Diseases
What Is It Caused By?
Risk For Disease
Famous People In Healthcare
Inventions
100

A condition which causes a buildup of “gooey” or thick; pasty substance inside the blood vessels.

Heart Disease

100

Cancer is more common in people...

 Who are obese and inactive

100

Consequences of untreated Hepatitis can lead to?

 Damage, cirrhosis, and cancer of the liver.

100

“Father of Modern Medicine”

Hippocrates

100

Invented the first microscope, considered the “Father of Microbiology”

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

200

Bacterial infection that primarily attacks the lungs

Tuberculosis

200

Hep E is more common in places in the world...

 With poor hand-washing and lack of clean water.

200

Without treatment, ___ will develop into AIDS and is deadly.

HIV

200

Duo who discovered and used insulin to treat diabetes.

Banting and Best.

200

Developed the technology for MRI and CT machines in 1975.

Godfrey Houndsfield

300

Virus that gradually destroys the immune system; causes the patient to be unable to fight off illness.

HIV 

300

Hep B/ C can be spread through?

Sexual contact, sharing needles and IV drug use.

300

HSV increases risk in?

morbidity and mortality

300

Developed the polio vaccine

Jonas Salk

300

Invented the stethoscope using a rolled up piece of paper; evolved into a wooden tube

Rene Laennec

400

 Inflammation of the Liver

Hepatitis

400

Emphysema is caused by?

Smoking

400

Risk factors for a stroke include?

Hypertension (high blood pressure) Smoking Diabetes (specifically type 2) High cholesterol (hyperlipidemia).

400

Discovered penicillin in 1928.

Alexander Fleming

400

Being the first to focus x-rays to gather pictures

Wilhem Conrad Roentgen

500

Causes the alveoli to become less elastic, leading to lower oxygen intake

Emphysema

500

What is heart disease primarily caused by?

ATHEROSCLEROSIS

500

Can result in sepsis or “blood poisoning”.

MRSA - methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

500

Proved microorganisms cause disease, used methods to kill bacteria.

Louis Pasteur

500

Invented bifocals for glasses

Ben Franklin

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