Free Health Clinic Treats Uninsured Americans For 25 years, Wilber Smith of Arlington, Virginia, had health insurance through his job as a steam engineer. Then he lost his job and his insurance. A few months later, he was diagnosed with cancer. He tr...
Health Report - Worries Grow About Treating Gonorrhea 健康报道 - 淋病抗药性日益严重 治疗愈发艰难 This is the VOA Special English Health Report. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Each year an estimated one hundred six...
Researchers Say Malaria Drug Could Also Treat Cancer Scientists know that human cancer cells grow by getting energy from adjacent tumors, where cells have begun to self-destruct. The spread of cancer is accelerated by the death of these cells. This p...
US Tourists Treated to True Taste of Tuscany Antoinette Mazzaglia knows where to find all of the best food in her adopted city of Florence, Italy, and she's helping fellow Americans find it. After hearing repeated tourist complaints about the local c...
New Malaria Strain Difficult to Treat Declining malaria deaths in Africa and progress toward an effective malaria vaccine are raising hopes the disease will soon be eradicated worldwide. But researchers at the annual meeting of the American Society o...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved Erwinaze to treat patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), who have developed an allergy to E. coli derived asparaginase and pegapargase chemother...
Trauma Center Treats Sea Turtles This month, on beaches up and down the U.S. East Coast, tens of thousands of newly-hatched loggerhead sea turtles are emerging from the sand and crawling into the Atlantic. Very few of these baby turtles will survive,...
New Procedure Could Get More TB Patients Treated An international team of researchers has found that revised protocols for diagnosing tuberculosis may be more user-friendly for patients and help bring more people into treatment, especially in poorer...
The Japanese military worked furiously on Thursday to cool dangerouly overheated fuel rods at the severely damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant, stepping up their efforts to avert a nuclear disaster. Efforts are also underway to restore electricity...
It's great to be back podcasting to you again. I had a lovely Christmas break with my family, and now have plenty to podcast about. I actually have had a problem of no internet connection for about four days which has been very frustrating. When that...