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• Infectious Diseases
  Virology
  Foodborne Illness
  Viruses
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Rotavirus

  Rotaviruses are a genus of viruses belonging to the Reoviridae family. Seven major groups have been identified, three of which (groups A, B, and C) infect humans, with group A being the most common ... > more
• Vaccines
  Infectious Diseases
  Healthy Aging
  Lung Disease
  Diseases and Conditions
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Severe acute respiratory syndrome

  Severe acute respiratory syndrome, better known by its acronym SARS, is an atypical form of pneumonia. It first appeared in November 2002 in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. SARS ... > more
• Technology
  Workplace Health
  Health Policy
  Diseases and Conditions
  Today's Healthcare
  Sports Science
   
  

  Mobile phone radiation and health

  Mobile phone radiation and health concerns have been raised following the enormous increase in the use of wireless mobile telephony throughout the world (as of August 2005, there were more than 2 ... > more
• Diet and Weight Loss
  Nutrition
  Staying Healthy
  Healthy Aging
  Obesity
  Cholesterol
   
  

  Healthy diet

  A healthy diet contains a balance of food groups and all the nutrients necessary to promote good health. Human nutrition is enormously complex and a healthy diet may vary widely according to an ... > more
• Menopause
  Women's Health
  Gynecology
  Hormone Disorders
  Breast Cancer
  Cancer
   

  Hormone replacement therapy

  Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is a system of medical treatment for perimenopausal and postmenopausal women, based on the assumption that it may prevent discomfort and health problems caused by ... > more
• Dogs
  Gene Therapy
  Veterinary Medicine
  Staying Healthy
  Personalized Medicine
  Wounds and Healing
   

  Therapy dog

  Therapy Dog refers to a dog trained to provide affection and comfort to people in hospitals, retirement homes, nursing homes, mental institutions, schools, and stressful situations such as disaster ... > more
• Alcoholism
  Addiction
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Birth Defects
   
  

  Alcoholism

  Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholic's normal personal, family, social, or work life. The chronic ... > more
• Hurricanes and Cyclones
  Severe Weather
  Accident and Trauma
  Natural Disasters
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Social effects of Hurricane Katrina

  The impact and aftermath of Hurricane Katrina led to one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the history of the United States. In addition to the over 1,300 fatalities caused by Katrina over ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Gene Therapy
  Workplace Health
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Disability
   

  Occupational therapy

  Occupational therapy (OT) is skilled treatment that helps individuals achieve independence in all facets of their lives. It gives people the "skills for the job of living" necessary for independent ... > more
• Alternative Medicine
  Personalized Medicine
  Pain Control
  Sports Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Traditional Chinese medicine

  Traditional Chinese medicine is a range of traditional medical practices used in China that developed during several thousand ... > more

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