Listening Part 4: Highlight correct summary

PTE Listening Part 4- Sample 4: Highlight Correct Summary

Apart from the drug that is used for treating diseases, medicine has one more meaning and that is the science and practice from diagnosing to treating and preventing a disease. A variety of health care practices are involved in it and it also covers several fields like biomedical sciences, medical technology and genetics. Over the time, the sector has also improved its methods of preventing and treating diseases which were earlier confined to pharmaceuticals or surgery but then evolved to procedures such as psychotherapy, radiations, medical devices etcetera. The origin of medicine that took place in the prehistoric times was mostly based on religious and philosophical beliefs rather than on science.