New Heart-Health Guidelines Issued for Women

    The American Heart Association is out with a new set of guidelines aimed at preventing heart disease in women. Although, heart disease is thought to mainly affect men, it is actually an equal opportunity killer¹. These are the first heart-health tips tailored specifically for women.
    Heart disease is the biggest killer of both men and women worldwide, and is projected to stay that way for decades, according to the World Health Organization.
    Dr. Lori Mosca, who headed the group which wrote the guidelines, says "heart disease is largely preventable(可预防的)," and there are ways women can reduce their risk. "In fact, control of major risk factors has been shown to cut the rate of dying of heart disease in half in the past two decades."The guidelines, which were first introduced a decade ago, are actually designed to help doctors counsel their patients, but this year for the first time, the revised guidelines are also being published in a more user-friendly form, written for non-physicians（内科医生）.
    The guidelines promote reducing the risk of heart disease by stopping smoking, being physically² active, and eating fruits and vegetables, among other lifestyle choices. Other guidelines deal with aspirin³ and cholesterol-lowering drugs and when those drugs are most effective.
    In some cases the latest guidelines lower the threshold at which women would be considered at high risk, "because many of the current strategies and tools that we have to define high risk in women have been shown to actually underestimate the level of risk that a woman has," Mosca says.
    Although the guidelines are issued by the American Heart Association, Mosca says they apply to women everywhere.
    "The scientific base to develop the guidelines has been drawn⁴ from across the world, so we're quite confident that the guidelines themselves apply to women regardless of the country they live in."That said, the experts who developed the guidelines acknowledge they may need to be adapted to reflect regional or local resources and lifestyles.（本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑）

1 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

2 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

3 aspirin   

n.阿司匹林

参考例句：

• The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
• She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。