11-09-29 As anyone familiar with the phrase 'man-flu' will know women consider themselves to be the more robust side of the species when it comes to health and illness. Now new research, published in BioEssays, seems to support the idea. The research focuses...

11-09-29 Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, Ph.D, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, and David Stark, an MD/Ph.D student working in his lab, have discovered how a key chemical neurotransmitter（...

11-09-28 Emissions from livestock farms cause asthma（哮喘） and COPD patients living nearby to experience more exacerbations（发作，恶化） , according to research presented at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam. Also, chances of...

11-09-27 A new study shows that 145,000 deaths could be averted in the next 30 years in the Netherlands by implementing stronger tobacco control policies. This set of policies, as recommended by the MPOWER report of the World Health Organisation, consists of...

11-09-27 The risk of dying from cardiovascular disease（心血管疾病） is higher for childless men than for fathers, according to a large study led by a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The new study, which will be published online Sep...

11-09-22 Divorce is tough, for just about everyone. But some people move through a breakup without overwhelming distress, even if they're sad or worried about money, while others get stuck in the bad feelings and can't seem to climb out. What accounts for th...

11-09-22 EVERY object in the next day's journey was new and interesting to Elizabeth; and her spirits were in a state for enjoyment; for she had seen her sister looking so well as to banish（驱逐） all fear for her health, and the prospect of her northern to...

11-09-21 Breathing in heavy traffic fumes can trigger a heart attack, say UK experts. 英国专家称，长期暴露于交通尾气中会诱发心脏...

11-09-03 From 1946 to 1948, American public health doctors deliberately infected nearly 700 Guatemalans prison inmates, mental patients and soldiers with venereal diseases in what was meant as an effort to test the effectiveness of penicillin. 1946至1948年间...

11-08-28 Current estimates of the impact of chemotherapy（化学疗法） on women's reproductive health are too low, according to a University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) study. The researchers say their analysis of the age-specific, long-term effects of...