Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• medical research: Scientific investigation to improve medical knowledge and treatments.
• come up with: To think of an idea or solution; produce
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• as a whole: Considering everything together; in general.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• news article: A written report in a newspaper or magazine, or on a website, presenting news or information.
• in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• assume: To act in a false manner to mislead others
• scenario: An imagined sequence of events in a plan/project
• grab: To take and hold something quickly
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• random: Chosen, done without a particular plan or pattern
• cholesterol: Substance in the body that may cause heart disease
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• hypothetical: Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• crack: Attempt to achieve a goal or objective
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• exercise: To work out to become stronger and healthier
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• account: An advantage
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• recruit: Person who has just joined the military
• expectancy: Excited feeling that something is will happen soon
• text: To send a message by phone or other device
• placebo: Harmless pill for comparison in trial of new drug
• justify: To give good reasons for something
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• detail: Small part of something; tiny fact
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• chance: The way something happens without planning
• skewed: Not accurate or correct; biased
• prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• incremental: Happening or growing bit by bit over time
• scientifically: In an manner that follows the rules of science
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• elevate: To make something higher
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• credibility: Quality of being believable or deserving of trust
• headline: To be the main performer at a show
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• disconnect: To separate something from something else
• credible: Believable; that can be believed or trusted
• skew: To affect data making them incorrect or inaccurate
• pancreatic: Do with the long gland, that is behind the stomach