Bacterium Targets Untreated HIV-Positive People Researchers are warning of an emerging form of intestinal disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Its targeting mostly HIV-infected people, who are not on treatment. The disease kills up to 45 percent of those i

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The 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Venkatraman Ramakrishnan of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in England, Yale Universitys Thomas Steitz, and Ada Yonath of the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel for their studies of the ribosome.

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AS IT IS - Women trying to compete in a mans world Hello. It is nice to be with you again. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Today we hear about some Africans who have moved to Moscow hoping for a better life. Also a look inside the human body at trillion

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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. A protracted hunger strike by most of the t error suspects detained Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, could fuel a new round of debate over whether to shut down the U.S. prison. President Obama says he is going to

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Study Suggests Possible Bacteria Link to Nervousness, Depression A new study of mice suggests bacteria may help to cause anxiety and depression in overweight people. The research raises questions about whether changing organisms living inside our bod

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WHO: Pneumonic Plague Kills at Least 60 in DR Congo 世卫组织宣布在刚果民主共和国肺炎造成至少60人死亡 The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is sending an emergency team of

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This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Hospitals not only treat infections -- they can also cause them. In the United States alone, the number of infections in hospitals is estimated at close to two million each year. About one hundred thousa

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Antibiotic Resistance Found in Amazon Tribe 亚马逊部落发现抗生素耐药性 There are some people who have never come into contact with Western civilization. These people have microbes, tiny organisms, on and in their bodies that can do somet

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Tough TB Responds to Drug Treatment An antibiotic used to treat severe infections shows promise against a very resistant and deadly form of tuberculosis. XDR-TB is resistant to at least four of the drugs used most often against the disease. Extensive

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: And now a dilemma that most of us have probably experienced, reaching for a painkiller or other medication only to discover it's expired according to the date on the label. NPR's Patti Neighmond takes a look at what these dates ac

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August 6th, 1945. For the first time a nuclear weapon is used in warfare. The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The blast and its aftermath kill an estimated 140,000 people. President Harry Truman: We have us

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13. I hate swallowing pills. 我讨厌吃药。 还能这样说: I don't like taking medicine. I have a great abhorrence of medicine. 谚语: Truth is a hard pill to swallow. 忠言逆耳。 14. I am giving you an inhaler to use when you feel bre

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It's not an easy life for an elephant on Bangkok's busy streets. According to the Associated Press, an elephant in the city must earn about 1,000 US dollars a month to feed itself and make a living for its handler. Using an elephant on the streets to

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Al, England speaker When I have a cold, I don't take the traditional medicine, or lemon, hot lemon drinks or anything like that. I take ceyene pepper, red pepper powder and I put it in everything I'm eating and that works for me. Anita, Taiwan speake

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HEALTH REPORT - How Antiviral Drugs Work By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A representation of how viruses attack a cell. Here is

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Soil pollution has reached alarming levels in China, and will cause enormous economic losses and affect the health of people for generations, experts warned. 有关专家日前警告称,中国的土壤污染已经达到了令人震惊的水平,并将

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Fecal Transplanters Fish Out Key Ingredient These days, antibiotics are no silver bullet. In fact, if you get them in the hospital, you may end up with an additional infection. Like the bug Clostridium difficile, or C. diffwhich infects more than 300

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August 6th, 1945. For the first time a nuclear weapon is used in warfare. The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The blast and its aftermath kill an estimated 140,000 people. President Harry Truman: We have us

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August 6th, 1945. For the first time a nuclear weapon is used in warfare. The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The blast and its aftermath kill an estimated 140,000 people. President Harry Truman: We have us

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We are actually already trying to prolong life with our current medicine. We're just doing it very inefficiently. Trying to stop aging from happening is not less natural than transplanting a heart, treating cancer with chemotherapy, using antibiotics

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