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Ch. 9 Health and Wellness issues, Key Terms - Coggle Diagram
Ch. 9 Health and Wellness issues
Health care costs are rising significantly.
Congress enacted the Biologics Control Act in 1902, giving the FDA the authority to regulate geological products such as vaccines to ensure their quality.
Cigarette smoking is declining the US
Consumer health is an umbrella term encompassing the decisions consumers make about their health care and lifestyle
2.Many health car frauds exist. Be especially wary of suspicious cancer cures and HIV-AIDS cures. The FTC has clamped down on fraudulent treatments.
Health is your greatest asset.
Botox is a drug that is FDA-Regulated.
Debates on limiting cigarette smoking usually revolve around individual rights versus the rights of others. Most college campuses are smoke-free.
Some cosmetics and scents are aspirational products, meaning consumers aspire to own them.
Infectious disease is communicable from person to person; it is caused by invading microorganism such as viruses and bacteria.
The top causes of death in the US are heart disease, cancer, chronic lower raspatory disease, stroke, and unintentional accidents.
When it comes to cosmetics, there are no federal standards or definitions of the term
hypoallergenic
Key Terms
addictions
habits that have gotten out of control, resulting in a negative impact on one's health that often spills over into other aspects of life such as personal relationships or the ability to do work.
agent
the provider of health care
alcohol
a colorless, pungent liquid, is the intoxicating ingredient found in fermented liquors
aspirational products
consumers aspire to own them
biologics
include vaccines, blood and blood derivatives, allergenic patch tests and extracts, tests to detect HIV and hepatitis, gene therapy products, cells and tissues for transplantation, and new treatments for cancers and arthritis.
bioterrorism
the intentional spreading of disease-causing microorganisms or toxins
botox
made from a toxin produced by the bacterium
Clostridium botulinum.
chronic disease
a disease that develops and continues over a long period of time, usually caused by variety of factors in cluding lifestyle
consumer health
an umbrellas term encompassing the decisions that consumers make about health care, including products and services that they buy or that their insurance covers, and the decisions that they make about their lifestyle that affect health care needs.
cosmetics
products made to beautify the body by their external application
generic drug
a lower-cost copy of a brand-name drug that becomes available after the brand-name product's patent expires, typically after 15 years or more. usual cost is 30 % less that the brand-name drug but is sometimes as much as 75%.
hedonism
the fact that many products and behaviors provide sensory benefits-they taste, feel, look, or smell good to us.
infectious disease
is defined as a disease tht is communicable from person to person; the causes are invading microorganisms
junk science
When there is little or no evidence or proof to support claims.
lack of efficacy
the pill or treatment fails to produce the desired effect or outcome
prescription drugs
are obtained by written instruction, usually from a physician, for the preparation and use of drug.
principal
the consumer of health care services
quacks
unscrupulous individuals specializing in medical or health swindlers
recall
calling back products to protect the public from defective or potentially harmful products
science
systemized knowledge that is the object of study. the systematic enterprise of gathering knowledge about the world and organizing and condensing that knowledge into testable laws and theories.
malpractice insurance
The insurance doctors or clinics have in case they are sued by patients
Medicare
the federal health insurance program for people age 65 or older and many people with disabilities is the nation's largest health insurance that helps pay for doctors' services, outpatient care, test, home health visits, and other services.
nicotine
a poisonous addictive substance found in tobacco that is responsible for many of the effects of tobacco
over-the-counter (OTC)
nonprescription drugs
pandemic
an epidemic disease that spreads to a large region of worldwide
scientific literacy
The promotion of science education in the schools and in the community.
tanning
The body's responce to skin exposed to ultraviolet radiation (UV) from the sun.
tobacco
the leaves of cultivated plants prepared for smoking, chewing, or using as snuff
well-being
The state of being healthy, happy, or prosperous. Can be thought of as a process as well as being an end-state.
wellness
The ability to live life fully with optimal health and vitality, encompassing physical, emotional, intellectual, spiritual, interpersonal, social, and environmental well-being.
cues
advertisements, signs, packging, and other stimuli
drugs
chemicals other than foods intended to affect the structure or function of the body
e-cigarettes
handheld battery-operated vaporizers that simulate smoking but with out buring tobacco
fetal alcohol syndrome
long-term effects are those of babies to mothers who abused alcohol