SSS 2011-12-29

nobody likes getting shots, but what if you could make the needles so tiny that they broke skin painlessly. engineers from top university have created such micro needles, made from major protein in silk, fibrolin. the work is in the journal of advanc

药房—Pharmacy

I was feeling under the weather yesterday, so I went to the doctor, and she prescribed some medication for my illness. I took the prescription she wrote out, and I went to a local pharmacy near my house. I gave the prescription to the pharmacist, and

2010年ESL之商务英语 15 Talking About Sight

15 Talking About Sight GLOSSARY medication medicine; a substance swallowed or injected to treat an illness ormake one feel better* The doctor gave her a new medication for her high blood pressure. to mess with to interfere with something; to change t

英语访谈对话 20 Going Home

Todd: OK, Victor, tomorrow you're flying home. Victor: Yes, that's correct. Todd: OK. So, are you afraid of flying? Victor: No, flying's fine. Todd: Really. Back home, for your job, do you fly? Victor: No, I drive to work and to different assignments

警惕:经验不足的医生可能对你的健康造成(有声

July is coming. Its a time to fire up the barbecue, hit the beaches and watch the fireworks. Its definitely not a time to be in the hospital. Because fatal medical errors peak in July, an increase that happens to coincide with the annual arrival of n

85. Post Haste

My husband asked me to go to the post office to mail his resume in anticipation of a job interview. He instructed me to send it the fastest way possible. Struck by the urgency in his voice, I grabbed

英语会话词典-A15看医生

生病受伤时请医生看病 Do you need a doctor?用叫医生吗？ Please call an ambulance.请叫救护车。 I'd like to see a doctor.我要看病。 I'm not feeling well.我觉得身体不舒服。 would you send me a doctor?你能帮我请位医

SSS 2010-04-07

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Karen Hopkin. This'll just take a minute. Everyone makes mistakes, especially when it comes to entering numbers into a calculator or spreadsheet. Its not such a big deal if youre tracking how much

SSS 2010-06-04

This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science, I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. July is coming. Its a time to fire up the barbecue, hit the beaches and watch the fireworks. Its definitely not a time to be in the hospital. Because fa

VOA慢速英语2010年-Health Report - Study Ties New Doctors

This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Being a patient in certain hospitals in the month of July can be dangerous or even deadly. That was the finding of sociology professor David Phillips at the University of California, San Diego, and his s

2007年VOA标准英语-Study Finds Medication as Effective as Heart St

By Carol Pearson Washington 28 March 2007 watch Stent Study report A new, landmark study finds heart stents devices used to open blocked arteries - may not be as effective in the long term as medication in preventing heart attacks. VOA's Carol Pears

Got Back Pain? Try Yoga Or Massage Before Reaching For The Pills

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Lower back pain - yeah, you know who you are. You're not alone, though. Most of us will suffer from lower back pain sometime in our lives. And when it happens, many of us will reach for pain medication. But new guidelines from th

【英语语言学习】心理疾病

So I'm a woman with chronic schizophrenia. I've spent hundreds of days in psychiatric hospitals. I might have ended up spending most of my life on the back ward of a hospital, but that isn't how my life turned out. In fact, I've managed to stay clear

抑郁症如何控制？

抑郁症如何控制？ Depression can make a person feel unusually sad, worthless, uninterested in activities that used to be fun, restless or even suicidal. 患抑郁症的人通常会感到异常忧伤、觉得人生毫无价值、对原本感兴趣

咖啡与甲状腺药物同时服用产生的问题

Around the world, many people start their day with a cup of coffee, a cappuccino, or an espresso. At the same time, there are many people with various thyroid conditions who rely on synthetic thyroid hormone replacement medication like levothyroxine

世界水日：9个时刻最该喝水

Want to drink more water to benefit your health? Try these tips for identifying nine times that your body needs drinking water most. 想多喝水强身健体？试试这些小妙招，告诉你这9个时刻你最需要喝水。 世界水日：9个时刻

WHO Warns Against Self-Medication as Antidote to Radiation

The World Health Organization (WHO) warns against the indiscriminate(任意的无差别的) use of potassium iodide as a precaution against nuclear radiation. WHO is issuing this advisory following reports of people in Japan and elsewhere who are usi

New Study Could Change Treatment for Asthma

New Study Could Change Treatment for Asthma Global treatment guidelines for asthma could change as a result of a study led by a researcher at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Most adults who have mild or moderate asthma are told to use their i

【英语语言学习】担忧未来

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: A Virginia state senator named Creigh Deeds was brutally assaulted by his son last week. The attack put the elder Deeds into the hospital and it left his son, Austin, dead after shooting himself. Just a day before, a judge issued

TED演讲:一段精神疾病的传奇--从内心看起(5)

For years, I had resisted medication, making many, many efforts to get off. 这些年来，我一直反对用药，为此会付出一切。 I felt that if I could manage without medication, 我感觉到我不服用药物也可以保持 I could prove