But the stigma remained, so patients hid their disease instead of seeking care.

依然存在，所以麻风病患者总是讳疾忌医。

A team of European scientists has come up with a way to create a bionic hand that allows the amputee to feel lifelike sensations from their fingers.

直到现在，欧洲科学家提出发明仿生手的方法，使患者能够通过手指获得触感。

But autistic participants did find the jokes funnier overall.

不过总体来说，自闭症患者确实认为这些笑话更好笑。

There are lessons about informed patient consent to learn.

这件事为患者的知情同意制度敲响了警钟。

The discovery of artemisinin has helped significantly reduce the mortality rates of malaria patients.

青蒿素的发现极大地降低了疟疾患者的死亡率。

" So the scientists were excited clearly. What about the patient himself? "

“显然，科学家们都很激动，么患者本人？”

The defects were especially common among those who had aggressive form of breast cancer known as triple negative breast cancer.

这种缺陷在些患有恶性乳腺癌，即三阴性乳腺癌患者身上极其普遍。

They improve quality of life for people with autism.

它们改善了自闭症患者的生活质量。

The other action would explain the term committing to a mental institution to include involuntary inpatient as well as outpatient services.

另一个措施是澄清“进过精神病院”的含义，它应包括非自愿住院和门诊患者。

Turning now to medical facilities, the town is served by family doctors in several medical practices — fewer than 50 years ago, but each catering for far more patients.

现在我们把话题转向医疗设施，我们小镇居民好几种疾病都是找家庭医生来看的，虽然现在镇上家庭医生的数量50年前要少，是他们每个人治疗的患者数量都候要多得多。

Reason? Patient demand. Few, though, can adequately explain how acupuncture works.

为什么针刺疗法在美国会越来越受欢迎？原因就在于患者的需求。然而，很少有人能充分解释针灸的原理。

The decline is largely due to Pap testing and follow-up.

宫颈癌患者的减少主要归功于对宫颈刮片的检查，以及复查工作。

Most diabetics need two to four vials per month.

大多数糖尿病患者每月需要两到四瓶。

Medicaid Foundation, a nonprofit in Nigeria has been serving patients for eight years.

医疗补助基金会是尼日利亚的一家非盈利组织，为癌症患者提供帮助已有8年。

Excess intake increases health issues for those with kidney or heart problems and diabetes.

过量摄入氯化钾会给肾病，心脏病和糖尿病患者带来健康隐患。

Well, I have a confession for you. I'm the opposite. I'm a precrastinator.

有件事我必须向你们承认，我刚好相反， 我是个「提前症患者」。

And that fact is actually extremely important, because our narrator, Alex, is a psychopath.

这一事实实际上极为重要，因为我们的叙述者亚历克斯，是个精神病患者。

The patient is a South Korean national.

患者为韩国公民。

A third type of negative symptom is avolition, which is this decrease in motivation to complete certain goals, so someone might stay at home for long periods of time, without trying to reach out to friends or find work.

第三种阴性症状叫动机缺乏，表现为完成特定目标的动力下降；患者可能会长间呆在家里，不去找朋友，也不会去找工作。

Doctors and administrators have long argued that tracking patients after treatment would be too difficult and costly, and unfair to providers lumbered with particularly unhealthy patients.

医生和管理者长期以来一直认为，跟踪随访经过治疗的患者太困难并且成本太高，并且对于忙着应付危重病人的医疗机构来说，这是不太现实的。