voa标准英语2008-2008, a Year of Closed Doors for Africa's Migran

The International Organization for Migration said 2008 has been a disastrous year for Africans seeking to migrate to other countries in search of a better life. IOM said many Africans lost their lives, others ended up being exploited and abused. Som

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By Melinda Smith Washington 31 March 2008 A recent story in The New York Times newspaperraised serious questions about the credibility of a lung cancer study paid for in part by a large tobacco company. As VOA's Melinda Smith reports,there is growing

美国国家公共电台 NPR Kentucky Lawmakers Limit Black Lung Claims Reviews Despite Epidemic

KORVA COLEMAN, HOST: We've been covering a surge in black lung cases across Appalachia. That's the disease that destroys the lungs of coal miners like Mackie Branham. MACKIE BRANHAM: I'm in bad shape, man. I mean, I can no longer provide for my famil

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Ladybugs love to snack and feast on other pests, so people began importing in Asian species called hollyqueen ladybugs as natural pest control. But in their new environments the hollyqueens wiped out native ladybugs and they have their parasites to t

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Aim for fresh, healthy air Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is serious, but theres no reason you cant enjoy life after a diagnosis. COPD stands for two processes that almost always occur together: chronic bronchitis, which is inflammation

ENVIRONMENT REPORT - Air Pollution/Lung Cancer

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VOA标准英语 South Africa Adopts New Visa Policy for Zimbabweans

South Africa will soon waive visa requirements for Zimbabweans and grant them special permits to remain in the country for six months. South African deputy Home Affairs Minister Mulusi Gigaba says his government has accepted the need for a new polic

VOA标准英语2011--Study: Early CT Scans Increase Lung Canc

Study: Early CT Scans Increase Lung Cancer Survival Rates A new study has found smokers and former smokers who develop lung cancer are more likely to survive if their disease is detected with a computed tomography, or CT scan instead of a standard ch

VOA标准英语2011--Better Labs, Better Health Care in Afric

A new organization aims to sharply improve the quality of African laboratories, allowing health professionals to better track, treat and test for diseases. It's called the African Society for Laboratory Medicine, or ASLM. A new organization aims to s

美国国家公共电台 NPR Older Patients Can Benefit From Lung Cancer Surgery

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Venezuelan authorities are now conceding President Hugo Chavez is dealing with a severe lung infection. Ernesto Villegas is the Information Minister. After the delicate surgery of this past December 11, Comandante Chavez has faced complications as a

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By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 05 January 2007 watch Lung Cancer Gene report Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the world. It claims the lives of almost three million people a year. This cancer is hard to cure, but clues about the most effectiv

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By Jessica Berman Washington 03 April 2008 Three independent teams of researchers have found genes that may explain why some smokers get cancer and others do not, and why some people who never smoke also get the disease. Investigators say the discove

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The rates of new lung cancer cases in the United States dropped among men in 35 states and among women in six states between 1999 and 2008, according to a report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control an

VOA标准英语2009年-Zimbabweans in South Africa Have Mixed Reaction

Zimbabwe's parliament is expected to pass a constitutional amendment leading to the formation of a power-sharing government as outlined last week at a regional summit meeting. Reaction among the estimated three million Zimbabweans living in neighbor

Lung patients get singing therapy

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U.S. researchers discover human lung stem cell

WASHINGTON, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at Brigham and Women 's Hospital (BWH), a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, have identified(鉴定) a human lung stem cell that is self-renewing and capable of forming and integrating multiple bi