Diseases and Disorders, Volume 1Staying healthy requires knowledge and attention. Diseases and Disorders provides instructive details on more than 250 infectious diseases, mental disorders, and noninfectious diseases and disorders. Written with young adult readers especially in mind, each article looks at risk factors, symptoms, treatment, prevention, and other subjects that will enhance your librarys resources for promoting good health. More than 50 overview articles examine broad health care issues in articles such as Prevention, Alcohol-related disorders, Food poisoning, Cardiovascular disorders, and Injury. |
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Page 175 - A stroke occurs when the blood supply to the part of the brain is suddenly interrupted (ischemic) or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, spilling blood into the spaces surrounding the brain cells (hemorrhagic).
Page 31 - ... the substance use is continued despite knowledge of having a persistent or recurrent physical or psychological problem that is likely to have been caused or exacerbated by the substance...
Page 202 - The concurrent occurrence of four or more of the following symptoms: substantial impairment in shortterm memory or concentration; sore throat; tender lymph nodes; muscle pain; multi-joint pain without swelling or redness; headaches of a new type, pattern, or severity; unrefreshing sleep; and post-exertional malaise lasting more than 24 hours.
Page 92 - Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the development of an overall labeling strategy that provides consumers with information they want and need.
Page 159 - Lung cancer Is the leading cause of cancer death In the United States.
Page 103 - AIDS in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), and the disease had been diagnosed in 218,300 others.
Page 6 - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Maternal- Fetal Medicine, University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, FL 33606 USA - AM.
Page 234 - The ear is a specialised structure with three parts: the outer ear, middle ear and inner ear. • The outer ear or pinna is shaped like a cone to collect sounds.
Page 252 - Alzheimer's disease is two to three times more common in women than in men (Fasano, 1986).
Bibliographic information
| Title | Diseases and Disorders, Volume 1 Diseases and Disorders, ISBN 0761477705, 9780761477709 |
| Publisher | Marshall Cavendish, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0761477713, 9780761477716 |
| Length | 907 pages |
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