This is Valentines Day and this morning, we have a few words about love and money. According to research from a major credit card company, the average man spends about $130 on his sweetheart. Women, spend about half that. For people who want to spend

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(142) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年NPR美国国家公共电台

Last month, Washington, D.C., opened a new kind of trade school of which it is immensely proud. This is not one of the old-fashioned vocational schools that taught literal nuts-and-bolts repair work or hands-on career training in fields like auto re

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By Carol Pearson Washington 22 August 2007 High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a disease usually associated with adults, but children can get it too and can have serious health problems because of it. A new study is now calling for pediatricians

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Dietary Changes Help Lower Blood Pressure Sunday, April 7, is World Health Day, and this years theme is high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. The World Health Organization has recommended reducing salt or sodium intake to lower the risk of

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: When people with simple, non-urgent medical problems go to the emergency room for treatment, it creates all kinds of problems - ERs get overcrowded, treatment is expensive, it's often inefficient. This is a big issue here in Wash

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By Melinda Smith Washington 12 September 2007 A recent study indicates that a disturbing number of American children with high blood pressure go undiagnosed. The study has prompted discussion worldwide about whether hypertension among children is jus

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