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Ergonomics.
... Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI). According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Repetitive Stress Injuries account for more than half of all work-related injuries . As everything now a days is involving the use of computer. There are greater chances of getting RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury ...
Anorexia.
... young people around the time of puberty, involves extreme weight loss -- at least 15 percent below a young woman's normal body weight. Those experiencing anorexia nervosa also have an intense fear of becoming fat, even though they are underweight ...
A brief description of the disease Sydenham's Chorea also called St. Vitus Dance.
... purposeless movements of the face (including the tongue), neck, trunk, and extremities. The choreic movements usually begin gradually and progressively worsen over weeks to months. The movements are absent when the person is asleep and resume when they wake up. The true etiology of Sydenham ...
Health Issues - Paraplegia
... a severe accident. Statistics show that the majority of Paraplegics and Quadriplegic sustain their injury from road accidents, and these along with diving and other sporting accidents affect many young people for the rest of their lives. Spinal injury ...
My Grandmother's Battle
... work so he sent her to the hospital for blood tests and x-rays, the results were devastating; it was cancer. She had a lump on her back the size of a large egg. A couple days ... a visit and she put on a good show of feeling well but none of ...
Water Borne in Diseases in Developing Countries During the Summer
... a lot of rubbish spilling over from dustbins, drains and manholes. It often contains glass pieces, stone chips, slivers of wood and other substances. These can inflict serious injuries on tender bare feet. They can also spread a variety of ...
Public Health and Teenage STD's
... weight loss, loose stools, night sweats; aches, pains, fever, and chills; yellowing of the skin (jaundice); discharge from the penis or vagina (vaginal discharge may have an odor); bleeding from the vagina other than during a ...
Infectious Diseases
... health very seriously. Make sure you and your family has adequate health insurance. Get regular medical check-ups and pay close attention to any signs of illness. Sometimes getting medical attention quickly can save your life. Adhere to a regiment of ...
Africa's deadly disease: Rare and deadly Ebola
... of several recent outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever. Unsanitary conditions of the African health care system, with the recycling of used needles and the management of multidose vials in hospital settings because of inadequate teaching of safe and sanitary conditions is also a factor for the spread of ...
Ear Infections
... of the middle and inner ear can cause temporary or permanent loss of hearing and associated speech and language delays. The World Health Organization estimates that in developing countries, 51,000 children under 5 years of age die annually from complications of infections of the middle ...