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Unit One 1

Text 1 Catch Them Young 1

Text 2 Hearts and Minds 4

Text 3 Blinded by Bread 7

Text 4 Womb at the Top 10

Text 5 Aging and Caring 13

Unit Two 16

Text 1 Caffeine May Ward Off Parkinson s 16

Text 2 Live Fast,Die Young 19

Text 3 Seeing Pink Helps Smokers Quit 22

Text 4 A Force of Nature? 25

Text 5 Vergil 28

Unit Three 31

Text 1 When the Head Rules the Heart 31

Text 2 High-protein Diets May Help Hearts 34

Text 3 Trigger Happy 37

Text 4 Vital Signs 41

Text 5 From the Foot of the Gurney 44

Unit Four 48

Text 1 Sleep Easy 48

Text 2 Bringing Up Boozers 51

Text 3 Suck It and See 54

Text 4 They Need Your DNA 57

Text 5 Messages 60

Unit Five 64

Text 1 Tainted Air 64

Text 2 Japan May Finally Swallow the Pill 67

Text 3 Nicotine s Fatal Attraction 70

Text 4 Brave New Medicine 73

Text 5 Don t Call Me Larry 77

Text 1 Sounds Alarming 81

Unit Six 81

Text 2 Sins of the Parents 84

Text 3 Obsessions,Compulsions Span Decades 87

Text 4 Brand Not Contraband 90

Text 5 Tactile 94

Unit Seven 98

Text 1 Healthy Vibes 98

Text 2 Cancer Scare for Cellphone Users 102

Text 3 Hair Today,Skin Tomorrow 106

Text 4 Dial F for Fear 109

Text 5 A Case of Mutual Distrust 113

Unit Eight 117

Text 1 Another Reason to Diet 117

Text 2 Insatiable Appetites 121

Text 3 Poisonous Fat 124

Text 4 Patient Heal Thyself? 127

Text 5 My Name Is Jack 131

Unit Nine 135

Text 1 Saved by the Light 135

Text 2 Brain Wave 138

Text 3 Zap It and See 141

Text 4 Education for a Biocomplex Future 144

Text 5 A Visit from My Daughter 148

Unit Ten 153

Text 1 Life,Liberty and the Pursuit of Vegetables 153

Text 2 Add Olive Oil,Lemon and a Clove of Garlic 157

Text 3 Alcohol May Guard Diabetics Hearts 160

Text 4 Reaching Out for World Health 163

Text 5 Be Careful What You Wish for 167

Text 1 Depressed Smokers Ride Immune Downer 171

Unit Eleven 171

Text 2 Emotions Need Forty Winks 175

Text 3 Making Use of Mismatched Donor Marrow 178

Text 4 Not Now,Dr Miracle 181

Text 5 Four-Wheel-Drive Medicine 186

Unit Twelve 190

TeXt 1 A Robot in the Right Vein 190

Text 2 Clearing the Mind 194

Text 3 Ouch!That Hurt 197

Text 4 In Your Face 200

Text 5 A Wake-up Call 204

Unit Thirteen 209

Text 1 Clinics Admit They Take Sperm from Dead Men 209

Text 2 Blame Your Mother 213

Text 3 Don t Blame the Father 216

Text 4 The Coming Revolution 220

Text 5 The Ungifted Physician 224

Unit Fourteen 228

Text 1 Half Fish,Half Robot 228

Text 2 Grow-Your-Own Organs 231

Text 3 Healing the Brain 234

Text 4 Tread Carefully 238

Text 5 A Moment of Clarity 242

Unit Fifteen 247

Text 1 Heavenly Scent 247

Text 2 Fighting the Battle of the Bulge 250

Text 3 Damage Limitation 254

Text 4 Free for A11 257

Text 5 Crossing Over 261

Text 1 Go West,Young Woman 266

Unit Sixteen 266

Text 2 Elixir of Youth 270

Text 3 End of the Road for Brain Evolution 274

Text 4 Waiting for a Miracle 277

Text 5 Whispering Through the Keyhole 281

Unit Seventeen 286

Text 1 Almost Human 286

Text 2 Picture This 290

Text 3 Treat Genetic Diseases Before Birth 293

Text 4 How Many Layers Does It Take 296

Text 5 Sherry and Richard 300

Unit Eighteen 305

Text 1 Seek and Destroy 305

Text 2 Alcoholism Shows Its Youthful Side 309

Text 3 Stop Cancer Before It Starts 312

Text 4 The Last Taboo 316

Text 5 The Most Primitive Sense 320

Unit Nineteen 324

Text 1 Animal Virus Found in Depressed People 324

Text 2 Birth of a Miracle 327

Text 3 Mind Switch Could Help Disabled Regain Control 331

Text 4 The Great Divide? 335

Text 5 Star Material 339

Unit Twenty 344

Text 1 Keep Your Hair On 344

Text 2 Exercise Helps Some Cancer,Heart Patients 348

Text 3 Time s Up 352

Text 4 Cool Heads in a Hot Climate 355

Text 5 Can an Amulet Cure Leukemia? 359

APPENDIX Ⅰ Glossary 363

APPENDIX Ⅱ Key to Reading Comprehension Questions 399