Important Health Awareness Days and HIV Prophylaxis
Important Health Awareness Days
January
- 30: World Leprosy Day and International Day of Nonviolence
February
- 4: International Day Against Cancer
- 11: World Day of the Sick
- 14: European Day of Sexual Health
- 27: National Day of Transplantation
- 28: Global Day of Rare Diseases
March
- 8: International Women’s Day
- 9: Renal Disease Day in Spain
- 12: World Glaucoma Day
- 14: European Day for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Risk
- 20: World Sleep Day
- 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
- 22: World
Workplace Safety and Occupational Health Hazards
Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Definition
The promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical, mental, and social well-being of workers in all occupations by preventing injuries, controlling risks, and the adaptation of work to people, and people to their jobs.
Occupational Hazards by Industry
- Mining: Risks from mine collapses, explosions, and power equipment; and inhaling coal dust, diesel fumes, and chemical exposure.
- Construction: Falls; exposures to paint and building material.
Natural and Artificial Defenses: Immunology and Medicine
Natural Defenses
Natural defenses are any defenses formed that act against a pathogen or illness.
- Genetic Resistance: Some individuals are immune to certain pathogens.
- Anatomic Barriers: These prevent the passage of pathogens within the organism.
- Inflammatory Response: Characterized by swelling, pain, etc. Phagocytes destroy the pathogen.
- Inducible Defenses: Specific defenses are triggered in response to the presence of an antigen. Lymphocytes, when presented with the foreign substance, respond by producing
Common English Slang and Informal Expressions
This is a list of common English slang terms and informal expressions with their definitions:
- It doesn’t work: It’s unacceptable.
- Keep mum: Keep quiet, do not say anything.
- Lamely: In a way that does not sound very confident or that does not persuade other people.
- Lane: A section of a wide road, that is marked by painted white lines, to keep lines of traffic separate.
- Leaned: To rest on or against something for support.
- Leaped: Jumped a long way.
- Little job: An informal expression used in an admiring way,
Common Medical Conditions and English Grammar
**Multiple Sclerosis**
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the brain and spinal cord, also known as the central nervous system. It attacks the sheath, causing communication problems between the brain and body. It can also cause nerve deterioration, muscle pain, spasms, pins and needles, and fatigue, depending on the nerve. There is no cure.
**Isaac Syndrome**
Isaac syndrome is a neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle stiffness, twitching (myokymia), cramping, sweating, and spasms during the night
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Concept of Health and Illness
Currently, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely as the absence of disease. As for the disease, it is defined as an altered state of health, i.e., a temporary or permanent loss of physical, mental, or social well-being.
Quality of Life and Life Expectancy
A person’s quality of life is defined in general terms by their degree of comfort, happiness, and satisfaction, allowing them to
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