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These are VOA Special English programs related to health.
[DE] = Development Report; [HE] = Health Report; [SN] = Science in the News

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For Everyone - For Medical Workers

• [HE]Wisdom Teeth
  • This older version is slightly different and is read by a different announcer.
    • [HE]Wisdom Teeth
    • There is also a video version of this.
• [SN]2011-08-08 - How to Protect Yourself Against the Dangers of Extreme Heat - 2011 Version (Faith Lapidus and Bob Doughty)
  • This older version is slightly different and is read by different announcers.
    • [SN]How to Protect Yourself Against the Dangers of Extreme Heat - 2008 Version (Steve Ember and Barbara Klein)
• [SN]Diet and Weight Loss
• [SN]Why Exercise Is Important and How to Get It
• [HR]What Do You Know About the Common Cold?
• [SN]Avoiding the Danger of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - 2011 Version
  • These older versions are slightly different and are read by different announcers.
    • [SN]Avoiding the Danger of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - 2010 Version
    • [SN]Avoiding the Danger of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - 2008 Version
    • Watch a YouTube video that has an excerpt of both the 2008 and the 2010 versions.
• [HR]Treatment for Hypothermia - 2010 Version
  • This older version is slightly different and is read by a different announcer.
    • [HE]Treatment for Hypothermia - 2008 Version
• [HR]Advice for Staying Warm and Safe in Freezing Weather - 2010 Version
  • This older version is slightly different and is read by a different announcer.
    • [HE]Advice for Staying Warm and Safe in Freezing Weather - 2008 Version
• [SN]The Story of Aspirin - 2010 Version
  • These older versions all seem to be slightly different. Perhaps you would like to compare them.
    • [SN]The Story of Aspirin - 2009 Version
    • [SN]The Story of Aspirin - 2006 Version
    • [SN]The Story of Aspirin - 2005 Version
• [SN]What You Can Do to Reduce the Risk of Getting Hepatitis
• [DR]Food Safety After a Flood
• [SN]Keeping a Lookout for Skin Cancer
• [SN]How to Get the Most Out of a Workout
• [SN]What Doctors Are Doing About Headaches, and What You Can Do
• [SN]Health Problems Caused by Smoking
• [SN]The Story of Aspirin - 2009 Version
• [SN]Swearing as Pain Relief: When Bad Words Can Make You Feel Good
• [SN]Learning First Aid: What to Do Until Help Arrives
• [SN]Ways to Control Asthma, a Lung Disease
• [SN]What You Can Do to Prevent Health Problems While Traveling - 2009 Version
• [HE]Hands-Only CPR Is a Simpler Way to Save Lives
• [SN]Vitamins Are Important to Good Health
• [HE]Laying the Roots for Healthy Teeth in Young Children
• [HE]How Strangers Can Make You Happy
• [HE]Wisdom Teeth
• [HE]Treatment for Hypothermia - 2008 Version
• [HE]Advice for Staying Warm and Safe in Freezing Weather - 2008 Version
• [AG]Food Safety After a Flood
• [SN]Avoiding the Danger of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - 2008 Version
• [SN]New Warnings about Smoking and Tobacco Products
• [HE]Keeping Your Ears Clean
• [HE]Colds, Flu and Folk Advice
• [SN]How to Protect Yourself Against the Dangers of Extreme Heat - 2008 Version
• [HE]Among Vitamins, D Seems Short for 'Does a Lot'
• [HE]Midlife Crisis and U
• [SN]About Headaches
• [EX]Understanding Happiness
• [SN]About Influenza, Commonly Called the Flu
• [HE]Skin Care: Don't Let a Little Cut Fool You
• [SN]Smokers Should Stop Smoking
• [HE]Gaining Weight as Friends, and Maybe Losing It Too
• [HE]Parents Warned on Use of Cough and Cold Medicines in Children
• [SN]Friendship Can Be Fattening & Allergic Reactions and Their Treatments
• [HE]The ABCs of Allergies
• [SN]What You Can Do to Prevent Health Problems While Traveling - 2007 Version
• [HE]Staying Healthy by Washing Your Hands
• [HE]Looking for Weight-Loss Answers
• [SN]The Story of Aspirin - 2006 Version
• [SN]About Headaches: Tension, Migraine and Cluster
• [HE]When Fear Takes Control of the Mind
• [HE]Recognizing Medical Emergencies
• [SN]More Fish, Less Tobacco Could Lower Risk of Blindness in Older People
• [HE]Looking for Skin Cancer
• [SN]World No Tobacco Day: A Chance for Smokers to Give Their Bodies a Cigarette Break
• [HE]Portable Music Players Linked to Hearing Loss
• [SN]The Story of Aspirin - 2005 Version
• [SN]First Aid: How to Help When Someone Is Sick or Injured
• [HE]Sometimes What Feels Like an Infection May Be an Allergy
• [SN]Stress: What It Can Do to Us, What We Can Do About It
• [HE]Prostate Cancer: What It Is and How Doctors Treat It
• [HE] (No Audio) Caffeine Withdrawal
• [HE] (No Audio) Lack of Sleep Linked to Weight Gain
• [HE] (No Audio) How Much Water Should People Drink?
• [HE] (No Audio) Importance of Hand Washing
• [HE] (No Audio) Dental Examinations
• [HE] (No Audio) Walking to Better Health
• [HE] (No Audio) Travelers Blood Clots
• [SN] (No Audio) Smoking
• [SN] (No Audio) Dental Health
• [SN] (No Audio) Headaches
• [HE] (No Audio) Fish and a Healthy Heart
• [HE] (No Audio) Foods and Health
• [SR] (No Audio) Jet Lag and the Brain
• [SR] (No Audio) Washing Hands
• [SR] (No Audio) Lifting Weights for a Healthy Heart

About

• These are good for people studying English because it is possible to read along while listening.
• These are in VOA's Special English.
• These will print very cleanly (without printing the MP3 player and menu.)
• The source of the original pre-edited material is http://voanews.com/specialenglish/.
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    is public domain. However, some images and graphics are licensed for use and
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• Though the source material was in the public domain, I have done some editing. If you need the public domain version of any of these stories, please visit http://voanews.com/specialenglish/.

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