本书是《医学英语视听说教程》系列的第三册《疾病预防与治疗》(Disease Prevention and Treatment)，共13单元。第一册、第二册分别是《健康通识》(General Knowledge of Health)和《医学教育与健康服务》(Medical Education and Health Service)。全书涉及现代医学广泛的话题，语言标准地道，图像生动活泼。教程设计为教师运用多媒体教学留下发挥的空间，又十分适合学习者自学。

本书共13单元，重点围绕主要疾病的防治展开视听说教学。本册的内容是皮肤护理、乳腺癌探查与治疗、儿童疾病、心脏病防治、非常规疗法、高新技术诊断及治疗、残障生存、糖尿病、医学移植、骨质疏松与骨折、癌症筛查、肺癌、临终关怀等。每个单元至少有2个视频和1个音频节目，内容贴近生活，图像生动活泼，语言简洁地道。通过听写、记笔记、简答问题、概括填空、听译、口译等形式多样的练习，学习者能全面提升医学英语听说能力。教程中的视频和音频文字材料，又可作为医学英语泛读之用。无论用作教学还是自学，全书是提高医学英语视听说能力不可多得的教材。

Unit 1 Skin Care

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Aging, Healthy Skin

Psoriasis

Part II Listening Comprehension

Vitiligo, A Skin Disorder

Part III Oral Interpretation

Acne, Teenagers' Most Common Skin Disorder

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 2 Detecting and Treating Breast Cancer

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Bioluminate Breast Probe

Radiofrequency Ablation for Breast Cancer

Part II Listening Comprehension

Osteoporosis Drug Shown to Protect Older Women from Breast Cancer

Part III Oral Interpretation

医患对话

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 3 Childrens Disease

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Blood Diseases in Children

Pain in Children

Part II Listening Comprehension

Hormone Detected Identifies Patientswith Sickle Cell Disease

Part III Oral Interpretation

How Much Lead in Children's Blood Is Safe?

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 4 Heart Disease Prevention and Treatment

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Heart Disease Predicator

Reversing Heart Disease

Part II Listening Comprehension

Having a Sibling with Heart DiseaseRaises Personal Risk

Part III Oral Interpretation

带教医生与医学生讨论冠心病病例

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 5 Unconventional Therapy

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Healing Power of Music Massage Therap

Part II Listening Comprehension

Salivary Diagnostics

Part III Oral Interpretation

New Clue about Acupuncture

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 6 High Technologies in Diagnosis and Treatment

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Robotic Surgery

Fetal Echocardiogram

Part II Listening Comprehension

The Future of Medical Imaging

Part III Oral Interpretation

两位住院医生的对话

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 7 Living with Disabilities

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Living with Neuromuscular Disease

Congenital Myasthenia

Part II Listening Comprehension

Dopamine Drug Leads to New Neurons and Recovery of Function

Part III Oral Interpretation

Parkinson's Disease

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 8 Diabetes

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Prediabetes

New Treatments for Diabetes

Part II Listening Comprehension

Diabetes Management Campaign

Part III Oral Interpretation

医患对话

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 9 Medical Transplants

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

A Survivor of Organ Transplant

Organ Donation and Transplant

Part II Listening Comprehension

Medical Transplants

Part III Oral Interpretation

Medical and Moral Issues with Face Transplant

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 10 Osteoporosis and Fracture

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Osteoporosis

Vertebroplasty

Part II Listening Comprehension

Gene Linked to Osteoporosis

Part III Oral Interpretation

医患对话

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 11 Cancer Screening and Detection

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Screening for Cancer

Detecting Colon Cancer

Part II Listening Comprehension

Most Americans Unaware of When or HowOften to Get Cancer Screening

Part III Oral Interpretation

World Cancer Rates

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 12 Lung Cancer

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Lung Cancer Survivor

Lung Cancer in Women

Part II Listening Comprehension

Attracting More Minorities to CancerResearch Careers

Part III Oral Interpretation

《卫生周刊》记者采访医院院长(3)

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises

Unit 13 Endoflife Care

Part I Audiovisual Exercises

Caregiving for Alzheimer's

Hospice Care

Part II Listening Comprehension

Debate about Endoflife Issues

Part III Oral Interpretation

带教医生与医学生讨论老年痴呆症相关问题

Part IV Reference

Key to Exercises