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2023

Traumatic Brain Injury: Symptoms and Treatments

Author : Analise Phelps

Subject : Psychiatry, Neuroscience & Neurology

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a brain injury that occurs suddenly as a result of head being hit, bumped into, or jolted. TBI leads to non-degenerative, non-congenital lesions in the brain caused by

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2023

A Clinician's Guide to Chronic Diseases

Author : Simon Bishop

Subject : Public Health

Chronic diseases refer to those conditions that often last for three months or more, and have the potential to get worse with time. These diseases are more common in older people, and can typically be

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2023

Antimicrobial Resistance: Collective Responsibility for Global Public Health

Author : Sandy Wolford

Subject : Public Health

Antimicrobials are the medicines used to prevent and treat infections in humans, animals, and plants. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microbes such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites

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2023

Antimicrobial Resistance: Public Health Challenges

Author : Sandy Wolford

Subject : Public Health

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) refers to a phenomenon wherein microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change or mutate over time in such a manner that they do not respond to medicines.

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2023

Disasters and Public Health: Planning and Response

Author : Lawanna Boone

Subject : Public Health

Public health emergencies or disasters are events that negatively affect the public health system and its protective infrastructure. This includes water, sanitation, shelter, food, fuel and health, resulting

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2023

Global Health: Changing Health Technology

Author : Tandy Rocco

Subject : Public Health

Global health is an area of study, research, and practice that focuses on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people around the world. The objectives of global health include improving

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2023

Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management

Author : Lawanna Boone

Subject : Public Health

Health emergency and disaster risk management (H-EDRM) is the intersection of health and disaster risk reduction (DRR). In recent years, H-EDRM research has emerged as an important interdisciplinary field.

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2023

Public Health and Disasters: Risk Assessment and Mitigation

Author : Lawanna Boone

Subject : Public Health

Public health emergencies can be defined as events that adversely impact the public health system and/or its protective infrastructure such as water, sanitation, shelter, food, fuel and health. Public

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2023

Public Health, Disease and Development: Social Perspectives

Author : Reyna Escobar

Subject : Public Health

Health is a state where a person has complete emotional, physical and mental wellbeing and it is dependent upon a stable mind and healthy environment. Public health refers to the science of preventing

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2023

A Clinical Guide to Pulmonary Hypertension

Author : Jim Foster

Subject : Pulmonology & Respiratory Diseases

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a condition in which the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries becomes too high. Pulmonary arteries are responsible for carrying oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the

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