11-10-20 Pesticides and pollutants are related to a 450 percent increase in the risk of spina bifida and anencephaly（先天无脑畸形） in rural China, according to scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and Peking University. Two of the pesticides fou...

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...

11-09-21 Living alone is associated with an increased risk of alcohol-related mortality -- from alcohol-related diseases and accidents -- according to a Finnish study published in PLoS Medicine, suggesting that a lack of social relationships should be regard...

11-05-24 A new study from American Cancer Society researchers finds use of 30 tablets a month or more of acetaminophen（对乙酰氨基酚） for five or more years was associated with an estimated 38% lower risk of prostate cancer. The study appears in Cancer Epid...

11-03-02 Using cannabis as a teenager or young adult increases the risk of psychosis, a report suggests. 一项报告显示，青少年或者年轻人吸食大麻会增加患精神病风险。 The study published in the British Medical Journal involved tracking 1,900 people over a perio...

11-02-23 A study led by the University of Michigan Cardiovascular（心血管的） Center shows being a woman may not increase your risk of dying from treatment for a severe heart attack. U-M researchers and colleagues in the Michigan Cardiovascular Consortium fo...

11-01-16 Getting up from your desk to go and speak to your colleagues instead of emailing them reduces the risk of heart attacks, research shows. 研究显示，起身离开你的办公桌去和同事交谈，而不是给他们发电子邮件，可以降低患心脏病的风险。 Those who take short...

11-01-03 Addiction researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a risk for alcoholism also may put individuals at risk for obesity. The researchers noted that the association between a family history of alcoholism and...

10-11-30 With the emergence of an epidemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes (DM) throughout the world, the association of lifestyle habits that may affect the risk of metabolic diseases（代谢性疾病） is especially important. Most prospective studies have shown...

10-11-24 A new study determined that African Americans who smoke cigarettes have a higher risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis ( RA风湿性关节炎 ). RA risk is more pronounced（显著的，断然的） among individuals positive for the HLA-DRB1 shared epitope（表...