English Reading and Listening for Medical Workers (ESL/EFL) Doctors, Nurses and Health Care Workers. Medical: Compulsive Hoarding: When Collecting Things Becomes a Disorder (VOA Special English 2007-03-12) <= Older [ 5084 ] Newer =>2007-03-12 Download MP3 (Right-click or option-click the link.) This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. I'm Bob Doughty. And I'm Faith Lapidus. On our program this week, we tell about compulsive hoarding syndrome. Many people in the United States are looking forward to the return of spring.
Some Americans have a strong desire to clean up their homes. In recent years, it has become easy to find information on how to attack clutter. Some Americans pay people to come to their home to remove clutter. Some people have serious problems with clutter. Hoarders are afraid to throw away things. Hoarders live with so much clutter it may endanger their physical health. Safety experts say the homes of hoarders often are unsafe. One of the most famous hoarding cases involved two brothers in New York City. Police found the home was filled with thousands of unused books, pieces of wood, and skins from large fruits and vegetables. Breaking News English ESL Lesson Plans - Health. Vocabulary: the human body. Human Anatomy: Learn All About the Human Body at InnerBody.com. Human body lessons for ESL teachers. Cardiology Full Articles - The Doctors Lounge(TM)