Since school officials can't do much about the illness, they are concentrating on reducing the number of truancy.

由于学校官员对这种疾病无能为力，他们正集中精力减少旷课人数。

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Is it really too hard to move the bed, unplug a power strip and buy a new lamp if it means reducing our chances of illness while likely improving sleep, productivity and general well-being?

如果仅仅搬一搬床铺，拔一下插头，买一个新台灯就能够减少生病的几率，增加我们的睡眠质量，生产力和生活质量。何乐而不为呢？

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In acute illness, fermentable fibre is effective in reducing diarrhoea in patients after surgery and in critically ill patients.

在急性疾病，可发酵纤维能有效降低腹泻的患者手术后的危重病人。

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Its benefits -- shortening the duration of illness by one to two days and reducing viral excretion from the nose -- are modest, he said.

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The BMA says that scrapping all charges could improve care and benefit society, by reducing hospital admissions, helping patients to return to work more quickly following illness.

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We know that increasing the number of women who breastfeed and reducing the number of women who smoke during pregnancy both produce substantial improvements in child health and reduce the risk of illness.

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