At home, I'd always avoided support groups for MS because we're just going to complain about things to each other, and what else I might get from it.

在家里，我总是避开支持多发硬化症的团体，因为我们只会互相抱怨，以及从中我能得到什么。

So the trust does multiple sclerosis research and that's one side of what it does.

所以我们的基金会关注多发性硬化的研究，这是研究之一。

When these cells move upwards, they're filled with a hardened protein called keratin.

细胞在向上移动过程中，会被填充一种硬化的蛋白质，叫做角蛋白。

Focal glomerulosclerosi is the rare potentially life-threatening kidney disease that threatened my life.

局灶性肾小球硬化是一种罕见的、潜在威胁我生命的肾病。

Johnson's team analyzed trace elements and carbon and oxygen isotopes in the hardened cave drippings.

约翰逊的团队分析了硬化洞穴水滴中的微量元素和碳氧同位素。

Cirrhosis caused by alpha-1 antitrypsin can be diagnosed with a liver biopsy.

α-1抗胰蛋白酶导致的肝硬化可过肝穿刺活检诊断。

And the ALS ice bucket challenge has now reached presidential levels.

现在肌萎缩侧索硬化症的冰桶挑战活动已经到达了总统级别。

In that paper he showed that choline, a molecule found in eggs and meat, is digested by some gut bacteria to produce trimethylamine, which is then processed in the liver to create trimethylamine N-oxide, or TMAO—a substance that encourages atherosclerosis.

在那中，他说胆碱（一种存在于蛋和肉类中的分子）被某些肠道细菌消化生成三甲胺，然后三甲胺在肝脏中转化为氧化三甲胺（TMAO），这是一种有助于引发动脉粥样硬化的物质。

Inflammation has been linked to a host of other diseases, such as heart disease and atherosclerosis — where fat deposits inside the blood vessels restrict blood flow to that area—diabetes, and even aging.

炎症与许多其他疾病有关，如心脏病和动脉粥样硬化（血管内的脂肪沉积限制了该区域的血液流动）、糖尿病，甚至衰老。

Alright, so as a quick recap, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is a nephrotic syndrome characterized by sclerosis and hyalinosis in some, but not all, glomeruli, and usually only affects part of the glomeruli that it affects.

得！快速回顾一下：局灶节段性肾小球肾炎是一种肾病综合征，以部分肾小球的硬化和玻璃样变为特征，常只影响肾小球的一小部分。

And then we've got the problems on the blood vessel end, under sustained hypertension, you may see your otherwise elastic arteries go from being flexible balloons to stiff, hardened pipes, in what's called arteriosclerosis.

然后血管末端出现了问题，在持续的高血压下，你可能会看到你原本弹性的动脉从灵活的气球变成僵硬、硬化的管道，这就是所谓的动脉硬化。

They have a crust, probably a few centimeters thick, made of highly compressed but more or less normal matter, squeezed into a kind of highly stiffened crystal state.

它们也有地壳，可能有几厘米厚，或多或少是由正常物质构成的，它们经过了高度压缩，被挤压成一种高度硬化的晶体状态。

The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis is supported by an MRI which shows multiple central nervous system lesions, called white matter plaques, since these regions tend to have lots of myelin.

诊断多发性硬化需要MRI的支持，显示多发的中枢神经系统损伤（白质斑），因为该处有大量髓鞘。

The cracked tank spilled a pool of a rapidly hardening chocolate, which quickly covered the width of the road.

裂开的罐体洒出一滩迅速硬化的巧克力，很快就覆盖了道路的宽度。

Betsy McNair noted that the kind of disease matters. She helped care for a brother who had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in his 50s.

贝茜指出，疾病的类型至关紧要。她帮助照顾了一位在50多岁患肌萎缩性侧索硬化症的兄弟。

The stiff, thickened serous pericardium makes it hard for the ventricles to expand - it's like the heart is wrapped by a boa constrictor.

增厚硬化的浆膜心包限制心室扩张；心脏如同被蟒蛇缠绕一般。

The greatest benefit was in fighting liver diseases, so researchers are planning a clinical test of using coffee as a treatment for cirrhosis.

最大的好处是与肝脏疾病作斗争，因此研究人员正在计划一项临床试验，将咖啡作为治疗肝硬化的方法。

In this case, somebody with cirrhosis might not have any symptoms, or have nonspecific symptoms like weight loss, weakness, or fatigue.

肝硬化早期的病人可能没有任何症状，或表现出非特异性症状，如体重减轻、虚弱、乏力等。

But records show that migrants died at higher rates from cirrhosis and pulmonary illnesses, which are linked to drinking and smoking.

但有记录显示造成这些移民死亡率较高疾病的肝硬化和肺部疾病都与饮酒和吸烟有关。

How I feel about my MS diagnosis is the same as I felt a week after I had the diagnosis.

我对多发性硬化症诊断的感觉和我确诊一周后的感觉一样。