Diseases and disorders

During the early years of the AIDS epidemic, thousands of Americans became infected with HIV through the nation's blood supply.

H1N1 ("e;swine flu"e;), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals.

Planning for an influenza pandemic, whether it occurs in the near or distant future, will need to take into account many constantly evolving factors.

Europe's "e;Black Death"e; contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation.

Despite increasing knowledge of human nutrition, the dietary contribution to cancer remains a troubling question.

Since the dawn of medical science, people have recognized connections between a change in the weather and the appearance of epidemic disease.

Many ongoing changes are likely to have an impact on cancer research and care.

When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving.

An estimated forty million people carry the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and five million more become newly infected annually.

The number of people infected with HIV or living with AIDS is increasing at unprecedented rates as various scientists, organizations, and institutions search for innovative solutions to combating and preventing the disease.

Planning for an influenza pandemic, whether it occurs in the near or distant future, will need to take into account many constantly evolving factors.

Globalization is by no means a new phenomenon; transcontinental trade and the movement of people date back at least 2,000 years, to the era of the ancient Silk Road trade route.

H1N1 ("e;swine flu"e;), SARS, mad cow disease, and HIV/AIDS are a few examples of zoonotic diseases-diseases transmitted between humans and animals.

Early detection is essential to the control of emerging, reemerging, and novel infectious diseases, whether naturally occurring or intentionally introduced.

Glutamate is the most pervasive neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS).

Many ongoing changes are likely to have an impact on cancer research and care.

Data suggest that exposure to secondhand smoke can result in heart disease in nonsmoking adults.

Calcium and vitamin D are essential nutrients for the human body.

Infectious diseases have existed longer than us, as long as us, or are relatively newer than us.

Infectious diseases have existed longer than us, as long as us, or are relatively newer than us.

Glutamate is the most pervasive neurotransmitter in the central nervous system (CNS).

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Childhood cancer is an area of oncology that has seen both remarkable progress as well as substantial continuing challenges.

Influenza pandemics overwhelm health care systems with thousands or hundreds of thousands of sick patients, as well as those worried they may be sick.

Despite increasing knowledge of human nutrition, the dietary contribution to cancer remains a troubling question.

Neutrophils, the most abundant white cells in humans, serve as the primary cellular defense against infection.

Recent decades have witnessed an ever-increasing range and volume of digital data.

This book is a fact-based guide to the appropriate use of fish oil as nature's safest and most effective anti-inflammatory.

In 2010 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommended a framework for the evaluation of biomarkers in the chronic disease setting.

Data suggest that exposure to secondhand smoke can result in heart disease in nonsmoking adults.

Grants for research centers located in universities, medical centers, and other nonprofitresearch institutions account for about 9 percent of the National Institutes ofHealth budget.

From 1962 to 1971, the US military sprayed herbicides over Vietnam to strip the thick jungle canopy that could conceal opposition forces, to destroy crops that those forces might depend on, and to clear tall grasses and bushes from the perimeters of US base camps and outlying fire-support bases.

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unprecedented challenges to the nation's K-12 education system.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, health professionals adapted, innovated, and accelerated in order to meet the needs of students, patients, and the community.

Throughout history, perhaps no other disease has generated the level of social, scientific, and political discourse or has had the degree of cultural significance as cancer.

Since the late 1960s, the survival rate in children and adolescents diagnosed with cancer has steadily improved, with a corresponding decline in the cancer-specific death rate.

From 1962 to 1971, the U.

In response to the concerns voiced by Vietnam veterans and their families, Congress called upon the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review the scientific evidence on the possible health effects of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides.

An estimated forty million people carry the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and five million more become newly infected annually.

Public health officials and organizations around the world remain on high alert because of increasing concerns about the prospect of an influenza pandemic, which many experts believe to be inevitable.

Clinical trials enable scientific discoveries to advance patient care, in addition to informing and guiding subsequent research.

HIV is spreading rapidly, and effective treatments continue to elude science.

Clinical trials enable scientific discoveries to advance patient care, in addition to informing and guiding subsequent research.

Vector-borne infectious diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and plague, cause a significant fraction of the global infectious disease burden; indeed, nearly half of the world's population is infected with at least one type of vector-borne pathogen (CIESIN, 2007; WHO, 2004a).

Third in a series of six congressionally mandated studies occurring biennially, this book is an updated review and evaluation of the available scientific evidence regarding the statistical association between exposure to herbicides used in Vietnam and various adverse health outcomes suspected to be linked with such exposures.

In response to the concerns voiced by Vietnam veterans and their families, Congress called upon the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to review the scientific evidence on the possible health effects of exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides.

When the end of life makes its inevitable appearance, people should be able to expect reliable, humane, and effective caregiving.

Vector-borne infectious diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and plague, cause a significant fraction of the global infectious disease burden; indeed, nearly half of the world's population is infected with at least one type of vector-borne pathogen (CIESIN, 2007; WHO, 2004a).

Despite overwhelming evidence of tobacco's harmful effects and pressure from anti-smoking advocates, current surveys show that about one-quarter of all adults in the United States are smokers.