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The duration between recommended dental checkups.

What is 6 months?

100

An infection spread by mosquitoes. Symptoms include high fever, chills, headache, and muscle pain 

What is Malaria? 

100

A disorder that occurs when the air passages in the lungs become inflamed and swollen, causing them to narrow.

What is Asthma?

100
A disease that can be easily transmitted from one person to another through direct contact or indirect contact.
What is a communicable disease?
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A disease that can be transmitted through direct contact with infected blood, through blood transfusions, and from the infected mother to her child (either during pregnancy, at childbirth, or through breast-feeding).
What is HIV/AIDS?
200

What causes diseases like Athlete's foot and skin infections? 

Fungus 

200

These are the causes of infectious diseases.

What are bacteria, virus, or other organisms that invade the body?

200

What is the most common type of cancer for men and women respectively?

Prostate and Breast Cancer

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Illness that lasts a long time or recurs many times throughout a person's life.
What is a chronic illness?
200
Unexplained weight loss, extreme fatigue, and pain that is not relieved are all considered _______________ of diseases or disorders.
What are general warning signs?
300

What pathogen sends toxins throughout the body? 

Bacteria

300

This is caused by a virus and causes symptoms such as runny nose and sore throat 

influenza 

300
Symptoms: extreme hunger, fatigue, numbness in hands or feet, and sores that don't heal well or quickly.
What is diabetes?
300
A disease acquired through genetics, exposure to environmental hazards, or lifestyle choices.
What is a non-communicable disease?
300
The percent of new cases of STD's that are found in adolescents and young adults each year.
What is 66 percent?
400

Avoiding obesity, cutting down fat intake, eating more high-fibre foods, including foods rich in Vit A and C, including cruciferous veggies, reduce sodium intake, avoid alcohol.

What are recommended ways to reduce the risk of cancer?

400
This infectious disease comes in 5 different forms or varieties.
What is Hepatitis?
400

In this year, cancer surpassed heart disease as the leading killer among Americans.

2005

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The deliberate exposure to a small, safe amount of some of the most infectious disease you may encounter.
What is an immunization?
400

This is the thing that is used to treat bacterial infections

Antibiotics 

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This best way to prevent diseases over your lifetime.

What are your lifestyle choices?

500

What causes gastrointestinal diseases and steals nutrients from the body? 

Parasites 

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This has a 32% death rate among men and a 25% death rate among women.
What is lung cancer?
500
A combination of body defenses made up of the cells, tissues and organs that fight off pathogens and disease.
What is the immune system?
500

These can go undetected for years and can cause infertility, blindness, and even death.

What are STD's?