Beginners. Fishing seems to be a sport that you either love, or have nothing to do with. My father is a fisherman, and has been for most of his life. My husband also enjoys fishing during salmon season. It would be nice, though, if he caught a fish a...
The American Heart Association reports that the death rate from diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels has dropped by almost 30 percent since the 1990's. Still, heart disease remains a major killer in the United States. It is what claimed the...
In 1865, Pierre Paul Broca pinpointed the part of the brain responsible for language by autopsying brains of the language-impairedthe region is now called Brocas area. But more info has been hard to get. Because most brain research is done on animals...
PHILLIPS: A 28-year-old mother, she needed surgery to save her life, if red tape didn't kill her first. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I offered it back to them and they said it's too late at this point. So I - I don't know where else to tur...
Todd: OK, Mike you mentioned that you had eye surgery, so when you had your eye surgery, could you see after your operation? Mike: Well, that's.. no, I couldn't because I can't see anything out of my left eye, so when I had the operation on my right...
Around 7:15 tonight, we know that officer Campbell was in off-duty status, he's walking on the 4400 block of North Marshall with two individuals we believed to be accompanying him at that time. As they walked, these males approached. They announced a...
Theres no mistaking who runs this plastic surgery clinic in Beijing, theres her lifelike mannequin in the foyer, her oversized photo on the wall, oh, and there she is， Shi Sanba, 56 years old, divorced and walking billboard for almost every cosmeti...
By Carol Pearson Washington 30 April 2008 Ten years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved LASIK, eye surgery with a laser that enables people to see without glasses. But about five percent of LASIK procedures fail, and those patients ca...
By Carol Pearson Washington 11 April 2008 A surgeon in Miami used his skill in transplanting organs to save the life of a woman who had been told her cancer was inoperable. In this breakthrough surgery, doctors narrowed the scope of what is now cons...
By Carol Pearson Washington 08 January 2008 New technology makes surgery safer, shortens recovery time and leaves no scars. Both physicians and patients are pleased with the results. VOA's Carol Pearson has more. Maria Viruet recently had her gallbla...
