CDC works 24-7 to save lives and protect Americans.
疾控中心全天候为拯救生命和美国人民工作。
In this month's Vital Signs we're addressing the epidemic of prescription drug overdose.
在本月的《生命特征》中,我们要强调过量服用处方药所导致的流行病。
Prescription pain killer deaths have skyrocketed in women.
处方止痛药死亡案例在女性中数量飙升。
In 2010, more than 6,600 women died from prescription pain killers, 4 times as many as died from cocaine and heroin combined.
2010年,6600多名女性因处方止痛药死亡,这个数量是可卡因和海洛因致死量的4倍。
Prescription opiate overdose is a growing and under recognized risk for women in the United States.
美国女性过量使用处方麻醉剂的现象越来越多,它的风险也是众所周知。
Health care providers, policy makers, and people in our communities can work together so patients who need prescription medicines can get them safely and use them appropriately.
医疗服务人员、决策者和社区人民需要共同努力,让病人通过安全渠道获得处方药并正确使用。
Stopping this epidemic in women and men is everybody’s business.
阻止这种流行病事关每个人。
Doctors need to be cautious about prescribing and patients about using these drugs.
医生开处方药时需要谨慎,病人用药时也要谨慎。
Together we can turn this epidemic around.
一起努力,我们就能阻止这种流行病。