访谈录 2013-01-29&01-31 “万能药”阿司匹林副作用多 长期服用或失明

 　　There is a big headline tonight about modern health.Forty-three million people are taking some kind of aspirin¹ everyday to prevent heart attacks and strokes,but now the leading medical journal³ JAMA says there is evidence that daily aspirin could be linked with small increase in macular degeneration which can cause blindness.A lot of questions.Tonight ABC's chief medical editor Dr. Richard Besser is here.So exactly how much, what does this study show?

　　Well,it is a study out of stray⁴.They looked 2,400 people for 15 years and found that aspirin doubled your risk of macular degeneration which as you say causes blindness.The risk is small.It's only 3.5%,but if you add that to all,we know about aspirin causing interanl bleeding,you really need to make sure you are someone who is gonna benefit from being on aspirin.

　　So all the people who are being given aspirin,who take aspirin,thinking it for their health,where do you start today,what do you ask your doctor when you are going?

　　Well,I mean,clearly if you have a heart attack or stroke²,it can be life-saving.So you need to be on that drug.Then the next thing,won't or if you are at high risk,so to find that out.Did someone in your family have an heart attack or stroke at an early age.Or do you have other risk factors like smoking,high cholesteral,high blood pressure,diabetes.If you have those,your doctor can actually tell you what you risk will be if you were having a heart attack.The bottom line is if you are low risk,you don't want to be on the drug that can cause problems.

　　And you are telling me even the tiny aspirin,that's still aspirin.

　　That's right.It can cause problems.

　　Ok,thank you,Richard Bessel.

1 aspirin   

n.阿司匹林

参考例句：

• The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
• She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。

2 stroke   

n.笔画，击打，连续的动作，中风，心跳；vt.奉承，轻抚； vi.击打，心跳...

参考例句：

• He drove in a nail with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把钉子敲进去了。
• He broke the lock with one stroke of the hammer.他一锤就把锁砸坏了。

3 journal   

n.日志，日记；议事录；日记帐；杂志，定期刊物

参考例句：

• He kept a journal during his visit to Japan.他在访问日本期间坚持记日记。
• He got a job as editor of a trade journal.他找到了一份当商业杂志编辑的工作。

4 stray   

n.走失的家畜，浪子；adj.迷途的，偶然的；vi.迷路，彷徨

参考例句：

• We couldn't identify the stray child.我们不能辨认出这个迷途孩子的身份。
• Please don't stray from the subject.请不要离开本题。