Hypertension Follow-Up: The Language of a Chronic-Disease Review for OET Speaking & IELTS

Mrs. Holloway has bought her own blood pressure monitor and been checking daily since her diagnosis a few months ago — and today Dr. Ahmed wants to know exactly how she's been taking those readings.
Nadia and Tom cover ten essential hypertension follow-up terms: blood pressure/BP reading, hypertension, home BP monitoring, systolic/diastolic, lifestyle modification, salt intake, cardiovascular risk, compliance/adherence, white-coat effect, and lifestyle review. Each term is defined and demonstrated in a realistic chronic-disease review — checking home monitoring technique, revisiting lifestyle measures, and explaining cardiovascular risk in plain language — followed by a slower repeat and a short quiz.
A core episode for OET Speaking, relevant to both the nurse and doctor professions, and directly applicable to NMC OSCE chronic-disease review stations.
📄 Free transcript PDF (vocabulary table, full script, language notes): medicalvoices.health/en/episodes/17
▶️ Watch on YouTube (youtu.be/uKUG2VrL_RI). Episode 17 of Medical Voices.
26% off E2 Language OET & IELTS prep (medicalvoices.health/e2)
Preparing for OET or IELTS? E2 Language is the test-prep platform we recommend: live classes, full practice tests and feedback from expert teachers. Medical Voices listeners get 26% off with the code MDV26. We earn a small commission if you sign up, at no extra cost to you, and it helps keep this podcast free.
Study the words: our GP Clinic Vocabulary Masterpack has 75 clinic terms from Episodes 1–10 (each term comes with its pronunciation, a plain definition, clinical context, a register note and a real line from the episode), with printable flashcards and an Anki deck. It's our own product → medicalvoices.health/mp/pod
Support the show (medicalvoices.health/en/support)