Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• one in eight: A proportion equal to one part out of a total of eight parts.
• come from: To have as your native country or city
• above and beyond: More than what is expected or required; exceptional.
• with regards to: Concerning; relating to; about.
• at least: As a minimum
• increased risk: A greater chance of something harmful or dangerous happening.
• up until now: Until the present time; so far.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• reduce the risk: To lessen the probability of something dangerous or harmful occurring.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• as opposed to: In contrast to; rather than.
• shift in: A change or alteration in something.
• tricky question: A question that is difficult to answer, often because it is designed to be confusing or misleading.
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• interact with
• due to: Because of; owing to
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• obesity: State of being so fat it can harm your health
• tricky: Difficult, so needing skill to do or deal with
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strike: To hit something
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• shift: To change in position or direction
• conference: Series of lectures held as an event
• theory: Ideas or principles that explain facts or events
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• rigorous: Very strict and often difficult; thorough
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• primarily: In the most basic or important way
• survey: Broad view or general description of something
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• unexpected: Surprising because it was not expected
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• receptor: A nerve ending that changes stimuli into impulses
• point: An item to be discussed
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• great: Very good; better than before
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• possibly: May be true or likely, but is uncertain
• chemotherapy: Treatment of diseases using chemicals
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• colon: Lower part of intestine turning food into waste
• journalism: Profession of writing or reporting news
• cautiously: In a manner to avoid risk or danger
• precipice: Very steep or overhanging dangerous cliff
• oncologist: Specialist in the study of cancers
• recurrence: Happening again (often at regular intervals)