Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

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A population of ageing people with issues of health conditions who prefer taking substitution medication rather than visiting their general practice doctor in primary care hospital. Alternative medicine has its benefits, but I would argue that it is a negative development. Alternative medicine is becoming more popular in recent years, which includes some treatments

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as acupuncture, hemopathy and hypnotherapy.

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, many folks took it as a majority therapy without a professional physician's suggestion. The reason why it cannot work as a major therapy is that there is no scientific evidence to identify that patients can fully recover by taking a period of the substitution medication.

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, people with sickness might get some better feeling after they took

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a support cure.

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, terminal cancer patients might reduce their pain through hypnotherapy.

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, there are some advantages for people visiting their own doctors.

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, many general practice doctors can find some diseases before a patient’s condition becomes worse through modern techniques.

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, a physician found that a patient who has unexpected breathing sounds, so the doctor apply a screen of X-ray on the patient,

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found that a tumour existed inside the patient’s body.

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, the modern drug is more flexible to adjust the doses by following the patient’s condition and the results of blood tests.

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, doctors always give the best suggestions and respect the decision that the patient made. In conclusion, I believe that there are some benefits of taking alternative therapy, but it cannot entirely

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the suggestions of remedy that came from their specialist.

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Topic Vocabulary:

alternative medicines
treatments
positive development
negative development
health problems
usual doctor
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personalized approach
holistic well-being
lack of regulation
evidence-based research
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Nowadays, a growing number of people with health problems are trying alternative medicines and treatments instead of visiting their usual doctor. Do you think this is a positive or a negative development?

Use a variety of complex and simple sentences

Some cities create housing areas by providing taller buildings. Others create housing by building houses on a wider area of land. What solution is better?

The idea of having a single career is becoming an old fashioned one. The new fashion will be to have several careers or ways of earning money and further education will be something that continues throughout life. To what extent do you agree?

Many supermarkets are selling more and more products that are imported from other countries instead of selling food that is locally sourced. What are the reasons for this? Is this a positive or negative development?

More and more people are relying on the private car as their major means of transportation. Describe some of the problems over-reliance on cars can cause, and suggest at least one possible solution.

Childhood obesity is an increasing problem in Australia as many as two thirds of children are now obese. Schools have a responsibility to monitor what their students eat and the amount of exercise they do. To what extend do you agree to this statement?