The 1918 influenza pandemic was a worldwide outbreak of influenza A (H1N1) that lasted from 1918 into 1919 and is often called the Spanish flu. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 500 million people, roughly one third of the world’s population, were infected, and that at least 50 million died,
A global H1N1 influenza outbreak in 1918 and 1919 that infected about 500 million people and killed at least 50 million.
Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria evolve the ability to survive exposure to antibiotics that would previously have killed them or stopped their growth, rendering those drugs partially or completely ineffective against the resistant strain. It is a natural evolutionary process accelerated dramatically by widespread antibiotic use, and the World Health Organization and major public health
The ability of bacteria to survive exposure to antibiotics that would previously have killed them.
An anxiety disorder is a mental health condition characterized by excessive, persistent worry or fear that is disproportionate to the actual situation, difficult to control, and significant enough to interfere with daily functioning, relationships, or work. Anxiety disorders are distinguished from the normal, everyday anxiety most people experience occasionally, such as nervousness before a big
A mental health condition involving excessive, persistent worry or fear that interferes with daily functioning.
The Black Death was a plague pandemic that spread across Europe, Asia and North Africa in the middle of the 14th century, with its worst years in Europe between 1347 and 1351. It was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis and was the first wave of the second plague pandemic, which kept returning to Europe
A plague pandemic caused by Yersinia pestis that killed an estimated one third to one half of Europe's people between 1347 and 1351.
In simple terms Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of your blood vessels as the heart pumps it around the body. A reading has two numbers, such as 120/80. They are measured in millimeters of mercury, written mmHg, and show the pressure at its highest and lowest points in each
Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the blood vessels, recorded as two numbers such as 120/80 mmHg.
In simple terms Burnout is what the World Health Organization calls a syndrome resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed. It is tied to work. The WHO says the term refers specifically to the occupational context and should not be used to describe experiences in other areas of life. How it
Burnout is a syndrome the WHO describes as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. It is one of the major operating components of the Department of Health and Human Services, and it tracks disease, investigates outbreaks and publishes health data and guidance. History of the CDC The
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the national public health agency of the United States, based in Atlanta since its founding in 1946.
A clinical trial is a research study conducted with human volunteers to evaluate whether a new medical treatment, device, or intervention is safe and effective before it becomes available for general use. Clinical trials follow a structured, carefully regulated process designed to generate reliable evidence while protecting the rights and wellbeing of the people who
A research study with human volunteers to evaluate whether a new medical treatment is safe and effective.
In simple terms Cognitive behavioral therapy, usually shortened to CBT, is a structured talking therapy. The NHS describes it as a therapy in which a therapist helps you change how you think and act. The working idea is that thoughts, feelings and behavior pull on one another, so changing one can shift the others. How
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a structured talking therapy that works on the links between how a person thinks, feels and acts.
In simple terms Comorbidity describes a second condition present alongside the one being treated. Someone treated for heart failure who also has diabetes has a comorbidity. The related word multimorbidity drops the idea of a main condition. NICE defines it as the presence of two or more long term health conditions, with none ranked first.
Comorbidity means having one or more additional health conditions alongside a main one, at the same time in the same person.