Health
Happy Thoughts for Future = More Time to Live It?
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
Here is a good reason to be hopeful
about the future: it might help you stay alive.
Findings from a new study were presented at a recent
meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society. Researchers in the United States
studied one hundred thousand women during an eight-year period, beginning in
nineteen ninety-four. All [...]
A Combination Pill Lowers Blood Pressure and Bad Cholesterol
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
Studies
have shown that the fewer medicines a person has to take the more likely he or
she will take them. Last week, a study
was released about a new treatment that combines five medicines for heart
disease in one pill. Salim Yusuf of
McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada was the lead [...]
Male Circumcision Reduces Chances of Human Papillomavirus
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
Male circumcision is the cutting off of
a small amount of skin from the tip of the penis. In many parts of the world it is done when a
baby is a few days old. However, in
other parts of the world it is unacceptable.
Studies
have shown that male circumcision can reduce [...]
