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Hepatitis
Hepatitis (plural hepatitides) implies inflammation of the liver characterized by the presence of inflammatory cells in the tissue of the organ. The name is from ancient Greek hepar (ἧπαρ), the root being hepat- (ἡπατ-), meaning liver, and suffix -itis, meaning "inflammation" (c. 1727). The...
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Alcoholism
Alcoholism has multiple and sometimes conflicting definitions. In common and historic usage, alcoholism is any condition that results in the continued consumption of alcoholic beverages, despite health problems and negative social consequences....
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Haemophilia
Haemophilia (also spelled hemophilia in North America, from the Greek haima αἷμα 'blood' and philia φιλος 'friend') is a group of hereditary genetic disorders that impair the body's ability to control blood clotting or coagulation, which is used to...
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Pregnancy
Pregnancy (latin "graviditas") is the carrying of one or more offspring, known as a fetus or embryo, inside the uterus of a female. In a pregnancy, there can be multiple gestations, as in the case of twins or triplets. Human pregnancy is the most...
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Intravenous drug use
Intravenous drug use refers to intravenous injection of recreational drugs (e.g., heroin, cocaine, amphetamines).
IV drug use is a relatively recent phenomenon arising from the invention of re-usable syringes and the synthesis of chemically pure...
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Health care provider
A health care provider or health professional is an organization or person who delivers proper health care in a systematic way professionally to any individual in need of health care services.
A hospital is an institution for health care, often but...
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Multiple sexual partners
Multiple sexual partners is a risk factor for some diseases.
