13-12-11 Blood clots play an unexpected role in protecting the body from the deadly effects of bacteria by absorbing bacterial toxins, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have found. The research was published Dec. 2 in the journal PLoS ONE....

13-11-25 There was once on a time a woman who was a real witch and had two daughters, one ugly and wicked, and this one she loved because she was her own daughter, and one beautiful and good, and this one she hated, because she was her step-daughter. The ste...

13-08-28 Two treatments that slow the development of diabetes also may protect people from heart disease, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism (JCEM). Researchers examine...

13-08-21 Indiana University School of Medicine researchers have found a series of RNA biomarkers in blood that may help identify who is at risk for committing suicide. In a study reported Aug. 20 in the advance online edition of the Nature Publishing Group j...

13-08-14 Adjacent to the walls of our arterioles（小动脉） , capillaries（毛细血管） , and venules（小静脉） -- the blood vessels that make up our microcirculation -- there exists a peculiar thin layer of clear plasma, devoid of（没有，缺乏） red blood cells...

13-08-08 A joint Group Health-University of Washington (UW) study in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that higher blood sugar levels are associated with higher dementia risk, even among people who do not have diabetes. Blood sugar levels average...

13-07-31 Type 2 diabetics who have severe hypoglycaemia（低血糖） are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, a new article suggests. Severe hypoglycaemia is a condition where there is an abnormally low content of sugar in the blood. It is often classed as...

13-06-27 It was only a few weeks after my surgery, and I went to Dr. Belt's office for a checkup. It was just after my first chemotherapy（化学疗法） treatment. My scar was still very tender. My arm was numb underneath. This whole set of unique and weird sen...

13-06-26 Using powerful computer models, researchers from Brown University have shown for the first time how different types of red blood cells interact to cause sickle cell crisis, a dangerous blockage of blood flow in capillaries（毛细血管） that causes se...

13-05-29 Follow this advice before you hit the road: test strips, lancets（小刀） , ketone（酮） strips, and other supplies so there's no chance of losing them. Consider bringing extra supplies in your checked luggage. Make sure all medications bear the orig...