But improved treatments to ease the effects of the disease make it possible for many patients to live almost normal lives.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

Mister Weindruch says not only is life extended in the monkeys that eat less, but their quality of life is also improved.

VOA: special.2009.09.01

She not only improved her own life, but that of other women in similar situations.

VOA: special.2010.03.28

Availability has improved in developing countries, but still remains limited compared to industrialized nations.

VOA: special.2010.04.12

But experts say antivenom technologies and their use need to be improved.

VOA: special.2010.01.25

But bursts of electricity on the axons improved movement in the animals.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

But as farm conditions improved, the Granges began to disappear.

VOA: special.2010.06.03

They had been harassed,she says, by Muslim youths, but since a volunteer group was formed, security has improved.

VOA: standard.2009.08.31

Saying the Senate stands at a historic moment, Dodd took note of the fact that the final bill is not all that many Democrats hoped it would be, but said it is a foundation that will be improved upon.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

The economy needs help. But rather than stimulating the economy by providing an improved incentives to work and invest, we have been devoting trillions of dollars in taxpayer money to expanding and creating permanent long-term government spending programs and income-redistribution mechanisms,".

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Having a disability, people still look at you weird, but it's like, 'Alright.He's got a disability, but it's kind of okay now.'" Life for people with disabilities has improved greatly since Bobbi Wailes was stricken with polio as a 12-year-old, before the vaccine became available in the 1950s.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27