Reading and Listening for Medical Workers
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Special English programs that may be interesting to doctors, nurses and other health care workers.
[DE] = Development Report; [HE] = Health Report; [SN] = Science in the News

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For Everyone - For Health Workers
2011

• [SN] 2010-07-12 - So You Want to Be a Doctor? Here Is What It Takes in the US
  • This older version is slightly different.
    • [SN] 2010-07-12 - So You Want to Be a Doctor? Here Is What It Takes in the US
• [SN] 2011-02-21 - Compulsive Hoarding Syndrome
• [SN] 2011-02-08 - The Struggle for a Dependable Test for Alzheimer's Disease
• [SN] 2010-11-23 - Using Lasers to Treat Kidney and Liver Tumors

2010

• [HR] 2010-11-02 - Defeat Malaria, or Just Control It?; A Better Vaccine for Polio
• [SN] 2010-11-01 - Scientists Search for New Clues About Parkinson’s Disease
• [SN] 2010-10-25 - Cause of Epilepsy Is Often Unknown, but Many Treatments Exist
• [SN] 2010-09-07 - What People With Asthma Can Do to Keep It Under Control
• [SN] 2010-08-30 - Osteoporosis Increases Danger of Broken Bones
• [SN] 2010-07-12 - So You Want to Be a Doctor? Here Is What It Takes in the US
• [SN] 2010-06-14 - Autoimmune Diseases: When the Body Starts Attacking Itself
• [HR] 2010-05-18 - Finding New Ways to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis
• [HR] 2010-04-20 - Hospital Infections in the the USA Continue to Rise
• [HR] 2010-04-13 - Study Finds Drop in Deaths of Mothers in Developing World
• [HR] 2010-03-02 - The Argument Over Salt and Health
• [SN] 2010-02-28 - The Danger of Counterfeit Drugs (Second of Two Parts)
• [HR] 2010-02-23 - Vaccine-Autism Study Is Withdrawn
• [SN] 2010-02-15 - The Dangers of Counterfeit Drugs (First of Two Parts)
• [HE] 2010-02-16 - Treating an Abnormal Heartbeat
• [SN] 2010-02-15 - Less Salt for Better Health / How Omega-3 Fatty Acids Work / Antidepressant Drugs / Running Shoes
• [HE] 2010-01-27 - Less Salt Can Mean More Life
• [DE] 2010-01-17 - New Vaccine Joins Campaign to End Polio
• [DE] 2010-01-03 - New Treatment for Sleeping Sickness

2009

• [HE] 2009-12-16 - Study Finds Treatment Cured Sickle Cell in Adults
• [SN] 2009-09-14 - About Alzheimer's Disease
• [HE] 2009-09-08 - Understanding Down Syndrome
• [HE] 2009-08-11 - Battling a Stroke, and the Clock
• [DE] 2009-08-03 - New Ways for Poor Countries to Diagnose Infectious Diseases
• [SN] 2009-05-25 - Diseases Spread by Mosquitoes
• [SN] 2009-04-27 - Osteoporosis Increases Danger of Broken Bones
• [SN] 2009-04-13 - How Autoimmune Diseases Attack the Body's Defenses
• [SN] 2009-04-06 - Parkinson's Disease: A Movement Disorder, and a Mystery of the Brain
• [DE] 2009-04-04 - Experts Seek More Attention to Buruli Ulcer Disease
• [HE] 2009-03-24 - New Test Could Speed Tuberculosis Results
• [HE] 2009-03-17 - Study Links Weather to Migraine Headaches
• [SN] 2009-03-09 - A New Treatment for Those Who Have Lost an Arm
• [DE] 2009-03-01 - Cancer May Soon Be World's Leading Killer
• [SN] 2009-02-09 - How Pain Treatment Has Improved in Recent Years
• [HE] 2009-02-04 - Broken Bones / Fractures
• [SN] 2009-01-12 - Cancer to Become World's Leading Killer
• [SN] 2009-01-05 - Scientists Work to Improve Treatments for Multiple Sclerosis

2008

• [HE] 2008-11-25 - Feeling No Pain: The World of Anesthesia
• [DE] 2008-10-27 - New Developments Against TB
• [DE] 2008-09-20 - Success Story Against Guinea Worm
• [SN] 2008-09-15 - Six Different Liver Diseases, All Known by a Common Name: Hepatitis
• [HE] 2008-08-26 - Brain Aneurysms: Rare but Usually Deadly If They Burst
• [HE] 2008-08-12 - When a Stroke Is Silent
• [SN] 2008-08-04 - Ten Percent of Healthy People Injured from Silent Strokes
• [SN] 2008-06-30 - Desire to End Malaria Makes Sense, but Is It Realistic?
• [HE] 2008-06-24 - Cancer Stem Cells Capture Attention of Scientists
• [SN] 2008-06-09 - Cause of Alzheimer's Disease Still Unknown, 100 Years After Its Discovery
• [HE] 2008-04-08 - Study Links Midlife Belly Fat to Higher Risk of Dementia
• [HE] 2008-03-04 - The Dark Side of Skin Lightening
• [SN] 2008-02-11 - Autoimmune Diseases: When the Body's Defenses Become Attackers
• [HE] 2008-01-08 - A Common Disease Many People Have Never Heard Of

2007

• [SN] 2007-12-17 - What Diabetes Is, How It Is Treated, and What You Can Do to Prevent It
• [HE] 2007-11-13 - Diabetes Called a Growing Worldwide Epidemic
• [SN] 2007-09-10 - For Epilepsy, Treatment Choices Have Grown, but Drugs Are First Step
• [HE] 2007-08-21 - When Medicines Become a Risky Mix
• [HE] 2007-08-14 - Epilepsy: Mysterious and Sometimes Misunderstood
• [HE] 2007-07-24 - When Eye Problems Involve Diseases of the Retina
• [SN] 2007-05-14 - Mosquitoes as a Way to Fight Malaria Instead of Spreading It
• [SN] 2007-04-23 - Tuberculosis Can Be Cured, But It Must Be Treated the Right Way
• [HE] 2007-04-17 - Vaccines: How They Work (and How Caterpillars Could Help)
• [HE] 2007-04-03 - Metastasis: How Cancers Can Spread Their Reach
• [HE] 2007-03-27 - Chest Compressions May Be Most Important Part of CPR
• [SN] 2007-03-12 - Compulsive Hoarding: When Collecting Things Becomes a Disorder
• [DE] 2007-03-04 - Bringing Nanotechnology to Health Care for the Poor
• [HE] 2007-02-21 - Test May Show Heart Patients' Risk / Napping to a Healthier Heart? 
• [SN] 2007-02-05 - New Blood Test Can Show Patient's Risk of Heart Attack or Stroke
• [HE] 2007-01-02 - Researchers Say Vitamin D Might Protect Against Multiple Sclerosis

2006

• [HE] 2006-10-24 - Cancer Drugs Save Children's Lives But Come With Risks
• [HE] 2006-09-26 - New Studies Aim to Expand Knowledge of Autism
• [SN] 2006-09-18 - Study Finds Older Fathers Are More Likely to Have Autistic Children
• [DE] 2006-08-06 - Better Control of TB Seen If a Faster Cure Is Found
• [HE] 2006-07-12 - Explaining the Placebo Effect
• [HE] 2006-06-27 - Scientists Say Anger Disorder 'Much More Common' Than Believed
• [HE] 2006-06-06 - Taking Care With Medicines
• [HE] 2006-04-25 - Sleep Disorders
• [SN] 2006-04-10 - Depression Study Finds Hope in Different Treatments, at Least for Some People
• [HE] 2006-03-28 - Increased Efforts Urged to Fight Tuberculosis
• [HE] 2006-03-07 - Tests Often Miss a Hidden Heart-Attack Risk in Women
• [DE] 2006-03-05 - How Do Vaccines Reach the Developing World?
• [HE] 2006-02-21 - Chronic Diseases: The World's Leading Killer

2005

• [EX] 2005-09-20 - Infectious Diseases Remain the World's Leading Killer
• [HE] 2005-08-09 - Drugs for Parkinson's Disease Linked to Urges to Gamble
• [HE] 2005-07-19 - Studies Show Healthy Living May Lower Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
• [HE] 2005-07-13 - Studies Shows Chemotherapy Improves Lung Cancer Survival
• [DE] 2005-07-03 - The Battle Against Polio Continues
• [HE] 2005-05-10 - More Distance on the Road to Ending Polio
• [SN] 2005-04-26 - Polio: How an Ancient Disease Met a Modern Prevention
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2005-03-15 - Aspirin Found to Help Men and Women Differently
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2005-01-28 - Cancer Survival Rates Up in U.S.
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2005-01-11 - Millions Suffer From Asthma
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2004-11-23 - Caffeine Withdrawal Called a Disorder / Scientists Seek to Change Smallpox Virus / 'Kangaroo Mother Care' for Baby Humans
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2004-09-08 - Finding and Treating Tuberculosis
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2004-09-01 - Women and Heart Disease
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2004-08-25 - Avoiding Medical Mistakes
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2004-06-23 - Tuberculosis and Women
• [HE] 2004-06-02 - Molecule in Soy May Reduce Risk of Colon Cancer
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2004-05-31 - Home-Based Management of Malaria
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2004-05-25 - Diabetes and Alzheimer's / Treatment for Alzheimer's / No Link between Vaccine and Autism
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2004-05-17 - UN Supports Chinese Herbal Drug in Fight Against Malaria
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2004-05-12 - Carotid Stent
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2004-04-21 - Kidney Transplants
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2004-04-07 - Blood Pressure Drugs May Prevent Dry Eye Syndrome
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2004-04-06 - Diabetes
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2004-04-05 - Malaria Vaccine
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2004-03-22 - Infertility in the Developing World
• [HE] 2004-03-10 - New Drug Cuts Blood Supply to Cancer
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2003-11-24 - Diabetes in Developing Countries
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2003-11-12 - Aspirin and Pancreatic Cancer
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2003-10-08 - Cardiovascular Disease / Women
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2003-09-24 - Anti-Aging Research
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2003-09-17 - Medical Emergencies
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2003-07-30 - Fats and Alzheimer's Disease
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2003-01-14 - Campaign to End Polio
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2002-11-13 - Aspirin After Bypass Surgery
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2002-10-08 - Asthma
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2002-09-30 - Dog Collars and Leishmaniasis
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2002-09-04 - Melanoma Research
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2002-09-01 - People Who Have Alzheimer's Disease
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2002-08-14 - Obesity and Heart Disease
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2002-08-12 - Campaign Against Tetanus
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2002-08-05 - River Blindness
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2002-08-03 - Stress and Illness
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2002-08-02 - Dengue Fever
• [HE] (No Audio) - 2002-06-26 - Diabetes Research Update
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2002-06-10 - Campaign Against Polio
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2002-06-04 - Malaria
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2002-03-07 - Alzheimer's Disease and Homocysteine
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2002-03-02 - Cancer
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2002-02-28 - Blood Test For Ovarian Cancer
• [SR] 2002-01-30 - Premature Baby Study
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2001-12-12 - Rheumatoid Arthritis and Decaf Coffee
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2001-10-03 - Bacteria and Stomach Cancer
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2001-10-02 - Arthritis
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2001-08-06 - African Sleeping Sickness
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2001-08-03 - Leishmaniasis Disease
• [DE] (No Audio) - 2001-06-25 - Brain Disorders
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2001-05-17 - Melanoma and the Sun
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2001-03-20 - Scientific Studies of Alzheimer's Disease
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2001-02-07 - Painless Vaccines
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2001-02-06 - Polio
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2000-09-14 - Diabetes Increasing in the USA
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2000-09-07 - Asthma Study
• [SN] (No Audio) - 2000-08-29 - Alzheimer's Disease Research
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2000-08-09 - Brain Discovery
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2000-08-02 - Eye Tissue Transplant
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2000-07-20 - Anorexia Bervosa
• [SR] (No Audio) - 2000-06-07 - Parkinson's Disease and Coffee

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• These are in VOA's Special English.
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