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Refractive Errors
Refractive error is a term used to describe an inability of images to focus properly on the retina of the eye. It is the most common cause of blurred vision, and may be a treatable component of poor vision in many ...
- Children's Health
- Adolescent Development
- Adolescent Health
- Adoption Medicine
- Alcohol and Youth
- Asthma in Children
- Birth Defects
- Breech Birth
- Child Abuse
- Child Behavior Disorders
- Child Dental Health
- Child Development
- Child Mental Health
- Child Safety
- Childhood Cancers
- Childhood Immunization
- Diabetes Type I (Juvenile Diabetes)
- Dysmorphology
- Exercise for Children
- Failure to Thrive
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Hearing Problems in Children
- Infant and Newborn Care
- Infant and Toddler Development
- Infant and Toddler Health
- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Neonatologist
- Neonatology
- Pediatrics
- Premature Babies
- Prenatal Care
- Rickets
- Smoking and Youth
- Spina Bifida
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
- Tanner Stages
- Countries: Africa
- Algeria
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- Countries: Americas
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- Countries: Pacific
- Diseases, Cancers
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- Diseases, Localized
- Acid Reflux
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- Bone Diseases
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- Brain Diseases
- Brain Injuries
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- Celiac Disease
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- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Cirrhosis
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- Colon Polyps
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- Concussion
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- Dental Health
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- Diarrhea
- Digestive Diseases (General)
- Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis
- Dysphagia
- Ear Disorders
- Ear Infections
- Elbow Injuries and Disorders
- Emphysema
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- Eye Diseases (General)
- Facial Injuries and Disorders
- Foot Health
- Foot Injuries and Disorders
- Fractures
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Diseases
- Gastroesophageal Reflux/Hiatal Hernia
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Genetic Brain Disorders
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- Hand Injuries and Disorders
- Head and Brain Injuries
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- Head Lice
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- Heart Attack
- Heart Diseases (General)
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- Hernia
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- Huntington's Disease
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
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- Kidney Diseases (General)
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- Kidney Stones
- Knee Injuries and Disorders
- Leg Injuries and Disorders
- Liver Diseases (General)
- Low Vision
- Meniere's Disease
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- Neck Disorders and Injuries
- Neural Tube Defects
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- Onchocerciasis
- Paget's Disease of Bone
- Pancreatic Diseases
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- Raynaud's Disease
- Respiratory Diseases (General)
- Retinal Disorders
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- Rosacea
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- Scoliosis
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
- Shoulder Injuries and Disorders
- Sinusitis
- Skin Diseases (General)
- Skin Pigmentation Disorders
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spleen Diseases
- Stomach Disorders
- Taste and Smell Disorders
- Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
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- Thyroid Diseases
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- Usher Syndrome
- Vitiligo
- Voice Disorders
- Wrist/Arm Injuries and Disorders
- Diseases, Systemic
- E. Coli Infections
- Acquired Mutation
- Addison's Disease
- AIDS
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- AIDS-Related Malignancies
- Alcoholism
- Allergy
- Anemia
- Anorexia Nervosa
- Arthritis
- Autoimmune Diseases (General)
- Bacterial Infections
- Beriberi
- Bird Flu
- Bleeding Disorders
- Botulism
- Bulimia
- Bursitis
- Cerebral Palsy
- Chagas Disease
- Chickenpox
- Cholera
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Coma
- Common Cold
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Degenerative Nerve Diseases
- Dengue
- Developmental Disabilities
- Diabetes
- Diabetes Type II
- Diphtheria
- Disabilities (General)
- Dizziness and Vertigo
- Down Syndrome
- Dystonia
- Eating Disorders
- Edema
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
- Endocrine Diseases (General)
- Epilepsy
- Fainting
- Fever
- Filariasis/Elephantiasis
- Food Allergy
- Foodborne Diseases
- Fungal Infections
- Gaucher's Disease
- Genetic Disorders
- Germline Mutation
- Giardia Infections
- Growth Disorders
- Guillain-Barre Syndrome
- Hemorrhagic Fever
- Herpes Simplex
- High Blood Pressure
- Hyperactivity
- Hypoglycemia
- Hypothermia
- Immune System and Disorders
- Infectious Diseases (General)
- Influenza
- Klinefelter's Syndrome
- Kwarshiorkor
- Lactose Intolerance
- Lead Poisoning
- Legionnaire's Disease
- Leishmaniasis
- Leprosy
- Leukodystrophies
- Lou Gehrig's Disease
- Low Blood Pressure
- Lupus
- Lyme Disease
- Lymphatic Diseases
- Malaria
- Marasmus
- Marfan Syndrome
- Measles
- Meningitis
- Metabolic Disorders
- Missense Mutation
- Movement Disorders
- Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Mumps
- Muscle Disorders
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myasthenia Gravis
- Myositis
- Nausea and Vomiting
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neurologic Diseases (General)
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Nonsense Mutation
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
- Pain
- Paralysis
- Parasitic Diseases
- Parathyroid Disorders
- Parkinson's Disease
- Peripheral Nerve Disorders
- Phenylketonuria
- Pituitary Disorders
- Point Mutation
- Poisoning
- Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Porphyria
- Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Psoriasis
- Rabies
- Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- Rett Syndrome
- Reye Syndrome
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rubella
- Salmonella Infections
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Seizures
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
- Shistosomiasis
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Smallpox
- Somatic Mutation
- Staphylococcal Infections
- Streptococcal Infections
- Stress
- Stroke
- Tay-Sachs Disease
- Tetanus
- Tourette Syndrome
- Transient Ischemic Attack
- Tremor
- Tuberous Sclerosis
- Turner's Syndrome
- Typhoid
- Vasculitis
- Viral Infections
- Whooping Cough
- Wilson's Disease
- Drugs and Drug Companies
- Adult Immunization
- Amphetamines
- Anabolic Steroids
- Antibiotics
- Drug and Medical Device Safety
- Generic Drug
- Immunization/Vaccination
- Inhalants
- Maintenance Medication
- Me-Too Drug
- Over-the-Counter (OTC) Drug
- Pharmaceutical Industry (Worldwide)
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacoepidemiology
- Pharmacogenetics
- Pharmacogenomics
- Pharmacologist
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacopeia/Pharmacopoeia
- Pharmacy
- Placebo
- Prescription Drugs Abuse
- United States Pharmacopeia and National Formulary (USP-NF)
- Health Sciences
- Acquired Immunity
- Active Immunity
- Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
- Aerospace Medicine
- African American Health
- AIDS, Living with
- Air Pollution
- Alcohol Consumption
- Allele
- Allopathy
- Alpha Error
- Alternative Medicine
- Alzheimer's Caregivers
- Amputees
- Anthrax
- Antioxidants
- Artificial Limbs
- Asian American Health
- Background Radiation
- Bacteriology
- Base Excision Repair
- Base Pair
- Base Sequence
- Beta Error
- Biochemistry
- Biodefense
- Bioinformatics
- Biological and Chemical Weapons
- Biomarker
- Biosafety
- Bioterrorism
- Birth Cohort
- Birth Rate
- Bisexual
- Body Cell Mass
- Body Mass Index
- Body Surface Area
- Bone Health
- Bone Mass Density
- Bone Mineral Density
- Brown Fat
- Burns
- Caffeine
- Calcium
- Cancer—Coping with Cancer
- Cardiologist
- Cardiology
- Caregivers
- Carotenoid
- Cascade
- Centenarian
- Cervical Spine
- Chemokine
- Chemokinesis
- Chinese Medicine, Traditional
- Cholesterol
- Chromosome
- Chronology of Global Health
- Circadian
- Clone
- Club Drugs
- Cocaine Abuse
- Coefficient of Inbreeding
- Complex Humanitarian Emergencies
- Conventional Medicine
- Craniology
- Crossing Over
- Crude Mortality Rate
- Cytogenetics
- Cytokine
- Daily Reference Values (DRVs)
- Date Rape
- Death and Dying
- Death Rate
- Demographic Transition
- Diesel Exhaust
- Dieting
- Disasters and Emergency Preparedness
- Disease and Poverty
- Disease Prevention
- Dizygotic Twin
- DNA
- DNA Repair
- Drinking Water
- Drug Abuse
- Dyslexia
- Ecogenetics
- Ectoparasites
- Elder Abuse
- Electromagnetic Fields
- Electrophysiology
- Empiric Risk
- Endemic
- Endocrinology
- Engram
- Environmental Health
- Environmental Medicine
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)
- Environmental Toxicology
- Epidemic
- Epidemiologist
- Epidemiology
- Epigenetics
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Exercise for Seniors
- Exercise/Physical Fitness
- Eye Care
- Falls
- False Negative
- False Positive
- First American Medical School
- Flea Bites
- Fluoride
- Folic Acid
- Food Contamination/Poisoning
- Food Safety
- Forensic Medicine
- Fraternal Twins
- Gastroenterologist
- Gastroenterology
- Gay Gene
- Gene Pool
- Genetic Code
- Genetics
- Genomic Library
- Genotype
- Geriatrics
- Gerontology
- Global Health Ethics
- Hair Dye
- Haploid
- Hardy-Weinberg Law
- Healthcare, Africa
- Healthcare, Asia and Oceania
- Healthcare, Europe
- Healthcare, South America
- Healthcare, U.S. and Canada
- Heart Diseases—Prevention
- Heat Index
- Hematologist
- Hematology
- Hemizygous
- Hemochromatosis
- Herbal Medicine
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- Herbalism
- Herbalist
- Heroin Abuse
- Heterosexual
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- Histology
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- Homicide
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- Homozygote
- Hormones
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- Immunologist
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- Inbreeding
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- Indoor Air Pollution
- Infertility
- Innate Immunity
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- Molds
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- Mortality
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- Native American Health
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- Nephrologist
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- Neuroendocrinology
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- Neurology
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- Neuroscience
- Neuroscientist
- Noise
- Nuclear Medicine
- Nutrition
- Nutritionist
- Obesity
- Occupational Health
- Occupational Injuries
- Occupational Medicine
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- Optometrist
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- Organ Donation
- Orthomolecular Medicine
- Orthopedics
- Orthopedist
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- Otology
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- Ozone
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- Pesticides
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- Radiologist
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- Radon
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- Refractive Errors
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- Satellite DNA
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- Spider Bites
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- Sun Exposure
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- Telepathology
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- United States Statistics
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- Unsaturated Fat
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- West Nile Virus
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- Organizations and Associations
- Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA)
- Alzheimer's Association
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- American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry (AAAP)
- American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
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- American Diabetes Association (ADA)
- American Fertility Association (AFA)
- American Geriatrics Society (AGS)
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- American Obesity Association (AOA)
- American Osteopathic Association
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- American Society on Aging (ASA)
- American Urological Association (AUA)
- Association for International Cancer Research (AICR)
- Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs (AMCHP)
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- Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN)
- European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)
- European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO)
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- Human Genome Organisation (HUGO)
- Institute for Children's Environmental Health (ICEH)
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- International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE)
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- International Society of Geographical and Epidemiological Ophthalmology (ISGEO)
- International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC)
- Médicins Sans Frontières
- MedicAlert
- National Asian Women's Health Organization (NAWHO)
- National Association of Health Data Organizations (NAHDO)
- National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA)
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- National Environmental Health Association (NEHA)
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- National Women's Health Organization (NWHO)
- North American Association for the Study of Obesity (NAASO)
- Pasteur Institute
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- Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA)
- Society for Nutrition Education (SNE)
- Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE)
- Voluntary Euthanasia Society (VES)
- People
- Abse, Dannie
- Ames, Bruce N.
- Avery, Oswald Theodore
- Axelrod, Julius
- Beals, Rodney K.
- Beijerinck, Martinus W.
- Bell, Charles
- Blackwell, Elizabeth
- Bross, Irwin D.J.
- Brown, Louise
- Brown, Michael Stuart
- Calabresi, Paul
- Casals-Ariet, Jordi
- Chekhov, Anton
- Chen, Zhong Wei
- Crick, Francis
- Da Vinci, Leonardo
- Darwin, Charles
- Ehrlich, Paul
- Farmer, Paul
- Fredrickson, Donald
- Gage, Phineas
- Galton, Sir Francis
- Gibbon, John H., Jr.
- Hardy, James D.
- Hounsfield, Godfrey
- Hughlings Jackson, John
- Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth
- Kelman, Charles D.
- Kirklin, John W.
- La Montagne, John
- Lauterbur, Paul C.
- Lederberg, Joshua
- Lewis, Edward B.
- Mansfield, Peter
- Marx, Gertie F.
- McClintock, Barbara
- Mead, Margaret
- Moscati, St. Joseph
- Nirenberg, Marshall W.
- Osler, Sir William
- Parkinson, James
- Pasteur, Louis
- Pauling, Linus
- Ramsay Hunt, James
- Rodbell, Martin
- Roentgen, Wilhelm
- Sabin, Albert
- Sabin, Florence R.
- Sachs, Jeffrey
- Schweitzer, Albert
- Soper, Fred L.
- Stewart, Alice
- Stickler, Gunnar B.
- Thomas, Lewis
- Thorn, George W.
- Varco, Richard L.
- Warshaw, Joseph
- Watson, James
- Wilkins, Lawson
- Zoll, Paul M.
- Procedures and Therapies
- Acupuncture
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- Diagnostic Imaging
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- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA)
- Exercise Treadmill Test
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- Gene Array Analysis
- Gene Mapping
- Gene Silencing
- Gene Transfer
- Genes and Gene Therapy
- Genetic Testing/Counseling
- Genetic Transformation
- Genomic Imprinting
- Heart Bypass Surgery
- Heart Transplantation
- Immunosuppression
- Immunotherapy
- Kidney Transplantation
- Laboratory Tests
- Liver Transplantation
- Lung Transplantation
- Microsurgery
- Oral Rehydration Therapy
- Organ Transplantation
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- Stem Cells/Stem Cell Transplantation
- Surgery
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- Research
- Society and Health
- Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
- Administration on Aging (AoA)
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
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- Insurance
- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)
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