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.
 
 
7.酒精成癮新療法–腦部節律器是解藥嗎？
Alcohol Addiction–Are Brain Pacemakers the Cure? 
腦部節律器的神經刺激器被植入帕金森氏症病患的腦部，成功改善帕金森氏症的症狀。在馬德堡大學醫院神經外科醫師使用它們以試圖治療另一種嚴重疾病─慢性酒精中毒。神經刺激器被植入病患的肩胛骨下方，能活化兩個放在腦部快樂中樞的小電極，電極會持續放出約4.5伏特的電流到快樂中樞，醫生希望能抑制嚴重成癮者對於酒精的強烈渴癮，大部分接受這項裝置的病患從植入裝置後都沒再喝酒，這種方法也在德國其他醫院進行測試。

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