A Probe in the Social Pragmatic Psychology of Faddy Short Messages

时尚短信的社会语用心理探析

||1:Hormonal therapies are typically off-patent and inexpensive.||2:In Britain the annual price tag is only ￡125 ($165); in the United States generic pills are similarly affordable.||3:And the benefits vastly outweigh the costs.||4:Nothing else controls the symptoms of menopause so well, and a heightened risk of any one disease must be weighed against the lowered risks of contracting several others.||5:Hormonal therapies are not appropriate for all menopausal women.||6:For some, the symptoms are insufficiently severe for it to be worthwhile.||7:The treatment might not be suitable for those with liver disease, or a history of blood clots, or breast or ovarian cancer.||8:But for serious symptoms, alternative treatments are worse than taking HRT.||9:Herbal supplements, yoga and faddy diets— to which some turn in the absence of medical help—may alleviate the unpleasantness of menopause but do not offer the long-term health benefits of HRT.||10:Moreover, the symptoms can portend serious health problems in the future.||11:Doctors could usefully prescribe HRT far more widely than they do today.

||1:激素疗法通常是非专利的，而且便宜。||2:在英国，一年的标价只有125英镑（合165美元）；在美国，仿制药也同样便宜。||3:而且收益远远大于成本。||4:没有什么比这更好地控制更年期症状了，任何一种疾病的高风险都必须与其他几种疾病的低风险相权衡。||5:激素疗法并不适用于所有更年期妇女。||6:对一些人来说，这些症状还不够严重，值得一试。||7:这种疗法可能不适用于患有肝病、有血栓病史、乳腺癌或卵巢癌的患者。||8:但是对于严重的症状，其他疗法比激素替代疗法更糟糕。||9:草药补品、瑜伽和流行饮食——有些在没有医疗帮助的情况下转而采用——可能会减轻更年期的不愉快，但不会提供激素替代疗法的长期健康益处。||10:此外，这些症状可能预示着未来严重的健康问题。||11:医生可以比现在更广泛地使用激素替代疗法。