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内容介绍：This the VOA Special English Health Report.People who are schizophrenic sometimes hear voices or see things that are not real. They might believe other people want to hurt them. They can become fearful and socially withdrawn.Schizophrenia is explaine... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.A 16-year-old mother receives care for her baby at a mobile health clinic in Garland, Texas, in a 2006 photoMore than seven hundred thousand teenagers a year get pregnant in the United States. The teen pr... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Deep inside each cell in our body is all the genetic information needed for life. Human genes are normally organized along forty-six chromosomes -- twenty-three from each parent.David Petersohn of Liberty... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.We often hear the term brain aneurysm.Joe Biden had two of them twenty years ago. Doctors saved his life. Now the sixty-five year old senator from Delaware has just been named the vice presidential choice... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This the VOA Special English Health Report.United States Army soldiers secure an area in Baqouba, Iraq, in March of last year. A recent study found that soldiers who fought in wars were 63 percent more likely to later abuse alcohol than non-deployed ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A stroke is a loss of blood flow in the brain. There are two kinds of stroke. One is an ischemic stroke. It happens when a blood vessel in the brain gets blocked. The other kind is called a hemorrhagic, ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Money, jewels and important documents may not be the only valuables placed in banks these days. Some mothers are making deposits, or really, donations, to breast milk banks.Experts say breast milk is the ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.We talked last week about the life of famed heart doctor Michael DeBakey. He died this month at age ninety-nine.Today, we talk about the object of his work. The heart is a complex organ that starts beatin... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Michael DeBakey performed more than sixty thousand operations during his long career as a heart surgeon.Michael DeBakeyHis patients included American presidents John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Ni... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Vitamin D helps bones and muscles grow strong and healthy. Low levels of vitamin D can lead to problems such as rickets, a deformity mainly found in children. Osteoporosis, the thinning of bone, is a com... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.A new study in rural Nepal shows the value of washing hands with soap and water in preparation for childbirth. Researchers found that hand washing by birth attendants and mothers increased the chances tha... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.The W.H.O. says climate change has increased the risk of natural disasters, like this flooding that trapped hundreds of people near Xai-Xai, Mozambique, in 2000Next Monday is World Health Day, observed by... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Schistosoma mansoni, one of three major kinds of worms that cause schistosomiasisScientists think they are a step closer to a new drug to treat schistosomiasis. More than two hundred million people suffer... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Meningitis is an infection of the tissue that covers the brain and spinal cord. Both bacteria and viruses can cause it. Viral meningitis is the more common form, but bacterial meningitis is more dangerous... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.A study has raised new questions about the effectiveness of several popular drugs for depression. These antidepressants are known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.A bottle of ProzacS.S.R.I.s are... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.In many societies, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than dark skin. Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success. These beliefs can lead to social pressures even wit... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.A new study shows that unhappiness in middle age, also known as midlife crisis, is a universal experience.Two economists did the study: Andrew Oswald of the University of Warwick in England and David Blan... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Twenty-fivepercent of all smokers are in ChinaThe World Health Organization is urging countries to follow six policies to prevent millions of tobacco-related deaths. The six policies are known as MPOWER, ... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.Every year, malaria sickens about five hundred million people. More than one million of them die, mostly young children and pregnant women in Africa.A Nigerian mother with an insecticide-treated bed netFo... >>详细内容

内容介绍：This is the VOA Special English Health Report.We talked last week about the value of breastfeeding for a baby’s development. But getting the milk into the baby can seem difficult, at least at first. So here is some advice.Breastfeeding should b... >>详细内容