VOA慢速英语2009年-Health Report - A Test for Brain Injury Cr
时间：2018-12-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA慢速英语2009年（十）月
This is the VOA Special English Health Report.
A concussion 1 happens when the brain is shaken, often in a car crash or a fall or a strike to the head in sports. Concussions 2 can be mild, but doctors may order a CT scan to look for a more serious injury. Computed 3 tomography provides a detailed 4 image of the brain. But a recent study warned that more children than necessary are being exposed to radiation this way.
A doctor looks at a CT brain scan at Children's National Medical Center in Washington
A national team led by two doctors at the University of California, Davis, studied hospital records from thousands of children with head injuries. They found that in many cases, the risk of developing cancer from the radiation outweighed 5 the risk of a serious brain injury.
The study found that one in five children over age two had a low risk of serious injury but received CT scans anyway. The same was true of almost one in four children under two years of age.
The researchers have developed rules to predict if a head injury is serious enough for a scan. For children under two, doctors are advised against it if there is:
Normal mental activity.
No swelling 6 in the back of the head.
No feeling of a broken bone in the skull 7.
And no loss of consciousness for more than five seconds.
Doctors should also consider how the child was injured and whether the parents say the child is acting 8 normally.
For patients from two to eighteen, the guidelines are similar -- except there should be no loss of consciousness, no vomiting 9 and no severe headache.
The report appears in the Lancet medical journal.
Earlier this year, the British Journal of Sports Medicine published new guidelines for concussions in children and teens. International experts said they should not return to sports or school until fully 10 recovered. The brain also needs a "cognitive 11 rest," they say, by restricting activities like video games, texting and watching TV.
Young people often take longer than adults to recover from a concussion. The experts say individual progress and not a set time period should always guide a decision to return to play.
More than one million cases of concussion are reported each year in the United States alone.
A congressional committee has called a hearing Wednesday to discuss legal issues related to head injuries in football. Recently there have been concerns about players retired 12 from the National Football League. But professionals are not the only ones getting concussions. There are high school players who have died from brain injuries.
And that's the VOA Special English Health Report, written by Caty Weaver 13. I'm Steve Ember.
- He was carried off the field with slight concussion.他因轻微脑震荡给抬离了现场。
- She suffers from brain concussion.她得了脑震荡。
- People who have concussions often trouble thinking or remembering. 患脑震荡的人通常存在思考和记忆障碍。 来自互联网
- Concussions also make a person feel very tired or angry. 脑震荡也会使人感觉疲倦或愤怒。 来自互联网
- He computed that the project would take seven years to complete. 他估计这项计划要花七年才能完成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Resolving kernels and standard errors can also be computed for each block. 还可以计算每个块体的分辨核和标准误差。 来自辞典例句
- He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
- A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
- This boxer outweighed by his opponent 20 pounds. 这个拳击选手体重比他的对手重20磅。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- She outweighed me by ten pounds, and sometimes she knocked me down. 她的体重超过我十磅，有时竟把我撞倒。 来自百科语句
- Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
- There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。
- The skull bones fuse between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five.头骨在15至25岁之间长合。
- He fell out of the window and cracked his skull.他从窗子摔了出去，跌裂了颅骨。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- Symptoms include diarrhoea and vomiting. 症状有腹泻和呕吐。
- Especially when I feel seasick, I can't stand watching someone else vomiting." 尤其晕船的时候，看不得人家呕。”
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
- As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大，他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
- The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。