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an do to help?A: Relax and enjoy yourself as much as possible. Ask you family to bring in your favorite food, and you can also ask our cook to make special food you like. Make the most of your time in bed, whilst you don’t have to work.B: Thank you, doctor.第五課(200766)第六課(20070613)Popular Scientific Medical English for Medical PersonsSupplementary Reading (1)Medicines May Soon Come in the Form of FoodIf western people think they are healthy eaters, they will have to think again. The no cholesterol, lowfat, highfiber, calcium enriched, sugarless, preservativeadditive colorfreewithaddedvitamins diet is about to bee a passing fashion. The new buzz word in the food industry is nutraceuticals, food that provide medical benefits as well as traditional nutrients. In the new millennium, natural foods won’t be able to pete with bioengineered and processed foods.The lycopene discovery is a case in point.Processed tomato products containing oil that facilities the absorption of lycopene are better than eating the real thing, raw tomatoes.The conventional wisdom, however, is that, if you have a wellbalanced diet with plenty of fruit and vegetables, you’ll get all the vitamins and mminerals and nutrients you need for a healthy body.Supplements, nutritionists often claim, are a waste of money.A vitamin and mineral supplement is remended for even healthy individuals as a key element in the prevention of many of these degenerative diseases.However, vitamin and mineral foods may also create problems through overdosing and interaction.The optimal dose for many vitamins and minerals is unknown and some can be toxic in high doses.As nutraceuticals of functional foods start to fill the supermarket shelves, it will bee harder to work out exactly what dosage of vitamins and minerals we are ingesting or what effect it is having on us.The line between food and medicine will bee increasingly blurred, and the health claims more imaginative.Most food panies are reluctant to have their product categorized as a medicine, because of the requirement for expensive research and lengthy clinical trials. In the US and Europe, nutraceuticals exist in regulatory twilight zone.Problems aside, the new revolution in food could produce some useful lifestyle products.Commonly Used Medical Terms and Expressions(1) 各類(lèi)醫(yī)院及醫(yī)療機(jī)構(gòu)antiepidemic station army hospital。 military hospital attached hospital。 rear hospitalchest hospital children’s hospitalchildren’s polyclinic Chinese medical hospitalClinic EENT hospitalfield hospital firstaid stationgeneral hospital health center health center for women and children infectious disease hospitalisolation hospital maternity hospitalmental hospital。 oral medical hospital tumor hospital詢問(wèn)癥狀(一般癥狀)What brought you here?Tell me what symptoms you have.Have you a bitter taste in your mouth?Do you get a pain in your chest when you cough?Have you noticed any difference in your urine?Have you noticed any blood when you pass water?Did it e on slowly or suddenly?Will you describe one of these attacks?When was your last plete physical?Do you feel the pain when you touch your tooth with your tongue?Do you gums bleed when you brush your teeth?詢問(wèn)病史Have you had any major operations?Have you had any serious illness in the past?Is there anyone in your family with water trouble?How did the doctor diagnose your case?Are you quite healthy otherwise?Did the medicine affect you in any other way?Have you had a cold or the flu recently?第七課(2007620)Part Two at the Dermatology DepartmentChapter 3 a Skin ProblemDialogue 1A: I’ve had a rash all over my body and it itches all the time, and I have some lumps on my arms. Can you give me anything for it?B: Let me have a look. How long have you had this rash?A: About three days.B: Have you noticed if anything makes it worse?A: I really don’t know.B: Have you ever had it before?A: I had it once before. When I was small. I went on holiday with my parents to the se