Diseases

Enfermedades

Human health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Human Health and Safety

Vidas Saludables

Healthy Lives

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Specific events in a person's life that are significant and may require some sociological, psychological or physical change in that individual's pattern of living, such as marriage, divorce, birth of a child, illness, unemployment, bereavement, etc.

Life Events

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Human Diseases

Enfermedades Humanas

Diseases which have one or more of the following characteristics: they are permanent, leave residual disability, are caused by nonreversible pathological alteration, require special training of the patient for rehabilitation, or may be expected to require a long period of supervision, observation, or care. [NALT]
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Chronic Diseases

Enfermedades Crónicas

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Prevention

Prevención

Disease Prevention

The use of illegal substances or the inappropriate use of legal substances, including the repeated use of substances to produce pleasure, to alleviate stress, and/or to alter or avoid reality.

Substance Abuse

Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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Enfermedades Humanas

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Enfermedades Crónicas

Prevención

Substance Abuse

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