It’s 3 p. m. I feel I can’t focus well because I    1    (see) patients for a few hours. I need to stay sharp for those patients to come, so I grab some coffee. This has become my afternoon practice during my 20 years     2     a doctor. Now, a new study confirms that my 3 o’clock decline is real, and that it could affect patients’ health.

According to the study, doctors saw     3    (few) patients later in the day, as compared to early in the morning. The reason may be that there comes a     4    (tired)of making decisions when it’s running late.

Knowing this exists, you may suggest     5    (find) a plan to compensate (弥补). Improving the efficiency of the current electronic health records would help things go more     6    (smooth) in the office. Doctors might not be the only ones who     7    (be) tired later in the day. Late-day weariness may have made patients less likely     8    (make) necessary screening (检查) arrangements. So what if you find yourself with a 4 p. m. checkup? After all, not everyone can get     9     early-morning appointment. Under the circumstances, work with your doctor to figure out     10     he or she can do for you. Once follow-up tests are ordered, make the necessary following arrangements right away.

Up to now, Apple has pulled all vaping-related (电子烟相关的) apps from the App Store. The move comes after a group of vaping-related illnesses     1     (result) in over 40 deaths so far and a previously     2     (health) teenager needing a double-lung transplant to survive.

Apple has never allowed vaping apps on its App Store,     3     enables people to buy vaping products. But in the past it did allow apps to offer     4     (inform) about vaping or even allowed users to control the lighting or temperature of their vaping devices.

But that’s all changed today. Apple will remove all 181 vaping-related apps     5     its App Store today. Apple said: We take great care     6     (treat) the App Store as a trusted place for customers,     7     (particular) for the youth, to download apps. We’re constantly evaluating apps to determine risks to users’ health and well-being. Recently, experts ranging from the CDC to the American Heart Association have attributed a variety of lung injuries to     8     (use) vaping products. We agree. As of today, these apps are no longer available to download.

People who have previously downloaded the pulled apps will still be able to use them on their iPhone     9     iPad; however, developers will not     10     (allow) to even push updates to those existing apps.