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B2 – Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its discovery in 1906, scientists have come a long way when it comes to the study and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists have been working round the clock to gain more, if not full, understanding of how this disease affects the brain. As a result of extensive researches over time, some drugs have been used to treat it and new ones are consistently being discovered. One of which is lecanemab, a drug that had shown to slow cognitive decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, despite it getting approved in the US last year, the European Medicines Agency or EMA believes that the risk of lecanemab’s adverse side effects such as bleeding and swelling in the brain outweighs its benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the article about EMA rejecting a license for the Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/crgm0v1ne08o<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. What does \u201cunderlying mechanism<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cAlzheimer\u2019s researchers hailed\u00a0the trial results\u00a0as “historic” because no previous drug had convincingly shown that the underlying mechanism<\/strong> of the disease could be slowed.<\/em>\u201d\u00a0 Give one (1) synonym or similar expression and use \u2018underlying mechanism\u2019 in your own sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What does \u201cvalue for money<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cEven if the drug was to be approved in the UK, it would then be up to health bodies – such as the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) – to decide whether the drug represents <\/em>value for money<\/em><\/strong> and should be recommended to patients.<\/em>\u201dGive one (1) synonym or similar expression and use \u2018value for money\u2019 in your own sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. What does \u201ca turning point<\/strong>\u201d mean? \u201cIn the programme, broadcast earlier this year, Prof Cath Mummery, consultant neurologist and head of clinical trials at the Dementia Research Centre at UCL, said although the benefits of the drugs were small, they represented <\/em>a \u201cturning point\u201d<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d<\/em> Give one (1) synonym or similar expression and use \u2018a turning point\u2019 in your own sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. Talk about the benefits and risks associated with lecanemab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Share your opinion on EMA\u2019s decision to reject lecanemab\u2019s license.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. \u201cProf Tara Spires-Jones, president of the British Neuroscience Association, said the EMA\u2019s decision will come as “a disappointment to many\u201d<\/em>.\u201d Share your thoughts on this.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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