VOA标准英语2010年-Diabetes Risk Higher Among Overweight

The World Health Organization says by the year 2015, more than two billion adults will be overweight and 700 million will be classified as obese. In recent years, doctors have focused on the growing rate of diabetes among children and young people. B

VOA慢速英语2013 Health Report - Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death

Health Report - Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death 健康报道 - 研究发现超重者死亡风险更低 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. 这里是美国之音慢速英语健康报道。 Ne

NPR 2011-09-10

From NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Speer. President Obama has kicked off his three-day bus tour of the Midwest with a broadside against not only the Republican Party as a whole but the field of GOP candidates. Mr. Obama to stop in Minnesota and la

SSS 2011-01-26

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Living in the city, you can't escape traffic noise. But it's not just a nuisance. If you're over 65, the noise might be a risk to your health, tooby increasing

经济学人02:操之过急的巴塞尔

Finance and Economics;Bank capital;Half-cocked Basel; 财经;银行资本;操之过急的巴塞尔; Stop-gap rules on banks' trading books may add perilous complexity. 把银行交易帐户作为权宜之计可能增加了危险的复杂性。 The nn

SSS 2011-06-14

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute? Apart from working and sleeping, the thing Americans do the most is watch TVfive hours a day on average. But all that time in front of the tube may up your ris

VOA慢速英语 2008 1008a

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new study has found that a fat cell gene may reduce the risk of colon cancer in some people. The study provides what scientists say is the first evidence of a genetic link between a fat cell gene and

VOA慢速英语2013 Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death

Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report in Special English. New research shows that overweight or even mildly obese people have a lower risk of early death than people considered to

VOA标准英语2012--Heart Attack Risk Soars After Loved One Dies

Heart Attack Risk Soars After Loved One Dies The risk of heart attack goes way up in the hours and days after the death of a loved on, according to new research. Researchers surveyed almost 2,000 heart attack survivors and asked whether someone close

VOA标准英语2012--Men Face Higher Death Risk, But Why?

Men Face Higher Death Risk, But Why? HIV-infected men in South Africa are nearly one-third more like to die than women, even though both receive similar treatment. But researchers say they dont know why. University of Cape Towns Morna Cornell led a t

VOA标准英语2011--Midlife Blood Pressure Spike Ups Heart Attack Risk

Midlife Blood Pressure Spike Ups Heart Attack Risk A new study indicates people who develop high blood pressure during middle age have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, or related medical problems later in life. It's pretty well established that

VOA标准英语2011--Underweight Asians Face Higher Risk of D

A new study of more than 1.1 million people in six Asian countries finds that, like Westerners, Asians are more likely to die if they are overweight or obese. However, some of the highest death rates were seen in people who were severely underweight.

VOA标准英语2011-Dementia Screening May be Possible with B

New research suggests a relatively simple blood test might make it possible to predict who is at a higher risk for developing dementia. The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer's Disease, and currently, it can only be definitively diagnosed in a

2006年VOA标准英语-Early Drinking is Linked to a Higher Risk of Al

By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 17 July 2006 watch Alcoholism report Most adult alcoholics in the United States began drinking before the age of 21. That's the result of a new survey of 43,000 Americans. Teenage girls in a bar I think girls my age

Gay men at higher risk for cancer

BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Researchers from California, Unated States, found that sexual orientation could play a role in cancer and more gay men are reported being cancer survivors(幸存者) than straight men, according to findings in the journ

CDC: Too Many Americans Underestimate HIV Risk

The United States has warned that far too many Americans underestimate their risk for HIV or mistakenly believe the virus that causes AIDS is no longer a serious health threat. A statement was issued Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Pr

吃鱼或有助于预防失聪

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Consumption of two or more servings of fish per week may reduce the risk of hearing loss in women, U.S. researchers said Wednesday. Acquired hearing loss is a highly prevalent and often disabling chronic health condit

Eurozone finance ministers downplay inflation risk

BRUSSELS, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Finance ministers of eurozone countries downplayed(不予重视) inflation risk in the European single currency club on Monday, despite the recent rises due to higher oil prices. Inflation（通货膨胀） in the euro a

经济学人318:金融市场

Finance and economics 财经商业 Buttonwood 金融市场 Where there's money, there's risk 哪里有货币，哪里就有风险 Events in America show that no asset is copper-bottomed 在美国发生的事情显示出没有资产是毫无风险的。

女性糖尿病患者易中风

VIENNA, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Women with diabetes are twice at the risk of suffering a stroke as those without the disease, an Austrian expert said here Thursday ahead of World Diabetes Day on Friday. Recent studies have shown that women with diabetes