UNIT 1 1
Text A:Natural Health Care 1
Comprehension of the Text 3
Medical Lexis(1) 5
Text B:An American Physician Talks about Health 7
UNIT 2 8
Text A:Aging 8
Comprehension of the Text 10
Medical Lexis(2) 12
Text B:The process of Aging 13
UNIT 3 15
Text A:Noise and Medical Problems 15
Comprehension of the Text 17
Medical Lexis(3) 19
Text B:Street Foods Safety 20
UNIT 4 22
Text A:DNA Fingerprinting 22
Comprehension of the Text 24
Medical Lexis(4) 26
Text B:DNA Analysis under the Spotlight in Criminal Trials 27
UNIT 5 29
Text A:Medical training and Specialists 29
Comprehension of the Text 31
Medical Lexis(5) 33
Text B:Words about Doctors and Specialists 35
UNIT 6 36
Text A:Clues to Living Longer,Staying Younger 36
Comprehension of the Text 39
Medical Lexis(6) 41
Text B:Unlocking the Secrets of Long Life 42
UNIT 7 44
Text A:Ear Sight 44
Comprehension of the Text 47
Medical Lexis(7) 48
Text B:Mental Health 50
UNIT 8 52
Text A:Defining Death Anew 52
Comprehension of the Text 55
Medical Lexis(8) 57
Text B:Euthanasia:For and Against 59
UNIT 9 61
Text A:The Importance of the Social Environment for Health and Well Being 61
Comprehension of the Text 64
Medical Lexis(9) 66
Text B:Current Attitudes toward physical Fitness 68
UNIT 10 70
Text A:The Body's Defenses against Disease 70
Comprehension of the Text 74
Medical Lexis(10) 76
Text B:The Human Body as A Fortress 77
UNIT 11 78
Text A:Recent History of Medicine 78
Comprehension of the Text 81
Medical Lexis(11) 83
Text B:Breakthroughs in Sight 85
UNIT 12 87
Text A:Classifications of Diseases 87
Comprehension of the Text 91
Medical Lexis(12) 93
Text B:High Stress May Damage Memory 94
UNIT 13 96
Text A:Body system 96
Comprehension of the Text 98
Medical Lexis(13) 100
Text B:What Makes Me the Weight I Am? 102
UNIT 14 103
Text A:The Muscular System 103
Comprehension of the Text 105
Medical Lexis(14) 107
Text B:Why Do People Shrink? 108
UNIT 15 110
Text A:Chromosomes 110
Comprehension of the Text 113
Medical Lexis(15) 114
Text B:Mental Retardation 116
UNIT 16 118
Text A:Function of the Skin 118
Comprehension of the Text 121
Medical Lexis(16) 123
Text B:UV Light Causes Skin Cancer 124
UNIT 17 126
Text A:AIDS and the Immune System 126
Comprehension of the Text 129
Medical Lexis(17) 131
Text B:Privacy Worry May Keep HIV Patients from Therapy 132
UNIT 18 134
Text A:Proteins 134
Comprehension of the Text 136
Medical Lexis(18) 138
Text B:Malnutrition 140
UNIT 19 142
Text A:The Concept of the Gene 142
Comprehension of the Text 145
Medical Lexis(19) 147
Text B:The Gene Industry 149
UNIT 20 151
Text A:The Skeletal System 151
Comprehension of the Text 154
Medical Lexis(20) 155
Text B:Bone X-Rays 157
UNIT 21 160
Text A:Preclinical Medical Sciences 160
Comprehension of the Text 163
Medical Lexis(21) 164
Text B:Research Shows Walking Can Lift Depression 166
UNIT 22 168
Text A:General Principles of Physical Examination 168
Comprehension of the Text 171
Medical Lexis(22) 173
Text B:The Nature of Viruses 175
UNIT 23 177
Text A:Caries 177
Comprehension of the Text 180
Medical Lexis(23) 181
Text B:What is Insulin-dependent Diabetes 183
UNIT 24 185
TextA:The Hard Facts about Obesity and Dieting 185
Comprehension of the Text 188
Medical Lexis(24) 190
Text B:Dieting Your Way to Health 192
UNIT 25 194
Text A:Blood Test May Detect Cancer Early 194
Comprehension of the Text 196
Medical Lexis(25) 198
Text B:Alternative Medicine Acupuncture 200
UNIT 26 202
Text A:Plastic Surgery 202
Comprehension of the Text 204
Medical Lexis(26) 206
Text B:Hypertensive Heart Disease 207
UNIT 27 209
Text A:Laboratory Medicine 209
Comprehension of the Text 212
Medical Lexis(27) 213
Text B:Peptic Ulcer 215
UNIT 28 217
Text A:ARDS 217
Comprehension of the Text 220
Medical Lexis(28) 222
Text B:Progress towards Leprosy Elimination 223
UNIT 29 225
Text A:Antigen 225
Comprehension of the Text 229
Medical Lexis(29) 231
Text B:Antigens and Antibody 233
UNIT 30 235
Text A:Duodenal Ulcer 235
Comprehension of the Text 239
Medical Lexis(30) 240
Text B:Ulcers 242
UNIT 31 243
Text A:Classification of Diabetes 243
Comprehension of the Text 247
Medical Lexis(31) 248
Text B:Diabetics Can Be More Flexible With Sugar 250
UNIT 32 252
Text A:Conjunctivitis 252
Comprehension of the Text 256
Medical Lexis(32) 257
Text B:Older Women with High BMD More Proneto Breast Cancer 259
UNIT 33 261
Text A:Pyogenic Meningitis 261
Comprehension of the Text 266
Medical Lexis(33) 267
Text B:Condoms Are Helping to Beat Worst of AIDS in Asia 270
UNIT 34 272
Text A:Acute Viral Hepatitis 272
Comprehension of the Text 277
Medical Lexis(34) 278
Text B:Colorectal Cancer:"Exercise and Avoid Red Meat" 280
UNIT 35 282
Text A:Chronic Renal Failure 282
Comprehension of the Text 287
Medical Lexis(35) 289
Text B:Expansion of Asian Donor Pool Urgently Needed 290
UNIT 36 292
Text A:Coronary Heart Disease 292
Comprehension of the Text 296
Medical Lexis(36) 297
Text B:Sporadic Workouts May Be Hazardous to Cardiac Health 298
Appendix 300