HEALTH

Match the following

• cardiovascular disease

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• vision impairment

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• respiratory disease

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• obesity

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• diabetes

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Want to devise a new form of alternative medical treatment? No problem. Here's the recipe. As a practitioner, be warm, sympathetic, reassuring, and enthusiastic.

Q: what does " a practitioner" mean?

• a nurse

• a doctor

• a teacher

• a scientist

Your healing power would be the outcome of a paradoxical force that conventional medicine recognizes but remains oddly ambivalent about: the placebo effect.

what does " paradoxical" mean?

• conflicting

• agreeing

• harmonious

Match the following

• surgery

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• medication

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• plaster cast

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• accupunture

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• prescription

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Match the following

• treatment

• painkiller

• signs

• diagnosis

• examination

• tablet

• pill

• cure

• tranquilizer

• symptoms

In fact, the placebo is a powerful part of all medical care, orthodox or otherwise, though its role is often neglected and misunderstood.

Q: what does "orthodox" mean?

• traditional

• unusual

• original

• unique

Three main grounds for ​ (a)   to fluoridation have been expressed. First, opponents claim the benefits are ​ (b)   or not established. Second, there are claims of health risks to parts of the population, for example, allergic reactions. It is also accepted that high levels of fluoride can cause discolouration of otherwise healthy teeth. ​ (c)   do not consider this to be a problem in such small concentrations, whereas opponents disagree - especially because some people drink more water and could thus consume more than the standard 1 milligram of fluoride per day. Third, fluoridation is thought to be an infringement on individual rights because it is a ​ (d)   medication of all members of a community.

• opposition
• exaggerated
• Proponents
• compulsory