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What occurs when many people in a given area are afflicted with the same disease at about the same time?
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an epidemic
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The number that occurs most often in a given set of numbers?
The mode
what is last number?
The last number refers to the number that occurs or forms at the end of a given termination.
What is the number of times an event or value occurs in a given period?
The frequency of the event over that time period.
What does mode for the set of data mean?
The mode of the data is the number which occurs most frequently in the given set of data.
What is the name given to the disease that makes people vomit right after eating?
Bulimia is a psychological disorder that compels individuals to forcibly vomit their meals, in order to prevent gaining weight. Some physical diseases can also cause nausea and vomiting.
What is the name given to people who have alleles for a disease but do not have the disease themselves?
Carriers
What are the demographics of ALS?
About 20,000 people in the United States have ALS at any given time with 5,000 new cases diagnosed every year. Persons of all races and ethic groups are afflicted by the disease, although men are more likely to have it than women.
What is the definition of leading health indicator?
A health indicator is a measurement of how many people in a population have a given disease.
Is prader-willi syndrome a common syndrome?
no it's not PWS occurs in 1 out of approximately 12,000 - 15,000, which classifies it as a rare disease. According to the Office Of Rare Disease Research (a division of the National Institutes for Health) "A rare (or orphan) disease is generally considered to have a prevalence of fewer than 200,000 affected individuals in the United States." Given the incident rate and population of the USA there's around 20,000 - 26,000 people in the USA who have PWS.
What chemical change occurs so that heat is given off?
this occurs in an exothermic reaction
Why is melatonin given to ferrets?
Melatonin can be used in the treatment of adrenal disease in ferrets.
Does Given have a schwa sound?
Yes. In the word 'given', the schwa occurs on the 'en' syllable.
Does given have schwa sound?
Yes. In the word 'given', the schwa occurs on the 'en' syllable.
Can a person develop aspergillus pneumonia after a lung repair operation?
Yes, that is very likely. Aspergillus infection occurs mainly in people having organ or bonemarrow transplant. These fungi, which are not infectious to people with normal immunity, can cause disease in the above mentioned patients because they are given some chemotherapy drugs (like cyclophosphamide). -Shrawan Bhandari, (Researcher in Aspergillus infection)
What is Postexposure prophylaxis?
It is any treatment given after exposure to a disease to try to prevent the disease from occurring
In plants what name is given to a region where mitosis occurs most frequently?
It occurs in meristematic tissues.
Can your husband have caught something from a woman he had an affair with and given it to you?
Yes, if a husband is caught having an affair with another woman he could have picked up a sexually transmitted disease and given it to the wife. People must realize that in most cases when they sleep with someone other than their mate that person could have slept with many people and picked up a sexually transmitted disease.
