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- Blood pressure [r]: Pressure of the blood on the arteries and other blood vessels. [e]
- Cholesterol [r]: Principal sterol of all higher animals. [e]
- Mass screening [r]: Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease. [e]
- Mammography [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Prostate specific antigen [r]: A protease secreted by the epithelial cells of the prostate gland, elevated in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer. [e]
- Vaccination [r]: A preventative health measure that can confer immunity to an infectious disease, without requiring that the vaccinated individual actually contract the disease. [e]
- Folic acid [r]: Nutrient required for a normal pregnancy. [e]
- Aspirin [r]: Common analgesic used for treating mild to moderate pain; protective against blood clots and heart disease when administered indefinitely in low doses [e]
- Quarantine [r]: Restriction of freedom of movement of individuals who have been exposed to infectious or communicable disease in order to prevent its spread; a period of detention of vessels, vehicles, or travelers coming from infected or suspected places; and detention or isolation on account of suspected contagion. It includes government regulations on the detention of animals at frontiers or ports of entrance for the prevention of infectious disease, through a period of isolation before being allowed to enter a country.
This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Primary prevention (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine. [e] - Universal precautions [r]: Prudent standard preventive measures to be taken by professional and other health personnel in contact with persons afflicted with a communicable disease, to avoid contracting the disease by contagion or infection. [e]
- Health promotion [r]: Encouraging consumer behaviors most likely to optimize health potentials (physical and psychosocial) through health information, preventive programs, and access to medical care.(National Library of Medicine) [e]
- Wheat streak mosaic virus [r]: Plant pathogenic virus of the family Potyviridae, vectored by the wheat curl mite. [e]