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Traumatic Brain Injury: Symptoms and Treatments By : Analise Phelps Description : 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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A Clinician's Guide to Chronic Diseases By : Simon Bishop Description : 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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Antimicrobial Resistance: Collective Responsibility for Global Public Health By : Sandy Wolford Description : 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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Antimicrobial Resistance: Public Health Challenges By : Sandy Wolford Description : 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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Disasters and Public Health: Planning and Response By : Lawanna Boone Description : 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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Global Health: Changing Health Technology By : Tandy Rocco Description : 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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Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management By : Lawanna Boone Description : 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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Public Health and Disasters: Risk Assessment and Mitigation By : Lawanna Boone Description : 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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Public Health, Disease and Development: Social Perspectives By : Reyna Escobar Description : 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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A Clinical Guide to Pulmonary Hypertension By : Jim Foster Description : 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 ... |