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WELL-BEING 5

Reading and Vocabulary

A. Discuss the questions in pairs or groups.
1. How do people realise that they have a disease?
2. How do doctors find out what sort of disease people have?
3. In your country, do doctors diagnose and treat diseases quickly?
4. How could medical services in your country be improved?

B. Complete the sentences using the words in the boxes below.
You may need to change the form of the words given.

side effect gene medication diagnose hereditary fatal treat curable

1. The pills sometimes have – you may get headaches or feel nauseous.

2. The disease is serious. 80% of cases are .
3. The doctor gave me some for my stomach problems.
4. Cancer is a serious disease, but thankfully these days, many cases are .
5. Chemotherapy is often used to cancer.
6. HIV is passed on from a parent to a child in their .
7. The doctor took a blood test, and from that, was able to the disease.
8. Some cases of cancer are – If a parent has the disease,
the child may get it, too.

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