No wonder they are called “patients”. When people enter the health-care systems of rich countries today, they know what they will get: endless tests, baffling jargon, rising costs and, above all, long waits. This week three of the biggest names in American business — Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase — announced a new     1     to provide better, cheaper health care for their employees. A fundamental problem with today’s system is that patients     2     knowledge and control. Access to data can bestow both.

The Internet already enables patients to     3     online consultations when and where it suits them. You can take over-the-counter tests to analyze your blood, sequence your genome and check on the bacteria in your gut. Yet radical change demands a     4     in emphasis, from providers to patients and from doctors to data. Technologies such as the smartphone allow people to     5     their own health. The possibilities     6     when you add the crucial missing ingredients — access to your own medical records and the ability to share information with those you trust. That allows you to reduce inefficiencies in your own treatment and also to provide data to help train medical algorithms (计算程序；算法). You can enhance your own care and everyone else’s too.

Medical data may not seem like the type of kindling to     7     a revolution, but the flow of information is likely to     8     fruit in several ways. One is better diagnosis. Someone worried about their heart can now buy a watch strap containing a medical-grade monitor that will     9     arrhythmias (心律不齐). APPs are competing to see if they can diagnose everything from skin cancer to Parkinson’s disease. Research is under way to see whether sweat can be analyzed for molecular biomarkers without the need for an invasive blood test. Some think that changes in how quickly a person swipes a phone’s touchscreen might     10     the onset (开端) of cognitive problems.

4 . Fear is a natural and valuable emotion. It has great survival value for human beings, _______ us to fight for survival or run away quickly from a threat. But too much fear in the form of chronic (慢性的) anxiety is incredibly _______ and weakening.

Anxiety is prolonged fear that persists in the _______ of a real threat: after a threat is over, during situations that aren’t actually very dangerous, or before a/an _______ threat in the future. When anxiety becomes chronic and _______ your life, it transforms into an anxiety disorder. Research consistently shows that cognitive(认知的) behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most _______ anxiety treatment. It works better than drugs, psychoanalysis, and all the other ways we have tried to treat _______ over the years.   

Broadly speaking, two CBT approaches for treating anxiety have_______: coping and exposure. Coping is changing how you think, evaluating threats more accurately, and building confidence in your ability to _______ a threat so that you are gradually less afraid. Exposure is ________ experiencing what you are afraid of, proving your terrible predictions of disaster to be false, until your fear naturally dies down. The most recent data show that both approaches help, but exposure can work faster and ________ larger, longer-lasting reductions in anxiety.

If you suffer from anxiety, you can apply the latest and most effective procedure for exposure, called restrictive learning. It was ________ by a team of therapists and researchers who published their results in 2014. This special exposure ________ will help you overcome anxiety as rapidly and completely as possible.   

The most effective coping ________ used in CBT and related therapies include coping planning, cognitive flexibility, and distress tolerance. They are research-tested, ________ effective techniques that will improve and strengthen your anxiety recovery program.

Many athletes can tell you about the terrible pain of a sports injury! Some sports injuries, such as broken bones and tom ligaments（韧带）, are serious. These injuries may require surgery. But more     1     sports injuries are things like injured ankles and pulled muscles. These     2       injuries are often treated at home using the P.R.I.C.E. method.

P.R.I.C.E. is a handy way to remember five easy treatment steps. P and R stand for protection and rest right after an injury. Some light activity or exercise can help speed up your     3     after resting. But the injured area must stay     4     from further damage.

C stands for compression. Compression just means wrapping the injury in something such as an elastic bandage （弹性绷带）. And the E means you should elevate the     5     part of your body above your heart. These two steps control swelling （肿胀）. Swelling is important because it increases the blood flow to the injured area and it is a normal part of the healing process. But too much swelling is painful and unhelpful, so it needs to be     6    .

The I stands for ice. Ice often has a noticeable     7     immediately after an injury occurs. The cold can help with pain. It also causes blood vessels（血管）to become small, which can help     8     swelling. But using ice the wrong way can defeat the purpose of using it at all!

Icing an injury for too long can     9     your skin. And some doctors say that it takes the healing     10     more time to recover. Only ice an injury for five to ten minutes at a time. Then wait at least 20 minutes before icing it again. Remember to wrap an ice pack in a small towel before putting it on your skin. And there is no reason to apply ice if your injury is more than six hours old.