近數十年來，醫療已取得巨大的進步。例如，光纖的發現讓醫生能夠仔細檢查胃或腸道，並確認問題部位。電腦斷層掃描能呈現3D影像，而無需使用有害的X光。重症醫學、移植醫學和基因工程如今已能夠解決過去的不治之症。但目前仍有許多未知的科學領域，例如那些在現代文明發展下而出現的疾病。
 Huge progress has been made in medical practice over recent decades. For example, the discovery of fiber optics has made it possible to take a close look at the stomach or intestine and identify problem zones. Computer tomography creates three-dimensional images without using harmful X-rays. Intensive care medicine, transplantation medicine and genetic engineering are now making it possible to tackle diseases previously regarded as incurable. But there is still much uncharted scientific territory, for example with regard to diseases that have only emerged with our civilization.
3.風濕病新療法–如何緩解疼痛
Rheumatism–How to Relieve the Pain
世界各地有許多人飽受風濕病之苦，但它不是單一疾病，而是包含許多疾病的總稱，這些疾病影響關節、骨骼、肌肉、肌腱與韌帶，並伴隨強烈疼痛及運動受限。風濕病的病因仍不明確，雖然醫學與心理學已有長足進步，但醫生仍無法治癒風濕病。疼痛可以經由藥物及替代治療方法緩解，替代治療方案包括飲食改變、正念運動、人工發燒治療或順勢療法。

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