14-03-25 A Change of Heart R. T. Smith Sunday night a widow in Winslow, Arkansas came home to find an owl's fully detailed profile printed on her patio door as clear as a photographic plate, and it startled her -- wings spanned wide and outsized eyes, the fe...

14-02-13 Catalpa Paul Mariani In the patch-bright shadow of the flowering catalpa（梓树） , limbs loam-streaked from struggling with the narrow plank cranky barrow I kept emptying into the maws of cedar（雪松） boxes Mark was building, and stunned too with t...

14-01-22 Exposing skin to sunlight may help to reduce blood pressure and thus cut the risk of heart attack and stroke, a study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology suggests. Research carried out at the Universities of Southampton and Edinbur...

14-01-13 In a study published in the European Heart Journal, an Ume research team has shown that physical fitness in your teens can reduce the risk of heart attack later in life, while men who are fit and obese in their teens run a higher risk of having a he...

13-12-27 An artificial heart that can give patients up to five years of extra life has been successfully implanted for the first time. 法国巴黎蓬皮杜医院医生成功地为病人体内植入一颗能为他延长寿命5年的人工心脏。 The heart, powered by watch-style batteries tha...

13-12-20 Daily activities such as DIY or gardening may prolong life by up to 30% in the 60+ age group, a report published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine showed. 《英国运动医学杂志》上发表的一篇报道显示，像手工制作或园艺这样的日常活动有可能使60岁以...

13-12-18 If everyone over the age of 50 ate an apple a day, 8,500 deaths from heart attacks and strokes could be avoided every year in the UK, say researchers. 英国研究人员称，如果国内超过50岁的人每天吃一个苹果，每年死于心脏病和中风的人将减少8500。 Apples wo...

13-12-02 Energy drinks packed with caffeine can change the way the heart beats, researchers warn. 研究人员警告道，含有咖啡因的能量饮料会改变心跳方式。 The team from the University of Bonn in Germany imaged the hearts of 17 people an hour after they had an en...

13-11-19 A late-breaking clinical trial, known as the Treatment of Preserved Cardiac Function Heart Failure with an Aldosterone（醛固酮） Antagonist (TOPCAT) trial, to be presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions, November 18, 201...

13-11-13 The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association today released a new clinical practice guideline for the treatment of blood cholesterol（胆固醇） in people at high risk for cardiovascular diseases caused by atherosclerosis（动...