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Living is risky. Crossing the road, driving a car,
flying, swallowing an aspirin table or eating a chicken
sandwich-they can all be fatal.
Clearly some risks worth taking, especially when the --61.
rewards high: a man surrounded by flames and smoke
generally considers that jumping out of a second-floor
window is an acceptable risk to save its life. But in --62.
medicine a few procedures, drugs, operations or tests --63.
are really a mater of life and death. There may be
sound medicine reasons are totally dependent --64.
in the balance of risks and benefits for the --65.
patients.
Surgery for cancer may cure or prolong a life, but
the removal of tonsils(扁桃体） cannot save anything a --66.
sore throat. Blood pressure drugs definitely help some
people live after a heart attack, but these same drugs
may be both necessary and harmful for those with only --67.
mild blood pressure problems.
Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are preparing --68.
to put up with in the name of better health is a high --69.
personal matter, not a decision we should remain to --70.
doctors alone.
