In 1912, he began to study a skin disease that was killing thousands of people in the South.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

Last week, a study was released about a new treatment that combines five medicines for heart disease in one pill.

VOA: special.2009.04.08

So far it has proven effective at preventing the disease in half of those vaccinated which is more than ever before.

VOA: special.2009.12.07

South African researchers at the international AIDS conference in Vienna,Austria have announced major progress in the fight against the disease.

VOA: special.2010.07.21

They hope studying these genes more closely could help in development of new treatments for the disease,and possibly a cure.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

In low and middle income countries, heart disease and cancer get much of the attention given to chronic diseases.

VOA: special.2009.12.28

In the United States, the National Institutes of Health created an autoimmune disease research plan in two thousand two.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

Obviously this opens up the possibility of enhancing our understanding of many of those diseases by studying disease models in frogs."

VOA: special.2010.06.29

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

VOA: special.2010.06.08

The International Institute for Tropical Agriculture says the disease is widely found in Gabon,Angola,Malawi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

VOA: special.2009.09.21

The vaccine has already proven effective at preventing the disease in half of those vaccinated which is more than ever before.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

Last year,a study in the medical journal Neurology found smoking to be an established risk factor in developing the disease.

VOA: special.2010.03.09

When it reaches the brain, levodopa is changed into dopamine, the chemical that is lacking in people with the disease.

VOA: special.2009.04.07

The Centers for Disease Control says HEPA filters are effective in clearing the air of many particles that cause disease.

VOA: special.2009.07.14