HEART DISEAS AND STROKES
CANCER AND HIPATITIS
MRSA AND HIV
NOBEL PEOPLE IN HEALTHCARE HISTORY

MORE NOBEL PEOPLE IN HEALTHCARE HISTORY
100

Primarily caused by 


ATHEROSCLEROSIS

100

Hep E is more common in places in the world with

poor hand-washing and lack of clean water.

100

MRSA -  

methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus

100

Hippocrates


Father of Modern Medicine”

100

James Blundell (1790-1879)



An English obstetrician, the first to propose blood transfusion.  Successfully completed in 1829.

200

Sclerosis - 


 abnormal hardening

200

Hep B and C are?

“bloodborne”.

200

HIV-

 Human Immunodeficiency Virus

200

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) -

invented the first microscope, considered the “Father of Microbiology”.

200

Florence Nightingale




Founder of Modern Nursing

300

Risk factors for a stroke include:


Hypertension (high blood pressure)

Smoking

Diabetes (specifically type 2)

300

More common in people who are 


obese and inactive

300

MRSA -

Caused by a bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics

HIGHLY infectious

300

 Robert Hooke was the first to 


observe living things under a microscope in 1665.

300

Joseph Lister (1827-1912)-

developed methods of sanitation and disinfection

400

Ischemic Stroke - caused by  

a blood clot in a blood vessel.

400

Cancer

Begins as a

single cell that incorrectly copies itself; then grows uncontrollably.

400

 HIV Can

deadly, but patients can now live relatively normal life spans with treatment.

400

Edward Jenner (1749-1823)

developed the smallpox vaccine

400

Clara Barton(1821-1912) -

founded the American Red Cross

500

It is a chronic disease - once diagnosed, you will

forever have to monitor it through medications, diet, exercise, etc…

500

Hepatitis 


- inflammation of the Liver

500

 MRSA Can result in 


sepsis or “blood poisoning”

500

ROBERT BOYLE



“Founder of Modern Chemistry”

500

Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) -

proved microorganisms cause disease, used methods to kill bacteria in milk, created vaccine for rabies in 1885