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• Cosmetic Surgery
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Foodborne Illness
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Wounds and Healing
   

  Botulism

  Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin, botulin, that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Botulin is the most potent known toxin, blocking nerve ... > more
• Nutrition
  Immune System
  Alternative Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Breast Cancer
   

  Health benefits of tea

  The possible beneficial health effects of tea consumption have been suggested and supported by some studies, but others have not found beneficial effects. Studies claim that the polyphenol content of ... > more
• Health Policy
  Virology
  Sports Medicine
  Viruses
  Infectious Diseases
  Biology
   
  

  Biological warfare

  Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease-causing organism) or toxin found in nature, as a weapon of ... > more
• Vaccines
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Infectious Diseases
  Sports Medicine
  Mumps, Measles, Rubella
   

  Pertussis

  Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious disease that is one of the leading causes of vaccine-preventable deaths. There are 30–50 million cases per year, and about ... > more
• Accident and Trauma
  Today's Healthcare
  Sports Medicine
  Disability
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Physical trauma

  Physical trauma refers to an physical injury. In medicine, however, the words trauma patient usually refer to someone who has suffered serious and life-threatening physical injury potentially ... > more
• Influenza
  Bird Flu
  Bird Flu Research
  Infectious Diseases
  Cold and Flu
  Healthy Aging
   

  Pandemic

  A pandemic is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads worldwide, or at least across a large region. There have been a number of significant pandemics in human history, ... > more
• Food Additives
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Nutrition
  Healthy Aging
  Obesity
  Sports Medicine
   

  Sugar substitute

  A sugar substitute, or artificial sweetener, is a food additive which duplicates the effect of sugar or corn syrup in taste, but often with less food energy. In the United States, five artificially ... > more
• Hazardous Waste
  Sports Science
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Environmental Policy
  Air Pollution
   
  

  Dioxin

  Dioxin is the popular name for the family of chlorinated organic compounds comprising of Polychlorinated Dibenzo Furans (PCDF) and Polychlorinated Dibenzo Dioxins (PCDD). PCDD/F's have been shown to ... > more
• Triglycerides
  Cholesterol
  Nutrition
  Obesity
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Fitness
   
  

  Trans fat

  Trans fatty acids (commonly termed trans fats) are a type of unsaturated fat (and may be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated). Trans fats occur naturally, in small quantities, in meat and dairy ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Infant's Health
  Sports Medicine
  Sleep Disorder Research
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   

  Sudden infant death syndrome

  Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is any sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. The term cot death is often used in the United Kingdom, and crib ... > more

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