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• The different roles of genes and environment in causing diseases
• The relationship between interpersonal relationship and health
• The major steps in designing and developing new drugs
Symptoms as mentioned by the author
• loss of stamina and strength • problems with balance • bouts of horrific facial pain • dips in visual acuity
Unit 3
Lead-in
• Issues to be covered • Task
Unit 3
Prevention and
Lead-in
Treatment
of Diseases
Issues to be covered
• The common and special means of treatment and prevention of diseases
Unit 3
Text A
Prevention and Treatment
Critical reading and thinking
of
Diseases Knowledge of the subject matter
• the surge of adrenaline (P55) • medical school (P55) • an internal medicine residency (P55) • an academic general internist (P55) • to develop a chronic disease (P55) • I had only two options: accommodation and
Unit 3
Prevention and Treatment
Lead-in
of
Diseases
Task: Work in pairs and discuss the causes and treatments you
know of the following conditions.
Disease Flu Myopia Hepatitis
antiviral medications
Unit 3
Prevention and
Treatment
of
Diseases

Text A
Critical reading and thinking – Topics for presentation – Knowledge of the subject matter – Useful expressions
Unit 3
Prevention and Treatment of Diseases
Unit Contents
Lead-in Text A Text B Text C Listening Speaking
Writing Get reading for Unit 9
Unit 3
Prevention and Treatment of Diseases
of
Diseases Topics for presentation
5. One example to illustrate the correlation between toxic load and disease (Pre. 5)
• With 70% to 90% of the risk for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and autoimmunity being due to environmental factors other than genetics, we can provide the real solution to many health problems and the health care crisis by changing our environment, for example, optimizing our nutrition and reducing our toxic load.
• online search to identify the sources of micronutrients • reduction of food allergy and toxic load
Unit 3
Text A
Prevention and Treatment
Critical reading and thinking
• loved practicing Tae Kwon Do • loved the surge of adrenaline that came with the
controlled combat of tournaments • competed nationally, even winning a bronze medal in
Cause as mentioned by the author • the assault of immune cells on the brain, with possible
origin in genetic make-up or/and combination of environmental factors
Treatment as mentioned by the author • interferon and copolymer-1
Unit 3
Text A
Prevention and Treatment
Critical reading and thinking
of
Diseases Topics for presentation
Unit 3
Prevention and
Lead-in
Treatment
of
Diseases Your experience when you fell ill last time
• Time • Visits to doctor • Diagnosis • Treatment
Unit 3
Prevention and Treatment
Text A
Prevention and Treatment
Critical reading and thinking
of
Diseases Topics for presentation
2. How much do you know about MS and autoimmune disease? (Pre. 2)
Unit 3
Text A
Prevention and Treatment
Critical reading and thinking
of
Diseases Topics for presentation
2. How much do you know about MS and autoimmune disease? (Pre. 2)
the trials for the Pan American Games • attended medical school, practiced as an internal
medicine residency, became an academic general internist • married and got a son and a daughter
学术英语 医学
Academic English for Medicine
Unit 3
Prevention and Treatment of Diseases
Despite the progress in medicine, many diseases are still untreatable and incurable. It has been generally agreed that prevention is more cost-effective than the treatment of diseases. Here come some fundamental questions: Which play a more important role in causing human diseases, genes or environmental factors? Why do people with good interpersonal relationships live healthier and longer? What are the major steps in developing a new drug? In this unit, we will probably find the answers to these questions.
rest, clear fluids, cool damp washcloth to reduce fever, warm blanket to calm chills, cough medicine, antiviral medications, usually no need of antibiotics corrective lenses, refractory surgery
Causes
viruses
prolonged close work, excessive reading viral (HBV, HCV, etc.), bacterial, parasitic, fungal infections alcohol, autoimmune, inherited
Treatments
3. What did Terry do before she self-experimented? (Pre. 3)
• Picking up basic science such as cellular physiology, biochemistry and neurophysiology
• Reading articles about new MS drugs in animal models and neurodegeneration of all types—dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s, and Lou Gehrig’s disease
• self-experimentation with various nutrients to slow neurodegeneration based on literature reports on animal models
• self-experimentation with neuromuscular electrical stimulation still based on literature
Unit 3
Text A
Prevention and Treatment
Critical reading and thinking
of
Diseases Topics for presentation
4. What approaches did Terry mainly use to deal with neurodegeneration? (Pre. 4)
• Suggested answers
Unit 3
Text A
Prevention and Treatment
Critical reading and thinking
of
Diseases Topics for presentation
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1. How was Terry’s life before she was diagnosed with (Pre. 1)
Lead-in
of
Diseases
Task: Work in pairs and discuss the causes and treatments you
know of the following conditions.
Disease
Causes
Treatments
Flu
Myopia Hepatitis
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