11-04-22 Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common and linked with heart disease in the very elderly, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). CKD is a major public health problem th...

11-04-13 Results of the first randomized, placebo-controlled long-term clinical trial show the investigational drug safinamide may reduce dyskinesia（运动障碍） or involuntary movements（非随意运动） in mid-to-late stage Parkinson's disease. The findings wil...

11-04-07 A new 17 year follow-up study of 37,000 Israeli teenagers found that diabetes risk is mainly associated with increased body mass index (BMI) close to the time of diagnosis at early adulthood, while coronary heart disease（冠心病） risk is associated...

11-04-03 Antidepressant use has been linked to thicker arteries, possibly contributing to the risk of heart disease and stroke, in a study of twin veterans. The data is being presented Tuesday, April 5 at the American College of Cardiology meeting in New Orl...

11-04-01 Myotonic dystrophy（肌强直性营养不良） type 1 (DM1) is the most common inherited muscular dystrophy in adults. New research published by Cell Press online on March 31st in the journal Cell Stem Cell, uses human embryonic stem cells to make a clinica...

11-03-28 Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have discovered a way that mutations in a gene called LRRK2 may cause the most common inherited form of Parkinson's disease. The study, published online this month in the journal Public Library of Scienc...

11-03-23 A new study from Northwestern Medicine shows a high-fiber diet could be a critical heart-healthy lifestyle change young and middle-aged adults can make. The study found adults between 20 and 59 years old with the highest fiber intake had a significa...

11-03-09 It's all too familiar: researchers announce the discovery of a new drug that eradicates（根除，消灭） disease in animals. Then, a few years later, the drug bombs in human trials. In the latest issue of the journal PLoS Medicine, ethics experts Jonat...

11-03-06 Using a bone-creating protein to augment（增加） the maxillary sinus（上颌骨窦） could improve dental implant success, according to Georgia Health Sciences University researchers. Dental implants, screws that anchor permanent prosthetic（假体的） te...

11-02-28 In a promising science-fiction-meets-real-world juxtaposition（并列，毗邻） , researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered that the mammalian（哺乳动物的） newborn heart can heal itself completely. Researchers, working with mice, fo...