If you are feeling stressed out, you're not alone. This country is full of people who feel overwhelmed by too much to do and too little time to do it. Commentator Andrew Lam counts himself among the stressed of America and recently he found out that...
By Carol Pearson Washington 16 July 2007 Midsection fat can lead to many health problems Medical researchers have been looking for what some people call a magic bullet (magic pill) in their hunt to fight rising obesity rates worldwide. In less than...
By Marissa Melton Washington 03 February 2007 U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, a Democrat from New York, and Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, were the keynote speakers at a conference this week unveiling a number of radical ide...
By Richard Green Washington 17 September 2006 A woman carrying a sign supporting Arabs argues with a man at New York's Union Square (File photo - Sept. 15, 2001) In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States five years...
By Melinda Smith Washington, DC 07 March 2006 view PostTraumatic report The headlines from Iraq are filled almost daily with stories of average people caught in the crossfire between insurgents and co...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 02 March 2006 U.S. officials say they are working to step up global efforts to detect and contain outbreaks of the bird flu virus as soon as they occur. The virus has so far...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Stress: What It Can Do to Us, What We Can Do About It By Cynthia Kirk Broadcast: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 (MUSIC) VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - September 3, 2002: Stress and Illness By Cynthia Kirk VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Steve Ember with Science in the News, a VOA Special English program ab...
AGRICULTURE REPORT – January 22, 2002: Treating Stress in Animals By George Grow This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT. People often experience stress as a result of events in their liv...
By David McAlary As the prevalence of heart disease increases worldwide, researchers have found that people in developing countries suffer from it for the same reasons people in industrial nations do....