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  2. List of epidemics and pandemics - Wikipedia

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    Widespread non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are not included. An epidemic is the rapid spread of disease to a large number of people in a given population within a short period of time; in meningococcal infections , an attack rate in excess of 15 cases per 100,000 people for two consecutive weeks is considered ...

  3. History of public health in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The sanitarians : a history of American public health (1992) online; Ettling, John. The Germ of Laziness Rockefeller Philanthropy and Public Health in the New South (Harvard UP, 1981) Harrison, Gordon A. Mosquitoes, malaria, and man : a history of the hostilities since 1880 (1978) online; Hollingsworth, J. Rogers, Jerald Hage, and Robert Hanneman.

  4. List of neuromuscular disorders - Wikipedia

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    Distal muscular dystrophy, also called distal myopathy, is essentially any muscle disease that preferentially affects the hands and/or feet, a much less common pattern than proximal muscle weakness. Late adult-onset type 1; Late adult-onset type 2a; Late adult-onset type 2b; Early adult-onset type 1; Early adult-onset type 2; Early adult-onset ...

  5. List of infectious diseases - Wikipedia

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    Hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) A diagnosis usually can be made by the presenting signs and symptoms alone. If the diagnosis is unclear, a throat swab or stool specimen may be taken. Medications are usually not needed as hand, foot, and mouth disease is a viral disease that typically resolves on its own. Under research [15] [16] Sin Nombre ...

  6. List of causes of death by rate - Wikipedia

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    Examples of aging-associated diseases are atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease, cancer, arthritis, cataracts, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and Alzheimer's disease. The incidence of all of these diseases increases exponentially with age.

  7. Hand injury - Wikipedia

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    The hand is a very complex organ with multiple joints, different types of ligament, tendons and nerves. Hand disease injuries are common in society and can result from excessive use, degenerative disorders or trauma. Trauma to the finger or the hand is quite common in society.

  8. Dupuytren's contracture - Wikipedia

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    Dupuytren's contracture (also called Dupuytren's disease, Morbus Dupuytren, Palmar fibromatosis and historically as Viking disease or Celtic hand) is a condition in which one or more fingers become permanently bent in a flexed position. [2]

  9. Category:Human diseases and disorders - Wikipedia

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