Patients undergoing long-term elective surgeries are advised to donate their own blood, a practice Dr.Mwanda says accounts for a significant percentage of the hospital's surgery blood supply.

VOA: standard.2010.06.04

This was an Olympics , that began on a sad note after the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili, a young luge athlete from Georgia, during a practice run on the same day as the opening ceremonies.

VOA: standard.2010.03.01

At an estimated $87 billion, the measure would expand health insurance coverage to about currently without it,create new private insurance marketplaces, And,like the slightly more expensive measure passed by the House of Representatives, it would end a practice by private insurance companies of denying coverage to individuals with existing health problems.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Dr. David Hunter says he has not seen an increase in his practice as a pediatric ophthalmologist at Children's Hospital Boston.

VOA: special.2011.08.01

But that idea failed. So the agency decided to use the plane for what was then a new practice: smokejumping.

VOA: special.2009.11.24

In May,the World Health Assembly approved a global code of practice on the international recruitment of health workers.

VOA: special.2010.06.07

Next year, the Chinese plan to launch a small space laboratory to practice docking of spacecraft in orbit.

VOA: special.2010.04.28

There,he discovered that the illegal practice of long-line fishing was taking place in a protected sea area.

VOA: special.2009.04.03

Mister Miller found that a literate society generally tends to practice many forms of reading.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

Here is a chance to practice your English.

VOA: special.2010.03.22

Nasser says this divorce is a win for a growing movement in Yemen to end the practice of early marriage.

VOA: standard.2010.03.27

The goal of these exercises is to practice, so when a real emergency hits these crews will be prepared.

VOA: standard.2010.03.30

But the United States, which is the largest provider, "is lagging a little bit behind the curve of good practice in food aid."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

Slim recorded his most recent albums in Nashville, where,according to Slim, co-writing is a common,everyday practice.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04