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The Pentagon says it's trying to assess the potential damage caused by the leak of more than 90,000 classified documents on the Afghanistan War. In a briefing today, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says Wikileak.org's unauthorized action was irres

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - World Conference on Disaster Reduction

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - World Conference on Disaster Reduction / The Fight Against Polio / Prostate Cancer By Broadcast: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA

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Prostate Information The prostate is a gland, weighing 25 gram, below the bladder. Because it is situated around the urethra (bladder pipe), enlargement causes obstruction in urethra. Enlargement occurs naturally with age, and might be accompanied by

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The impact of a famine being captured by the genes in the eggs and sperm, and a memory of this event was being carried forward to affect the grandchildren, generations later. We are changing the view

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HEALTH REPORT - Prostate Cancer Update

HEALTH REPORT - October 2, 2002: Prostate Cancer Update By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Scientists in Sweden have shown that removing a cancerous prostate gland reduc

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

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African Maternal and Child Mortality Rate Remains High Despite Improvements Elsewhere Doctors are calling it a milestone. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-a-kind prostate cancer treatment. It is not a cure, but it can ext

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In many countries, prostate cancer is among the leading causes of cancer deaths in men. Doctors rely on a blood test called PSA (prostate-specific antigen) to screen for the disease. But there are big problems with the PSA test. Now, the researchers

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Study: Popular Herbal Remedy Doesn't Ease Enlarged Prostate Scientists investigating a popular herbal treatment for enlarged prostate, saw palmetto, have concluded it is no more effective than a placebo. That conclusion comes from a study which inclu

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Vitamin E Linked to Higher Prostate Cancer Risk A new study finds a link between vitamin E - a popular dietary supplement - and an increased risk of prostate cancer. Ten years ago, scientists launched the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Tria

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HEALTH REPORT - PSA Levels and Prostate Cancer

HEALTH REPORT - PSA Levels and Prostate Cancer By Jerilyn Watson Broadcast: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Many older men are tested each year for cancer of th

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HEALTH REPORT - Prostate Cancer: What It Is and How Doctors Treat It By Caty Weaver Broadcast: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 I'm Gwen Outen with the VOA Special English Health Report. A listener in Vietna

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Many people switch to a vegan diet to help with cancer prevention. Every year in many countries across the world, millions of people die from different forms of cancer. While women battle with cervical and breast cancer, for men, the highest number o