13-12-27 Doctor Jude Oben had grim news for a patient last week. The liver expert told the 60-year-old man that he had cirrhosis - for the second time in his life. 裘德奥本医生是一位肝脏病专家，上周他带给一位60岁的病人一个坏消息他又一次患上了肝硬化。这已经是...

13-12-23 A new optical device puts the power to detect eye disease in the palm of a hand. The tool -- about the size of a hand-held video camera -- scans a patient's entire retina（视网膜） in seconds and could aid primary care physicians in the early detect...

13-03-21 Dentist: Please stop howling. I haven't even touched your tooth yet. Patient: I know. But you are standing on my foot! 牙医：请不要再叫了，我都还没有挨着你的牙齿啊！ 病人：但是，亲，你可知道，你踩到我脚了！！！...

13-01-18 This incident occurred one morning outside Albert Sch-weitzer's hospital in the African jungle. A patient had gone fishing in another man's boat. The owner of the boat thought he should be given all the fish that were caught. Dr. Sch-weitzer said to...

13-01-08 I believe listening is powerful medicine. Studies have shown it takes a physician about 18 seconds to interrupt a patient after he begins talking. It was Sunday. I had one last patient to see. I approached her room in a hurry and stood at the doorwa...

12-10-21 瑞典研究人员发现，从事创造性工作的人群患精神疾病的风险更高；其中，作家患躁郁症、精神分裂症以及滥用药物的风险要明显高于其他人，他们自杀的可能性是普通人群的两倍。 Creativity is often part of a mental illness, with writers particularly susceptible, acc...

12-10-09 In a finding that runs counter to commonly held beliefs about fresh being better, a clinical trial published October 8 by the Journal of the American Medical Association shows that acutely（剧烈地） ill premature babies who received fresher blood di...

12-09-26 When I am aged, never own the natural ego, Understand me a bit, and treat me more patiently, please. When I spill soup on my clothes, and when I forget how to tie my knot, try to remember how I teach you to do all these matters hand by hand, please....

12-04-27 Psychiatrist: What's your problem? Patient: I think I'm a chicken. Psychiatrist: How long has this been going on? Patient: Ever since I was an egg! 精神病医师：你哪里不舒服？ 病人：我认为我是一只鸡。 精神病医师：这种情况从什么时候开始的？ 病人：从我...

12-04-01 Nine out of 10 drugs successfully tested in mice and other animal models ultimately fail to work in people, and one reason may be traced back to a common fact of life for laboratory mice: they're cold, according to a researcher at the Stanford Unive...