A Commerce Department report showing that new home construction fell to an eight-month low in June - only added to the unease.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

It's a way of showing in one number that, for example,a diabetic or an obese person died sooner but also had years of poor health.

VOA: standard.2010.08.10

So,I think it's a great help in showing the Burmese regime that they can't just get away with this and that the world won't forget her."

VOA: standard.2009.06.19

"There have been some studies showing that if you give pregnant women 4,000 units of vitamin D a day, their rates of complications in pregnancy are much decreased."

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

The father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is not optimistic about his son's release, despite a videotape published on Friday showing for the first time that he is alive and well.

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

In 2007,Dr.Steven Nissen published a study showing that those taking Avandia had a 43 percent higher risk of having a heart attack and a 64 percent greater chance of dying from a heart attack than those not taking the drug.

VOA: standard.2010.03.02