China now stands at 76.34. The State Council plans to extend that to 77.3 by 2020 and 79 by 2030. Under the so-called Healthy China 2030 blueprint, Qingdao wants to invest in sectors such as public health care and take

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剧码： 黑手党的女儿 Sophia: You got that right. They're supposedly good in bed, too. Acheng:Is that true? Sophia: I guess so. Now Anna's got four kids and another on the way. Acheng:Wow. She looks good for having had that many kids. She's pr

PBS高端访谈:大幅修正莱姆病统计数据又添新疑问

GWEN IFILL: Next: the rising toll of Lyme disease and the questions surrounding treatment. Jeffrey Brown has the story. JEFFREY BROWN: Lyme disease was first identified in the 1970s, but it now turns out that it's much more common than previously est

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This morning on The Doctors Are In, struggling marriages, young couples today has a 40 percent chance of getting divorced. When the going gets tough, why do so many people get going? Dr Gail Salts is a psychiatrist and Today contributor, and Dr Drew

VOA慢速英语2010年-Development Report - New Treatment for

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. The World Health Organization is using a new combination of drugs to treat human African trypanosomiasis disease, also known as sleeping sickness. The drugs nifurtimox an eflornithine will be given

VOA标准英语2010年-Acupuncture Triggers Natural Painkille

Finding could lead to more effective, longer-lasting pain treatment Faith Lapidus | Washington, DC 07 June 2010 Researchers are closer to unlocking the mysteries of acupuncture, learning more about why the ancient Chinese needle treatment eases pain.