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Studies: noun
ResponderBorrarHow studies are performed?
Research: verb
Scientifics research to find new treatment.
Reliable: adjective
Some of the studies related to cancer aren't reliable.
Sample: noun
A sample of people can be a control group in an experiment.
Data: noun
The data from an experiment is used to determine results.
Approve: verb
FDA requires at list two clinical tests in order to approve a new treatment.
Information: noun
The test from a group can give us important information for health decisions.
Standard: adjective
The ramdomized clinical trial is an standard procedure to approve clinical treatments.
Medication: noun
In a group of test the half uses a medication and the other a placebo.
Results: noun
The results can or not be definitive.
Fabiola ARias C.
ResponderBorrarSkeptical. Adj. Inclined to have doubt or doubts
Randomized. V. To order or select in a random manner, as in a sample or experiment, esp. in order to reduce bias and interference caused by irrelevant variables;
Trial. N. The examination of the facts of a case before a court of law, involving hearing evidence and deciding on a person's guilt or innocence:
Placebo. N. A substance that is not medicine but is given to a patient who supposes it to be a medicine, either to appease a patient or as a control in an experiment.
Epidemiology Studies. N. A study of the branch of medicine dealing with the incidence and prevalence of disease in large populations and with detection of the source and cause of epidemics of infectious disease.
Health. N The general condition of the body or mind.
Memory. N The mental ability of keeping and recalling facts, events, or experiences
Diseases. N. May result from infection, deficient nutrition or environmental factors.
Medication. N. The use or application of medicine
Scientist. N. An expert in science, esp. one of the physical or natural sciences
Scientis almost always has skeptical and trials about diseases, because people has bad or particular health and bad memory.
So, they have to practice to eliminate the desease or achieve the person fell better. For that, they has to give medication for example with placebo. But the scientist chooses randomized.
After the studies, they could know who or what kind of medication is correct to “x” person/disease.
Johanna Figueroa Sequeira
ResponderBorrarVITAMINS: noun, Did you remember to take your vitamins?
STUDIES: noun, Becoming a doctor requires years of study
RANDOMIZED: verb, A randomized study of patients treated with the drug showed it to be effective
HEADACHE: noun, The symptoms include fever and headache
PLACEBO: noun, This patient need placebo
PITFALLS: noun, One of pitfalls is the ignorance
DIET: noun, I have dieting for two months
SUPPLEMENT: noun, First class is available for a supplement
RELIABLE: adj, We cant write a report without reliable data
NAUSEA: noun, A feeling of nausea suddenly came over me
vitamins: any of a group of organic compounds that are essential for normal growth and nutrition and are required in small quantities in the diet because they cannot be synthesized by the body.
ResponderBorrarHealth: the state of being free from illness or injury.
Grass: vegetation consisting of typically short plants with long narrow leaves, growing wild or cultivated on lawns and pasture, and as a fodder crop.
Improvement: an example or instance of improving or being improved.
Memory: the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.
Liver: a large lobed glandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates, involved in many metabolic processes
Cancer: the disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body.
News: newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important events
Scientific: based on or characterized by the methods and principles of science.
Study in humans: Studies released on humans.
Random: he ramdomized clinical trial is a standard procedure to approve clinical treatments.
Difference of guarantee:
Medicine: the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease (in technical use often taken to exclude surgery).
Headache: a continuous pain in the head.
Placebo: This patient need placebo
Randomized clinical trials are incredible tools
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA): requires at list two clinical tests in order to approve a new treatment.
Epidemiological study: Studies on people that use a product.
Correlation : a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things,
Estudies and smoking, asbestos, lead
Taking vitamins is good for your health. Daily are offered by the herbs that improve memory, heal the liver or cancer.
Scientific studies help us check if the results are reliable.
Importance should be given to scientific work on humans rather than on animals.
To perform the scientific studies should be used random so that the results are guaranteed.
For example you could use one medicine in people and one placebo in the same group.
Random is an amazing tool.
The studies are authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Epidemiological studies are sometimes performed. These have allowed us to find correlations between diseases such as smoking, asbestos and lead.
1. Vitamins (noum): take vitamins is good for your health
ResponderBorrarVitamins are an important part a good nutrition.
2. Scientific (noum): the news support scientific studies
The scientific studies such as epidemiological studies that guide public health.
3. Fidedignos (adj): know that they are reliable
Some scientific studies aren’t reliable.
4. Subject (noum): the key to ECA is the subjects are randomly assigned
In some scientific studies use subjects for studies.
5. Trial (noum): the random clinical trials are incredible tools
The trials are necessary for scientific studies.
6. Volunteers (adj): because it required too many volunteers
Sometimes there are not enough volunteers for scientific studies
7. Behavior (noum): observes people in their habitual behavior
Some scientific studies observe the behaviors
8. Substances (noum): between substances and their effects on health
The substances are used for experiments
9. Sickness (noum): that could make them nauseous
Some medicine cause sickness
10. Cohort (noum): group of people who take This ingredient every day
Group of people participating in scientific studies.
Shirley
ResponderBorrarStudies: Noun
Performed: Verb
How are scientific studies performed in our society?
Helth: Noun
Improve: Verb
What kind of vitamins improve our helth?
Research: verb
Treatment: Noun
Scientifics research about the best cancer treatment, through clinical trials.
Randomized: Adjective
Clinical trials: Noun
Randomized clinical trials are a very important tool for testing a drug or treatment.
Epidemiological studies: Noun
Behavior: Noun
Epidemiological studies are used by scientists to observe the habitual behavior of people in a specific treatment.
1. Skeptic (noun): A person who doubts the truth or value of an idea or belief
ResponderBorrar2. Improve (verb): To get better.
3. Perform (verb): To do an action or piece of work.
4. Reliable (adj): Someone or something that is reliable can be trusted or believed because he, she, or it works or behaves well in the way you expect
5. Research (noun): A detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a (new) understanding.
6. Randomized (adj): Relating to experimental research where subjects are selected for particular treatments by chance.
7. Behaviour (noun): To act in a particular way
8. Cohort (noun): A group of people who share a characteristic, usually age:
9. Inherent (adj): Existing as a natural or basic part of something:
10. Flaw (noun): A fault, mistake, or weakness, especially one that happens while something is being planned or made, or that causes something not to be perfect:
11. Confound (verb): To confuse and very much surprise someone, so that they are unable to explain or deal with a situation.
12. Correlation (noun): A connection or relationship between two or more facts, numbers, etc.
1. Sample: (noun) A sample of people can be a control group in an experiment.
ResponderBorrar2. Approve: (verb) FDA requires at list two clinical tests in order to approve a new treatment.
3. Research: (verb) Scientifics research to find new treatment.
4. Skeptical: (Adj) Inclined to have doubt or doubts.
5. Diseases: (noun) May result from infection, deficient nutrition or environmental factors.
6. Pitfalls: (noun) One of pitfalls is the ignorance.
7. Diet: (noun) I have dieting for two months.
8. Supplement: (noun) First class is available for a supplement.
9. Vitamins: (noum) take vitamins is good for your health.
10. Substances: (noum) between substances and their effects on health.
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ResponderBorrarLivier: (noun), destroy your liver.
ResponderBorrarHeadlines: (noun) Headlines proclaim a promising new cancer treatment.
Further: (adjetive) can point the way towards further research.
Subjects: (noun) is through a study involving human subjects.
Randomized: (adjetive) the randomized clinical trial.
Randomly: (adjetive) would be randomly divided into two groups.
Overall: (adjetive) the only significant overall difference.
Results: (noun) rather than other differences that could affect results.
Conducted: (verb) often requires at least two to be conducted.
Epidemiological: (adjetive) scientist use an epidemiological study.
[ ** Luis Pablo Soto Chaves** ]
ResponderBorrar1. Memory (noun): the power or process of remembering what has been learned
- My memory is not as reliable as it was a couple of years ago.
2. Skeptical (adjective): Inclined to have doubt or doubts
- There are topics I prefer to be skeptical.
3. Randomize (verb): to arrange or choose (something) in a random way or order : to make (something) random
- The function must generate randomized numbers between 1 and 100.
4. Pitfall (noun): a danger or problem that is hidden or not obvious at first.
- Building a new house is full of pitfalls in the way.
5. Reliable (adjective): able to be trusted to do or provide what is needed
- Finding a reliable friend is a quite difficult endeavour
6. Flaws (noun): a defect in physical structure or form.
- This program is showing a lot of flaws.
7. Hazard (noun, verb)
Noun: a source of danger
Verb: to risk losing (something, such as money) in an attempt to get, win, or achieve something
- Please be careful, driving that way is hazard.
8. Suspect (noun): a person suspected of a crime
- The suspects ran away from the crime scene.