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• Developmental Biology
  Nervous System
  Stress
  Neuroscience
  Human Biology
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Sympathetic nervous system

  The sympathetic nervous system (SNS) is part of the autonomic nervous system (ANS), which also includes the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS). The sympathetic nervous system activates what is ... > more
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Infant's Health
  Birth Defects
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Stillbirth

  A stillbirth occurs when a fetus, of mid-second trimester to full term gestational age, which has died in the womb or during labour or delivery, exits the maternal ... > more
• Pain Control
  Fibromyalgia
  Neuropathy
  Joint Pain
  Chronic Illness
  Workplace Health
   
  

  Chronic pain

  Chronic pain was originally defined as pain that has lasted 6 months or longer. It is now defined as pain that persists longer than the normal course of time associated with a particular type of ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Sports Medicine
  Perception
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   

  Hallucination

  A hallucination is a sensory perception experienced in the absence of an external stimulus, as distinct from an illusion, which is a misperception of an external stimulus. Hallucinations may occur in ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Diabetes
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Spinal muscular atrophy

  Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is a term applied to a number of different disorders, all having in common a genetic cause and the manifestation of weakness due to loss of the motor neurons of the ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Accident and Trauma
  Obesity
  Healthy Aging
  Skin Care
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Burn (injury)

  A burn is a type of injury to the skin caused by heat, electricity, chemicals, or radiation (an example of the latter is sunburn). Scalding is a specific type of burning that is caused by hot ... > more
• Allergy
  Cold and Flu
  Sleep Disorder Research
  Diseases and Conditions
  Insomnia Research
  Infectious Diseases
   

  Nasal congestion

  Nasal congestion is the blockage of the nasal passages usually due to excessive secretion of mucus that is caused by a virus and typically resolves spontaneously within a week. It is also known as ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  New Species
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Biology
   
  

  Newt

  Newts are small, usually bright-coloured semiaquatic salamanders of North America, Europe and North Asia, distinguished from other salamanders by the lack of rib or costal grooves along the sides of ... > more
• Arthritis
  Joint Pain
  Osteoporosis
  Pain Control
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
   

  Osteoarthritis

  Osteoarthritis (OA, also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease, and sometimes referred to as "arthrosis" or "osteoarthrosis"), is a condition in which low-grade inflammation ... > more
• Human Biology
  Biology
  Today's Healthcare
  Women's Health
  Stroke Prevention
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Anatomy

  Anatomy is the branch of biology that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that can include human anatomy, animal anatomy (zootomy) and plant anatomy ... > more

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