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  2. Diseases of affluence - Wikipedia

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    The leading cause of death for both men and women in the United States is heart disease. [34] In Canada, heart disease is the second leading cause of death. In 2014, it was the cause of death for 51,000 people. [35] In Australia, heart disease is also the leading cause of death. 29% of deaths in 2015, had an underlying cause of heart disease. [36]

  3. List of types of malnutrition - Wikipedia

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    Obesity is caused by eating too many calories compared to the amount of exercise the individual is performing, causing a distorted energy balance. It can lead to diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissue of humans and other mammals, is increased ...

  4. Humorism - Wikipedia

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    The imbalance of humors, or dyscrasia, was thought to be the direct cause of all diseases. Health was associated with a balance of humors, or eucrasia. The qualities of the humors, in turn, influenced the nature of the diseases they caused. Yellow bile caused warm diseases and phlegm caused cold diseases.

  5. List of fictional diseases - Wikipedia

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    A disease caused by Jenova's presence in the Lifestream as it rose to destroy Meteor in the ending of Final Fantasy VII. Decreases the efficiency of the body's immune system-like inner Lifestream current. Also causes exhaustion and black sores appearing on the skin. Mostly affects children due to their weaker constitutions.

  6. Lists of diseases - Wikipedia

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    A medical condition is a broad term that includes all diseases and disorders. A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. A disorder is a functional abnormality or disturbance. Lists of animal diseases; List of autoimmune diseases; List of cancer types; List of childhood diseases and disorders; List of endocrine diseases

  7. Abnormal psychology - Wikipedia

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    By the time of the Greeks and Romans, mental illnesses were thought to be caused by an imbalance of the four humors which lead treatments like the draining of fluids from the brain. During the Medieval period, many Europeans believed that the power of witches, demons, and spirits caused abnormal behaviors

  8. Systemic disease - Wikipedia

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    Crohn's disease – an inflammatory bowel disease; Hypertension (high blood pressure) Metabolic syndrome; AIDS – a disease caused by a virus that cripples the body's immune defenses. Graves' disease – a thyroid disorder, most often in women, which can cause a goiter (swelling in the front part of the neck) and protruding eyes.

  9. List of notable disease outbreaks in the United States

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    This is a list of notable disease outbreaks in the United States: This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2023) 1700s.