Reader's Digest November 2014의 목차

“I’ve had patients hit on me, threaten to hit me with their car, ask me to party in the college dorms with them, and accuse me of having an affair with their wife (who was 30 years older than me).” ANTHONY YOUN, MD “Ignored sound medical advice for an alternative that hurt him, like the 20-yearold college student who, with the support of his family, refused curative therapy for lymphoma and chose exercise, diet, vitamins, enzymes—and a quick death.” JAMES C. SALWITZ, MD “Told me she mailed in her stool-testing packet (screening for colon cancer), when she didn’t. Later, when I was seeing the patient’s daughter, I mentioned how bad I felt that we’d lost the packet. She rolled her eyes and said, ‘Right—like she would ever do the specimen…

“The first one whose life I saved. I was a new medical student, and all I did was spend time listening to him and showing him I cared. I convinced him to undergo lifesaving surgery, while all the doctors had written him off.” ANTHONY YOUN, MD “The one whose intuition told her she’d live longer than the six months her doctors predicted. Her spirit and drive to try alternatives gave her six more quality years.” MARK LIPONIS, MD “One woman, well into her 80s, who golfs with people in their 60s and 70s because those her age can’t keep up with her. She exercises every day to stay healthy and started doing so only when she retired.” DAVIS LIU, MD “The ones who have true dental anxiety and start shaking…

1. gangling (’gan-gling) adj.— A: loose and lanky. B: bulging with muscles. C: short in stature.2. helix (’hee-liks) n.—A: pointed tip. B: warped outline. C: spiral.3. deltoid (’del-toyd) adj.— A: triangular. B: circular. C: squared off.4. trefoil (’tree-foyl) adj.— A: pliable. B: having a three-leaf design. C: tapering narrowly.5. conical (’kah-nih-kul) adj.— A: like an igloo. B: like a cone. C: like a tunnel.6. pentacle (’pen-tih-kul) n.— A: star. B: crescent moon. C: square.7. elliptical (ih-’lip-tih-kul) adj.— A: slanted. B: embossed. C: oval.8. sigmoid (’sig-moyd) adj.— A: crossed like an X. B: curved like a C or an S. C: bent like an L.9. whorl (’hworl) n.—A: wellrounded muscle. B: flat surface. C: circular pattern.10. serrated (’seh-rayt-ed) adj.— A: interconnected, as with circles or rings. B: elongated. C: having notched…