10-05-16 For years, researchers have known that resistance exercise training such as weightlifting, in which muscles work against gravity or another force can be one of the most effective ways to fight the debilitating(衰弱的) muscle loss caused by aging....
10-05-11 Consuming more nuts appears to be associated with improvements in blood cholesterol(胆固醇) levels, according to a pooled analysis of data from 25 trials reported in the May 10 issue of Archives(档案,案卷) of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/...
10-05-04 A team of international researchers has brought the primary component(主要成分) of mammoth(猛犸象) blood back to life using ancient DNA preserved in bones from Siberian specimens(样本) 25,000 to 43,000 years old. Studies of recreated mammoth h...
10-04-27 Levels of a key type of immune cell are higher in head and neck cancer patients whose tumors are linked to the human papillomavirus(乳头瘤病毒) , or HPV, according to researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The findi...
10-04-23 The standard practice of cooling and then rewarming a patient to prevent organ damage during cardiac(心脏的) bypass surgery(心脏搭桥手术) may impair the body's mechanism that controls blood flow to the brain, potentially increasing the patient's...
10-04-13 Researchers may be one step closer to slowing the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease. An animal study supported by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes of Health, shows that by ta...
10-03-22 Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have identified a new growth factor that stimulates(刺激,鼓励) the expansion and regeneration of hematopoietic(生血的,造血的) (blood-forming) stem cells in culture and in laboratory animals. The dis...
10-03-04 Cornell researchers have found a protein that may lead to a new way to control mosquitoes that spread dengue fever(登革热) , yellow fever(黄热病) and other diseases when they feed on humans: Prevent them from urinating(小便,撒尿) as they feed...
10-02-20 Tiny bits of molecular(分子的) trash found in circulating blood appear to be good predictors(预报器,预言者) of cardiovascular disease(心血管疾病) and untimely death, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. The discovery, published...
10-02-09 High blood pressure appears to predict the progression to dementia(痴呆) in older adults with impaired(受损的) executive functions (ability to organize thoughts and make decisions) but not in those with memory dysfunction(功能紊乱,机能障碍) ,...