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• Foodborne Illness
  Nutrition
  Healthy Aging
  Infectious Diseases
  Sports Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Foodborne illness

  Foodborne illness or food poisoning is caused by consuming food contaminated with pathogenic bacteria, toxins, viruses, prions or parasites. Such contamination usually arises from improper handling, ... > more
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  Diseases and Conditions
  Chronic Illness
  Healthy Aging
  Joint Pain
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Chronic fatigue syndrome

  Chronic fatigue syndrome, also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, post-viral fatigue syndrome and various other names, is a syndrome of unknown and possibly multiple etiology, affecting the central ... > more
• Heartburn
  Gastrointestinal Problems
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Heartburn

  Heartburn or pyrosis is a painful or burning sensation in the esophagus, just below the breastbone caused by regurgitation of gastric acid. The pain often rises in the chest and may radiate to the ... > more
• Food and Agriculture
  Agriculture and Food
  Food
  Nutrition
  Healthy Aging
  Seeds
   
  

  Cereal

  Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a caryopsis). Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities worldwide than any other type of crop and ... > more
• Wildfires
  Smoking
  Air Pollution
  Lung Cancer
  Air Quality
  Staying Healthy
   
  

  Smoke

  Smoke is a suspension in air (aerosol) of small particles resulting from incomplete combustion of a fuel. It is commonly an unwanted by-product of fires (including stoves and lamps) and fireplaces, ... > more
• Skin Care
  Allergy
  Healthy Aging
  Psoriasis
  Sports Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Eczema

  Eczema is a form of dermatitis, a skin irritation characterized by red, flaky skin, sometimes with cracks or tiny blisters. It is extremely itchy, but scratching damages the fragile skin and ... > more
• Sleep Disorder Research
  Insomnia Research
  Sports Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Mental Health Research
   
  

  Nightmare

  In common current usage, the term nightmare refers to dreams of particular intensity, with content that the sleeper finds disturbing, related either to physiological causes, such as a high fever, or ... > 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
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Obesity
  Chronic Illness
   

  Longevity

  Longevity is defined as long life or the length of a person's life (life expectancy). Reflections on longevity have usually gone beyond acknowledging the basic shortness of human life and have ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Diseases and Conditions
  Heart Disease
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Diet and Weight Loss
   
  

  Dehydration

  Dehydration is the removal of water from an object. Medically, dehydration is a serious and potentially life-threatening condition in which the body contains an insufficient volume of water for ... > more

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