Exercise 10. Refresh in memory the names of medical specialists. Tell what the specialists deal with using the information given in the right column:
Model: a) Dentist is a specialist in oral diseases.
b) Dentist deals with oral diseases.
ophthalmologist
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skin problems
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orthodontist
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heart problems
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obstetrician
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blood diseases
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podiatrist
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cancer
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urologist
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pregnancy
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pediatrician
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brain disorders
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gynecologist
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problems of the elderly
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oncologist
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eye diseases
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neurologist
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bones and muscles problems
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dermatologist
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foot problems
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endocrinologist
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X-ray
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cardiologist
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children’s problems
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hematologist
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women’s problems
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orthopedist
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urinary and kidney problem
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gerontologist
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problems with glands
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radiologist
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the teeth
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Exercise 11. Put questions to the underlined words:
Death due to disease is called death by natural causes.
Muslim rulers built large hospitals in Delhi in 1719.
The term chronic is usually applied when the course of disease lasts more the three month.
Nowadays there are about sixty thousand diseases.
People who eat a mediterranean diet have a lower risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Some studies have shown an increased risk of developing AD with environmental factors such as intake of metals, particularly aluminium.
Meals on Wheels originated in the United Kingdom during the Second World War.
Many diseases are tightly connected with our lifestyle or profession.
Exercise 12. Open the brackets using Perfect Active or Passive. Translate them:
This medicine (to cure) him.
He (to give) the intravenous injection before the ambulance came.
The ophthalmologist (to examine) me eyes before he gave me glasses.
A new substance (to test) for antimicrobial activity.
The epidemic of flu (to stop) by March.
He (to make) his report at the Congress.
In recent years isotopic ultrasound (to use) to reveal pathologic process in the liver.
The physician just (to palpate) the patient with suspected appendicitis.
Exercise 13. Discuss the situation with your partner:
You go to the doctor for a routine check-up and the doctor finds you have a problem and suggests that you see a specialist. Your friend had a similar problem and his doctor told him to go to a physiotherapist for the treatment. He felt much better. Would you follow your doctor’s advice, tell your doctor about your friend, ask your friend for the name of his physiotherapist, say nothing to your doctor, or get another opinion?
Exercise 14. Arrange the following sentences in a correct order to describe the following term «хвороба»:
There are different types of diseases. Such as inherited, infectious, allergic, nutritional, toxic, neoplastic, degenerative diseases that make patients suffer.
Disease is a disordered state of a tissue, organ, system or organism during which this part can’t function normally.
Medical specialists, psychologists, social workers may help the patients and their families organize support groups in order to cope with chronic, acute or terminal illnesses and handle problems that may stand in the way of recovery or rehabilitation.
Health has traditionally been defined as the freedom from disease.
Such diseases as lung diseases, skin diseases and some infectious disease may be tightly connected with our lifestyle.
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