Words and Their Stories: Medical Expressions

A Fatter World, Yet Fewer Cases of High Blood Pressure

1.      How many countries did the study include?
One hundred ninety-nine countries
2.      What did the study find?
The study found that obesity has almost doubled since nineteen eighty.
3.      Obesity, high blood pressure, and cholesterol are now _______________ _____________.
Obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are no longer just found in wealthy nations.
4.      What was the percentage of women that were obese in 2008.
By two thousand eight, the rate of obesity among women was almost fourteen percent.
5.      How is obesity measured?
Obesity is commonly measured by body mass index, or BMI.
6.      What is BMI? 
This is a measure of a person's weight in relation to height.
7.      A person with a BMI of _____________to _______________is considered overweight.
A person with a BMI of twenty-five to twenty-nine is considered overweight.
8.      The World Health Organization defines obesity as a body mass index of _______________or more.
The World Health Organization defines obesity as a body mass index of thirty or more.
9.      Which nations have the highest BMI in the world? Which country has the single highest average?
Pacific island nations have an average BMI of around thirty-five -- the highest in the world.
10.  What was the “good news” in the report?
The report had some good news, however, about high blood pressure,. The percentage of people with this major cause of heart attacks and strokes has fallen since nineteen eighty. Dr. Ezzati credits improved testing and treatment in wealthy countries. He says a decrease in the use of salt and unhealthful fats probably also helped
11.  Americans are being urged to follow new advice from the government: ______________.
Americans are being urged to follow new advice from the government: eat less.

“Why Doctors May Not May not always try to save a fingertip”

1.      Which injuries should always be treated by a doctor?
A bone, tendon or nerve should always be treated by a doctor.
2.      What do you think “it’s a different ballgame” means?
I think it's a different situation.
3.      What are signs of a deep cut?
When you cut your skin very deep, it bleed very much.
4.      What is Gelfoam?
Gelfoam is a cellulose product
5.      What should you do if your fingertip is cut off?
The traditional way to close a serious cut is with sutures, also known as stitches.
6.      Dr. Brown says fingertips are not often ___________if they are the length of a fingernail or shorter.
Dr. Brown says fingertips are not often reattached if they are the length of a fingernail or shorter.
7.      How is a fingertip reattached?
It's not a simple procedure by any means. It’s done under a microscope, reattaching nerves and arteries and tendons
8.      What does a patient have to do to regain use of their finger?
Patients must also be willing to undergo a rehabilitation process to regain use of the finger.

my vacation

When my exams finished, I was very happy. I met my old boyfriend. I went his house and we watched film. It's name was V For Vandetta. I liked it very much. Then he bring me my bus. Almost I was late to my bus. I was very afraid but I was reach. I was ver happy. I was go to the Çorum. My home is there. I was missed my family very much. I didn't do anything so much. I slept ,read book (it's name is Lost Symbol). I watched movies. ( shaekspeare in love, finding neverland, up, inception, 500 day of summer..) I was take shaekspeare in love in the library. But when I take it I didn't look its subtitle. It hadn't Turkish subtitle. I was very unhapy. I was afraid to can't understand. I watched it but I understand something. I liked it very much. Then my friends came çorum like me for vacation. I met them. I was missed them. They celebrated my birthday and they give me a necklace. It contain a symbol. Its mean is eternity. I liked it very much. Then I have to return there and I'm here now I missed this place but I don't miss exams. I love everything....