Mental Health | Chronic & Contagious Diseases | Tobacco, Drugs & Alcohol | Sexual Reproduction | Contraception & STD's |
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What is Mental Health?
A person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.
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What are the most Common Childhood Contagious Diseases?
Colds, Stomach Flu, Pink Eye, Fifth Disease
Head Lice, Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease, and Whooping Cough |
What is Alcohol?
A depressant which slows down vital functions, resulting in slurred speech, unsteady movement, disturbed perceptions and an inability to react quickly.
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What is Sexual Reproduction?
The production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes).
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What are the 3 types of birth control methods?
Hormonal, Barrier, Surgical
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What is an Anxiety Disorder?
A group of mental disorders characterized by feelings of anxiety and fear.
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What is the Common Flu or Influenza?
The most common symptoms include: a high fever, runny nose, sore throat, muscle pains, headache, coughing, and feeling tired.
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What is Marijuana?
A mixture of the dried and shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of Cannabis sativa, which can be green, brown, or gray.
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What are the 3 glands that produce semen?
Seminal Vesicle, Prostate Gland and Bulbourethral Gland (or Cowper's Gland).
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What is Abstinence?
Not having any kind of sex play with a partner.
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What is a Childhood Disorder
ADHD, Learning Disorders, Asperger’s Disorder
Autism and Mental Retardation are all examples of this type of Mental Health Disorder? |
What is Chronic Disease?
The leading causes of death and disability in the United States.
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What are the most common abused drugs in the US?
#1 ALCOHOL, #2 MARIJUANA, and #3 Rx PAIN RELIEVERS
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What is the number of eggs a woman is born with?
One million.
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What is the Combination Pill?
A Rx birth control method which contains estrogen and progestin, is 99% effective when taken same time daily, and helps regulate and easy symptoms during period.
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What is an Eating Disorder?
Restrictive and unusual rules around food, not eating in front of others, and collecting recipes to cook for others but don't eat are all signs of this type of disorder.
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What is a Stroke?
Occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or severely reduced, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients.
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What is Methamphetamine?
A synthetic drug with more rapid and lasting effects than amphetamine, used illegally as a stimulant.
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What is the Uterus?
The organ in the lower body of a woman where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth.
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What is HPV or Genital Warts?
An STD with more than 14 million new cases each year in the United States
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What is a Mood Disorder?
A psychological disorder characterized by the elevation or lowering of a person's mood, such as depression or bipolar disorder.
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What is Type II Diabetes
A life-long disease that affects the way your body handles glucose in your blood and of which 27 million Americans suffer.
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What is MDMA or Ecstasy?
Illegal drug that acts as both a stimulant and psychedelic, and produces an energizing effect, as well as distortions in time and perception.
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What are secondary sex characteristics?
In men, a deeper voice, chest and facial hair growth, lengthening of the bones; and in women, growth of pubic hair, widening of the pelvisn and enlargement of mammary tissue.
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What is Chlamydia?
A common STD that can lead to infertility if left untreated. It clears up quickly with antibiotics.
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