015《经济学家》读译参考之十五：每天一条短信-手机对健康有重点

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Mar 24th 2006

From The Economist print edition

The medical uses of mobile phones show they can be good for your health ill

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patients to take their medicine at the right time, or to encourage compliance with exercise regimes or efforts to stop smoking. (2The evidence for the effectiveness of such schemes is generally ★anecdotal[4], however, notes Dr Rifat. More quantitative research is needed—which is why his team also published three papers this week (E the use of mobile phones in health care in more detail. One of these papers, written in conjunction with Victoria Franklin and Stephen Greene of the University of Dundee, in Scotland, reports the results of a trial in which diabetic teenagers' treatment was (F with text messaging.

Diabetes needs constant management, and requires patients to take an active role in their treatment by measuring blood-sugar levels and administering insulin injections.

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regime in which patients adjust the dose of insulin depending on what they eat. This is more ★onerous[5] for the patient, but (G a greater dietary variety. Previous studies have shown that intensive treatment is effective only with close supervision by doctors. Dr Franklin and her colleagues devised a system called Sweet Talk, which sends patients personalised text messages reminding them of the treatment goals they have set themselves, and allowing them to send questions to doctors. The Sweet Talk system was tested over a period of 18 months with teenage patients receiving both conventional and intensive diabetes treatment. A control group received conventional treatment and no text messages.

The researchers found that the use of text-messaging significantly increased “self-efficacy”3 (the effectiveness of

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1. round up v.(赶往监狱,围捕;归拢,聚集;五入以成整数

1if police or soldiers round up a particular group of people, they find them and force them to go to prison

e.g. Thousands of men were rounded up and jailed. 数以千计的人被围捕并关进监狱。

2to find and gather together a group of people, animals or things

e.g. See if you can round up a few friends to help you!我倒要看看你能找着几个朋友帮你。

His dog Nell started to round up the sheep.他的狗奈尔开始把羊朝一起赶。

3to increase an exact figure to the nearest whole number (+to

e.g. A charge of 1.90 will be rounded up to 2, and one of 3.10 rounded down to 3. 把

1.90 英镑的费用上调为整数2 英镑, 把 3.10 英镑下调为整数3 英镑.

2.text v.发送短信to send someone a written message on a mobile phone