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• Hearing Impairment
  Hearing Loss
  Healthy Aging
  Disability
  Perception
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Hearing impairment

  A hearing impairment is a decrease in one's ability to hear (i.e. perceive auditory information). While some cases of hearing loss are reversible with medical treatment, many lead to a permanent ... > more
• Vaccines
  Infectious Diseases
  Viruses
  Healthy Aging
  Diseases and Conditions
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Chickenpox

  Chickenpox, also spelled chicken pox, is the common name for varicella simplex, classically one of the childhood infectious diseases caught and survived by most children. Chickenpox is caused by the ... > more
• Hearing Loss
  Diseases and Conditions
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Disability
  Dogs
  Human Biology
   

  Equilibrioception

  Equilibrioception or sense of balance is one of the physiological senses. It allows humans and animals to walk etc. without falling. Some animals are better in this than humans, for example allowing ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Skin Care
  Infectious Diseases
  Gynecology
  Kidney Disease
   
  

  Athlete's foot

  Athlete's foot is a layman's description of a skin fungal infection. Growth of the athlete's foot fungus is promoted by a dark, warm, moist environment such as that found inside ... > more
• Immune System
  Lymphoma
  Brain Tumor
  Stem Cells
  Lung Cancer
  Anemia
   
  

  White blood cell

  White blood cells (also called leukocytes or immune cells) are cells which form a component of the blood. They help to defend the body against infectious disease and foreign materials as part of the ... > more
• Eye Care
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Eye examination

  An eye examination is a battery of tests performed by an ophthalmologist or optometrist assessing vision and ability to focus on and discern objects, as well as other tests and examinations ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Kidney Disease
  Urology
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Women's Health
  Sports Medicine
   

  Urinary tract infection

  A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection of the urinary tract. An infection anywhere from the kidneys to the ureters to the bladder to the urethra qualifies as a urinary tract infection. ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Foodborne Illness
  Infectious Diseases
  Bacteria
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Salmonellosis

  Salmonellosis is an infection with Salmonella bacteria. Most people infected with Salmonella develop diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps 6 to 72 hours after infection. In most cases, the illness ... > more
• Colitis
  Crohn's Disease
  Gastrointestinal Problems
  Foodborne Illness
  Colon Cancer
  Healthy Aging
   

  Diarrhea

  Diarrhea (American English) or diarrhoea (Commonwealth English) is a condition in which the sufferer has frequent and watery, chunky, or loose bowel movements. In the Third World, diarrhea is the ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Allergy
  Menopause
  Diseases and Conditions
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Toxic shock syndrome

  Toxic shock syndrome (TSS) is a rare but potentially fatal disease caused by a bacterial toxin. Different bacterial toxins may cause toxic shock syndrome, depending on the situation. The causative ... > more

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