VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week – PDR Health

Specializing in authoritative¹ information about medicines

Art Chimes | Washington, DC 31 December 2009

Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative² online destinations.

The global pharmaceutical³ industry has developed a vast medicine cabinet full of drugs that save lives and keep us healthy. But there are so many that it's often hard to keep them straight. For years, doctors have consulted a book called the Physicians' Desk Reference, or PDR, as a trusted guide to these medications, and now the publisher has adapted that go-to source for consumers online.

"PDRHealth.com is a consumer website that provides a trusted source of medical information, with a particular focus on pharmaceutical information," says Dr. Edward Fotsch, who heads the company behind PDRHealth.com.

It's a website where you can get authoritative information about prescription⁴ drugs, over-the-counter medicines and supplements, as well as reference material on diseases and other medical conditions, surgery, and interactive⁵ tools to help you learn more about your options.

"Those are tools that we provide so that consumers can educate themselves, either to begin to start to get a sense of, perhaps, what kind of illness or malady⁶ they may have, and also so that they can sometimes get their arms around the fact that there's nothing terribly wrong with them in the first place," says Fotsch.

PDRHealth.com is only a couple of years old, but already they are looking forward to integrating the drug information that's on the site with electronic medical records.

"A key aspect of that personal health record is a list of consumers' medications, and it's our goal to be the source of information that you'll be able to click through on those lists of medications and get the kind of quality information that PDR provides."

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1 authoritative   

adj.有权威的，可相信的；命令式的；官方的

参考例句：

• David speaks in an authoritative tone.大卫以命令的口吻说话。
• Her smile was warm but authoritative.她的笑容很和蔼，同时又透着威严。

2 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

3 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

4 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

5 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

6 malady   

n.病，疾病(通常做比喻)

参考例句：

• There is no specific remedy for the malady.没有医治这种病的特效药。
• They are managing to control the malady into a small range.他们设法将疾病控制在小范围之内。