Drill 1 SampleWith the increasing involvement of the public in healthcare, health education is becoming more and more important increasingly. In some Western countries, vigorous, overall and multi-level health education has proved cost-effective in preventing and treating expensive and almost incurable chronic noninfectious diseases. It can improve the health of all the citizens as a whole. Some scholars even claim that whoever master health education master their own health and destiny. Both WHO and China have prioritized nationwide health education and called for more public involvement in it. What should China do for its health education? First, China’s health education suffers from little attention and investment, chaotic management and lack of teaching resources. Experts propose that to meet people’s needs for health education, a rational nationwide health education network be soon established and such a specialty be opened in medical schools and more such teachers be trained. Second, China should establish its deplorable community health network and service. WHO proposes that everyone enjoy professional health care and education form birth to death. Besides, health education needs doctors’ cooperation. They should not only diagnose and prescribe but offer advice as health educators. Various health education services such as psychiatric centers, children problems centers, etc. should be put up.To conclude, more attention, involvement and people should be involved in China’s health education. Drill 2 Sample Trends in the 21st Century Medicine zPC&p{S>
In this essay, the writer sums up 6 trends in modern medicine in the 21st century predicted by scientists.Molecular biology will lead medical disciplines. Biotech and biomedical engineering will become the leading medical technology, evoking more developments in other medical fields.Medicine will become more holistic, comprehensive and pluralistic, interweaving with natural, social and engineering sciences and technologies.Medicine will play a greater role in the society and become socialized instead of more specialized. The medical mode will change its present biological mode to a biological-psychological-social mode.The traditional purpose of medicine is only to treat and cure patients and prolong their lives. However, in the 21st century, the purpose of medicine will include prevention and healthcare, treatment and cure, remedy of pains and agonies of illness, prevention of early death and promotion of euthanasia.There will be 10 breakthroughs in the 21st century medicine, including genetic engineering, successful transplant of most human organs, satisfactory treatment of 75% of cancers, longer lifespan, effective treatment of cardiovascular and genetic disease, more preventive vaccines, optional gender conception and birth, better bionic artificial organs, breakthroughs in brain research and worldwide network of medical information. Drill 3 SampleWeather condition is one of the important factors that constitute our living environment. Weather condition and its changes can affect/influence not only human physiological health but also psychological health.Researchers have found that favorable weather can please and excise people and improve their efficiency whereas unfavorable weather can make people unhappy, gloomy, listless, and even cause mental disorders. Studies show that hot, wet and rainy weather is unfavorable to man’s psychological health. A WHO report indicates that the EI Nino in 1982 and 1983 caused about 100,000 cases of hypochondria and other mental disorders in the world and worse, more traffic accidents.Although low temperature weather is good for the mind, man’s mental status might fluctuate and become abnormal when the temperature comes up. Rising temperature may even cause a rise in crime rates, said some experts.Rainy season can make people lazy, listless and put them in low spirit. This is caused by rising secretion of certain chemical in the body.To conclude, weather condition has a significant effect on human being’s psychological health. This has caused the attention from psychologists, behaviorists and management experts and some precautions have been taken against its bad effects. Drill 4 Sample [%8t~zg
Personally, character in broad sense, includes temperament, quality, ability, aura, hobbies, etc. Modern science finds personality is closely related to health. This article is a brief discussion of this relationship.Scientist discover that people with a competitive, quick temperament are likely to have cardiovascular diseases and those often pressing their anger are susceptible to hypertension, whereas some other people might suffer from ulcers. Simply speaking, people of different personality are susceptible to different diseases.Scientists also think that despite that genetic qualities form the basis of personality, the development of personality usually depends on later environment and education. Some inherently outward people might become introvert and depressed due to some strong excitement or defeats, or vice versa. L7_q s+
Actually, personality and health affect each other greatly. A healthy, cheerful and optimistic personality is good to health while a weak, pessimistic one might influence one’s personality.In conclusion, as personality and health are closely related to each other, we should try to improve our personality to be a cheerful, optimistic and healthy one if we want to enjoy a better health. Drill 5 Sample Doctor-Patient Relationship in Psychiatric TherapyDoctor-patient relationship in psychiatric therapy is unique. It is a brand new one, close and constructive. It can be helpful and contributive to the therapy. Such a new connection is based on 3 basic demands. First, the doctor shouldn’t criticize the patient. Such an impartial attitude can help the psychiatrist understand what the patient whereas a condescending or critical approach can be harmful to the treatment. Second, don’t make choices and decisions for the patient . Otherwise, his independence, initiative and potential cannot be fully utilized. Third, the doctor must be impartial and keep a balanced distance from the patient and all the sides in their inner conflicts.It also helps the doctor understand the patient if they are on good terms. This intimacy has to be maintained, which helps both the doctor and the patient in the long run.The relationship is regarded as constructive in that it helps the doctor and the patient understand each other, strengthens the latter’s self-confidence and dignity, self-reliance and tap his potentials.To conclude, for better effects, a new kind of relationship between the doctor and the patient should be established in psychiatric therapy, which should be intimate and constructive. Drill 6 3M;[. b
Behavioral Prescription, a New DrugIt is said that one’s happiness is determined by his physical and psychological fitness. One’s state of mind or mood can be regulated/readjusted by bodily behaviors as some experts point out. This is called “behavioral prescription”, which involves laughter, crying, sports, dancing and singing. Here is a discussion of this prescription.The method has been proved by modern science to be effective. It is found that crying can reduce psychological stress as it releases some harmful chemicals from the body. On the other hand , laughter can improve one’s immunity by increasing a favorable chemical in the body. Besides, when laughing, muscles in our internal organs move more actively. Scientists also find that dancing and gymnastic exercises can be more effective for some chronic diseases of the aged than medicinal therapy. The crazy stress from life and work of today can cause some psychologically abnormal behaviors and symptoms, which, can also be relieved by following behavioral prescription instead of instruments or medicine.To conclude, behavioral prescription, a new medical concept, is more and more popular with both doctors and patients and will be a brighter future. Drill 7 Sample There has been a psychological phenomenon almost everyone has had. It is called “conformity complex”. This article is a discussion of it.What is conformity complex then? It occurs when one is affected so much by others or peers that he gives up his own idea or opinion and conforms to others’ idea or behavior. People tend to do so when pressed by others. For example, it is easy to change one’s mind when shopping with friends or companions. The complex can be divided into two kinds: conformity to what others think and say, and the other is following suit. But both are somewhat blind. Here is an example. Once, one or two persons began to run for some reason of their own. Before long, others began to follow them and ran. Onlookers didn’t know what happened but they too began to run in the end, resulting in a running crowd.In a word, conformity complex is an act of following suit blindly and without independent thinking. It has both negative and positive sides of its own. If we can overcome its negative aspect and rationally utilize its positive aspect, we can improve our social morale and customs for better social order. Drill 8 Sample What Should We be Cautious About After SARS? `YZK$
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With the SARS epidemic ebbing, people are becoming less afraid of it. However, isn’t there anything we should be cautious about to prevent crisis like this? An expert with Peking University pointed that there are many diehard unhealthy habits we should get rid of for this purpose.First, get rid of our stubborn unhealthy habits. For example, we should learn to wash hands after going to restroom, shopping, counting money, etc. At dinner, we should have a separate portion of food instead of sharing from common dishes to avoid contacting each other’s saliva. We should protect wild animals rather than eat them. A lesson from the SARS is that abuse of wild animals may result in human contraction of bacteria or viruses from wild animals.Second, public health morality and ethics should be strongly advocated. People should refrain from smoking in public, littering, spitting, etc. SARS epidemic indicates that insecurity in public health has endangered our health and life.Third, health education should be promoted on a large scale, especially among farmers. It can distribute health knowledge, help improving the population’s physical constitution and help prevent diseases especially infectious diseases by strengthening cooperation between health educational agencies and hospitals.Conclusively, it is urgent that we get rid of our old and bad sanitary habits and form new and healthy habits to prevent the spreading of infectious disease like SARS. Drill 9 Sample X"S-f; b#
Since 1960s, despite rapid advances in medical therapies and technologies man’s total death rate hasn’t decreased/dropped . Instead, it has somehow risen. Researchers think this is due to our bad/unhealthy life style.Studies found that bad life style includes habits such as smoking, drinking, drug abuse, overeating, etc. Deaths caused by diseases related to these habits account for 48% of all the deaths. Therefore, it is very important to live in a healthy manner/style/way. Besides, self-healthcare, health education, etc. should be promoted all over the country.There is one mistaken idea among people about medical care. That is the over-dependence on doctors for people’s health while ignoring their own role in healthcare.In conclusion, in this age of life style, people should depend on themselves, a healthy life style and self-healthcare than on doctors for a long, happy and healthy life. Drill 10 SampleIt has long been discovered that colors can affect mental and physical health of human beings and have some curative effects on diseases. Medical experts have long been trying to use colors in clinical treatment and have made some remarkable progress.Modern scientists have revealed that colors can affect human beings psychologically, physiologically, chemically and physically. For example, the color blue can have a calming/sedating effect, and orange, a warm color, a pleasing effect. More importantly, green is good for the nerves of the eye. It can also be used to lower one’s skin temperature, slow down heartbeat and blood circulation, to name just a few. Some doctors have applied white to lower/decrease blood pressure, and amber to create an ideal curative environment for patients with mental disorder, and brown to help post-operative patients heal/recover more quickly.Colors have been proven to be useful clinically by many doctors and are being applied by more and more doctors. Drill 11 Sample In this essay, the important of humanistic spirit to community health service is discussed. A humanistic and patient-oriented rather than doctor-oriented approach should be adopted by community health service, general practitioners and hospitals, which can help improve their medical service quality.Actually, all the health-care reforms should also be carried out in the holistic, social and humanistic way of community health service. Doctor and general practitioners should not de-individualize the relationship with patients. Instead, they should take their patients as individual human beings rather than objects, showing real concern and responsibility. In this way some common mistakes made by doctors could have been avoided. In fact, some diseases can be treated by doctors’ heartfelt and human concern instead of nonchalantly prescribed medication. In this aspect, general practitioners in Japan and the United States have set a good example of real concern over their patients. Their painstaking effort has brought about remarkable drop in disease morality incidence of hypertension and cardiovascular diseases, etc.To be short, a humanistic spirit should be carried out throughout medical education and community health-care system. In this way, we can cure not only bodily defects but also mental and behavioral disorders and thus eventually improve people’s health to a great extent. Drill 12 Sample Traditional Chinese Medicine Excels ItselfFaced with increasing incidence of AIDS and number of HIV carriers in China, the combat against AIDS, had been plagued by the lack of medicine for AIDS and the high cost of treatment. It is in this difficult combat with the epidemic. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has excelled itself.Since 1990s, China has established many TCM institutes and projects on AIDS. Recent years see TCM outpatient specialized in AIDS and some clinical diagnostic kits and techniques have been developed and applied clinically. TCM service treatment are provided for high-risk AIDS areas and for poor people there. Besides, more TCM professionals have joined the a? against AIDS and some research an discoveries have been made.More importantly, some pharmacological discoveries have been made. About 70 TCM drugs have been developed than can inhibit HIV to some extent. Some TCM patent medicines, clinically verified, can activate T cells, NK cells and improve immune functions and inhibit HIV directly.Conclusively, TCM treatment of AIDS is effective for AIDS and have many advantages but little side effects. If further and greatly supported by the government, the society and all walks of life, TCM will contribute more to the curb of the spreading of AIDS in China. Drill 13 SampleAging usually brings about many functional recessions such as indigestion, arteriosclerosis, and other metabolic dysfunctions. However, scientists find that these hypofunctions are actually caused by irrational diets or eating habits. This article discussed this problem and the solution to it.First, balanced diet with more vegetables than animal food is especially good for the old people. Second, less staple food and less salt in food should be suggested for the aged because over-consumption of these two can lead to cardiovascular diseases. Third, more bean foods which usually contribute to cardiovascular diseases. Finally, doctors always advise people eat more fruit to regulate their digestion, metabolism and cardiovascular balance.In a word, a balanced diet, more vegetable food instead of fat food are of the first significant to the health of the aged and a long life. Drill 14 SampleDo you know that sound, light and colors affect us emotionally? They do, health experts say.First, sound affects us. Long presence in a soundless environment causes gloom, depression, and dysphoria whereas a noisy and raucous environment causes stress, frustration and anxiety. Melodious and beautiful music calm and relax upset patients, especially pregnant women and joyous and exciting music cheer up gloomy patients.Second, light affects us too. Dim light causes cachexia and absent-mindedness. In winter, with short daylight, it is easy to become dispirited and absent-minded. A survey found that traffic accidents happen more frequently between 6 and 8pm than in other parts of the day, probably because the dim illumination distracts people. In bright light, people tend to be concentrated, cheerful and thus less accidents happen.Third, so does color. Red excites people, blue calms, black displeases and threatens. A bridge in London used to claim many people killing themselves by jumping from it. After an investigation, a scientist thought the black color of the bridge was to blame. But his advice was ignored until ten years later when government painted the bridge blue. Miracle happened. The number of suicides on it promptly dropped by 56.4%. YkPc&&#
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Nowadays, more city people are becoming aware of “subhealth”. The problem is characterized by panic, short breath, listlessness, dizziness, headache, insomnia, etc. But it’s hard to find anything wrong by instruments in these cases. If you have these problems, you are subhealthy, or, have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Survey indicates that many white-collar workers or intellectuals have various subhealth symptoms. Some clinics have been established in some Chinese cities, which are devoted to psychiatric massage for patients in subhealth. n^svRM]eQ
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