SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Asthma

SCIENCE IN THE NEWS - Asthma By Caty Weaver Broadcast: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 VOICE ONE: I'm Sarah Long. VOICE TWO: And this is Bob Doughty with the VOA Special English program SCIENCE IN THE NEWS.

VOA标准英语2012--Children's Asthma Not Eased by Anti-Reflux Drug

Children's Asthma Not Eased by Anti-Reflux Drug Seventeen-year-old Alaina Kvapil was diagnosed with asthma when she was 13. When you have an asthma attack, your airways actually close up and people dont realize that you cant breathe, you cant get the

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A: Hello, how are you doing today? B: Ive been having trouble breathing lately. A: Have you had any type of cold lately? B: No, I havent had a cold. I just have a heavy feeling in my chest when I try to breathe. A: Do you have any allergies that you

原版英语对话：Talking to The Doctor(2)

A: Hi, what brings you to my office today? B: Ive been getting really short of breath, and my coach wanted to have a doctor check me out. A: Have you had the flu lately? B: No, I have been pretty healthy. I just have trouble taking a really deep brea

原版英语对话：Talking to The Doctor(3)

A: Good morning, how have you been doing? B: I havent been able to take a deep breath lately, and I need to know why. A: Have you had any type of bug lately? B: No, Ive been feeling fairly good most of the time. It just is hard to breathe. A: Has any

科学美国人60秒 SSS Breast-Feeding Benefits Babies with Genetic Asthma Risk

Babies benefit from breast-feedingthey have a lower risk of infections, vomiting and diarrhea and less of a chance of later developing adult onset diabetes. And now a study finds that being breast-fed helps protect infants who are genetically predisp

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Chapter 23 At the Hospital 第二十三章 在医院或药房 Part 1 Vocabulary 第一部分 词汇 1.ambulance 1.救护车 2.doctor 2.医生 3.sore throat 3.喉咙痛 4.cough 4.咳嗽 5.running nose 5.流鼻涕 6.headache 6.头痛 7.stomachache 7.胃痛

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Part 4 Useful Expressions 第四部分 旅游实用句 1.What's the trouble? 1.什么地方不舒服？ 2.What seems to be the problem? 2.你觉得哪里不舒服？ 3.Do you have any symptoms? 3.有什么症状吗？ 4.Any other symptoms? 4.还有其他

英语课程计划-World Asthma Day

World Asthma Day takes place every year to raise awareness of asthma throughout the world. It is organized by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). Many other healthcare groups pool resources to help GINA spread the word. All of these groups prepa

英文原版对话1000个:902 Health and Training

Clare: So did you have a choice about what sort of job you were going to have in the military? Mike: No, we don't. Once you enlist, you have to go through a--what do you call it?-- a health medical check up and you'll be given grade A to F. If you ge

原版英语对话：Physical Check-up(2)

A: Hello, so how are we feeling today? B: Things are going well for me, Dr. Smith. A: Am I correct in thinking that you are here for your annual physical? B: Yes, I am applying for new health insurance, and I need a physical examination to qualify. A

原版英语对话：Physical Check-up(1)

A: Good morning, how are you doing today? B: I have been feeling pretty good, Dr. Smith. A: So, I can see by your chart that you are here for your annual physical. B: Yes, I am playing on the tennis team this year, and they are requiring me to get a

VOA常速英语2008年-Allergies, Asthma on the Rise in Asia

By Steve Herman New Delhi 24 April 2008 Adopting modern lifestyles, urbanization and even climate change are among some of the factors being blamed for an alarming rise in asthma in Asia. From New Delhi, VOA Correspondent Steve Herman has a preview o

VOA慢速英语2013 Breathing Easier: How to Control Asthma

Breathing Easier: How to Control Asthma This is Science in the News. Im Shirley Griffith. And Im Bob Doughty. Spring has returned to the United States. The sky is blue, the grass is green and many plants are flowering. Spring can be a beautiful time

VOA标准英语2011--NYC 9/11 Rescuers Experience Lingering H

NYC9/11RescuersExperienceLingeringHealthProblems Nearly 3,000 people died in the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001. But the twin towers' collapse and their smoldering ruins also exposed thousands of rescuers

VOA标准英语2012--New Study Could Change Treatment For Asthma

New Study Could Change Treatment For Asthma Most adults who have mild or moderate asthma are told to use their inhalers twice daily, even if they don't have symptoms. The medicine in those compressed-air inhalers are corticosteroids, which open a per

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Early-Life Microbes Ward Off Asthma太干净也不是好事儿 Asthma is a very prevalent disease in our society now. It wasnt so 50 years ago. And we now realize that the very early life microbes seem to have set you up or not for asthma. 在现在社

Asthma gene found in African Americans

BEIJING, August 1 (Xinhuanet) -- U.S. researchers have discovered a genetic mutation unique to African Americans that links to heighten their asthma risk, according to reports published on Sunday in the journal Nature Genetics. Researchers of Univers

U.S. asthma rates continue to rise: CDC

WASHINGTON, May 3 (Xinhua) -- People diagnosed with asthma in the United States grew by 4.3 million between 2001 and 2009, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(预防) (CDC). In 2009, nearly one

New Study Could Change Treatment for Asthma

New Study Could Change Treatment for Asthma Global treatment guidelines for asthma could change as a result of a study led by a researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Most adults who have mild or moderate asthma are told to use their i