Chapter 1 The Sub health Problem 1
Text A——Sub health Problem Poses Threat 2
Text B——Sudden Death in Young People—Heart Problems Often Blamed 5
Comprehensive Exercises 9
Chapter 2 Drug Resistance and Allergies 12
Text A——Fears Grow Over Global Drug Resistance 13
Text B——Common Drug Allergies 16
Comprehensive Exercises 20
Chapter 3 Hospice Care 23
Text A——End-of-Life Care 24
Text B——A Good Death:Thoughts on Hospice Care of My Mother 26
Comprehensive Exercises 29
Chapter 4 Plastic Surgery 32
Text A——Facelift 33
Text B——Laser Skin Resurfacing 36
Comprehensive Exercises 40
Chapter 5 Genetic Engineering and Food Security 43
Text A——Genetically Engineered Crops 44
Text B——Food Security 46
Comprehensive Exercises 50
Chapter 6 Drug and Alcohol 53
Text A——Drug Abuse and Addiction 54
Text B——Gay Teens Turning to Drugs＆Alcohol 56
Comprehensive Exercises 60
Chapter 7 U.S.Health Care System 63
Text A——Medicare and Medicaid Health Insurance for the Elderly and Poor 64
Text B——Staying Healthy Medicare's Preventive Services 67
Comprehensive Exercises 71
Chapter 8 Future Careers 74
Text A——Best Careers 2011:Occupational Therapist 75
Text B——Music as Medicine for the Brain 78
Comprehensive Exercises 84
Chapter 9 Nutrition 86
Text A——Nutrition 87
Text B——The Role of Health and Nutrition in Development 91
Comprehensive Exercises 95
Chapter 10 Ultrasound and Medicine 98
Text A——Strict Abortion Measures Enacted in Oklahoma 99
Text B——Ultrasound May Be the Key to Making Bone Checkups Routine 103
Comprehensive Exercises 107
Chapter 11 Communicable Disease Control 109
Text A——A General Overview of Communicable Disease 110
Text B——Control of Specific Communicable Disease Outbreaks 113
Comprehensive Exercises 118
Chapter 12 Baby illnesses 120
Text A——Baby Illnesses—How to Identify Them 121
Text B——Infantile Eczema 124
Comprehensive Exercises 128
Chapter 13 TCM and Health 131
Text A——Life Cultivation in Four Seasons 132
Text B——TCM and Life Cultivation 134
Comprehensive Exercises 139
Chapter 14 Mental Health 142
Text A——What Is Mental Health? 143
Text B——A Brief Overview of Some Common Mental Disorders 145
Comprehensive Exercises 150
Glossary 152