Study: No Evidence Hydraulic Fracturing Pollutes Water A new study finds no evidence that the controversial practice to extract natural gas known as hydraulic fracturing is contaminating ground water. The report, Separating Fact from Fiction in Shale...
Study: Epilepsy Surgery Is Effective A new study of epilepsy patients who had surgery to treat their illness decades ago indicates that seizures can be controlled safely and effectively with surgery. The study's author suggests surgery could be used...
Study: Cleaning Umbilical Cord Saves Lives Simple use of an inexpensive disinfectant could save hundreds of thousands of newborn lives each year. That's the conclusion of recent studies from South Asia. The umbilical cord is usually cut right after b...
Study: Heavy Facebook Users Less Happy Students at George Mason University in Virginia were asked how many friends they have on Facebook. Um, Ive never actually stopped and looked at it. Probably somewhere between 350 and 400, responded one student....
Different Blood Pressure in Both Arms Linked to Heart Disease Cardiologist Oscar Garfein takes blood pressure readings from both of his patients' arms. That technique saved the life of one of his patients. I found that in one arm, it was very, very l...
Study Shows PFCs Can Reduce Vaccine Effectiveness When children are vaccinated their immune systems produce antibodies that protect them from debilitating and potentially deadly childhood infections, such as polio, measles, diphtheria and tetanus. Th...
Study Links Flu Pandemics to La Ni?a A newly-identified link between pandemic flu and the weather phenomenon known as La Ni?a, may one day permit advance warnings of severe influenza outbreaks. Most of the time, influenza is a temporary annoyance. Bu...
Health Report - Spray Shows Promise in Malaria Study in Benin 健康报道 - 室内喷洒杀虫剂可减少疟疾传播 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Malaria is caused by a parasite sp...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- The use of acupuncture for children is common and acupuncture is generally safe for children when performed by appropriately trained practitioners, Canadian researchers reported Monday in online journal Pediatrics. Res...
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...
