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1、2015年职称英语卫生A级原文出处(补全短文) 第三十七篇HypertensionDrugsFoundtoCutRiskofStroke AustraliandoctorsdeclaredMondaythatacocktailofsimpleantihypertensivedrugscanlowertheriskofpatientssufferingarepeatstrokebymorethanathird.Thisistheresultoftheirresearch.Theresearch,presentedatamedicalcon
2、ferenceinItalyovertheweekend,hasbeenvaluedhighlyasamajorbreakthroughinstrokeprevention. Strokeskill5millionpeopleayear,andmorethan15millionsuffernon-fatalstrokesthatoftenleavethemwithuselesslimbs,slurredspeechandotherseriousdisabilities.Oneinfivestrokesurvivorsgoesontohav
3、easecond,oftenfatal,strokewithinfiveyearsofthefirst. Aninternationalsix-yearstudyof6,100patientsdirectedfromSydneyUniversityfoundthatbytakingtwobloodpressure-loweringdrugs,theriskofsecondarystrokescanbereducedbyupto40percent.Eventakingoneofthecommonlyavailabledrugscancutt
4、heriskbyathird,thestudysaid.ThedrugsarethediureticindapamideandtheACEinhibitor1perindopril,betterknownbyitsbrandnameCoversyl.Thecombinationwaseffectiveeveninpatientswhodidnothavehighbloodpressure,theresearcherssaid.Theyevenfoundthattheriskofanotherstrokecouldbecutbythreequ
5、artersamongtheone-in-tenpatientswhohadsufferedacerebralhemorrhage,theworsttypeofstroke,wherethereisdirectbleedingintothebrain. StephenMcMahon,whopresentedtheresearchattheMilancongressoftheEuropeanSocietyofHypertension,saidabout50millionpeoplewerealivewhohadsufferedatleast
6、onestroke.“Ifmostofthosepatientswereabletogetaccessto2thistreatment,itwouldresultin3maybetheavoidanceofhalfamillionstrokesayear,”theprofessortoldAustralia’sABCRadio. McMahonsaiddoctorshadlongknownthatloweringthebloodpressureofthosewithhypertensioncouldhelppreventstrokes.“
7、Whatwehaveshownforthefirsttimeisthatitdoesnotreallymatterwhatyourbloodpressureis4;ifyouhavehadastroke,thenloweringbloodpressurewillproducelargebenefits,tobeginwith5—evenforpeoplewhosebloodpressureisaverageorbelowaverage,”hesaid. McMahonsaidtheMilangatheringhadheraldedther
8、esearchasa“majorbreakthroughinthecareofpatientswithstrokes—perhapsthebiggeststepforwardth
