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Mom's Flu Vaccination Boosts Baby Birth Weight Pregnant women who get vaccinated against influenza are less likely to have low birth weight babies, according to a study conducted in Bangladesh. In this study, 340 pregnant women were randomly assigned...
BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study shows that it's not simply a lack of willpower that explains weight regain but hormones keep one insisting on eating, a persistent biological urge. As any dieter knows, it's hard to keep weight off. Weight...
THIS IS AMERICA - A Visit to the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina FAITH LAPIDUS: Welcome to THIS IS AMERICA in VOA Special English. This week, Rich Kleinfeldt and Shirley Griffith are your guides as we take you to the Biltmore Estate. This huge home...
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - No Need to Go to Extremes to Lose Weight SHIRLEY GRIFFITH: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. Im Shirley Griffith. BOB DOUGHTY: And Im Bob Doughty. Today, we will talk about diet and weight loss. Exercise is imp...
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BEIJING, March 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A new study has found that many overweight(超重的) women and children often underestimate how heavy they are, according to media reports Wednesday. The study, conducted by researchers from Columbia University Medic...
8:20 ----11:53 VOICE ONE: Low-carbohydrate diets or not, more people than ever weigh toomuch. The World Health Organization says this is a serious problem.It says the opposite problem, hunger, affects about eight-hundred-fifty-million people. But m...
恩雅(Enya)之后, 便只有爱尔兰女歌手美芙(Meav)有如此纯净完美的女声了,甚至有的人认为美芙(Meav)与恩雅相比,美芙(Meav)的声音在纯净中多了几分柔媚与迷离,更增添了一份迷人的韵致,被誉为嗓音美妙至极,唱工无与伦比。 美芙(Meav)的首张专辑《美芙的祈...
Broadcast: May 13, 2003 by Caty Weaver VOICE ONE: I'm Sarah Long with Bob Doughty, and this is the VOA Special English program, SCIENCE IN THE NEWS. VOICE TWO: Today--a new warning about body weight a...