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Chronic Illness
Chronic Illness Patterns of health, sickness, and death differ dramatically among countries based on levels of economic development, health policies, and medical technologies. By the mid-1900s, people living in developed (industrialized) countries experienced a sharp decline in their incidence of... Read more |
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Occupational Medicine
MEDICINE, OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE, OCCUPATIONAL, attempts to maintain workers' health, prevent disease, and treat the results of occupational disease or accident. The field of occupational medicine in its modern form developed largely through the efforts of women reformers during the Progressive... Read more |
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Sore Throat
Sore throat Definition Sore throat is a painful inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the pharynx. Description Sore throat is also called pharyngitis. It is a symptom of many conditions, but is most often associated with colds or influenza. Sore throat may be... Read more |
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laryngitis
laryngitis inflammation of the mucous membrane of the voice box, or larynx , usually accompanied by hoarseness, sore throat, and coughing. Acute laryngitis is often a secondary bacterial infection triggered by infecting agents causing such illnesses as colds, measles, whooping cough, or influenza.... Read more |
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Oral Rehydration Therapy
Oral Rehydration Therapy Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) involves the replacement of fluids and electrolyteslost during an episode of diarrheal illness. Diarrheal illnesses are pervasive worldwide, and they have a particularly large impact in the developing world.... Read more |
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Case Management
CASE MANAGEMENT Case management in health and social service programs for older adults has evolved since the 1970s. This evolution reflects a changing public policy environment, a clearer appreciation of the challenges of living with chronic illness faced by older adults and their caregivers, and... Read more |
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bronchitis
bronchitis , inflammation of the mucous membrane of the bronchial tubes. It can be caused by viral or bacterial infections or by allergic reactions to irritants such as tobacco smoke. The disease is characterized by low-grade fever, chest pains, hoarseness, and productive cough. Acute bronchitis is... Read more |
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Relapse
RELAPSE An individual who has recovered from an illness or has entered a period of stability in a chronic illness and who subsequently suffers a recurrence of symptoms is said to have experienced a relapse. In the addictions, there has been some controversy over whether the term relapse can be used... Read more |
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food poisoning
food poisoning acute illness following the eating of foods contaminated by bacteria, bacterial toxins, natural poisons, or harmful chemical substances. It was once customary to classify all such illnesses as "ptomaine poisoning," but it was later discovered that ptomaines, the products of... Read more |
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body weight
body weight Weight is probably the most-measured body parameter in Western society — a standard ritual in any medical examination and an obsessive benchmark for those concerned to lose or not to gain it. This is a bizarre reversal: our ancestors were, and multitudes of our contemporaries... Read more |
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Sinusitis and bronchitis: two winter conditions successfully treated by...
...transient acute illnesses, or, in their chronic manifestations...treated as acute illnesses and given...from acute or chronic allergic reactions...development of bronchitis or ... |
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ACHES AND TIREDNESS ARE SYMPTOMS OF A REAL ILLNESS.(LIFE-HEALTH)
...patients are quite sensitive...arthritis are two illnesses that can present...consequence of this illness. Exercise...What is bronchitis? My doctor...I thought bronchitis was due to...two kinds of bronchitis. ... |
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New ALA Data Indicates 'Smart Growth' Can Reduce Premature Deaths, Asthma...
...cities, they would look quite different than the sprawling communities...reduce pollution-related illness and death, and avoid...heart attacks -- 215 acute bronchitis incidents -- 95 cases of chronic ... |
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New ALA Data Indicates 'Smart Growth' Can Reduce Premature Deaths, Asthma...
...cities, they would look quite different than the sprawling communities...reduce pollution-related illness and death, and avoid...heart attacks -- 215 acute bronchitis incidents -- 95 cases of chronic ... |
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New Data Shows 'Smart Growth' Can Cut 140 Premature Deaths and 105,000 Asthma...
...cities, they would look quite different than the sprawling communities...reduce pollution-related illness and death, and avoid significant...260 heart attacks * 215 acute bronchitis incidents * 95 cases of chronic ... |
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New Data Shows 'Smart Growth' Can Cut 140 Premature Deaths and 105,000 Asthma...
...cities, they would look quite different than the sprawling communities...reduce pollution-related illness and death, and avoid significant...deaths 260 heart attacks 215 acute bronchitis incidents 95 cases of chronic ... |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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Getting the feel of Oriental remedies
...seems to help chronic and acute illnesses lies in the theory...response from an illness; like a severe...we know isn't quite right, but it...you get constant bronchitis, but from a Chinese...the abdomen felt ... |
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COPD on rise despite a decline in smoking
...as chronic bronchitis and emphysema...It is a chronic or long-term illness of the lungs...susceptible to acute deterioration...COPD is quite a mouthful...previously called chronic ... |
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Recursive least squares background prediction of univariate syndromic...
...adaptive methods are quite capable of handling...of Respiratory illness that can be defined as acute infection of the...tract, excluding chronic conditions such as chronic bronchitis, asthma, and...syndromic data for ... |
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It's inhumane to ignore children needing spinal surgery. It's the only way to...
...disabilities and chronic illness are to be endured...constant, chronic, debilitating...that never quite goes away...a lot from bronchitis as a child...still takes, different forms. One...ago when the acute ... |
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