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  Aspirin

  Aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid is a drug in the family of salicylates, often used as an analgesic (against minor pains and aches), antipyretic (against fever), and anti-inflammatory. It has also an ... > more
• Vaccines
  Healthy Aging
  Infectious Diseases
  Mumps, Measles, Rubella
  Viruses
  Virology
   
  

  Vaccination

  Vaccination is the process of administering weakened or dead pathogens to a healthy person or animal, with the intent of conferring immunity against a targeted form of a related disease agent. It ... > more
• Hazardous Waste
  Environmental Science
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  Attention Deficit Disorder
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  Mercury poisoning

  Mercury poisoning, also known as mercuralism, is the phenomenon of toxication by contact with mercury. The main dangers associated with elemental mercury are that at standard conditions for ... > more
• Sports Medicine
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  Fitness
  Attention Deficit Disorder
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  Stretching

  Stretching is the activity of gradually applying tensile force to lengthen, strengthen, and lubricate muscles, often performed in anticipation of physical exertion and to increase the range of motion ... > more
• Healthy Aging
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  STD
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  Scabies

  Scabies is a transmissible ectoparasite skin infection characterized by superficial burrows, intense pruritus (itching) and secondary infection. Caused by the mite Sarcoptes scabiei, variety hominis, ... > more
• Perception
  Eye Care
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  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Medical Imaging
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  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
• Addiction
  Controlled Substances
  Illegal Drugs
  Pharmacology
  Pharmaceuticals
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  Drug addiction

  Drug addiction, or substance dependence is the compulsive use of psychoactive drugs, to the point where the user has no effective choice but to continue use. Drug addiction has two components: ... > more
• Sports Medicine
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  Heart Disease
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
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  Conjoined twins

  Conjoined twins are twins whose bodies are joined together at birth. This happens where the zygote of identical twins fails to completely separate. Conjoined twins occur in an estimated one in ... > more
• HIV and AIDS
  Infectious Diseases
  STD
  Sexual Health
  Viruses
  Chronic Illness
   
  

  HIV

  Human immunodeficiency virus, commonly known by the initialism HIV, formally known as HTLV-III and lymphadenopathy-associated virus, is a retrovirus that primarily infects vital components of the ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Asthma
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  Hiccup

  A hiccup or hiccough is an involuntary spasm of the diaphragm; typically this repeats several times a minute. The sudden rush of air into the lungs causes the glottis to close, creating the "hic" ... > more

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