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刚刚出版的这部哈里波特魅力无穷，带来了一种出人意料的副作用。一位华盛顿医生警告说他已经遇到三个抱怨头疼孩子，他们的头疼都是由于长期苦读长达870页的冒险小说过度疲惫而引起的。
本周的新英格兰医学杂志的刊登了华盛顿大学医疗中心霍华德·班尼特写给他们的信，信中说这三个8到10岁的孩子近两三天都感觉有点头疼。其中每个孩子都已经花费了好几个小时来阅读《哈里波特与凤凰令》。
在排除了其他潜在原因后，班尼特医生告诉他的小患者让眼睛进行休息。但是这本书的魔力实在是太大了。班尼特说：“治疗你们疾病的最好办法是暂时停止阅读，好好休息。但是两个小患者拒绝了这种治疗办法，他们宁愿服用扑热息痛药。这种情况下，小患者的头痛只有在读完这本书的最后一页时才会消失。
The spell cast by the latest Harry Potter book may have an unintended side effect. A Washington doctor warned that he has seen three children complain of headaches caused by the physical stress of relentlessly plowing through the epic 870-page adventure.
Dr. Howard Bennett of George Washington University Medical Center wrote in a letter to this week‘s New England Journal of Medicine that the three children, ages 8 to 10, experienced a dull headache for two or three days. Each had spent many hours reading "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."
After ruling out other potential causes, Bennett told his patients to give their eyes a rest. But the spell cast by the book was clearly too powerful. "The obvious cure for this malady -- that is, taking a break from reading -- was rejected by two of the patients," Bennett said, adding that the children took acetaminophen instead. In each case, the headache went away only after the patient turned the final page.
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