From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. At Myosin Marketing in Austin, Texas, the group employee meeting begins with an uncommon activity for a workplace. The members gather on Zoom and the head of the company, Sean Clayton, l...
A new study reports that more than 800 million adults have diabetes worldwide. And more than half of those aged over 30 who have the condition are not receiving treatment. Diabetes is a disease in which your blood sugar level is too high. If untreate...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. In Edmonton, Alberta, the sun had yet to come up. The temperature was more than 20 degrees below zero. In the dark and cold, Tanis Smith was ready to run up and down hundreds of stairs a...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. New guidelines have been issued in the United States for preventing stroke - the nation's 4th biggest killer. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says that in 2023,...
Many medical experts say that walking is an easy way to improve physical and mental health, support fitness and prevent disease. They advise that walking is a great first step toward a healthy life although other forms of exercise are also important....
Researchers at Michigan State University recently found that bees' sense of smell is sensitive enough to identify chemical smells of cancer. Bees sense chemicals in their environment using antennae, structures on their heads, which serve as noses to...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. As fall and winter come to some parts of the world, daylight hours grow shorter. This lack of light can cause seasonal depression. It (is) a feeling of panic, fear, anxiety and dread all...
British health officials say they have identified four cases of the new, highly infectious version of mpox that first appeared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The announcement marks the first time the variant has caused a group of illnesses...
Some health officials say mpox cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo appear to be stabilizing. The observation is a possible sign that the epidemic might be declining. Mpox is also known as monkeypox. The United States Centers for Disease Con...
It would not be autumn without planting advice from Associated Press gardening expert Jessica Damiano. Damiano recently wrote about her experience planting garlic cloves. She was concerned not just about protecting them from low winter temperatures....
American health officials say people age 50 and older should get vaccinated against bacteria that cause pneumonia and other dangerous diseases. Pneumonia is an infection that affects the lungs. It makes breathing difficult and can cause a rise in bod...
A new government study suggests U.S. teen smoking rates reached an all-time low this year. The study was a survey of American youth carried out by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The survey involved middle school students -...
How Hard Should You Train? No pain, no gain is an old saying in English. It means that one has to suffer or work hard in order to succeed or make progress. The expression is now often used to push people to train harder or exercise more to get good e...
In Pakistan, polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign. Violence targeting health workers has also hurt years of efforts toward making the country polio-free. The World Health Organization says polio is a highly infectious disease ca...
From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. A rare look inside the human brain might help to explain how it clears away waste. Scientists say the failure to clear away such waste can lead to Alzheimer's disease and other brain dis...
