The untargeted group might, for example, have been sicker to start with.

例如，非靶向治疗组在一开始可能病情更为严重。

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Despite this, as a nation, we are sicker and fatter than we have everbeen.

尽管如此，作为一个国家，我们比以往更加多病和肥胖。

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In ancient times, doctors often made people sicker with quack cures like bleeding.

古代时，医生常常乱给病人治疗(如放血)，而使病情加重。

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"Sicker animals result in greater contamination on the meat.

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"Now,that may be because they are sicker and they needed it, and C-Sections certainly save lives."

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People battling excess weight have higher rates of disability, diabetes and heart disease - disorders that make them sicker at younger ages and dependent on medications for many years.

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People, in general, are sicker more often (and diagnosed more often) than in past decades.

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That, in turn, could mean it would attract a sicker population, driving up costs.

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Beneficiaries, who are sicker than folks in an average insurance pool, could dominate the exchanges.

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