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What is the definition of health?
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
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What is the definition of pathogen?
A bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.
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What are some comparisons between communicable and non-communicable
diseases ?
-> Communicable diseases can be spread
-> Non-communicable diseases cant be spread
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What is meant by a risk factor?
A risk factor is anything that can increase the risk of something (e.g. an infection/disease etc)
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How does UV radiation cause cancer?
UV radiation can caused damage to the DNA in our skin cells then causing cancer
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How can communicable diseases spread?
Contact with blood and bodily fluids; breathing in an airborne virus; or being bitten by an insect.
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What do bacteria cells produce that damage our cells?
Toxins
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What is a detailed explanation of how vaccines protects us from illnesses?
Vaccines cause an immune response to antigens by injecting a infection disease-causing pathogen
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