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Woman Not Diabetic After Cell Transplant

Woman Not Diabetic After Cell Transplant (2015-9-13) By VOA 12 September, 2015 A diabetic woman no longer needs to take daily medicine after she received a stem cell transplant. 一名患有糖尿病的女性在她接受了幹細胞移植後,不再需要天天吃藥。 The daily insulin injection had helped control the amount of sugar -- or glucose -- in her blood. Wendy Peacock was first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 17, according to the Miami Herald newpaper. 每日的胰島素注射已經控制住血液裡的糖量或葡萄糖。根據邁阿密先驅報,Wendy Peacock 在她十七歲時,是第一個被診斷出患有第一期糖尿病的患者。 Ms. Peacock, who is now 43, received the stem cells in mid-August in a " minimally invasive procedure " at the University of Miami-Miller School of Medicine in Florida. Doctors called the operation simple and said Ms. Peacock recovered quickly. Peacock現在已經43歲,於八月中在佛羅里達的邁阿密米勒大學醫學院接受微創手術,醫生操作手術簡單而且說Peacok恢復的很快速。 After the operation, her body started producing insulin naturally. 手術過後,她的身體開始自然產生胰島素。 Ms. Peacock "is now completely off insulin," one of her doctors said. 其中一位她的醫生表示:Peacock...

Digital Solution Helps Shield Online Activists

Digital Solution Helps Shield Online Activists By Doug Bernard 03 August, 2015 Chris Doten knows how dangerous conditions can be for democracy activists and journalists working under hostile governments. He is the head of digital technology programs at the National Democratic Institute, a non-governmental organization that supports openness in government. He helps news reporters and democracy activists protect their privacy from government spying while online. Chris Doten知道工作在存有敵意的政府底下,民主活動和記者工作有多麽危險。Chris Doten是一個開放性非政府機構--美國國家民主協會的數位科技專案的負責人。他幫助一些新聞記者和民主活動,保護他們的隱私免於在網路上被政府監視。 “We do work in relatively closed societies,” Mr. Doten said. “There are a lot of dangers, and we always try to take a thoughtful look at the risks that we’re incurring for the people we’re working with.” Doten先生說:「我們工作在相對較為封閉的社會,那邊存在很多危險,我們總是試著用縝密的思考在招致人員與我們一起工作時。」 Those risks often include government raids , computer seizure , theft of private data and the identification of supporters and private email comm...

Beijing Turns Air Pollution On and Off

By VOA 09 September, 2015 Many Beijing residents were surprised when its polluted air was cleared in the past few weeks. 當過去幾個禮拜北京被汙染的空氣改善很多,變得清淨多了,很多北京居民都感到驚訝。 The air in Beijing is well-known for being thick and polluted because of smoke, or emissions, from factories and power plants. But two weeks before the country's massive military parade , the skies became clear. 北京因為工廠、電力工廠所排放的廢氣,給人的印象一直存在著很嚴重的塵霾。但是這兩個禮拜,國家進行大規模的閱兵 ,天空變得很潔淨。 The day after the military parade, the combination of smoke and fog, called smog, returned. The Los Angeles Times reported the story after the military parade last week. 在閱兵之後的隔天,混濁的空氣又回來了,煙霧夾雜著濃霧稱之為煙霧。上周,在閱兵儀式過後,美國洛杉磯時報報導了這篇報導。 Air pollution from coal-burning power plants and from millions of cars and other vehicles results in smog, or foggy pollution.   What happened? 空氣汙染來自於燃煤電廠、成千百萬的汽車和其他車輛,因為這些原因導致煙霧或霧濛濛的汙染。發生了什麼事? China's state-run Global Times reported that officials shut down 10,000 factories and 9,000 construction sites around Beijing ...

Days of Painful Tooth Repair May Be Over

Days of Painful Tooth Repair May Be Over (2015-9-2) By VOA 01 September, 2015 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health & Lifestyle report. Many people fear a visit to the dentist. They are not so much afraid of the doctor, but of the dental equipment and treatments. 很多人害怕去看牙醫,他們其實不是怕牙醫而是害怕看牙科時醫生所用的器具和治療。 Well, fear no more! 現在你不用再害怕看牙醫了! A British company says it has developed technology that will end the need for mechanical cleaning of dental cavities. It also says the technology speeds up a natural process of tooth repair. 一家英國公司說他們已經發展出一種科技可以終結用機器清洗蛀牙的需求,他也說科技加速牙齒自然修補的過程。 Having your teeth repaired can really hurt. So, people often do not go to the dentist as often as they should. New technology may change that forever. 修補牙齒會傷害牙齒本身構造,所以人們通常不那麼常看牙齒,但是新科技也許會永遠改變這個傳統修補牙齒的流程。 For over a century, dentists have been repairing cavities the same way. They first remove the decayed, or bad, tooth tissue with an electric-powered drill. Then, they fill the hole in the bone with a ...

5 TRAITS OF CREATIVE LEADERS (AND HOW TO BECOME ONE)

5 TRAITS OF CREATIVE LEADERS (AND HOW TO BECOME ONE) BECOMING A LEADER TAKES COURAGE AS WELL AS CREATIVITY. AND CREATIVITY TAKES PRACTICE.

Koreas Agree to Ease Tensions

Officials from South Korea and North Korea announced Tuesday they had reached an agreement. South Korea agreed to end its propaganda broadcasting into North Korea after Pyongyang expressed "regret" about a recent land-mine explosion that wounded two soldiers from the South.

As Many as 50 Migrants Found Dead in a Truck in Austria

By VOA 27 August, 2015 As many as 50 refugees were found dead inside a truck in Austria Thursday. An Austrian official confirmed that a truck had been found on a road near the town of Parndorf. He did not say the exact number of people found inside the truck. The victims reportedly suffocated . 在星期四,多達50個難民被發現死在奧地利的一台卡車裡面,奧地利官方證實有一台卡車被發現在帕恩多夫的一處路旁,卻沒公佈正確受害人數。這些受害者據報導是被窒息而死。

Tesla’s Model S P85D Just Broke Consumer Reports’ Ratings System, Scoring 103 Out Of 100

Well, this is something you don’t see every day. According to a new report out of Consumer Reports, the Tesla Model S P85D,  all-wheel-drive electric sedan, performed “better in our tests than any other car ever has, earning a perfect road-test score.”