David:I understand that Chinese medicine is based more on natural products while western medicine more on chemical products. Are Chinese people more accustomed to Chinese medicine? 我知道中医更多地注重天然药物而西医则更多注重化学

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(96) / 评论(0) 分类 留学生在中国

Antibiotic-resistant germs cause more than two million illnesses and at least 23,000 deaths each year in the U.S. 抗生素抗药性细菌会引发200多万种疾病,每年有至少2.3万名美国人因此而死亡。 Inappropriate prescribing of a

发表于:2018-12-04 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 医学英语轻松学

Legionnaires' Disease 1 Legionnaires' disease is a serious and sometimes fatal form of pneumonia 2 . Legionnaires' disease is caused by infection with Legionella bacteria which are found naturally in

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By Mario Ritter Broadcast: August 19, 2003 This is Steve Ember with the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. A study has found no serious effects after farmers in Denmark ended the use of 1)antibio

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The Next 'Wonder Drug' Is ... a Maggot? From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. The next superhero that saves the world may not be strong, powerful or good-looking. In fact, that hero may be a wriggling, squirming faceless cre

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WHO: Plague in Madagascar Could Spread 世界卫生组织:瘟疫可能在马达加斯加蔓延 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Report. For much of 2014, health officials around the world have been guarding against Ebola virus. There is

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BBC News with Eileen McCue. President Trump has promised what he called a historic increase in defense spending. White House officials say he wants the Pentagon budget to go up by $54bn, almost 10 per cent. The administration hopes to pay for the inc

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These days, antibiotics are no silver bullet. In fact, if you get them in the hospital, you may end up with an additional infection. Like the bug Clostridium difficile, or C. diffwhich infects more than 300,000 Americans a year and kills some 14,000.

发表于:2018-12-24 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年Scientific American(十)月

D: Well, Mr.Smith. That's a nasty infection you have. S: Yes. Is anything you can give me to get rid of it, doctor? D: I'm going to prescribe some antibiotics and some cream to ease the itching and burning. S: Ok, thank you. Where should I buy them?

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Pfizer is the worlds largest pharmaceutical company. It was founded in New York in 1849 by Charles Pfizer and his cousin. Their business started booming after they discovered a process for making citric acid. This method was vital in producing penici

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Lethal infections from CRE germs are on the rise in medical facilities. 致命病菌抗碳青霉烯类肠杆菌属(GRE)正在医院蔓延。 CRE, or carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, have become resistant to nearly all, and in some cases,

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The antimicrobial triclosan is a common ingredient in hand soap. But it's also found in shampoos, deodorants, toothpaste, even lip gloss. So it's not too surprising that triclosan also shows up in blood, urine, breast milk and mucus. But here's the w

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Every week this summer, we'll be doing these special web shows. Today, we're talking about a story we covered toward the end of the school year: an outbreak of E. coli. That's a specific kind of bacteria. You can get it from contaminated food or wate

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Vaccines are desperately needed in the developing world. Even when theyre available and inexpensive, theres still a major problem: most vaccines need to be refrigerated. Reaching the relevant populations often means traveling to areas where electrici

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American Company Helps Small Farmers Make Money Five years ago, American James Faison could not imagine what he is doing today. Faison worked in the state of Florida as a lawyer for large companies until 2012, when he moved to Virginia to start a far

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【考试题目】 Food has become cheaper thanks to enlarged manufacturing capacity, use of fertilizer and better machinery. However, some believe it will do harm to the health of humans and local community as a whole. To what extent do you agree or

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Science and Technology 科技 Finding new antibiotics: The 48 uses of dragon's blood 寻找新抗生素:巨蜥血的48种功效 Komodo dragons could be the source for a new generation of antibiotics 科莫多巨蜥可成为新一代抗生素的来源

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Unit 5 Visiting a patient Conversation 1 A : Hi, May , I didn't see you at work this morning. Are you all right? B : Oh, I feel miserable . I've got a bad cold , My head is dizzy and my nose is running. A : Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Have you se

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(93) / 评论(0) 分类 交际英语热门话题

Precisely the same thing happens with meningitis. 脑膜炎的情况完全一样。 At least 10 percent of young adults, and perhaps 30 percent of teenagers, carry the deadly meningococcal bacterium, 至少有10%的年轻人和也许30%的少年携带着

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Soon one of these new strains, called Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus, began to show up in hospitals. 过不多久,一种名叫抗甲氧苯青霉素葡萄球菌的新品种葡萄球菌开始在医院里出现。 Only one type of antibio

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