New Drug Makes Surgery Safer For Patients With Stents Heart stents open blocked arteries and restore blood flow. They can also help support weak arteries and keep them open. Stents are implanted during a common procedure called angioplasty. During th...
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan ranks the seventh in the world in terms of diabetes prevalence rate and over 7.1 million people in the country are diabetes patients, reported local media on Monday. Quoting a report by the World International...
Health Report - Indonesia Clinic Seeks to Save Patients, Forests 健康报道 - 印尼一家诊所医治病人同时设法保护森林 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 A clinic in West Ka...
Genetic Test Pinpoints Cause of Patient Illness About a decade ago, scientists decoded the human genome, creating a gene-by-gene map of our DNA. In the decade since, genetic research has accelerated, but mostly it's stayed in the laboratory. Now, gen...
PANAMA CITY, April 17 (Xinhua) -- In Latin America there are 600,000 people infected(传染) with the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and about 50 percent of them receive treatment, regional director of UNAIDS for Latin America Cesar Nunez...
SUVA, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Some 300 diabetes patients(有耐心的 ) undergo amputations every year in Fiji and the trend is worrying the authorities. This is according to research carried out by the country's Physiotherapy Associations which sho...
New medical research into a possible cure for Parkinson's disease is focusing on finding biomarkers in patients so that doctors can start treatment early before tremors and other symptoms start. Actor Michael J. Fox's recent commitment of $40 million...
Implantable 'eye telescope' that magnifies vision by three times approved for use in patients可以三倍变焦的眼中望远镜已被批准医用。 A miniature telescope that is implanted in the eye to solve sight problems has been approved for us...