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• Malaria
  Pests and Parasites
  Infectious Diseases
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Malaria

  Malaria is an infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. It infects between 300 and 500 million people every year and causes between one and three million deaths ... > more
• Nutrition
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Triglycerides
  Diabetes
  Cholesterol
   
  

  Glycemic index

  Glycemic index (also glycaemic index, GI) is a ranking system for carbohydrates based on their immediate effect on blood glucose levels. It compares carbohydrates gram for gram in individual foods, ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Diabetes
  Women's Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Menopause
  Children's Health
   

  Growth hormone treatment

  Growth hormone (GH) is a protein hormone secreted by the pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction. In the past growth hormone was extracted from human pituitary glands and given ... > more
• Heart Disease
  Stroke Prevention
  Cholesterol
  Triglycerides
  Vioxx
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Ischaemic heart disease

  Ischaemic (or ischemic) heart disease is a disease characterized by reduced blood supply to the heart. It is the most common cause of death in most western countries. Ischaemia means a "reduced blood ... > more
• Hormone Disorders
  Menopause
  Women's Health
  Prostate Cancer
  Molecular Biology
  Diabetes
   
  

  Growth hormone

  Growth hormone is a polypeptide hormone synthesised and secreted by the anterior pituitary gland which stimulates growth and cell reproduction in humans and other vertebrate ... > more
• Forensic Research
  Forensics
  Biometric
  Sports Medicine
  Sports Science
  Health Policy
   
  

  Forensics

  Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to the legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or to a ... > more
• Fertility
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Women's Health
  Gynecology
   

  Fertility

  Fertility is the ability of people or animals to produce healthy offspring in abundance, and of the earth to bear fruit. Human fertility depends on factors of nutrition, sexual behavior, culture, ... > more
• Vaccines
  Influenza
  Bird Flu
  Cold and Flu
  Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
   
  

  Flu vaccine

  The flu vaccine is a vaccine to protect against the highly variable influenza virus. The annually updated trivalent flu vaccine for the 2005-2006 season consists of hemagglutinin (HA) surface ... > more
• Mining
  Pollution
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Science
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Lead

  Lead is a chemical element in the periodic table that has the symbol Pb and atomic number 82. Lead has a dull luster and is a dense, ductile, very soft, highly malleable, bluish-white metal that has ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Endangered Plants
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Food
  Botany
   
  

  Tomato

  The tomato is a short-lived perennial plant, grown as an annual plant, typically growing to 1-3 m tall, with a weakly woody stem that usually scrambles over other plants. There are a great many ... > more

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