But the Japanese government and public refused to acknowledge it until then - in part, because of the stigma associated with poverty.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

The campaign aims to expand available treatment and reduce the social stigma associated with fistula, while improving obstetric care and training health providers.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

The flow of illegal drugs and the violence associated with it is a concern throughout North America.

VOA: standard.2009.08.10

Researchers also found that oxygen could stop the headache pain and eliminate other symptoms associated with cluster headaches, such as red,swollen and watery eyes.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

It's the vitamin associated with the sun that we absorb through our skin, and increasingly block out when we use sunblock, to avoid getting skin cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.05.28

But FAO Assistant Director General Hafez Ghanem cautions that government regulators need to weigh the full spectrum of economic, environmental,social and health issues associated with livestock production.

VOA: standard.2010.02.22

An article on the discovery of a gene associated with stuttering, and the commentary by Simon Fisher, are published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

VOA: standard.2010.02.11

The Pentagon press secretary, Geoff Morrell, and that the general would present a range of options, discuss the risks associated with each, and conclude with a specific recommendation.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

"And so it's possible that the effects that we have reported may be a conservative estimate, and that the odds of survival associated with high-quality relationships may actually be larger."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

Inspite of several ground breaking studies on autism, there is no single treatment or cure, although experts say certain therapies and educational approaches reduce the challenges associated with the condition.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

The male brains, especially nerve cell rich parts of the brain associated with thinking and remembering, seemed to have sustained more long term damage from high lead levels than the brains of the young women.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

Dr.Ahmed says people can also adjust their lifestyles: such as abstain,from smoking, indiscriminate sexual inter-course and refrain from factors known to be associated with cancer, such as drug abuse. The Nigeria Cancer Society is working with NGOs to create public awareness campaigns that include radio and television advertisements, handbills,pamphlets and other educational materials that are distributed in schools, hospitals and other public places.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

and also intensify vaccination against all infectious agents, all viruses that are known to be strongly associated with the development of cancer. The government should increase its efforts to prevent illnesses with links to cancer, he says,such as hepatitis, a disease of the liver, and the human papillomavirus, which is transmitted during intercourse and is linked to cervical cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16