The rules were reformed after three studies showed that the hands-only method was just as effective as traditional CPR.

VOA: special.2009.06.09

The guidelines were updated after three studies showed that the hands-only method was just as effective as traditional CPR.

VOA: special.2009.05.20

The study in Benin found that solar-powered pumps are effective in supplying water, especially during the long dry season.

VOA: special.2010.01.11

In the United States, the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute is looking for more-effective treatments for radiation exposure.

VOA: special.2011.03.30

The Alzheimer's Association says FDA-approved drugs are effective for half the people who take them.

VOA: special.2011.02.08

In another study, the vaccine was effective in reducing clinical malaria by thirty-five percent.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

But his most effective way to spread his anti-violence message is through radio.

VOA: special.2010.08.26

Experts say exercise is one of the most effective stress-reduction measures.

VOA: special.2009.03.24

Anti-malaria drugs also have been effective.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

Anti-malaria drugs have been effective.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

Over at competitor General Electric, actor Ronald Reagan -- later the fortieth president of the United States -- and often referred to as the Great Communicator, was for many years an effective commercial spokesman every week on the GE Theater.

VOA: special.2011.07.21

French says that, in addition to identifying how tele-rehabilitation could be effective, the experiment revealed limitations in the use of technology.

VOA: standard.2010.06.14

"Our plan is based on the belief that fast-acting tax relief is the most effective way to put our economy back on track,"

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

"We need to ensure improved security conditions in the south in order to carry out an effective counter-narcotics strategy in Helmand and Kandahar provinces,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.27

"It is impossible to maintain a safe and effective health-care system under conditions of siege that have been in place now since June 2007."

VOA: standard.2010.06.01

New data show the World Health Organization's simple and cost-effective approach in fighting tuberculosis works.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

The California Democrat wants the federal agencies involved in off-shore drilling to be more effective.

VOA: standard.2010.05.18

The study found the most effective treatment was high doses of high-flow oxygen.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

She said the Obama administration intends to devote hundreds more agents and more effective equipment to stem gun-running across the border and curb illegal purchases in U.S.gun shops by so-called "straw men" fronting for Mexican criminals.

VOA: standard.2009.03.25

In recent weeks American news media have reported that U.S.officials continue to believe the tactic is highly effective at killing top al-Qaida leaders in places where they are largely beyond the reach of the Pakistani government.

VOA: standard.2009.05.12

"I think the counter-insurgency plan is the right way to go. And the way to make it effective, I believe,is to have a much larger, much quicker Afghan army, and a much better-equipped Afghan Army,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.25

But some Pakistani political factions and the country's powerful military have been bitterly critical of provisions in the legislation which,among other things, requires the Obama administration to report to Congress every six months on whether Pakistan's newly-democratic government is exercising effective civilian control over the military.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

"Since that time we've really learned that as close as they are to human species, they're not close enough for any real scientific outcomes for drug testing.I think like that" That's Elizabeth Kucinich, wife of U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich, she is a long-time animal welfare advocate and serves as director of public affairs, for the Physicians Committee "Over 80 different HIV-related vaccines have worked in chimpanzees but none have proven effective in human beings.

VOA: standard.2010.02.16