Stuck in the hospital? Go ahead, drop an expletive or two it might make you feel better, according to a new study。 Swearing can provide an emotional catharsis and even a bonding opportunity between doctors and patients in hospitals, according to th...
It was 2 oclock in the morning when my wife woke me up. She is eight-and-a-half months pregnant and she told me that her water had broken. She said that she was having contractions and she was sure that she was in labor. I paged our doctor and drove...
Part One Seeing a Doctor第一部分 看医生Jim: Good morning, doctor. 医生，上午好。 Doctor: Good morning, Jim. What brings you here? Sit down, please. 吉姆，上午好。你怎么会来了？请坐。 Jim: I've got a cold, a headache. 我感...
As Republican and Democratic Party lawmakers met in Washington for a White House summit on healthcare reform, VOA looked at what reform could mean for American hospitals. Many are in deep financial trouble. About half are currently operating at a def...
Transportation authorities in Europe are opening up more airspace to commercial airline flights despite some ongoing concern about the cloud of volcanic ash that has been lingering over the continent for days. The flights will be restricted to so-cal...
Todd: So, back to the hospital, so, you were there all day, what do you do? Do you watch TV? I mean, do you play cards? Barbara: Well, at first I was in too much pain to do anything, and, well, after awhile friends came to see me. They brought me boo...
Todd: So, Barbara, we're talking about your time in the hospital. You were in the hospital for sometime. First of all, how long were you actually in the hospital? Barbara: Well, I was in two hospitals actually. At first, I was in a big hospital for t...
Adrienne: Hey, Ian, tell me about the time you were at the hospital. Ian: What, the first time I went to the hospital? Adrienne: Yes, the first time. Ian: The first time I went to hospital was when I was 13 years old and it was the day of my birthday...
Jake was always sick. He repeatedly got infectionsmostly colds or the flufrom patients. He considered himself lucky to be alive, considering what hed read about deadly bacteria and viruses that were developing immunity to all the latest drugs. A hosp...
Jake was tired of his job. Hed been doing it for 10 years, and it wasnt getting any easier. He was a hospital orderly. Thats a vague title that covers many specific dutiessome of which are quite unpleasant. Whenever a patient threw up, for example, i...
