时间:2019-02-05 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2010年(三月)


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LASIK eye surgery is used to correct people's vision and end their need for glasses or contact lenses. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the procedure 15 years ago. But now, a former government regulator is publicly expressing concerns about the procedure's safety.


A review of LASIK studies worldwide shows that 95 percent of those who have had LASIK surgery are happy with the results.


With LASIK, doctors use a laser to permanently 1 change the shape of the cornea to improve vision. The U.S. military considers Lasik so safe, the procedure is often performed on troops about to be deployed 2.


But some people who have undergone LASIK are left with permanently damaged vision. They see double, or have problems seeing at night or see starbursts or halos around lights.  Some people have lost their jobs and can no longer perform basic functions, such as driving due to bad outcomes from LASIK.


 Abby Ellin is one of the people not satisfied with the outcome of her LASIK procedure. "I was not a success because I had dry eyes and halos and everything else. That is not a success," she explained.


Now, the man who headed the office responsible for reviewing the data on LASIK at the Food and Drug Administration says those side effects were not taken seriously enough.  Morris Waxler is no longer with the agency.


"It's right there in the record, the agencies and the refractive surgeons," said Waxler.  "People know these problems occur and there doesn't seem to be a plan to handle some of the more difficult problems that are created."


Waxler says the agency should have provided better oversight 3 and employed tougher standards for dealing 4 with adverse 5 effects of LASIK. The agency is now investigating patient reports of LASIK injuries and is working on a study of post-LASIK problems.


In addition, the agency requires the makers 6 of machinery 7 used in LASIK to meet certain standards before the agency will approve any new lasers used in this surgery.


In the meantime, Morris Waxler has advice for those thinking about having LASIK.


"Read everything you can. There's no urgency to do it.  So make sure you understand the worst that can happen to your eyes and you can live with the worst," added Waxler.


Dr. Penny Asbell, a doctor who performs the procedure, says people should be aware that not everyone is a good candidate for the surgery.


"Sometimes I think instead of asking how many LASIK procedures you have done, you should actually ask the doctor, how many have you turned away," noted 8 Dr. Asbell.


The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate the practice of medicine in the U.S. It regulates the lasers used in the procedure.

 



adv.永恒地,永久地,固定不变地
  • The accident left him permanently scarred.那次事故给他留下了永久的伤疤。
  • The ship is now permanently moored on the Thames in London.该船现在永久地停泊在伦敦泰晤士河边。
(尤指军事行动)使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 ); 施展; 部署; 有效地利用
  • Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
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n.勘漏,失察,疏忽
  • I consider this a gross oversight on your part.我把这件事看作是你的一大疏忽。
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n.经商方法,待人态度
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adj.不利的;有害的;敌对的,不友好的
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  • The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
  • The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.(总称)机械,机器;机构
  • Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗?
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artificial dielectric
autonomous potentials
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compound extract
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corrector loop
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crossword puzzle
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cylindrical grinder with wide grinding wheel
dc cable
dealigning
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diploma of graduation
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drosses
eleemosynar
embedment depth
end burner
end-of-excerpt
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extra-hard cold work
feigl
field discharge protection
folliculosebaceous cystic hamartoma
foredoomed
Frankfort on the Main
globosities
gluceth
go to great ends
goldleaf electrometer
ground power
hardening modulus
Hoya multiflora
hypochordal arch
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immediate execution mode
in bonded system
interphase exchange coefficient
introitus vaginarum
Iranianise
kangaroo system
learning counseling
Li Shizhen
lithophyl
malonyl urea
methylacryloyl-
nonallegorical
partial double hull boat
pearlite (perlite)
peppernel
preparative layer chromatography
quartz exhalite
ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter
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regional degeneration
removal of impurities from station circuit
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runaway chain reaction
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self respect
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sharklet
sinusoidal projection
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spring for rocker shaft
start-stop pattern
susanas
switching signal
taking me out
threshing time
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tunnelway
unselfconsciously
versus analysis
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waterperries
wide angled lens