ADD/ADHD

Attention deficit disorder / attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - An inability to control behavior due to difficulty in processing neural stimuli.

Aging

The gradual changes in the structure and function of humans and animals that occur with the passage of time, that do not result from disease or other gross accidents.

Alcoholism

Also known as "alcohol dependence," is a disease that includes alcohol craving and continued drinking despite repeated alcohol-related problems.

Anxiety

A feeling of apprehension or fear that lingers. The source for this is not always known or recognized which adds to the distress.

Athlete's foot

A common fungal infection of the foot. The fungus lives in the outer layers of the skin and causes infections of different types.

Birth control

Any method which prevents pregnancy to occur, such as; birth control pill, injections, vaginal ring, skin patch, IUD, diaphragm, shields, condoms, caps, spermacides.

Body fat

Your overall weight is a combination of your lean body mass and your fat mass. For health, the important thing isn't how much you weigh, but how much is fat weight.

Bone density

The amount of bone tissue in a certain volume of bone. It can be measured by using a special X-ray called a quantitative computed tomogram.

Breast feeding

Feeding human breast-milk to provide for the nutritional needs of infants.

Circumcision

Removal of the prepuce of the foreskin, which is the skin that covers the tip of the penis. A 5-10 minute procedure usually done during first week after birth.

Conception

The onset of pregnancy, marked by implantation of the blastocyst, the formation of a viable zygote (a single diploid cell).

Contraception

The prevention of conception or impregnation.

Drug Abuse

Drug use interferes with normal brain functioning creating powerful feelings effecting brain metabolism and activity. Abuse turns into addiction, a chronic, relapsing illness.

Eating Disorders

Involving serious disturbances in eating behavior, such as extreme and unhealthy reduction of food intake or severe overeating, distress about body shape or weight.

Estrogen

A group of female hormones that are responsible for the development of breasts and other secondary sex characteristics in women, partly produced by the ovaries.

Exercise

Bodily exertion for the sake of keeping the organs and functions in a healthy state. Practicing training or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, discipline, etc.

Fatigue

A feeling of lack of energy, weariness or tiredness.

Fertility

The capacity to conceive or induce conception and thus generate offspring.

Food poisoning

Common type is Botulism; occurs when a person ingests pre-formed toxin that leads to illness within a few hours to days. Vision and Muscle problems will occur.

Genetic disorders

Cells can sometimes contain changes or variants in the information in their genes (gene mutation) and sometimes cause illnesses. Mutated genes may be passed on.

Genital herpes

An infection caused by the herpes simplex virus or HSV type 2 causing symptoms of itching or burning feeling in the genital or anal area, pain, and vaginal discharge.

Grieving

The expression of sorrow, pain, anguish, distress, lament; to mourn the loss of a loved one.

Guilt

Subjective feeling of having committed an error, offense or sin; unpleasant feeling of self-criticism that may be contrary to one's personal conscience.

Hormones

Chemical substances having a specific regulatory effect on the activity of a certain organ or organs. Initial origin from endocrine glands into bloodstream.

Hot flashes

A sudden, temporary sensation of heat predominately experienced by some women during menopause (cessation of menstruation in the human female).

Hysterectomy

The operation of excising (removing) the uterus, performed either through the abdominal wall or through the vagina.

Incest

Sexual activity between individuals so closely related that marriage is prohibited. Incest involving a child is a form of child abuse.

Infertility

The inability of a couple to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months of unprotected intercourse. Barren; Inability to conceive; Unable to get pregnant.

Lead poisoning

An environmental hazard from a lead containing component, capable of causing brain damage.

Malnutrition

Faulty or inadequate nutrition- under nourishment of substances used to feed or sustain life and growth of an organism.

Mercury poisoning

An ingestion of mercury or mercury compounds, which are toxic in relation to their ability to produce mercuric ions and may be very hazardess.

Motion sickness

A disturbance of the inner ear that is caused by repeated motion (such as sea sickness, car sickness).

Obesity

Fat or Obesity, is different than being overweight. An individual is considered obese when weight is 20% (25% in women) or more over the max. desirable for their height.

Paralysis

Loss or impairment of motor function in a part due to lesion of the neural or muscular mechanism (processes).

Plaque and tartar

Plaque is a combination of food left in mouth after eating and bacteria which live in the mouth. Tartar (calculus) is a calcium salt concentration which forms on your teeth.

Pregnancy

A baby is growing inside your uterus (womb). A full pregnancy is 40 weeks long. Pregnancy cause many changes in your body.

Root canal

The portion of the pulp cavity inside the root of a tooth; the chamber within the root of the tooth that contains the pulp. Treatment of disease and injuries of the pulp.

Sea sickness

A form of motion sickness ( disturbance of the inner ear) caused by the motion of a floating platform, such as a ship, boat, or raft.

Sexual addiction

A preoccupation; continual fantasies about sexual prospects and situations with a compulsion and ritualization of sexual activity resulting in despair and other problems.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

There are three types of STD's, bacterial, viral and bugs that are spread by intimate bodily contact.

SIDS

Sudden infant death syndrome (Crib death), is the unexpected, sudden death of any infant or child under one year old in which an autopsy does not explain death cause.

Sperm counts

The number of sperm in the ejaculate (per millileter = known as the sperm concentration or sperm density).

Stress

A feeling of tension, strain, or anxiousness that can be caused by many different things. Too much stress can cause many physical (body) or emotional (mood) changes.

Tendonitis

Inflammation ( irritation or swelling) of a tendon (a fibrous, strong, connective tissue that connects muscle to bone).

Ulcers

An open sore ( where the skin and flesh are ruptured or bruised) in a body surface.

Vasectomy

A surgical sterilization procedure performed in males where a segment of the vas deferens (the excretory duct of the testes that conveys sperm) is removed.

Weight gain

Taking in more calories than one use causes weight gain. One pound of muscle equals about 3,500 calories. One pound of fat equals about 2,500 calories.

Weight loss

Weight loss occurs when one takes in less calories then one uses. One pound of muscle equals about 3,500 calories. One pound of fat equals about 2,500 calories.