In other new research, a study has found that circumcision does not decrease the risk that H.I.V.positive men will infect women.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

"Exercise,diet,cognitive stimulation showed some positive effects, although the evidence was not so strong that we could actually consider these firmly established."

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

"We are seeing progress. It's probably not as fast as we would like it to be but certainly the direction of travel is positive.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

"And certainly relationship quality matters, and not all relationships are entirely positive."

VOA: standard.2010.07.29

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said the signals about the Iranian position on the deal are not so positive and that could negatively affect the upcoming P5+1 meeting in Geneva.

VOA: standard.2009.10.24

To be sure, the coverage has not been universally positive.

VOA: standard.2009.04.03

Whether that result is positive or if is a flat result or something in between - something that we're not quite sure what it is - it is the first ever anti-retroviral containing product.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

President Obama will speak on Tuesday about his plans for tackling the nation's In his weekly radio and Internet address, Mr.Obama says the drop from October's 10.2 percent jobless rate is a positive trend, but he is not satisfied.

VOA: standard.2009.12.06

It's not going to be the kinetics that do it. We are starting to see positive effects like this in Helmand, where the Marines went in in July, in a place called Nawa, where the bazaar is open, as an example, and we see these classic counterinsurgency responses, where security exists,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.04