Vocab
fatal
A sudden damage to the heart, sometimes resulting in death
heart attack
What disease has the highest fatality rate?
heart
Name something that can cause lung cancer
Many answers
Who said That's one small step for man, one huge leap for mankind
Neil Armstrong
A common disease in which cells divide uncontrollably
cancer
To be passed on from parents to offspring
hereditary
What is the disease that affects older people that mainly affects memory loss?
How is influenza transmitted
through the air
Who discovered gravity?
Sir Issac Newton
A way to get rid of a disease
cure
A way to reduce the effects or symptoms of a disease
treatment
Swollen or puffy gums and bleeding. It could result in teeth loss.
gum disease
What can help doctors figure out what disease a person has?
the symptoms
What is the smallest unit of life?
cell
Something that invades the body and can cause illness
pathogen
A molecule found in cell membranes and most body tissues
cholesterol
Your blood sugar is too high because the body does not make enough insulin or the body cannot use the insulin properly.
Diabetes
What is the difference between a cure and a treatment?
answers vary
What is the name of the Pittsburgh Baseball Team?
Pirates
A contagious infection that causes a fever, cold, and chills
influenza
A secondary, usually unwanted, effect of a medicine or treatment
side effect
This disease effects your breathing.
Lung Disease
What is a chronic disease?
A disease that lasts a long time.
Who is the Captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins? He is number 87.
Sidney Crosby