Facts on File Encyclopedia of Health and Medicine

A accidental injuries Accidental injuries, also called unintentional injuries, claim more than 100,000 lives each year and are t ...

age 65 and older. About 7.5 million people require medical attention for accidental injuries received in falls, Falls account fo ...

head injury by 80 percent when using skate- boards, roller skates, and inline skates as well as for downhill skiing and horsebac ...

among health-care providers as to whether it truly lowers the risk for bacterial endocarditis. However, the American Heart Assoc ...

B birth defects More than 150,000 infants born each year in the United States have structural or functional abnormalities presen ...

10 Preventive Medicine COMMON BIRTH DEFECTS Birth Defect Health Risk to Infant Preventive Measures cleft defects (craniofacial n ...

birth defects 11 COMMON TERATOGENIC MEDICATIONS Medication Taken to Treat Kinds of Birth Defects Pregnancy Category X Medication ...

pregnant and before taking any new medications during pregnancy. The risk for teratogenic effects may increase when a woman take ...

beyond the length of time a person spends in the building doctors can diagnose as a specific condition requires correction of a ...

C cancer prevention CANCER claims more than 500,000 lives each year in the United States, and nearly nine million Americans are ...

Yet health experts believe that nearly 90 percent of acquired CVD is preventable. Though people commonly perceive CVD, also call ...

FORMS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ANEURYSM ANGINA PECTORIS ARRHYTHMIA ATHEROSCLEROSIS BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK CARDIOMYOPATHY cerebral ...

supplement coenzyme Q10, which several studies have shown can improve the ability of cells to resist damage and to repair themse ...

These infrastructures established and maintained separation among living areas, clean water, and waste management. Though perhap ...

D diabetes prevention DIABETESis emerging as one of the most significant health concerns facing the United States in the 21st ce ...

Drinking water supplies contain numerous nat- ural and manmade substances that are harmful to health. Under the SDWA, the FDA re ...

health departments can provide information about contaminant levels in specific water supplies as well as recommendations for fu ...

E– F environmental hazard exposure Numerous sub- stances in the environment create risk for a vari- ety of health problems and c ...

indoor public facilities ban cigarette smoking as a means to reduce exposure to environmental ciga- rette smoke. Some municipali ...

cantly reduce this stress and its corresponding injuries. An improved method might be as simple as using a footstool or sliding ...