Vocabulary: Under
Construction (For now use the practice quiz. You can find the
answers listed at the bottom of this page.)
artificial = FALSE
BENEFIT / profit
BREAST
CANCER
care about = CONCERN
CHOCOLATE
CINNAMON = C-I-N-N
consequence = CONSEQUENCE /
IMPACT / INFLUENCE /
HAPPEN
DIET
EXPOSURE
FUNCTION
GENERAL / broad / widely
NOT-MATTER
OLDER = OLD + ER
paradox = CONFLICT / or "PUZZLING"-(question-mark-on-forehead)
PMS spell P-M-S or see MENSTRUATION
poor-(sub-standard) See: SO-SO /
LOUSY / BAD
/ (Also know POOR-(not_much_money)
RISK = R-I-S-K Also see: GO-AHEAD-WITH
score-("score higher on tests of) = RESULT /
TEND / NUMBER
significantly = MORE! / IMPACT! / IMPORTANT!
SKILL / talent / expertise / effective
SUNLIGHT
SUNLIGHT-(exposure) = "GRACE"
TAKE-pill
TEND-to
verbal = TALK-[speaking] / also see
WORD
VITAMINS = V-I-T
Medical Signing 11.A
01. V-I-T YOU TAKE-pill WHAT-KIND?
(What kind of vitamins do you take? )
02. VIT-D, GET HOW?
(Answer: SUNLIGHT, DRINK MILK, CAN PILL, CAN EAT FISH, EGGS,
VARIOUS)
03.
EXPERT-PERSON-THEY ADVICE YOU GET VIT HOW? (Answer: vegetables,
fruit, normal food)
04. SUPPOSE OLDER PEOPLE
DAILY DRINK MILK ONE CUP, BENEFIT WHAT? (Answer: IMPROVE BRAIN
FUNCTION, BETTER MEMORY, ABLE USE WORDS BETTER.) (Improved brain
function, memory, and verbal skills.)
05. YOUR BODY YOU CONCERN WHAT?
(What health problems are you concerned about?)
Medical Signing 11.B
06. YOUR HEALTH
YOU WORRY WHAT? (What aspects about your health are you worried
about?)
07. SUPPOSE DRINK
D-I-E-T SODA DAILY CONTINUE TEN YEAR WAIST SIZE HAPPEN WHAT?
(Answer: WAIST-[get-larger] 70%] People who drink diet
soda daily for ten years tend to have a waist size that is how much
larger than people who don't drink diet sodas? (Answer 70% larger)
08. DIET POP MAYBE NONE CAL NOT-MATTER STILL INFLUENCE!
(Diet Soda may be free of calories but not of consequences.")
(Sample responses: TRUE, OH-I-SEE)
09. A-S-P-A-R-T-A-M-E LINK-to WHAT? Answer: BLOOD G-L-U-C-O-S-E
INCREASE! (Aspartame has been linked to what?) (Answer: Increased
blood glucose levels.)
10. SUPPOSE EVERYDAY YOU SUNLIGHT 20 MIN REDUCE R-I-S-K BREAST CANCER
HOW-MUCH? (Twenty minutes a day of
exposure to the sun reduces breast cancer risk by how much?) (Answer:
36%)
Medical Signing 11.C
11. PMS CAN LESS IMPACT,
HOW? How can you reduce PMS symptoms? (Answer: Eat 2 ounces of
dark chocolate daily)
12. FALSE SWEET IN
DRINK HELP DECREASE-[lose-weight] QM-WIG? Do drinks with artificial
sweeteners help people to lose weight? (Answer: No.)
13. EAT C-I-N-N BENEFIT
WHAT? (Eating cinnamon helps do
what?) (Answer: Lower your blood sugar.)
14. RESEARCH FIND SUPPOSE YOU SLEEP SO-SO, MAYBE CAUSE WHAT?
(According to studies, poor sleep may lead to what?) (Answer: Many
problems including obesity.)
15. I INFORM-you WHY? I
CONCERN-[about] YOU.
Note: Diet Soda:
"On average, for each
diet soft drink our participants drank per day, they were 65 percent
more likely to become overweight during the next seven to eight
years, and 41 percent more likely to become obese," said Sharon
Fowler, M.P.H., faculty associate in the division of clinical
epidemiology in the Health Science Center's department of medicine.
Source: Sansom, W. (2005), New analysis suggests ‘diet soda paradox'
-- less sugar, more weight." Tuesday, June 14, 2005 · Volume: XXXVIII
· Issue: 24, News Release, University of Texas, Health Science
Center. ( Retrieved from: http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat2.asp?newID=1539
)
Note: Diet Soda:
A University of Texas
study found that people who drink
diet soda daily have a
70% larger
waist size after 10 years compared with non-soda drinkers.
Frequent users, who said they consumed two or more diet sodas a day,
experienced waist circumference increases that were 500 percent
greater than those of non-users.
Source: Sansom, W. (2011)
"Related studies point to the illusion of the artificial: Waistlines
in people, glucose levels in mice hint at sweeteners' effects." News
Release, University of Texas, Health Science Center. ( Retrieved
from: http://www.uthscsa.edu/hscnews/singleformat2.asp?newID=3861 )
Note: Sleep:
According to a study, poor sleep may lead to
what? (Answer: Obesity)
Source: Nicole Ostrow , Apr 11, 2012. Lack of
Sleep May Lead to Obesity, Harvard Study Suggests." Bloomberg
News ( Retrieved from: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-11/lack-of-sleep-may-lead-to-obesity-harvard-study-suggests.html
)
...participants spent 3
weeks in which they got only 5.6 hours of sleep per 24-hour period,
while simultaneously experiencing...baseline segment of optimal
sleep, 3 weeks of sleep restriction (5.6 hours of sleep per 24
hours) combined with circadian disruption...
Source: Buxton,
Orfeu; et. al., 11 April, 2012, Adverse Metabolic Consequences
in Humans of Prolonged Sleep Restriction Combined with Circadian
Disruption, Obesity and Diabetes, Journal: Science
Translational Medicine (Sci Transl Med 11 April 2012 4:129ra43.
DOI:10.1126/scitranslmed.3003200) http://stm.sciencemag.org
Note: Milk:
In a recent study done by the University of Maine, researchers have
found that adults up to the age of 98 who had a higher intake of
milk and milk products scored significantly higher on memory and
other brain function tests than those who drank little to no milk.
The study showed that the milk drinkers were five times less likely
to fail the cognitive tests compared to the non milk drinkers.
Participants who consumed
dairy products at least once a day had "significantly higher scores
on multiple domains of cognitive function" compared with those who
never or rarely consumed dairy foods. In addition, those who
reported eating dairy foods between two and four times a week
performed significantly better on some of the tests than those who
ate dairy foods once a week. The association between greater dairy
food consumption and mental performance remained significant after
adjusting for a number of risk factors.
Crichton GE, Elias MF, Doreb GA, Robbins MA. Relation between dairy
food intake and cognitive function: The Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal
Study. International Dairy Journal 2012:22;15-23
Note: Vitamin D / Breast Cancer
Twenty minutes a day of exposure to the sun reduces breast cancer
risk by 36% in women in their 20's and 30's.
Source: Ultraviolet Sunlight Exposure During Adolescence and
Adulthood and Breast Cancer Risk: A Population-based Case-Control
Study Among Ontario Women (Am. J. Epidemiol. (2011) doi: 10.1093/aje/kwr091
First published online: June 9, 2011)
Note: Chocolate / PMS
Chocolate reduces PMS symptoms.
Source: Naked Chocolate: The Astonishing Truth About the World's
Greatest Food (See: http://www.sacredchocolate.com/naked-chocolate/)
Note: Cinnamon / Blood-Sugar
Extracts of cinnamon increase insulin activity several-fold. In a
human study involving people with type 2 diabetes participants
experienced improvements in blood glucose ranging from 18 to 29%.
Khan, A.; et. al. (2003) "Cinnamon Improves Glucose and Lipids of
People With Type 2 Diabetes" Diabetes Care, vol. 26, pages
3215-3218, 2003. (Retrieved from: http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/26/12/3215.full)
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A total of 60 people with type 2
diabetes, 30 men and 30 women aged 52.2 ± 6.32 years, were divided
randomly into six groups. Groups 1, 2, and 3
consumed 1, 3, or 6 g of
cinnamon daily, respectively, and groups 4, 5, and 6 were
given placebo capsules corresponding to the number of capsules
consumed for the three levels of cinnamon. The cinnamon was consumed
for 40 days followed by a 20-day washout period.
RESULTS—After 40 days, all three levels of cinnamon
reduced the mean fasting
serum glucose (18--29%), triglyceride (23--30%), LDL
cholesterol (7--27%), and total cholesterol (12--26%) levels; no
significant changes were noted in the placebo groups.
Quiz answers:
01. GENERAL /
broad / widely
02. FUNCTION
03. EXPOSURE
04. DIET
05. CONSEQUENCE
06. CINNAMON
07. CHOCOLATE
08. care_about = CONCERN
09. CANCER
10. BREAST
11. BENEFIT / profit
12. BAD
13. artificial = FALSE
14. WORD
15. VITAMINS = V-I-T
16. verbal = TALK-[speaking]
17. TEND-to
18. CAUSE
19. take-PILL
20. SUNLIGHT-onto-me-[exposure]
21. MENSTRUATION
22. LOUSY
23. INFLUENCE
24. IMPACT
25. HAPPEN
26. SUNLIGHT
27. SO-SO
28. SKILL / talent / expertise / effective
29. RISK: THINK-PROCEED!
30. RESULT
31. PUZZLING
32. POOR-(not_much_money)
33. paradox = CONFLICT
34. OLDER = OLD + ER
35. NUMBER
36. NOT-MATTER
37. MORE!
38. WORRY
39. STILL
40. TAKE-CARE-OF
Medical Signing Lesson 11
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