UNIT 25 1
Text A Nursing Services in the Future 1
New Words and Expressions 1
Notes 3
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 3
Vocabulary and Structure 4
Text B The New Doctor 6
New Words and Expressions 7
Notes 8
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 8
Exercises 9
Writing 10
Dialogue:Registration 10
UNIT 26 12
Text A How to Live to 100 12
New Words and Expressions 13
Notes 14
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 15
Vocabulary and Structure 15
Text B Never Too Old 18
New Words and Expressions 18
Notes 19
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 20
Exercises 20
Writing 21
Exercises 21
Dialogue:Seeing the Doctor 22
UNIT 27 23
Text A Gulf War Syndrome—A Medical Mystery 23
New words and Expressions 24
Notes 25
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 25
Vocabulary and Structure 26
Text B Are Mobile Phones Safe? 29
New Words and Expressions 30
Notes 30
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 31
Exercises 31
Dialogue:Cold 32
UNIT 28 33
Text A Diet to Prevent Cancer 33
New Words and Expressions 34
Notes 35
Comprehension check:Choose the best answer 35
Vocabulary and Structure 36
Text B Rich Living Brings New disease 38
New Words and Expressions 39
Notes 40
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 41
Exercises 41
Dialogue:Pneumonia 42
UNIT 29 43
Text A The First Woman Doctor in the World 43
New Words and Expressions 44
Notes 45
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 45
Vocabulary and Structure 46
Text B X-rays Penetrating a Century 49
New Words and Expressions 50
Notes 51
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 51
Exercises 52
Writing 53
Exercises 53
Dialogue:Hypertension Ⅰ 54
UNIT 30 55
Text A Computers in Health Care 55
New Words and Expressions 56
Notes 56
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 57
Vocabulary and Structure 58
Text B Computer-based Patient Records 60
New Words and Expressions 61
Notes 62
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 62
Exercises 63
Dialogue:Hypertension Ⅱ 64
UNIT 31 65
Text A How to Cope With Insomnia 65
New Words and Expressions 66
Notes 67
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 68
Vocabulary and Structure 69
Text B Self-medication 71
New words and Expressions 72
Notes 73
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 73
Exercises 74
Dialogue:Heart Disease 75
UNIT 32 76
Text A Generation XXL 76
New Words and Expressions 77
Notes 78
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 78
Vocabulary and Structure 79
Text B Obesity—an Issue for Debate 82
New Words and Expressions 82
Notes 83
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 83
Exercises 84
Writing 85
Exercises 85
Dialogue:Anaemia 85
UNIT 33 86
Text A The War Against Stroke 86
New Words and Expressions 87
Notes 88
Comprehension check:Choose the best answer 89
Vocabulary and Structure 89
Text B An Effective Method of Relaxing 92
New Words and Expressions 93
Notes 94
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 94
Exercises 95
Dialogue:An Upset Stomach Ⅰ 95
UNIT 34 97
Text A Diseases Plague Humanity Again 97
New words and Expressions 98
Notes 99
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 100
Vocabulary and Structure 100
Text B Do You Have Hepatitis C 103
New Words and Expressions 104
Notes 105
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 105
Exercises 106
Dialogue:An Upset Stomach Ⅱ 107
UNIT 35 108
Text A Four Medical Revolutions 108
New Words and Expressions 109
Notes 110
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 111
Vocabulary and Structure 111
Text B Applied Bionics 114
New Words and Expressions 115
Notes 115
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 116
Exercises 116
Writing 117
Exercises 118
Dialogue:Chronic Hepatitis 118
UNIT 36 119
Text A The War on Disease Goes Miniature:Nanomedicine 119
New Words and Expressions 120
Notes 121
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 122
Vocabulary and Structure 122
Text B World's First Digital Hospital 125
New Words and Expressions 126
Notes 127
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 128
Exercises 128
Dialogue:Chronic Hepatitis 129
UNIT 37 130
Text A New Minimal Invasive Techniques 130
New Words and Expressions 131
Notes 132
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 133
Vocabulary and Structure 133
Text B Mechanical Arm Guides the Surgeon's Hand 136
New Words and Expressions 137
Notes 138
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 138
Exereises 139
Dialogue:Laceration 140
UNIT 38 141
Text A A Child Without a Parent 141
New Words and Expressions 142
Notes 143
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 143
Vocabulary and Structure 144
Text B Are Test-tube Babies Risky? 146
New Words and Expressions 147
Notes 148
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 149
Exercises 149
Writing 150
Exercises 151
Dialogue:A Road Accident 152
UNIT 39 153
Text A How to Live Like a Millionaire 153
New Words and Expressions 154
Notes 155
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 156
Vocabulary and Structure 156
Text B Childless—And Free 159
New Words and Expressions 160
Notes 160
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 161
Exercises 161
Dialogue:Fracture 162
UNIT 40 163
Text A Does Brain Exercise Work 163
New Words and Expressions 164
Notes 165
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 165
Vocabulary and Structure 166
Text B Battling Alzheimer's 169
New Words and Expression 169
Notes 170
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 170
Exercises 171
Dialogue:Appendicitis 172
UNIT 41 173
Text A The Quest for Artificial Blood 173
New Words and Expressions 174
Notes 175
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 176
Vocabulary and Structure 176
Text B Artificial Skin Goes on Trial 179
New Words and Expressions 179
Notes 180
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 181
Exercises 181
Writing 182
Exercises 182
Dialogue:Appendicitis 183
UNIT 42 184
Text A New Weapons Against Pain 184
New Words and Expressions 185
Notes 186
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 186
Vocabulary and Structure 187
Text B Jagged Little Pill 189
New Words and Expressions 190
Notes 191
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 192
Exercises 192
Dialogue:Migraine 193
UNIT 43 194
Text A Conversation with a Gorilla 194
New Words and Expressions 195
Notes 196
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 197
Vocabulary and Structure 197
Text B The Cooperative Spirit in the World of Animals 200
New Words and Expressions 201
Notes 202
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 202
Exercises 203
Dialogue:Ophthalmitis 203
UNIT 44 205
Text A The Pill for Men 205
New Words and Expressions 206
Notes 207
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 208
Vocabulary and Structure 208
Text B Japan May Finally Swallow the Pill 211
New Words and Expressions 212
Notes 213
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 213
Exercises 214
Writing 215
Exercises 216
Dialogue:Acute Otitis Media 216
UNIT 45 217
Text A What the Future Has in store 217
New Words and Expressions 218
Notes 219
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 220
Vocabulary and Structure 220
Text B How Gene Transfer May Save Lives? 223
New Words and Expressions 224
Notes 225
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 225
Exercises 226
Dialogue:Epistaxis 227
UNIT 46 228
Text A Thalidomide Is Coming Back 228
New Words and Expressions 229
Notes 230
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 230
Vocabulary and Structure 231
Text B Aspirin:Not Just for Your Heart 233
New Words and Expressions 234
Notes 235
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 235
Exercises 236
Dialogue:Acute Attack of Chronic Tonsillitis 237
UNIT 47 238
Text A AIDS:Global Lessons from a Global Epidemic 238
New Words and Expressions 239
Notes 240
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 240
Vocabulary and Structure 241
Text B The Nation's Worst Public Problem 243
New Words and Expressions 245
Notes 245
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 246
Exercises 246
Writing 247
Exercises 247
Dialogue:Pulpitis 248
UNIT 48 249
Text A On the Horizon 249
New Words and Expressions 250
Notes 251
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 252
Vocabulary and Structure 253
Text B Healing the Brain 255
New Words and Expressions 256
Notes 258
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 258
Exercises 259
Dialogue:Tinea Pedis 260
UNIT 49 261
Text A New Hope for Cancer 261
New Words and Expressions 262
Notes 263
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 264
Vocabulary and Structure 265
Text B Cancer still a Tough Issue to Solve 267
New Words and Expressions 268
Notes 269
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 269
Exercises 270
Dialogue:Examinations of Urine and Stool 271
UNIT 50 272
Text A Reaching Out for World Health 272
New Words and Expressions 273
Notes 275
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 275
Vocabulary and Structure 276
Text B Dial F for Fear 278
New Words and Expressions 279
Notes 280
Comprehension Check:Choose the best answer 281
Exercises 282
Writing 282
Exercises 284
Dialogue:Receiving New Patient 284
Common Abbreviations 285
Subjects 289
VOCABULARY 292