VOA慢速英语2012 Health Report - A Campaign Against Alzheimer's Disease

Health Report - A Campaign Against Alzheimer's Disease 健康报道 - 美国出台计划对抗阿尔茨海默氏症 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Last week, the United States governmen

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SCIENCE REPORT – February 27, 2002: Drug Use Report By George Grow This is the VOA Special English SCIENCE REPORT. A new study examines drug use by young people in the United States. The study found

DEVELOPMENT REPORT - New Leishmaniasis Drug

DEVELOPMENT REPORT – April 29, 2002: New Leishmaniasis Drug By Jill Moss This is the VOA Special English Development Report. Doctors from the United States and Saudi Arabia have discovered a new tre

Mixed Results of Prostate Drug Test

By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: July 9, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Health Report. An American study has shown mixed results in testing the effects of a drug as a way to preven

The Struggle for a Dependable Test for Alzheimer's Disease

FAITH LAPIDUS: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. Im Faith Lapidus. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today we tell about Alzheimers disease. More than a century after its discovery, Alzheimers disease is still destroying peoples bra

2006年VOA标准英语-Burundi Tackles Malaria Using New Drug Tre

By Cathy Majtenyi Bujumbura 25 April 2006 Africa Malaria Day, which falls on April 25, in part commemorates the many African countries offering a new drug treatment to fight the scourge of widespread

2007年VOA标准英语-Drug-Resistent Tuberculosis Gains Strength in R

By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 21 March 2007 watch Tuberculosis Russia report Russia is among the 22 countries in the world with the highest rate of tuberculosis. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says that after years of decline during

VOA标准英语2012--Antibiotics Breed Drug Resistance in Pigs

Antibiotics Breed Drug Resistance in Pigs Pigs given low doses of antibiotics had more E. coli in their guts, and that bacteria showed an increased resistance to antibiotics, according to new research. The study confirms the routine practice of feedi

VOA标准英语2012--Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Effort to Control Disease

Drug-Resistant Malaria Threatens Effort to Control Disease The biggest fear is the resistance will spread across Southeast Asia and then spill over into Africa, where the vast majority of the 700,000 deaths a year [from malaria] occur. Historically,

VOA标准英语2011--Study: New Drug Boosts 'Good' Cholesterol

Study: New Drug Boosts 'Good' Cholesterol A new drug raises good cholesterol by as much as 130 percent, according to a new study. Drugs called statins are already taken daily around the world to help lower LDL, or bad cholesterol. Cholesterol is a fa

VOA标准英语2011--Osteoporosis Drug Might Repair Joints Da

Osteoporosis Drug Might Repair Joints Damaged by Arthritis A medication that builds bone mass in patients with osteoporosis might actually help repair damaged joints and could be used to treat people suffering from arthritis, according to University

VOA标准英语2012--Drug Reverses Alzheimer's in Lab Mice

Drug Reverses Alzheimer's in Lab Mice Researchers working with laboratory mice have stopped the progression of a condition found in the brain of Alzheimer's victims. They've even reversed cognitive decline. But whether the discovery can translate to

VOA标准英语2012--Tough TB Responds to Drug Treatment

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

美国国家公共电台 NPR Controversy Continues Over Muscular Dystrophy Drug, Despite FDA Approval

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VOA常速英语2007年-Anti-Cholesterol Drugs May Help Cut Risk of Alz

By Melinda Smith Washington 07 November 2007 Cholesterol reducing drugs are some of the most common medications prescribed around the world. They are highly beneficial in reducing heart disease. Now they are gaining new respect as a drug that may del

HEALTH REPORT - New Alzheimer's Drugs Tested

HEALTH REPORT - New Alzheimer's Drugs Tested By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say two experimenta

HEALTH REPORT – New Tuberculosis Drug

HEALTH REPORT – New Tuberculosis Drug By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. Research scientists say they have discovered a

Effectiveness of Four-Drug TB Treatment Confirmed

One of the biggest challenges in fighting tuberculosis comes from new drug-resistant(抗药性的) strains of the disease. And one of the main reason those strains have developed is that TB patients often don't take their standard, 14-pill, course of

VOA常速英语2007年-International Health Officials Say Drug-Resista

By Jessica Berman Washington 01 November 2007 A coalition of international public health officials says drug-resistant tuberculosis is a man-made epidemic caused by a lack of global response to TB. The officials say more resources are needed to fight

VOA常速英语2007年-Experts Say New Drugs, Rapid Diagnosis Needed f

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 12 November 2007 Experts on lung disease meeting in South Africa are warning the world could face a tuberculosis crisis if drug resistant strains of TB are not contained and if TB testing does not become a regular part of H