1-While muscle aches are ___________ after running more than 26 miles, it should be possible to get energy levels back to normal within one or two days.
The best way to run a marathon is to keep up a ___________ pace, and not to sprint off from the start.
2-It is also thought that people with low _____________, a pessimistic outlook on life and difficulty coping with stress are more prone to depression.
3-People who have obsessive compulsive disorders resort to ritualised behaviour as a means of overcoming ______________ fears.
4-Asthma attacks are caused by the airways over-reacting to certain ____________ factors. They then become inflamed and clogged.
5-Asthma is a controllable but not __________ disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) says 100 to 150 million people around the world are asthmatic and the number is growing by 50% every decade. It causes 180,000 deaths a year.
6-However, many dentists who have hitherto practised general anaesthesia have extremely __________ high tech surgeries.
7-They could use sedation techniques, where patients are calmed so a local anaesthetic can be injected, to help ____________ patients overcome their fears, he said.
8-Many doctors believe that once a person's bodyweight has fallen below a certain level, they are no longer capable of making ___________ decisions.
9-These are the parts of blood that are heat-____________ to make them safe. The process kills certain viruses, including HIV and hepatitis B and C. The technique has been ___________ since March 1985, although in France, controversially, it was not introduced until August of that year.
10-In most countries all the blood used for transfusions is now tested for HIV. In those countries where the blood has been tested, infection through a blood transfusion is now extremely ____________.
11-The epidemic is having a ____________ effect on the economies of the continent which may set back its development this century. However, the report does offer some hope. There are signs that the ____________ numbers of new infections may have stabilised in sub-Saharan Africa.
12-The latest statistics show a ____________ increase in the numbers of women testing positive, often after taking the test during pregnancy. Many are married, from poor households, and have only had relations with their husbands - who have not been so ____________. Doctors admit changing this will be ___________.
13-"The potential of the epidemic among the heterosexual population is very worrying because it is the vast population of Brazil," said Dr Kalichman.
14-Their job is certainly ____________, but research shows that long-distance truck drivers are one of the highest risk groups for contracting the deadly HIV virus.
15-Truckers spend months on the road without seeing friends or family. Lonely and ____________, they often form local relationships, or seek casual sex.
16- The issue of aids has traditionally been a very ______________ one in Iran, with few official records on the illness ______________, and little open discussion of the disease.
17-But some evidence shows ______________ drinking can help ward off stroke, while heavy drinking may increase the risk.
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