My Beating Heart
Nasty Cells
Germs Germs Germs
Mother Nature
Miscellaneous
100
Hallmark symptom of angina.
What is chest pain?
100
Most common type of cancer among males.
What is prostate cancer?
100
This pathogen consists of a protein shell enclosing DNA or RNA.
What is a virus?
100
A renewable energy source using health and light from the sun to produce energy.
What is solar power?
100
Building block of protein.
What is amino acid?
200
Thickening and hardening of the arteries.
What is atherosclerosis?
A condition where arteries become narrowed by deposits of fat, cholesterol and other substances.
200
A tumor in which its cells can invade nearby structures and spread to distant parts in the body.
What is a malignant tumor?
Benign tumor: enclosed in membrane, unable to spread distally.
200
Strep throat, chlamydia, peptic ulcers are caused by this pathogen.
What is bacteria?
200
One of five air pollutants included in the EPA's Air Quality Index.
What is
carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, particulate matter, or ground-level ozone?
200
Weight classification of someone with BMI of 20.
What is healthy weight?
300
The diagnostic criteria for stage 1 hypertension.
What is 140-159/90-99 mm/Hg?
Prehypertension: 120-139/80-89
Stage 1: 140-159/90-99
Stage 2: 160 and above/100 and above
300
Three carcinogens in the environment.
What are
microbes (virus for example)
food additives such as nitrates
radon
asbestos
environmental tobacco smoke
alcohol
radiation (X-ray, sunlight)
300
A chronic bacterial infection of the lungs that has two forms: latent and active.
What is tuberculosis?
About 10% of people with latent TB will develop active TB. Estimated 10-15 million Americans have been infected.
300
Greenhouse gas associated with cattle, wetlands, and coal and gas industries.
What is methane?
300
Moderate use of alcohol by gender.
What is less than 1 drink a day for females and less than 2 drinks a day for males?
400
Five risk factors of cardiovascular disease.
What are:
High amount of lipids in blood (triglycerides)
High cholesterol
Insulin resistance
Type II diabetes
High blood pressure
Inactivity
Obesity
Tobacco use
Large waist line
Inflammation
Stress
Chronic anger/hostility
Depression
Social isolation
400
Three warning signs of melanoma.
What are
asymmetrical mole
mole with border irregularity
mole with color variation
mole with diameter greater than 1/4 inch
400
Main recommendation to prevent annual influenza.
What is the annual vaccination?
400
Three environmental agents associated with lung cancer/disease.
What are radon, asbestos, and environmental tobacco smoke?
400
Desirable level of total cholesterol.
What is less than 200 mg/dl?
500
Force exerted by the blood on the vessel walls.
What is blood pressure?
Many factors affect BP:
age, exercise, stress, genetics, alcohol use, salt intake
500
This cancer stage represent advanced cancer that has spread to another organ.
What is stage IV?
500
Two infections that cause pelvic inflammatory disease.
What are chlamydia and gonorrhea?
PID is the leading cause of infertility in young women.
500
A chemical pollutant, now banned in U.S. from household use, associated with mental impairment and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in children.
What is lead?
500
Biggest category of household waste?
What is paper (27% of solid waste)?