Lifestyle Illnesses
A common condition in which the force of the blood against your artery walls is high enough that it may eventually cause health problems
High Blood Pressure
Dimension of Wellness that has to do with the body
Physical Health
Taking some cells from a growth to test for cancer
Biopsy
A late stage of scarring of the liver caused by many forms of liver diseases and conditions, such as hepatitis and chronic alcohol abuse
Cirrhosis of the Liver
This involves a sense of peace and connection with others
Physical Health
A chronic condition that affects the way the body metabolizes sugar (glucose), where the body either resists insulin or doesn't produce enough of it.
Type 2 Diabetes
This involves a sense of peace and connection with others
Spiritual Health
Non-cancerous
Benign
Often used interchangeably with "cardiovascular disease," referring to conditions involving narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to heart attack, chest pain, or stroke.
Heart Disease
When you are feeling
too stressed, take a step away
from what’s causing it.
Mental/Emotional Health
Fatty deposits develop in blood vessels, making it difficult for enough blood to flow through arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack or stroke
High Cholesterol
The ‘interacting with others’ part of health:
Social Health
Cancerous Growth
Malignant
A medical emergency that happens when blood flow to a part of the brain is blocked or a blood vessel bursts, causing brain cells to die
Stroke
When you’re curious about something,
go ahead and
do some investigating
and learn about it
Cognitive Health
A complex disorder involving an excessive amount of body fat that increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure
Obesity
This involves the ability to clearly think, learn and remember
Cognitive/Intellectual Health
A type of doctor that specializes in diagnosing and treating cancer
Oncologist
Refers to a group of lung diseases that block airflow and make breathing difficult, often caused by breathing in toxic chemicals such as cigarette smoke
Chronic Respiratory Diseases
When you feel like you are too stressed out,
take a step back from your stressors for
a little while.
Mental/Emotional Health
Occurs when the blood vessels (arteries) that carry oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the rest of the body become thick, stiff, and hardened
Arteriosclerosis
…The ‘thinking’ and ‘feelings’ part of your health.
Mental Health
Cancer has spread
Metastasis/Metastasized
Any one of a large number of diseases characterized by the development of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably and can infiltrate and destroy normal body tissue.
Cancer
Get involved! There are a variety of clubs
here at school. If not within school,
find something outside of school.
Social Health