An infection affecting the lungs or airways
Chest infection
Stories that cause unnecessary fear or panic
Scare stories
A medical state affecting health
Condition
The number of times the heart beats per minute
Heart rate
Something that provides comfort in difficult times
Consolation
A surgical procedure where the chest is opened to operate on the heart
Open-heart surgery
To make someone believe or agree with something
Convince
Treatments that are claimed to cure diseases in an incredible way
Miracle cures
An abnormal mass of cells in the body
Tumour
A disease that could cause death
Life-threatening illness
A serious disease caused by uncontrolled cell growth
Cancer
The most severe or undesirable possible outcome
Worst-case scenario
To feel slightly ill or unwell
Under the weather
A sore that develops on the skin or inside the body
Ulcer
Excessive worry about health due to online self-diagnosis
Cyberchondria
A device that records the heart’s electrical activity
ECG machine