Dont Have Soil, Try Planting in Straw Bales You do not need good soil or even soil at all to grow plants. 种植植物不需要良好的土壤--甚至根本不需要土壤。 Straw bales can work, too. 秸秆捆也能起作用。 Straw is the dry ste...
Electric Spoons, Chopsticks May Help Cut Salt Researchers in Japan say they will begin selling new devices that will help people reduce how much sodium, or salt, they use to improve the taste of their food. The developers are from Japans Meiji Univer...
Study: Gene May Cause Alzheimers in Some Cases For the first time, researchers have identified a genetic form of late-in-life Alzheimers disease. Alzheimers is a disease of the brain that causes people to lose their memory and mental abilities as the...
UN Authorizes Second Shot to Fight Dengue in Americas The World Health Organization recently authorized a second dengue vaccine. The move could provide protection for millions of people worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease. This year, several...
US Agency Permits Qualified Health Claim for Yogurt From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently permitted yogurt producers to make a health claim on containers of their products...
Less or No Alcohol Is Better for Health From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. 这是来自美国之音慢速英语的健康和生活方式报道。 Alcohol is often consumed in social gatherings from happy hours after work t...
Alzheimer's Drug Available, But Sales Slow From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Alzheimers disease affects a persons memory, thinking and behavior. The first drug shown to slow the effects of Alzheimers disease reached the...
Five Tips to Get Better Sleep Do you spend too many nights trying to fall asleep? You are not alone. Nearly one-third of American adults say they do not get the suggested seven to nine hours of sleep a night. Some of the major causes are stress, anxi...
Less than half of Americans say they are getting enough sleep, according to a recent opinion study by the Gallup organization. The poll found that 57 percent of Americans say they would feel better if they could get more sleep. Only 42 percent say th...
Pillbot Could Explore Inner Human Body A new, small robotic camera designed to be swallowed for use in medical examinations was recently demonstrated at a conference in Canada. The device called PillBot can be guided through a body remotely, meaning...
WHO Clarifies What It Means for Disease to Spread Through the Air International health experts have agreed on a new definition of what it means for a disease to spread through the air. 国际卫生专家就疾病通过空气传播的含义达成了新的...
Aprils Gardening To-do List From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. For people who garden, April is an important month. Whether you live in the northern or southern hemisphere, weather and growing conditions change greatly in...
A new study has found that 41 percent of cancer drugs receiving accelerated government approval do not improve survival or quality of life. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) accelerated approval program aims to get new drugs to patients...
Serbian Center Cares for Old, Forgotten Animals Serbian Zeljko Ilicic saved his first horse from death 12 years ago and found his calling. Ilicic is now 43. He set up the Balkan country's only horse sanctuary in 2015. It is found on a small piece of...
Peru Claims Worlds Oldest Person Ever at Age 124 秘鲁宣称全球最长寿者现年124岁 Peru's Andes Mountains might be home to the oldest person ever to have lived at the age of 124. 秘鲁的安第斯山脉可能是有史以来最年长者的家园...
