13-03-05 A team of scientists and clinicians at UC San Francisco has discovered how to detect abnormal brain rhythms associated with Parkinson's by implanting electrodes within the brains of people with the disease. The work may lead to developing the next g...

13-02-28 Obesity rates across Canada are reaching alarming levels and continue to climb, according to a new University of British Columbia study. Published today in the Canadian Journal of Public Health, the study provides the first comprehensive look at adu...

13-02-28 A new genetic analysis of human lice（虱子） from across the world sheds light on the global spread of these parasites, their potential for disease transmission and insecticide resistance. The results are published February 27 in the open access jou...

13-02-03 Humans alone were responsible for the demise of Australia's iconic extinct native predator, the Tasmanian Tiger or thylacine（袋狼） , a new study led by the University of Adelaide has concluded. Using a new population modelling approach, the study...

13-02-01 A large population-based study from Finland has shown that being unmarried increases the risk of fatal（致命的） and non-fatal heart attack in both men and women whatever their age. Conversely, say the study investigators, especially among middle-ag...

13-01-25 一项最新研究显示，孤单寂寞的人不但精神状态不佳，其免疫系统也会因此受到破坏。该研究发现，社交活动贫乏的寂寞人群体内的潜藏细菌再生率要高于社交广泛的人群；他们体内产生的炎性化合物也要高于后者，炎性化合物是指向心脏病和其他慢性疾病的指标之一。 Feeling lo...

13-01-18 Scientists at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have made a large step towards the understanding of how human genes are regulated. In a new study, published in the journal Cell, they identified the DNA sequences that bind to over four hundred proteins...

13-01-18 Wild animals may be a key contributor to the continuing spread of African sleeping sickness, new research published in PLOS Computational Biology shows. The West African form of the disease, also known as Gambiense Human African trypanosomiasis（非...

12-12-03 Homicide（杀人） moves through a city in a process similar to infectious disease, according to a new study that may give police a new tool in tracking and ultimately preventing murders. Using Newark, N.J., as a pilot case, a team of Michigan State U...

12-11-08 Researchers have found some of the earliest signs of Alzheimer's disease, more than two decades before the first symptoms usually appear. 研究人员发现，阿尔茨海默病一些最早的迹象，早于通常首次症状 的 出现达20多年。 Treating the disease early is thou...