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Cancer and Children

Broadcast: February 26, 2003 By Jerilyn Watson This is Bill White the VOA Special English Health Report. Most children who die of cancer are in developing nations. British researchers say only ten per

Eve Ensler Continues Fight for Women's Issues

Writer, actor and activist Eve Ensler has spent her adult life working to support women and womens causes around the world. For years, Ensler has visited war zones -- areas of extreme violence. In 2007, she was invited to the Democratic Republic of C

VOA慢速英语2009-Development Report - Cancer May Soon Be World's

This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Health experts predict that soon, more people will die from cancer than from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. They expect that by two thousand ten, cancer will become the world's leading ca

VOA标准英语2009年-Britain's National Health Service Serves 6

By Jennifer Glasse London 24 September 2009 A sign seen, at the entrance to St Thomas' Hospital, part of the National Health Service, in London, 14 Aug 2009 As the United States debates health-care reform, VOA is looking at health-care services arou

VOA标准英语2010年-What the World's Healthiest People Eat

Fitness expert Harley Pasternak believes Japanese people are the world's healthiest thanks to a diet rich in fish, whole soy, seaweed and green tea. Cancer, Heart Disease, Other Non-Communicable Diseases on Rise in Developing World Different foods, c

VOA标准英语2012--Experts: Chavez's Diagnosis Weakens Re-Election Chances

Experts: Chavez's Diagnosis Weakens Re-Election Chances Mr. Chavez disclosed his condition last week while visiting the site of a proposed tractor factory. He said he had been examined by doctors in Cuba who found a lesion in his pelvis where a cance

美国国家公共电台 NPR Cancer Drug That Might Slow Parkinson's, Alzheimer's Headed For Bigger Tests

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Scientists are hoping a cancer drug can help people with two common and disabling brain diseases - Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. A small study of the drug offered hints of its potential. Now two larger and more rigorous studies ar

美国国家公共电台 NPR After Mastectomy, Young Woman's Tattoo Helps Her Feel Whole Again

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Our bodies change over our lifetimes. Those changes can be dramatic and unsettling after an illness. NPR's Rebecca Davis introduces us to a woman whose cancer diagnosis forced her to think differently about her body and how she c

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Many studies of new drugs simply languish. They don't attract enough patients, and they aren't completed. That slows medical progress. Well, here's a counterexample. So many volunteers signed up for a federally funded trial of un

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Her son was upset. He hadn't gotten a bicycle for his birthday. His mom said, We'll give you one next year, I promise. Next year you'll be bigger, stronger, and smarter. All of those things will help you be a better bike rider. And you'll be safer to

Aspirin may help to prevent cancer: study

BEIJING, Oct. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Taking aspirin everyday may lower the risk of developing colon cancer for people with the cancer-causing genes, researchers found. The finding was published on Friday in the British medical journal Lancet. The research

South Africans at high risk of cervical cancer

JOHANNESBURG, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Cervical cancer ranks as the second most frequent(频繁的) cancer among women in South Africa. Recent information from a World Health Organization (WHO) and ICO Information Center on Human Papilloma virus (HPV) an

Less educated Americans more likely to die of cancer

BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhuanet) -- American Cancer Society discloses that higher education appears to be a game changer when it comes to cancer, according to foreign media reports on Sunday. The research indicates that the gap is widening in cancer deat

Drinking coffee may cut risk of skin cancer

BEIJING, Otc. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The more coffee people consume, the less likely they develop the most common form of skin cancer, a new study suggests, according to media reports Tuesday. Our study indicates that coffee consumption may be an importan

Chavez's recovery sees progress, says Venezuelan VP

CARACAS, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro Tuesday said President Hugo Chavez is making progress in recovering from his recent cancer surgery in Havana, Cuba. We can say that our commander is climbing the hill, he is advan

英闻天下——92 Court: Chavez's Inauguration Can Be Postponed

Venezuela's Supreme Court president says that the forthcoming inauguration of ailing President Hugo Chavez can legally be postponed. Luisa Estella Morales is the Supreme Court President. Although on January 10 a new constitutional period begins, a ne

Newly Discovered Biomarker Predicts Cancer Growth

One of the most common questions cancer patients ask their doctors is: has the disease been contained or will it spread. A recent study by U.S. and Chinese researchers may help provide clues. The scientists examined genetic（遗传的,基因的） m

Breast cancer more deadly to blacks

BEIJING, July 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The breast cancer is more deadly to black women than to whites, a new study found. This finding was published online Monday on the Journal of Clinical Oncology in the United States. The study was done by the City of Ho

9/11 firefighters more likely to develop cancer

BEIJING, Sept. 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Firefighters who worked in the wreckage of the World Trade Center in 2001 were 19 percent more likely to develop cancer than those who were not there, according to a study. The study, published Thursday in the British