Our supermarket had a sale on boneless chicken breasts, and a woman I know intended to stock up(备货,囤积). At the store, however, she was disappointed to find only a few skimpy (不足的, 吝啬的)prepackaged portions of the poultry, s...
By Melinda Smith Washington 16 August 2007 In 2002, a national study of millions of American women showed that taking hormone replacement therapy during menopause increases the risk of breast cancer, blood clots and strokes. The news prompted many wo...
By Nijiba Khalil Washington 29 June 2007 Each year more than one million women worldwide are diagnosed with breast cancer. To better battle the disease on a global scale, an international conference will be held in Budapest, Hungary in September to...
By Crystal Park Washington, D.C. 23 June 2006 Watch Drug Report Raloxifene A drug that treats osteoporosis has also been found to be effective in preventing breast cancer. The results are published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Asso...
By Barry Unger Washington, DC 09 June 2006 watch Cancer report A pair of studies has discovered a connection between younger black women and a more aggressive form of breast cancer. The disease is affecting black women in both Africa and the United...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS -May 28, 2002: Breast-Feeding and Intelligence Linked? / Americans on the Internet / Design a Traveling AIDS Medical Center for Africa VOICE ONE: This is Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And...
HEALTH REPORT -October 30, 2002: Breast Cancer Operation Studies By Nancy Steinbach This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Two new long-term studies have compared two operations for early brea...
By Nancy Steinbach Broadcast: October 22, 2003 This is Phoebe Zimmermann with the VOA Special English Health Report. Researchers say a drug developed several years ago reduces the chance that older wo...
Broadcast: Jan 21, 2003 U.S. researchers have discovered another breast cancer gene that may provide a new point of attack against the disease. The 1) molecule is common to many types of breast cancer...