Doctors say that over time the damage interferes with the natural exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the lungs.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Doctors,nurses,social workers and others work with patients and their families to raise the quality of a patient's last days.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

A national team led by two doctors at the University of California, Davis,studied hospital records from thousands of children with head injuries.

VOA: special.2009.10.28

Randall Thompson was one of several American doctors who cooperated with an Egyptian heart expert on the study.

VOA: special.2009.12.15

The doctors suggest covering your legs with support stockings and walking every hour or so during the trip.

VOA: special.2009.07.14

The experts also say doctors need to work with pregnant women to do a better job of estimating exactly when a pregnancy began.

VOA: special.2009.10.26

As the boat moved slowly up the East River in New York, the doctors put President Cleveland to sleep with an anesthetic drug.

VOA: special.2010.06.17

Doctors at these centers replace damaged eyes with the healthy eyes of donors who have just died.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

Another doctor in the film, Australian Chris Brasheer, has been with Doctors Without Borders for nine years.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

Doctors first used chemicals to destroy the children's own marrow, then replaced it with healthy marrow.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

Francois Chappuis is a specialist in neglected tropical diseases with the international group Doctors Without Borders.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

They found that the increase took place only in areas with hospitals where new doctors train.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

Doctors are hopeful that new treatments will help patients with multiple sclerosis in the future.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Doctors do not know exactly how the brain stimulation works to help patients with Parkinson's.

VOA: special.2009.02.03

However,doctors have considered this treatment too risky for adults with the disease.

VOA: special.2009.12.16

Patients should work with their doctors to control the disease.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

In some countries, the disease is stigmatized. Doctors might not even discuss it with a woman who has breast cancer.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

Now,with the vision centers in place, doctors are treating an average of 5,000 patients per center per year.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

(Speaking) With LASIK,doctors use a laser to permanently change the shape of the cornea to improve vision.

VOA: standard.2010.03.03

We write prescriptions." For years,nurse practitioners have been playing a larger role in the nation's health care, especially in regions with few doctors.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

By late November, many American doctors and women said they were unhappy with the new guidelines.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

As doctors grapple with the H1N1 flu pandemic, studies like these could prove very useful.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05

Hoeberechts, originally from the Netherlands, says all the hospitals affiliated with his company meet high U.S.standards and many of their board-certified doctors and surgeons trained in America.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08