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EXPLORATIONS - Erie Canal

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World Kidney Day is on the 12th of March. It started in 2006 and has grown quickly. In its first year, 66 countries celebrated it and two years later that number rose to 88. The day is a joint venture of the International Society of Nephrology and th

Melania Trump Hospitalized to Treat Kidney Condition

Trump administration officials says Melania Trump is in the hospital recovering from an operation to treat a non-cancerous kidney condition. The first lady's spokeswoman, Stephanie Grisham, said the treatment Monday morning was successful. Grisham sa

Security is Major Concern Along Panama Canal

Broadcast: Jan 29 2003 Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, authorities in Panama have stepped up security at their nation's 1) transoceanic canal and they are now working closely with i

2006年NPR美国国家公共电台十一月-Kidney Donors Meet Recipients

This is Day to Day, I'm Alex Chadwick . Today, Thanksgiving, family gatherings all across the country. But few will be as emotionally charged as a reunion earlier this week at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore, five kidney transplant patients actua

VOA慢速英语2011--Bigger Ships, So a Bigger Panama Canal

Technology Report - Bigger Ships, So a Bigger Panama Canal This is the VOA Special English Technology Report. The Panama Canal opened almost one hundred years ago. More than one million ships have passed through the waterway since nineteen fourteen.

2006年VOA标准英语-US Doctors Perform First-Ever Quintuple Kidney

By Carol Pearson Washington, DC 22 November 2006 watch Kidney Transplant report Five living donors have given five desperately ill people a kidney and a new life. None of the donors knew the recipients. And it was not until nearly a week after the s

2007年VOA标准英语-Some Indians Say Proposed Canal Will Destroy Sa

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 22 September 2007 A political storm is raging over a project to build a shipping canal in southern India. As Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, Hindu activists say the canal will destroy a bridge they believe was bui

VOA标准英语2009年-Film Follows Musician with Kidney Dise

Faiza Elmasry | Washington, DC 21 December 2009 Photo: http://dtourmovie.com Music is a challenge and joy for Pat Spurgeon A new documentary about a man's search for a living kidney donor combines medical drama and rock music. Pat Spurgeon is the dru

VOA标准英语2010年-Live Kidney Donation Safe For Donor

In the US more people are developing kidney failure, and are becoming candidates for a transplant Most of the studies on kidney donation focus on the recipients and how well they adjust to their new kidneys. A new study documents how well donors fare

美国国家公共电台 NPR Medicare Pays For A Kidney Transplant, But Not The Drugs To Keep It Viable

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to talk about a very specific health problem now - kidney failure. The federal government will pay for expensive transplants for patients whose kidneys aren't working anymore. But after three years, the government wil

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Interlaced Fingers' Traces Roots Of Racial Disparity In Kidney Transplants

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now for an improbable love story. Now, here you might be thinking, aren't the bookshelves groaning with those? But here's a love story that did not just change two people's lives. It shed light on inequalities that our next guest

HEALTH REPORT - Kidney Transplants

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VOA常速英语2007年-Live Kidney Donors Seen as Solution to Kidney S

By Carol Pearson Washington 02 November 2007 World Health Organization statistics show kidneys are the most sought after donor organs but there is a global shortage. Some countries have established national pairing programs for prospective donors and

VOA常速英语2007年-Transplant Doctor Argues in Favor of Kidney Sal

By Carol Pearson Washington, D.C. 26 November 2007 Kidney sales are legal in Iran, and they take place in other countries where they are technically against the law. Now, a prominent American surgeon advocates making kidney sales legal in the United

2007年VOA标准英语-Home Dialysis Proves Effective for Some Kidney

By Carol Pearson Washington 19 September 2007 More people worldwide are suffering from advanced kidney disease. These patients normally go to medical clinics three times a week to have their blood cleansed with a dialysis machine. But some doctors ar

VOA常速英语2008年-Illegal Human Kidney Trade Thrives in India

By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 14 February 2008 Indian authorities are investigating a large-scale illegal organ transplant ring that involves removing kidneys from poor people and selling them to rich Indians and foreigners. Anjana Pasricha reports fr

China intensifies efforts to protect ancient canal

BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) -- China is moving to better protect its 2,500-year-old Grand Canal by encouraging public donations and banning unnecessary construction in the area. The Ministry of Culture publicized a set of regulations to protect the Gran

VOA标准英语2009年-'Altruistic Donor' Donates Kidney at New Y

By Carolyn Weaver New York 10 October 2009 An estimated 62,000 people in the United States have severe kidney failure. To lead a normal life, each needs a new kidney, preferably one transplanted from a healthy living donor. Some are lucky enough to