Prevalent Global Health Issues
This type of disease accounts for about 90-95% of all diagnosed cases, is often linked to obesity and affects over 37 million Americans.
What is Type II diabetes?
Edward Jenner developed the world’s first vaccine, which was administered to combat what virus?
What is smallpox?
Traumatic events such as an accident, assault, military combat or natural disaster can have lasting effects on an individual’s mental health. Many individuals will have short term responses to life-threatening events; however, some will develop longer term symptoms that can lead to a diagnosis of what?
What is PTSD?
This Indian practice combines physical postures, breathing exercises, and meditation, and is known for promoting physical and mental well-being.
What is yoga?
This disease, transmitted by an infected mosquito, leads to flu-like symptoms and remains a leading cause of death in sub-Saharan Africa.
What is malaria?
What is the heating process developed by a French scientist that removes harmful microbes from milk?
What is pasteurization?
What is the most common mental disorder?
What is anxiety?
In many East Asian cultures, this traditional health practice uses thin needles inserted into the body to balance energy and relieve physical stress or pain
What is acupuncture?
What pain reliever/fever reducer was the reason behind the implementation of the “tamper-proof” pill bottle?
What is Tylenol?
In 1928, Scottish physician and biologist Alexander Fleming discovered the first broadly effective antibiotic which he named what?
What is Penicillin?
This country has the highest rate of depression
What is China?
Originating in Finland but now common around the world, what is the name of a room or building designed for heat sessions to provide a variety of health benefits?
What is a sauna?
What year was Smallpox declared eradicated by the WHO?
1980
Chinese-American reproductive biologist M.C. Chang developed a process of fertilization that combines an egg with a sperm in glass. What is this process called?
What is in-vitro fertilization (IVF)?
50% of mental health problems begin by what age?
14
What is the type of tea that is used in Japanese tea ceremony that is known to have numerous health benefits?
What is matcha?
What is the deadliest infectious disease in the world that kills 1.6 million every year; more than HIV and malaria combined?
What is tuberculosis?
A scientist from what country developed the materials for the N95 mask and later came out of retirement to refine its design to combat COVID-19?
What is Taiwan?
Which mental health disorder is most commonly associated with genius-level IQ?
What is bipolar disorder?
What is the Chinese term for the arrangement of physical spaces to support harmony and health?
What is feng shui?