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infectious disease characteristics
infectious disease characteristics Infectious diseases are caused by a variety of biological agents such as viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites and their toxic products. They arise through transmission of the agent from an infected person, animal, or reservoir to a susceptible host where they trigger a pathological reaction. In contrast to non-communicable diseases, the population dynamics […]
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Migration and Chronic,Non-Communicable Diseases
Migration and Chronic,Non-Communicable Diseases Migrants moving from one area to another, or from one country to another, ultimately “adopt” the health profile and risk factors for disease of the local population. This can happen at various speeds, depending on disease entity and country of origin. Migrants who “take along” a low risk of disease can […]
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Communicable Diseases in Migrants
Communicable Diseases in Migrants Infectious diseases continue to be major causes of mortality and morbidity in certain parts of the world. This poses a challenge for health care providers and for national disease control strategies in countries receiving immigrants/refugees from areas where infections persist. The examples of tuberculosis and HIV are discussed below; for more […]
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aging mental health issues
aging mental health issues Different types of interventions have been successful in improving the mental health of elder people. Examples of universal strategies are: exercise interventions (e. g. aerobic, t’ai chi, other physical exercises) and improving social support through befriending (especially older women seem to profit from friendships and social support). aging mental health issues […]
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menstrual cycle definition
menstrual cycle definition The average length of the menstrual cycle is 28 days. Day one is by convention the first day of vaginal bleeding. Themean duration of the menstrual flow is between 2–6 days with an average blood loss of 20–60 ml. Ovulation generally occurs on day 14 (14 days before the first day of […]
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men health issues bigger
men health issues bigger While a concern for the health of men has no doubtalways existed in some form in all cultures, men’shealth as a distinct area of critical intellectual and practicalconcern in the domain of public health is relativelyrecent in the West. In terms of research,government policy, and practical programmesand projects, men’s health per […]
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men’s health definition
men's health definition Synonyms Male health; Men’s health and well-being; The health of boys and men; The health of men and boys men's health definition Men’s health entails both the systematic exploration of the multi-dimensional factors (e. g., biomedical, psychosocial, structural, cultural historical) influencing the health of men and boys and the systematic elaboration of […]
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menopause definition
menopause definition Menopause is the physiological or iatrogenic cessation of menstrual cycles (amenorrhea) due to decreasing ovarian function (consumption of all viable follicles). Average onset of menopause in women is 50.5 years. The physiologic menopause is established when menses have been absent for one year. Menopausal symptoms can range from nonexistent to severe and last […]
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meningococcal vaccination indications
meningococcal vaccination indications The firstmonovalent (group C) meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine was licensed in 1974, further vaccines followed: in 1978 there was authorized another monovalent group C vaccine as well as a group A and a bivalent vaccine for both groups A and C; a quadrivalent vaccine (groups A, C, Y and W-135, MPSV4) was […]
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mendelian inheritance definition
mendelian inheritance definition In organismswhich reproduce by the union of male and female reproductive cells (or, gametes), the expression of physical characteristics in offspring inherited from their parents through transmitted genetic information are governed by the principle of segregation and the rules of gene expression. The principle of segregation states that, in general, each copy […]
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