Britain was thus the first country in the world ______ free medical care to the whole population.
In the 1990s a number of ______ NHS reforms were introduced by the Conservative and Labour governments
In ________ 1990s a number of NHS reforms were introduced by the Conservative and Labour governments.
Many public-spirited medical practitioners would at that time remit all or most of their fees to _________ poor.
More than 20 million people received food _______ with an average value of $70 a month.
Nearly 4 million ________ workers received $400 a month under the Social Security Disability In­surance program.
One ________ feature about health in Britain is that more people die of heart disease and strokes.
The doctors who took part were paid a capitation ______for the patients who had asked to be on their list and been accepted.
The first plan for a comprehensive national health service ______published by the Government in 1944.
The princi­ple of universal coverage ________free medical care was entirely new.
________ the end of the sixteenth century it had become imperative to find some substitute for the old system.
A (an) ________ a day keeps a doctor away.
A cough that is caused by a viral infection often lasts longer, but will usually clear ____within 7-10 days.
A disease _________last a brief time or a long time.
A sound mind in a sound_______ .
An epidemic can be declared if more ______400 people per 100,000 of the population consult their GP with flu or a flu-like illness every week.
And as she was very heavy and stout she was ______ to get up.
As our lives become safer, danger is being marketed as more and _________ desirable.
As well as all the equipment, incredible physical and mental toughness are essential, together with an ability to work closely _________ other team members in the most dangerous circumstances.
But it is not only ________ element of risk which prevents many people from taking up this sport.
But now and _________ the defences give way and illness occurs.
Can I stop _________ this medicine as soon as I feel better?
Coughs _________ by the common cold, or flu, usually clear up after a few days.
Did the doctor _____ you a sick-note?
Disease is a change ________ the condition of good health.
Disease is often _______ sickness or illness
Disease ______ may break through the defences.
Do you often suffer ________ headaches?
Do you think all your friends ________do their best to help you?
Dr Dixon produced his stethoscope from his bag and started listening ________ John's breathing.
Favourable standards of _______ help to promote health.
First of all he had __________ a headache since about ten o'clock in the morning.
Flu (also ______ as influenza) is a disease of the lungs and upper airways caused by infection with a flu virus.
Flu is an infectious ________ of the upper air passages (known as the upper respiratory tract).
Have you ever ________ a complication after a disease?
He couldn't remember feeling _______ bad as this.
He didn't want to do __________— all he wanted to do was to go to bed, and this he did.
He had also had a cough ______ several days and now his chest felt painful.
He had tried ________ a couple of aspirins but they had not had any effect.
He is groaning ___________ pain now because he did not go to the dentist to have his tooth filled.
He told Mother that he ______ felt terrible all day.
He'll examine your teeth, and if the aching tooth is not too far gone, he'll ________ it.
Health is better than_________.
Health is not valued till _________ comes.
Here is an armchair guide to some of the sports which can make skydiving seem about ___________ 'extreme' as dominoes.
Here is the prescription. Have it________ .
He’s _________a temperature, too.
How do diseases vary according to the difficulty in _______ over them?
How do people know they _____ ill?
How long did it take you to get________?
How long did you have to _______ your bed?
How long has _______ been bothering you?
How often ________ you take the medicine when you were ill?
How should the medicine _______ taken?
How ______ the NHS paid for?
However, a disease may be present without a person ________ it.
However, healthy people _______ flu do not need to consult their GP.
I had a toothache for several days, but just hadn't enough courage ________ to the dentist.
I'm afraid you might ______ suffering from pneumonia.
I'm ________ -sighed.
If I eat, it ________ better.
If someone touches the object a short time later and then touches _____mouth, nose or eyes, they may become infected.
If these are __________ in by someone else then they may become infected.
If you feel too ill to go to the doctor's, you'll have to send ________him.
If you have a cold and you touch your nose or eyes and _______ touch someone else, you may pass the virus on to them.
If you have a cold or flu, the infection will often affect your nose, ________may be blocked or runny.
If you have a cough as a result of a viral infection, ______ flu or bronchitis, you will not usually need to see a doctor unless your symptoms are very severe.
Illnesses, that can be passed along by an infected person to a ________ person either directly or indirectly are called infectious or communicable diseases.
In disease, the normal structure or function of the body _______ harmed or weakened.
In early 1900s infectious diseases ________ still a serious public health problem.
Is there any vaccine __________ the cold?
It takes between 1- 4 days (average 2 days) to go from ________infected to having the full symptoms.
It _________ be very annoying to stay in bed long, wouldn’t it?
It’s like a heavy weight _______ on my chest.
I’ll be very thankful to you if you have this prescription________ .
I’ve been working hard for the past few months. I’m completely run_______.
John's breathing was heavy and his face _______ flushed.
Many diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, scarlet fever, small pox, and diphtheria _______ almost wiped out.
May the patient stay at home if he _________ scarlet fever?
Most people recover _______ a cold within a week.
Mother rang up the doctor and asked him to ________ at the flat.
Mother rang ________ the doctor and asked him to call at the flat.
Often they have symptoms ______ pain, nausea, sore throat, lack of appetite, fatigue, or fever.
On Monday John came home in the evening __________pale and tired.
One hour’s sleep before _______ is worth two after.
One man’s ________ is another man’s poison.
Other diseases require medical treatment ________ them.
Parts of the body may begin to function______ .
People with flu are usually infectious a day ______symptoms start and remain infectious for approximately 5 days after the start of the flu symptoms.
Pete had to stay ____ home because it was very cold.
Prevention is better than_________.
Shake this mixture carefully ____________ use.
She couldn't remember that she had ever ________ him looking as ill as this.
She does not go to the polyclinic ___________ she does not need any treatment.
She had to stay _______ home because she did not feel well.
She is ill _______ quinsy _________ a bad form.
She remembered that he had _______to take his overcoat with him that morning although the weather had been cold and windy.
She sat on the ice __________ sad.
She says she is subject __________ coughs.
She_______ better consult a doctor.
Some diseases are not caused ____ disease-producing microorganisms.
Some diseases such as the common cold may go ______ after a few days without any treatment.
So_________, scientists have identified more than 100 different viruses capable of causing cold symptoms.
Take these tablets ________ your cough.
The body _______ has defences against disease.
The children are all right but my wife is ______ up with the flu.
The doctor has given him a sick-leave because he has a very bad com­plication ______ his heart _________ quinsy.
The doctor told him to stay __________ bed.
The first thing the doctor did was to stick his thermometer _______ John's tongue.
The first thing to do is to bring the tem­perature__________.
The next morning John _______ no better.
The patient expected the doctor _______ out a prescription.
The weather has been nasty lately and many people have fallen ill __________ the flu.
They had to call _________the doctor because the grandmother was ill.
They______ better not pay so much attention to what your nephew says.
Today as a result of improved hygiene and living conditions, new drugs, new kinds of medical treatment, and the widespread use of vaccines, the picture________.
Very soon she had _______ bad fall.
What are you complaining______ ?
What do you do after the doctor writes _________ a prescription for you?
What do you usually take ________ a headache?
What is ____ best remedy for a headache?
What reforms have _________ place in the NHS?
What _______ you do if you fell ill?
What _________ to promote health?
What _________ we do with the doctor's prescription?
What ____________the advantages of free medical care?
When you get the pain, how long ________ it last?
When _______ illness occur?
Where _____ it hurt?
Who would take care of you if you _______ seriously ill?
Why can no immunity be ______ for these diseases?
Why did you have to stay at home yesterday? — Because my parents were not _____ home and I had to look after my little sister.
Would you ask to help you with your English after you __________?
Would you work _______ your English if you were running a temperature?
You are _______ the mercy of gusts of wind during the descent and must know exactly how to steer yourself away from danger.
You have all the symptoms __________the flu.
You haven't got any pain, _________ you?
You know Howard has _____ ill
You must _______ the tooth pulled out.
You'd better go into _________ hospital
You'd better take a tablet of analgin __________ your headache.
____ you follow the doctor’s recommendations if he advised you to stay in bed for a couple of days?
______ average, adults have between two and four colds a year, while children may have as many as eight or ten.
______ flu usually occurs during the winter months, from October to April in the UK.
_______ did you go to see the dentist last?
________ diseases cannot be passed from person to person.
________ in the body may grow in uncontrolled ways.
_________ cold is the most common communicable disease.
__________ scarlet fever an infectious disease?
____________ a disease is discovered during a routine health examination.