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New Cholesterol Drug Called More Effective Than Statins Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Millions of people around the world at risk for  disease are taking a statin drug to help lower bad cholesterol, known as LDL [Low Densit...

Health Care Officials in Haiti say Cholera Easily Treated Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 The death toll from the cholera epidemic in Haiti is now nearing 1,200 and more than 18,400 people have been hospitalized since the waterborne dise...

Consumers'' Group Insists Many Toys Still Dangerous To Children Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Dangerous toys - many containing toxic chemicals - are still being found in U.S. stores according to an environmental and public interest research ...

Stem Cell Therapy Gaining Ground in Asia Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Asians are beginning to warm up to the idea of using their own stem cells to treat a host of illnesses such as heart disease, cystic fibrosis or l...

Scientists See Advances in AIDS Prevention Ahead of World AIDS Day Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Scientists announced this week a groundbreaking study in which an anti-retroviral drug was shown to be effective in preventing HIV in gay men. The ...

Kronos Quartet Premieres Iranian Composer’s 'Threnody' Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 The Kronos Quartet began its Fall 2010 touring season in its hometown San Francisco, by premiering a young Iranian composer’s "Threnody for Those ...

International AIDS Day Provides Opportunity for Progress Report Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 International AIDS Day provides an opportunity to examine the efforts to combat the deadly virus that attacks the human immune system. In South Afr...

Extreme Weather Dominates 2010 Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Worldwide, 2010 will be remembered as the year of extreme weather.  From floods in Pakistan to mudslides in China, nature dominated much of the he...

Environmental Groups Warn of Dangerous Chemicals in Toys and Home Flooring Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 A research group known for exposing toxic chemicals in children’s toys recently turned its  attention to home improvement products such as flooring...

Environmental Groups Warn of Dangerous Chemicals in Toys, Home Flooring Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 A research group known for exposing toxic chemicals in children’s toys recently turned its attention to home improvement products such as flooring...

New Technique Avoids Major Surgery If Aneurysm Caught In Time Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 The American Heart Association reports that the death rate from diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels has dropped by almost 30 percent sin...

Inside Job Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 More than two years after the U.S. government approved the $700 billion emergency bailout for the financial system, unemployment is high and housi...

Changing Planet Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 James Balog’s extraordinary photographs are a window on the world's endangered wildlife, melting glaciers and disappearing landscapes. In...

Passing Down Blues Music Through the Ages Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Blues music has its roots in America - largely in the Delta regions of the Mississippi River. The music is alive and well for the moment, with man...

Surviving Incarceration Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 In this second part of a web video series by VOA’s Nico Colombant, American ex-con Eddie B. Ellis Jr. recounts the trauma of incarceration, partic...

Green Festival Offers Practical Solutions Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 A wedding gown and all of the other clothes modeled at the Eco-Fashion Stage in Washington recently were made from recycled materials. Designer Che...

Egyptians to Stage Mozart’s 'Magic Flute' in Colloquial Arabic Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Late 18th century European opera may seem an odd choice of entertainment for modern, Arab audiences. But art is art... or at least that is the mes...

Peaceful Efforts Highlighted in Documentaries Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Violent clashes between Palestinians and Israelis receive media attention worldwide, but peace builders and nonviolent movements on both sides are...

Christmas Revels Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Every year, a theatrical group called The Washington Revels celebrates the holiday season and winter solstice with a festive Christmas production ...

Sweeping Changes to Food Safety Channel: voa Length: 0 Date: December 29, 2010 Congress has passed sweeping legislation aimed at making the U.S. food supply safer. The bill gives the government broad new powers to inspect proc...

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