VOA慢速英语 复合型药片可降低血压和胆固醇

　　Cardiovascular diseases of the heart and blood vessels are the number one cause of death around the world. These diseases kill more than seventeen million people every year.

　　Eighty percent of them are in low and middle income countries. Doctor Yusuf said the single pill treatment could revolutionize heart disease prevention. People would be more likely to take one pill a day than many pills. And one pill would cost less than several pills.

　　Other heart doctors say heart disease prevention is important but not necessarily with pills. They say patients might be able to get the same results with changes in diet and exercise.

　　Doctors say that more research on Polycap is needed. They say the drug should be tested on thousands more people, including those in different risk, age and ethnic groups.

　　And that's the VOA Special English Health Report, written by Caty Weaver. Transcripts, MP3s and podcasts of our programs are at voaspecialenglish.com. I'm Steve Ember.

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　　研究表明，一个人服用的药物越少，他就越有可能服用药物。上周发布了一项关于治疗方法的新成果——将治疗心脏病的五种药物置于一片药中。Salim Yusuf 是麦克马斯特大学（位于加拿大安大略省汉密尔顿市）的首席调查员。他在佛罗里达，奥兰多市举行的美国心脏病学院年会上展示了自己的研究成果。