They think its population grew rapidly and then remained more or less stable until the arrival of the Europeans, who introduced deadly diseases to which islanders had no immunity.
他们认为岛上的人口增长迅速，然后保持或多或少的稳定速度来增长，直到欧洲人的到来引进了岛上居民对其没有免疫力的致命疾病。
The rise of social networking has made it easier for people with uncommon diseases to connect with each other and feel less alone.
社交网络的兴起使患有罕见疾病的人更容易相互联系，也不那么孤独了。
The causative organism is from the family of bacteria which causes tuberculosis and leprosy but Buruli ulcer has received less attention than these diseases.
致病微生物与引起结核和麻风的病菌属同一家族，但是布鲁里溃疡比这些疾病获得较少重视。
We continue to improve our understanding of emerging diseases and help develop environments that are less conducive to epidemic emergence.
我们会继续改善我们对新出现的疾病的了解，并帮助建设有利于减少传染病出现的环境。
That's because less clear-cutting may mean less malaria, according to a paper out this week in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.
本周《新发传染病》上刊登的一篇文章指出，这是因为砍伐树木越少就有可能使疟疾发作的越少。
And cutting back on black carbon will also pay immediate health dividends, with less air pollution and fewer deaths from respiratory diseases.
减少炭黑排放还能带来健康的额外好处，因为空气污染少了，死于呼吸道疾病的人也少了。
With many Americans eating less fresh foods more and more diseases which have carcinogenic predispositions plague the nation.
美国人很少吃新鲜食物，所以罹患越来越多种致癌倾向的疾病。
Mice genetically engineered to lack these proteins gain less weight and are less susceptible to metabolic diseases such as diabetes than are regular mice.
比起一般的老鼠，通过基因工程改造而缺少这种蛋白质的老鼠体重增加的更少，而且更不容易获得如糖尿病之类的代谢疾病。
A number of studies have observed that people who sleep five hours or less are more prone to weight gain and weigh-related diseases such as type-2 diabetes.
之前的研究也显示每晚睡眠时间不无五小时的人群发胖的可能性更大，同时还容易患上与体重超标相关的疾病，比如说罹患2型糖尿病的风险就高出了不少。
The bacteria in your gut may make you susceptible to certain diseases, to obesity, or they may make you less susceptible. Bacteria matter.
你的肠道里的细菌使你对某些疾病很敏感，或者肥胖，或者可能不敏感，这些都是细菌的原因。
Part of the study revealed that the more fruits and vegetables people ate daily, the less chance they would develop cardiovascular diseases.
部分研究发现，人们每天吃越多水果和蔬菜，他们就越少机会患上心血管疾病。
Some food activists blame TFAs for other diseases as well, but the evidence is less strong.
有些食品活动家认为反式脂肪还导致其它疾病，不过证据不太充分。
Radiation in rainwater in British Columbia was less than one millionth the amount shown to cause thyroid diseases.
不列颠哥伦比亚地区在雨水中监测到低于导致甲状腺疾病当量百万分之一的辐射量。
Be aware of the early clinical signs of H5N1 infection, but also understand that many other common diseases - of far less health concern - will show similar early symptoms.
了解H5N1感染的早期临床症状，但同时清楚，许多其它危害不大的常见疾病也会显示类似的早期症状。
While athletes do not have to worry about diseases, and pollution is less of a problem here than in Beijing, there are other challenges.
虽然运动员不必担心马匹疾病，空气污染问题也没有北京严重，但是还有其他挑战。
Funds available for research into diarrhoea are less than those available for research in other diseases that cause fewer deaths.
腹泻病研究资金大大低于造成较少死亡人数的其它疾病的研究资金。
The less benign can cause lethal diseases.
少数良性病毒可以产生致病因子。
Health systems can often cope with the intermittent emergencies of infectious diseases, but cope much less well with the demands of chronic diseases.
卫生系统常常可以应对传染病的断续突发事件，但应对慢性病需求的能力要差得多。
It was lucky to have been founded far from the other great powers and even luckier that the native population was less advanced and highly susceptible to European diseases.
它是幸运的，因为它远离其它大国，当地土著人口并不发达，而且对欧洲传染病极为敏感。
Put a tax on soda because soft drinks raise the cost to society for treating obesity-related diseases like diabetes and being a Coca-ColaPepsiCo (PEP, news, MSGS) becomes less profitable.
由于碳酸饮料增加了治疗肥胖诱因疾病(如糖尿病)的社会成本，所以针对碳酸饮料增加税收，这就会使可口可乐公司或百事可乐公司的盈利能力下降。
Conversely, people who have a 'pear' shaped body seem to be at less risk for acquiring these diseases.
反过来说，人谁有一个'梨'形的身体似乎是在风险较低，为获取这些疾病。
Does that mean that those who are advanced in age are perhaps more susceptible to the diseases that may come with less mitochondria?
这是否意味着那些高龄者可能更易患可能伴随线粒体减少而发生的疾病？
He says straw bales can require less water, and prevent plant diseases caused by too much water in soil.
他说禾捆需要的水不多，能预防土壤中水分过分引起的植物疾病。
Where the host is weakened or less capable to protect itself and maintain balance due to an infestation, the host naturally becomes more susceptible to other diseases.
当宿主弱化或是当寄生虫侵扰比较不能保护自身与保持平衡时，宿主很自然的就容易染上其他疾病。
Medicine has only been a real science for less than 100 years, and we've already seen complete cures for some diseases and good progress for others.
医学真正成为一门科学，只有不到100年的历史，我们已经能够完全治愈某些疾病，并在另一些领域取得了长足进展。
Medicine has only been a real science for less than 100 years, and we've already seen complete cures for some diseases and good progress for others.
医学真正成为一门科学，只有不到100年的历史，我们已经能够完全治愈某些疾病，并在另一些领域取得了长足进展。
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