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• Vaccines
  Infectious Diseases
  Viruses
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  Chickenpox

  Chickenpox, also spelled chicken pox, is the common name for varicella simplex, classically one of the childhood infectious diseases caught and survived by most children. Chickenpox is caused by the ... > more
• Prions
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  Veterinary Medicine
  Genetics
  Genes
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  Prion

  A prion (short for proteinaceous infectious particle) is a unique type of infectious agent, as it is made only of protein. It is now commonly accepted that prions are responsible for a number of ... > more
• Gastrointestinal Problems
  Healthy Aging
  Foodborne Illness
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Colitis
   
  

  Vomiting

  Vomiting (or emesis) is the forceful expulsion of the contents of one's stomach through the mouth. Although it probably evolved as a mechanism for expelling ingested poisons, vomiting may result from ... > more
• Lyme Disease
  Spiders and Ticks
  Healthy Aging
  Joint Pain
  Animals
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Tick

  Tick is the common name for the small arachnids that, along with mites, constitute the order Acarina. Ticks are ectoparasites (external parasites), living by hematophagy on the blood of mammals, ... > more
• Mumps, Measles, Rubella
  Infectious Diseases
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  Diseases and Conditions
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  Mumps

  Mumps or epidemic parotitis is a viral disease of humans. Prior to the development of vaccination and the introduction of MMR vaccine, it was a common childhood disease worldwide, and is still a ... > more
• Lyme Disease
  Joint Pain
  Chronic Illness
  Pain Control
  Diseases and Conditions
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Lyme disease

  Lyme disease or Lyme borreliosis is an infectious tick-borne disease, caused by the Borrelia spirochete, a gram-negative microorganism. Lyme disease is named after a cluster of cases that occurred in ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Sports Medicine
  Animals
  Healthy Aging
  Mating and Breeding
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Housefly

  The housefly (also house-fly or house fly) (Musca domestica) is the most common fly occurring in homes and indeed one of the most widely distributed animals and the most familiar of all flies; it is ... > more
• Cervical Cancer
  Colon Cancer
  Lung Cancer
  Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Ovarian Cancer
   

  Cervical cancer

  Cervical cancer is a malignancy of the cervix. Worldwide, it is the second most common cancer of women. It may present with vaginal bleeding but symptoms may be absent until the cancer is in advanced ... > more
• Spiders and Ticks
  Molecular Biology
  Human Biology
  Cell Biology
  Genetics
  Skin Care
   
  

  Keratin

  Keratins are a family of fibrous structural proteins; tough and insoluble, they form the hard but nonmineralized structures found in reptiles, birds and ... > more
• Nutrition
  Sports Medicine
  Vegetarian
  Food
  Healthy Aging
  Trees
   
  

  Kiwifruit

  The kiwifruit is the edible fruit of a Cultivar Group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia. It is marketed worldwide as kiwifruit ... > more

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