跟希哥学英语 第12期:Skin syndrome

Hot laptops lead to toasted skin syndrome 使用笔记本电脑导致烘烤皮肤综合征

Hong Kong's Top Health Official Resigns Over SARS Criticism

By Heda Bayron Hong Kong's top health executive has resigned after strong criticism for his handling of the outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome last year that killed nearly 300 people. Healt

VOA标准英语2012--Glaucoma, A Stealth Disease And Major Cause of Blindness

Glaucoma, A Stealth Disease And Major Cause of Blindness If you think you are not at risk for glaucoma, think again. Glaucoma is a disease that steals the sight of people around the world -- and they typically don't even know they have the disease un

VOA标准英语2012--Early Detection And Treatment A Must For Glaucoma Patients

Early Detection And Treatment A Must For Glaucoma Patients Glaucoma robs people of their vision. It happens when fluid builds up in the eye, causing so much pressure that it kills cells in the optic nerve. Mary Hyman was diagnosed with glaucoma more

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Father To His Son: 'I Know What It's Like' Living With Tourette's Syndrome

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It's time now for StoryCorps. And today, we hear from Josh Hanagarne. Josh has an extreme form of Tourette's syndrome, where his tics - his involuntary movements and sounds - have been so severe, they have pu

英语课程计划-World Down Syndrome Day

World Down Syndrome Day is on March the 21st every year. It is on this day because the number 21 is important in the identification of Down Syndrome. The condition is created by a 21st, extra chromosome being replicated three times, thus causing the

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - International Treaty on Tobacco Contro

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - International Treaty on Tobacco Control / Research Projects on Glaucoma By Broadcast: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special Englis

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十二月-Dad's Admiration

Time now for StoryCorps. This oral history project is traveling the country, collecting interviews between friends and families. Today we hear from a daughter and her father. --My name is David Warm, I'm 51 years old. --My name is Mary Warm, and I'm

2007年VOA标准英语-Study Shows Restless Leg Syndrome Traced to Gen

By Melinda Smith Washington 23 July 2007 It has been estimated that ten percent of people worldwide suffer from Restless Leg Syndrome . RLS is a neurological disorder that makes it difficult to sit or lie still for long periods of time. The disorder

HEALTH REPORT - Post Polio Syndrome

HEALTH REPORT - Post Polio Syndrome By Karen Leggett Broadcast: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Polio is a disease of the muscles and the nervous system. It is

VOA慢速英语2014 能治愈眼疾的细针

Tiny Needles Treat Eye Disease 能治愈眼疾的细针 Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness around the world. In the United States alone, more than two million people suffer from the disease. Glaucoma results from an over-production of

VOA标准英语2013--Syria's Disabled Refugees Lead a Hard Life in Jordan

Syria's Disabled Refugees Lead a Hard Life in Jordan Every refugee has a story. For Osama, a 17-year-old from southern Syria, his began when his family tried to flee his government-besieged town. He related how in the early dawn hours, tanks stormed

为何养猫会导致失明？

Keeping a pet cat puts owners at greater risk of going blind, but a dog appears to protect eyesight, a new study suggests. 一项最新研究表明，养猫会增加主人失明的风险，但是养狗却能保护主人的视力。 Scientists have di

美国国家公共电台 NPR Down Syndrome Families Divided Over Abortion Ban

SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE: Ohio might soon become the latest state to restrict abortions. A bill to ban doctors from performing abortions after a Down syndrome diagnosis has passed both chambers of the state legislature and could be on its way to the go

VOA标准英语2010年-Early Signs of Glaucoma Show up in Bra

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible loss of vision worldwide and now doctors believe the devastating disease begins in the brain and not in the eye as has long been thought. Dr. David Calkins, director of research at the Vanderbilt Eye Inst

New prospect of reversing Alzheimer's disease raised

BEIJING, Nov. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Scientists in Canada have raised a prospect of reversing Alzheimer's disease by deep brain stimulation, according to media reports Monday. The technique here is known as deep brain stimulation -- applying electricity d

SCIENCE REPORT - New Glaucoma Treatments

SCIENCE REPORT-January 10, 2002: New Glaucoma Treatments By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Science Report. Sixty-seven-million people around the world cannot see because they suffer f

Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome

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VOA标准英语2010年-Our World - 6 March 2010

Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative online destinations. The world of physics has changed a lot since I went to school. More powerful particle accelerators atom smashers, they used to call them have all

2016年CRI Walk with ＂Snails＂ on China's First Intellectually Disabled Day

Though it rained fairly heavily on Saturday, all of the so-called gold snails didn't seem to mind as they took part in the Snail Walk through the Olympic Forest Park in northern Beijing. One of the obvious questions people have is why organizers woul