The soldiers without spleens were two times as likely to die of heart disease as the soldiers who still had their spleens.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The number of them who die each year from the disease could reach 17 million.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

African American children die from the disease at five times the rate of white children.

VOA: special.2009.07.28

"Which causes heart attacks and strokes." The World Health Organization reports an estimated 17 million people die of heart disease and stroke every year.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22

"No one today need die of TB." "No child should see the life of a mother or father destroyed by a disease that is completely curable.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12