英語六級閱讀：科技時代 用Iphone來測量血壓

　　


　　The smartphone is already the Swiss Army knife of the digital age, replacing the need for alarm clocks, GPS units and even digital cameras with the flick of a finger.

　　智能手機已經(jīng)是數(shù)字時代的瑞士軍刀，它用手指輕輕一點，就代替了鬧鐘、全球定位系統(tǒng)，甚至數(shù)碼相機。

　　Can it do the same for home medical devices?

　　它能跟家庭醫(yī)療設(shè)備發(fā)揮同樣的作用嗎?

　　At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, iHealth Labs, a start-up in Mountain View, Calif., has unveiled the iHealth Blood Pressure Dock, an attachment for iOS devices that can measure and record heart rate and blood pressure.

　　在拉斯維加斯舉行的國際消費電子展中，加州山景城新創(chuàng)立的公司iHealth Labs上市了個人專用的血壓測量器，它是能夠測量和記錄心率和血壓的iOS裝置連接器。

　　Dr. Andrew Brandeis, a practicing doctor in San Francisco and a medical consultant and spokesman for iHealth, said that although the device is primarily aimed at people with hypertension or other chronic health conditions, it can also be helpful for anyone trying to live a healthier life.

　　舊金山一名執(zhí)業(yè)醫(yī)生，同時也是iHealth的醫(yī)學(xué)顧問和發(fā)言人Andrew Brandeis教授稱，盡管該裝置起初是針對患有高血壓和其他慢性病的人群，但是它對任何想健康生活的人都有幫助。

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