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Can you PLEASE help me solve these!? 10 extra points*?


Can you PLEASE help me solve these!? 10 extra points*?I'm taking my health class online and I have no clue what these questions mean!
PLEASEPLEASEPLEASEPLEASE
HELPP MEE!!!

What is a typical reason that a two-year-old should see a health care provider?

to be assessed for cancer
to receive an immunization
to have a Pap smear
to have blood work for cholesterol done

An injection of which of the following can help to the body improve one's own immunity and life-long resistance to specific types of infectious diseases?

hormones
vaccinations
chemotherapy drugs
antibiotics

Which health care professional would be responsible for providing an ultrasound to a pregnant woman to visualize the fetus and its development?

phlebotomist
registered nurse
dietitian
radiologic technician

Which birth defects occurs when the roof of the mouth does not fuse together?

Muscular Dystrophy
Spina Bifida
Down's Syndrome
Cleft Palate

The loss of which hormone contributes to osteoporosis?

insulin
oxytocin
estrogen
thyroxine

Which of the following behaviors will not help reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease?

using sunscreen
maintaining a healthy weight
exercising regularly
eating a low-fat diet

When the body doesn't produce insulin, what is the effect?

cells absorb too much glucose and the blood sugar is low
cells don't absorb enough glucose and the blood sugar is high
cells produce too much glucose and the body uses fat for energy
cells don't produce enough glucose and the body stores fat

What can people do to reduce their risk of developing type 2, or adult-onset, diabetes?

reduce salt intake
wear sunscreen or protective clothing when outside
take insulin regularly
eat a healthy diet and maintain a proper body weight

What can people do to reduce their risk of developing skin cancer?

reduce salt intake
wear sunscreen or protective clothing when outside
take insulin regularly
eat a healthy diet and maintain a proper body weight

What is the most prominent and preventable risk factor contributing to lung cancer?

air pollution
no insulin produced
lack of exercise
smoking

What is the single, most effective means of breaking the chain of infection?

wearing gloves when in direct contact with people
using disposable tissues for the cold or flu
washing hands frequently throughout the day
cooking and storing foods at their proper temperature

A fifty-two-year-old woman feels a squeezing, crushing pain in her chest. The pain also extends to her left arm, neck, and shoulder. She is short of breath. What is she suffering from?

diabetes mellitus
a stroke
a heart attack
breast cancer

What is metastasis?

swelling because of fluid retention in the abdomen
cancer cells leaving a tumor and invading other parts of the body
breathing into an inhaler to open up the airways
using a balloon on a long tube to flatten plaque in an artery

Which of the following best increases the chance of surviving nearly any type of cancer?

chemotherapy
radiation
early detection
surgery

What infection is transmitted by mosquitoes and is relatively new to the United States and can cause flu-like symptoms that can result in encephalitis?

West Nile Virus
lung cancer
heart disease
Alzheimer's disease

There have been documented cases of HIV being passed through all these ways except which of the following?

excessive sweating
breast-feeding
blood transfusions
sexual intercourse

Which of the following is a myth about HIV and AIDS?

There is no cure for HIV infection.
Only homosexual men get AIDS.
The virus that causes AIDS attacks the immune system.
Many HIV-infected people look and feel fine.

What is the most common way hepatitis A is transmitted?

fecal-oral route
sexual contact
contaminated needles
breast-feeding

How does HIV affect the body?

It infects red blood cells, decreasing the amount of oxygen the blood can carry.
It infects certain white blood cells, destroying the immune system and making the body susceptible to infection.
It infects the alveoli of the lungs, reducing lung capacity and the effectiveness of the respiratory system.
It infects blood-forming cells in the bone marrow, producing anemia and destroying the immune system.

Answer by stanleys_2001
Break this up into 5 - 10 questions.

Good luck.

HINT... they're all really obvious.

Answer by theosaletheia
dude thats rediculous.

Answer by muggs
1. B

Answer by chiclanda
some of these questions are hard but i few your making more complicated

Answer by Louise
Are you serious, you have no clue? Pull out the book you were suppose have read from and do that.

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