不用害怕癌症了：教你如何防止和扭转癌症病情

更好地了解自身身体状况是促进健康的方法之一。就像预防火灾一样，在健康问题上，我们也必须时刻更新信息和扩大信息渠道。当发生突发性公共卫生事件或者对处理健康危机的现行方案不满意时，事先收集自身健康信息是唯一可以让我们知道该怎么做的方法。就像在火场上有很多方法去救火一样，处理健康问题的方法也不止一种。不幸的是，我们只认为医学仅是一门对症下药科学，而许多医生则告诉我们，医学更是一种注重长期调养的艺术。这正是我们必须为我们的健康和幸福承担责任的一个原因。事先收集自身健康信息，可以在我们生病时，让我们有足够的信心据病情咨询我们的医疗人员，并配合自己经过长期摸索积累的经验，在健康的道路上或迈向健康的道路上发挥积极的作用。

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One of the ways to improve our health is to become better informed. Just as we must update and enlarge our information base to prepare for the fireground, we must do the same for our “healthground.” That is the only way we can know what options are available to us in a health emergency or when we are not satisfied with the way Plan A is working in a health crisis. Just as there is more than one way to approach a task on the fireground, there is also more than one way to address a health problem. Unfortunately, as much as we would like to believe that medicine is a science, many doctors will tell you it is more akin to an art. That is one reason we must take some responsibility for our health and well-being. Doing this can make us feel confident enough to ask questions of our medical providers, do our own research, and take an active part in staying on the road to good health or climbing back up on that road when we become ill.