Reading practice 3

1. The author finds it unusual and strange that the sport and medical facilities be located in the same building and be part of the same system.
2. The hospital management initially meant to limit the access to the gym to people with health problems, but did not stick to this rule.
3. The owners of other sport centers believe that one more sport facility will provide fair competition.
4. People living near the hospital are happy with the occasion to have a gym so close to their homes.
5. The management of St. Joseph Medical Center thought that their patients would find it less threatening to work out among other patients rather than with sport addicts in regular gyms.
6. Patients are obliged to lie about their health condition in order to be admitted to the hospital gym.

Vocabulary practice 4

1. In order to achieve a _____ ______ body, it is necessary to burn more calories than you intake.
2. _______ ______, physicians of the Near East took little notice of mace until the early 1800s when they began to prescribe it as an aphrodisiac and carminative.
3. The _______ ______ smaller than a hospital is generally called a _______, and often is run by a government agency for health services or a private partnership of physicians.
4. While simple instructions like ________ ______ with food may seem minor, ignoring such instructions can result in severe discomfort or physical illness.
5. Many hospitals offer _________ _______ services, on both in-patient and out-patient basis depending upon the individual's needs and physical condition.
6. Factors that are more likely to lead to heart diseases include aging, family _______ _ _______ _______, smoking and sedentary lifestyles.
7. Acute nursing care is short-term nursing care for medical patients with _____ or _______ diseases and for surgical patients requiring operations.
8. ______ _______ provides students with a safe and clean environment to exercise and _______.

Vocabulary

General

Endemic/pandemic

An outbreak of (malaria/bird flu)

Conventional/holistic/alternative medicine

Preventive/critical medicine

Healthcare system

To get medical coverage

To get (covered with) medical insurance

To get/receive (quality) medical care/ adequate health services

Medical/health facilities

Private insurance companies

National Insurance system.

Disabilities

1. Mentally/physically disabled

2. Impaired hearing/sight/vision

3. To damage/harm hearing/sight/vision

Diseases

4. To be in good/excellent/poor health

5. Diseases/illnesses:

§ cardiovascular/respiratory

§ stress-related

§ infectious

§ lethal/incurable

6. To get

§ infected with

§ ill/sick (nauseating)

§ a flu/ a cold

§ c ancer/AIDS/tuberculosis...

7. To be diagnosed with

8. To be allergic to smth

Symptoms

9. Fever (high/light)

10. Headache, toothache, bellyache, backache (severe)

11. Coughing (bad cough)

12. Sore throat

13. Sneezing

14. Running nose

15. Weight loss, appetite loss

Solutions

16. To adopt preventive procedures

17. To get vaccinated/get shots against...

18. To take pills/medicine

19. To take/get a remedy for

20. To go through a treatment/to get treated for

21. To have/to undergo a surgery

22. To get cured

Clinic

23. Walk-in clinic/hospital

24. Intensive care (be in)

25. Doctor, nurse

26. GP – General practitioner

Vocabulary practice 5

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