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• Mesothelioma
  Diseases and Conditions
  Lung Cancer
  Colon Cancer
  Breast Cancer
  Cancer
   

  Mesothelioma

  Mesothelioma is an uncommon form of cancer, usually associated with previous exposure to asbestos. In this disease, malignant (cancerous) cells develop in the mesothelium, a protective lining that ... > more
• Perception
  Eye Care
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Medical Imaging
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Color blindness

  Color blindness, or color vision deficiency, in humans is the inability to perceive differences between some or all colors that other people can distinguish. It is most often of genetic nature, but ... > 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
• Biochemistry Research
  Biology
  Nutrition
  Dietary Supplement
  Molecular Biology
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Enzyme

  Enzymes are proteins that catalyze (i.e. accelerate) chemical reactions. Enzymes are biochemical catalysts. In these reactions, the molecules at the beginning of the process are called substrates, ... > more
• Skin Cancer
  Healthy Aging
  Vitamin D
  Skin Care
  Psoriasis
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Sunburn

  A sunburn is a radiation burn to the skin produced by overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, commonly from the sun's rays. A similar burn can be produced by overexposure to other sources of UV, such ... > more
• Human Biology
  Developmental Biology
  Biochemistry Research
  Biology
  Genetics
  Lymphoma
   

  Human biology

  Human biology is an academic field of biology which focuses on humans; it is closely related to medicine, primate biology, and a number of other fields. A human being is a multicellular eukaryote ... > more
• Nanotechnology
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Engineering
  Sports Science
  Sports Medicine
   

  Nanorobotics

  Nanorobotics is the technology of creating machines or robots at or close to the scale of a nanometre (10-9 metres). More specifically, nanorobotics refers to the still largely theoretical ... > more
• Parkinson's
  Parkinson's Research
  Disorders and Syndromes
  Diseases and Conditions
  Chronic Illness
  Caregiving
   

  Parkinson's disease

  Parkinson's disease (paralysis agitans or PD) is a neurodegenerative disease of the substantia nigra, an area in the basal ganglia of the brain. The disease involves a progressive disorder of the ... > more
• Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
  Lung Disease
  Cold and Flu
  Foodborne Illness
  HIV and AIDS
   
  

  Human parainfluenza viruses

  Human parainfluenza viruses (HPIVs) are a group of four distinct serotypes of single-stranded RNA viruses belonging to the paramyxovirus family. They are the second most common cause of lower ... > more
• Infectious Diseases
  Diseases and Conditions
  Healthy Aging
  STD
  HIV and AIDS
  Lung Disease
   

  Infectious disease

  In medicine, infectious disease or communicable disease is disease caused by a biological agent such as by a virus, bacterium or parasite. This is contrasted to physical causes, such as burns or ... > more

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