US Guidelines
The USPSTF recommends this one-time screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm in men ages 65 to 75 years who have ever smoked.
What is an ultrasonography?
This syndrome uses the acronym ARDS.
What is Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome?
Men are 15% more likely than women to act this out.
What is a drug overdose?
Americans on the average eat 18 acres of this every day.
What is pizza?
The error of ancient Greek anatomical drawings were due to this practice.
What are drawings based on non-human animal dissections.
The USPSTF recommends that all women who are planning or capable of pregnancy take a daily supplement containing this amount of folic acid.
What is •0.4 to 0.8 mg (400 to 800 µg)?
This is the message in the acronym GOMER.
What is "Get Out of My Emergency Room"?
Among teens 12-17 years, African Americans and Asian Amercians are the least likely to participate in this activity.
What is binge drinking?
Each person sheds 22 kilograms of this in his or her lifetime.
What is skin?
Trade and Travel had the greatest impact on this.
The USPSTF recommends annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography in adults ages 55 to 80 years who have a 30 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke. After not smoking for this many years the practice may be discontinued .
What is 15 years?
SAD is the acronym for this condition.
What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
According to a 2014 study, 18-25 yr adults are most likely to have substance abuse behaviors, this is the second highest age group.
What is 12-17 year olds?
This is the largest cell in the human body.
What is a female egg cell?
175,000 times heavier than sperm cell.
This was a common practice prior to the 1800’s for treatment of MI actually that increased the risk of recurrence.
What is bloodletting?
This is the new Healthy People 2020 target for new cases of DM II.
What is 7.2 per 1000 in persons aged 18-84 years?
PI is the acronym for this requirement.
What is Promoting Interoperability?
(former title) What is Meaningful Use?
Approximately 18% of persons in US experienced some type of this disorder.
What is anxiety? (PTSD, OCD or Phobias)
We make around 1-1.6 litres of this per day.
What is saliva?
The creation of NIH was the result of this unethical research project. A, Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment,
Bonus: the research continued for this period of time after a treatment was discovered and not given:
What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment?
Bonus: What is 25 years?
According to Healthy People 2020, this is the current percentage of providers who have geriatric certification and this is the new target.
(current) What is 2.7%?
(new) What is 3%?
This is the meaning of acronym FLK/FLP.
What is a Funny Looking Kid/Funny Looking parent?
Half of all Chronic Mental Health Issues begin by this age, 75% by this age.
What is 14 years? (50%)
What is 24 years? (75%)
A person can expect to breathe in about 45 pounds of this over his/her lifetime.
What is dust?
This element was commonly used to treat syphilis, typhoid fever, and parasites, but was later discovered to be toxic.
What is mercury?