The purpose of immediate treatment is to cool the victim as quickly as possible to stop the body temperature from increasing.

VOA: special.2010.07.27

He knew not why. There in the black darkness by the side of the body, he remembered everything without a shock.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

After the service, family members and friends go to the gravesite where the body is buried or placed in a tomb.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

Last Friday he suffered a torn aorta, a large artery that carries blood from the heart to the body.

VOA: special.2010.12.18

Catheters are placed inside the body to collect waste fluids, so the patient does not have to get out of bed.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

A tube is placed inside the body to collect urine, so the patient does not have to get out of bed.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

A few years later, his family received permission to move the body to a cemetery in the city of Baltimore.

VOA: special.2010.01.07

Things cannot be as bad as they seem." He stood over the body of his wife in the disappearing light.

VOA: special.2009.10.31

This is called a wake. The body is placed in a special burial box called a casket or coffin.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

The experts said some plant chemicals are high in antioxidants -- substances that remove harmful chemicals from the body.

VOA: special.2009.05.19

Other signs are red marks on the skin, feelings of extreme tiredness and lack of iron in the body.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

Another likely cause is a problem within the body's defenses against disease, when the defenses misunderstand signals and attack the body.

VOA: special.2009.01.06

Taking a warm bath or sitting by a fire or doing some exercise can also help the body warm up.

VOA: special.2009.12.30

Sweet potatoes, carrots and other darkly colored fruits and vegetables contain substances that the body can change into vitamin A.

VOA: special.2009.04.21