Health headlines

 Smokers encouraged to take up smokeless nicotine cigarettes.

 Nurses urged to guard against becoming too emotionally attached to
patients.
 England Captain on verge of breakdown.
 Jazz Legend passes away in his sleep.
 Racing driver pulls through operation.
 Discovery leads to new anti-stress drug.
 Asthma symptoms brought on by cat allergy.
 Film star checks into clinic.
 Smoking-related diseases on the rise.
 Workers deprived of sleep cost industry billions.
 Doctors warned to be on their guard for tuberculosis.
 Hospital jobs shake-up puts emergency patients at risk.
 Police search out gang members who attacked boy.

take sth up start doing sth regularly as a habit, job or interest.

guard against sth take care to prevent sth or protect yourself from sth.

on the verge of sth very near to the moment when sth happens.
a period of mental illness in which sb becomes very
breakdown
depressed and anxious and cannot deal with normal life.
die. Pass away is often used in place of “die” to avoid
pass away
upsetting sb.
manage to stay alive after a serious illness, injury or
pull through (sth)
operation.
lead to sth have particular result or outcome. SYN result in sth.

bring sth on make sth develop or happen, especially sth unpleasant.

check into sth arrive at hospital or hotel and begin to stay there.

on the rise increasing. SYN on the increase.

prevent sb from having or doing sth, especially sth
deprive sb of sth
important.
be on (your)guard be very careful and prepared for sth dangerous or difficult.
a situation in which changes are made to a company,
shake-up
organization, etc. to improve the way it works.
in danger of sth unpleasant or harmful happening: put
at risk
sb/sth at risk.
search sth/sb out look for sb/sth until you find them. SYN track sb/sth down.