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Title: Health
Description: Health Chpater 7
Number of Cards: 21
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Author: kellyb2711
Created: 2002-02-26
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    • Side 3
    • noncommunicable diseases
    • a disease that doesn't spread from person to person.
      EXAMPLE:CANCER
    • communicable disease
    • disease that spreads from person to person.
      EXAMPLE: COLD
    • number one cause of death in the United States
    • heart dissease
    • immune system
    • group of cells, tissues and organs that fight specific germs.
    • disease
    • an unhealthy condition of the body or mind
    • infection
    • germs invade the body, multiply, and cause harm to body cells.
    • vaccines
    • preparations of killed or weakened germs.
    • immunity
    • resistance to infection
    • lymphocytes
    • white blood cells that attack germs.
    • sexually transmitted diseases
    • communicable dideases that are spread from person to person through sexual contact.
    • AIDS
    • HIV infection combined with severe immune system problems.
    • HIV
    • human immunodeficiency virus, or the virus that causes AIDS.
    • radiation
    • is a treatment that destroys tumors by aiming X-rays or other rays at them.
    • cancer
    • disease caused by adnormal cells that grow out of control.
    • tumors
    • masses of abnormal cells.
    • chemotherapy
    • is a treatment that destroys cancer cells with strong chemicals.
    • second leading cause of death in the United States
    • Cancer
    • asthma
    • chronic breathing caused by allergies, physical exertion, or other factors.
    • Antibodies
    • chemicals produced specifically to fight a particular invading substance
    • diabetes
    • is a disease that prevents the body from using the sugars and starches in food for energy.
    • insulin
    • a hormone produced by the pancreas.