Issues for the Elderly, and Those Who Care for Them对老年痴呆症患者的特别照顾 This is As It Is. Hello, I'm Caty Weaver. On the show today, we discuss issues affecting the elderly and those who care for them. We start with a report from K

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(八)月

缺乏维生素D会增加老年痴呆症风险 Vitamin D comes from the sun and from some foods like nuts, lentils and fatty fish. 人们能够从太阳,或是像坚果、扁豆以及多脂鱼等食物中摄取维生素D。 Researchers have found t

发表于:2018-12-16 / 阅读(63) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(一月)

So what happens when amyloid plaques accumulate to this tipping point? 所以当淀粉样斑块积累到临界点后会发生什么? Our microglia janitor cells become hyper-activated, releasing chemicals that cause inflammation and cellular damage

发表于:2018-12-18 / 阅读(126) / 评论(0) 分类 TED演讲国际问题篇

If you are reading this article and it is not in your native language, then you may be on the road to a healthier brain. According to new research learning to speak another language can delay the onset of dementia by five years. The research was carr

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(BBC News)A new computer-based test for Alzheimer's could help identify the disease much earlier than previously possible. (英国国家广播公司报道)一种运用计算机进行的老年痴呆症测试,有助于更早发现这种疾病。

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一名纽约大学游泳队的种子选手死在了游泳池里,Beckett和Castle为了寻找线索必须要深入到体育界、药品界和贩毒界去一探究竟。最终他们发现真正的凶手是受害者认为关系最亲密的游泳队队长

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(90) / 评论(0) 分类 灵书妙探 第三季

生物化学家Gregory Petsk提出一个富有说服力的论点:未来的50年,我们将要面临一场神经疾病的大流行,例如:老年痴呆症,就像全球人口年龄一样。他提出的应对之策是:增加脑功能领域的研

发表于:2019-01-05 / 阅读(115) / 评论(0) 分类 TED公开课:美妙的神经系统

How many people here are 40 years old or older? You're afraid to admit it now. 在座的有多少人已经四十多岁了?你不想承认了吗? This initial step into the disease, this presence of amyloid plaques accumulating, can already be fou

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今天我们要学的词是magic bullet。 Magic bullet, 意思是解决问题的灵丹妙药。President Obama said there was no magic bullet for the struggling economy,美国总统奥巴马说,振兴美国经济,没有灵丹妙药。 Experts sa

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(116) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

JEFFREY BROWN:And now the first in an occasional series of stories about long-term care. With baby boomers aging and living longer, more people will need it. But new research has shown most Americans have done little or nothing to plan for these situ

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Now for another in our Thanksgiving week food series: a profile of food writer and cook book author Paula Wolfert, as she calls on her culinary skills to battle back against Alzheimer's. Paula Wolfert has the hands of someone who's bee

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Okay, Eli. Say ahh. 伊莱,张开嘴说啊 Don't worry. 别担心 Tongue depressors are the first thing they teach you in medical school. 使用压舌板是医学院教的第一样技巧 When did you start to feel this way? 你是什么时候开始觉

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(121) / 评论(0) 分类 陨落星辰第一季

Beijing announced that public hospitals will end markups on drug prices to separate medical treatment and drug sales, and to lower costs to patients. 北京市日前宣布,公立医院将取消药品加成,以实现医药分离,降低病患就医

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(89) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Online medicine sales are emerging as a new promising business in China thanks to easy accessibility and fast delivery. Figures from the China Food and Drug Administration show that online medical sales hit 6.8 billion yuan, or more than 1 billion US

发表于:2019-02-03 / 阅读(86) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

女孩简妮被杀害,警方想起多年前,犯罪者屠夫虐杀女孩后突然消失的事情。警局检查出死者是被团队杀害,怀疑凶手是屠夫和其儿子所为。屠夫再次作案。警方从没有留言的受害者档案中找

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(70) / 评论(0) 分类 犯罪心理

Business 商业报道 Canadian retailing 加拿大零售业 Drug deal 药品生意 A merger to see off an American challenge 实行兼并抗衡美国的挑战 THEY met on July 11th in a minivan on a country road. 7月11号,维斯顿佳林,加拿大

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(398) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列

本期内容: Eli Lilly said that a clinical trial for a new drug to slow the onset of Alzheimers had failed. The drug, solanezumab, was tested on patients with mild cases of Alzheimers, who showed only a slight improvement after 18 months of treat

发表于:2019-02-20 / 阅读(104) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

I'd like to talk about my dad. My dad has Alzheimer's disease. He started showing the symptoms about 12 years ago, and he was officially diagnosed in 2005. Now he's really pretty sick. He needs help eating, he needs help getting dressed, he doesn't r

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Science and technology 科学技术 Drug research 药物研究 Toxic medicine 毒类药品 Snake venom is being used to cure, rather than kill 蛇毒用于治病,不是杀伤 THERE are no poisons, only poisonous doses.Thus did Paracelsus, the great

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Biotech patents 生物技术专利 Taking it personally 对人下药 A legal fight over a new generation of medicine 新一代药品的法律纠纷 DRUG research is in dark times, as pipelines dry up and development budgets are cut. But one shaft of

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