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Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
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83 words
- Researchers found a brain network linked to Parkinson's disease.
- The network links planning and movement in the brain.
- Doctors studied brain scans from many different people.
- The group included sick and healthy people.
- A new treatment used magnetic therapy on the head.
- The magnetic method targeted the brain network directly.
- People who got network treatment had more improvement.
- The treatment worked without surgery for those people.
- Researchers will do more tests to check safety.
- The aim is better life for people with Parkinson's.
Difficult words
- network — group of connected parts or systems in body
- movement — an act of moving or motion
- treatment — medical care to help a sick person
- magnetic — made by or using magnets or magnetism
- surgery — medical operation that uses cuts on the body
- safety — condition of being free from harm or danger
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Discussion questions
- Would you try a treatment that does not need surgery?
- Have you had a medical scan before?
- Do you think tests for safety are important?
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