Whenever ice cream sales are high, polio cases are high. And whenever ice cream sales are low, polio cases are low. Ice cream sales and polio incidence are correlated, but there is no direct causal link between polio cases and ice cream sales. In other words...?   A. there is something else that causes both the changes in ice cream sales, and the changes in polio cases over the year.   B. eating ice cream causes people to visit swimming pools where polio is transmitted.   C. having polio causes people to eat more ice cream, but eating ice cream does NOT cause polio.

Those with AN _____ a. almost all recover. though recovery can tale 5 years or more b. is mixed, with half recovering and about 20% having chronic symptoms putting them at risk for death c. is split based on age of onset with almost all of those who develop between ages 11 and 14 having chronic symptoms d. almost never recover, with the vast majority continuing to meet diagnostic criteria for either AN or BN

Secondary hyperalgesia is : a. Outside of the lesion site b.Localized to the lesion area c.Caused by central sensitization d.Caused by peripheral sensitization e.A and C

Jim Bob Pharmaceuticals is testing a new anti-coughing drug, "Maplex". In 400 volunteers who took Maplex, 250 said they coughed less. Does this prove that Maplex is an effective anti-coughing drug? A. Not yet. We need to see whether the same percent of volunteers who took a placebo also report coughing B. There is no way to either prove or disprove that Maplex reduces coughing C. Yes

Answer the question by the number 2. How have these changed over the past 10 years? 3. Which of the top 5 causes of death can be attributable to communicable disease, non-communicable disease, and/or environmental diseases and injury? Do they have multiple causes? 4. Relating the top causes of mortality to "actual" causes of death (Table SO3.2), what cause would your group decided to focus public health initiatives to reduce mortality in America today? Why? Table is found on page 127 of your text in Section III. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm

In young children with a fever, is ibuprofen better than paracetamol at reducing the fever? make recommendations for future research.

Which of the following imaginary pieces of information does not represent a proportion or a %?   a. 80 out of 100 residents of a city own a car   b. One-thirds of a class session will be utilized for group exercises   c. 70% of students in a university are undergraduates   d. For every 100 vaccinated kids in a city, there are at least five who are not vaccinated

Vaccines are given to provide protection against pathogen causing infections. Which of the following statements best describes how vaccines work? a Fever and swelling develop which is the first response in killing a pathogen b. Antibodies in the vaccine provide the body with nonspecific immunity to an antigen. c. An inactivated or killed virus stimulates the body to develop specific immunity to that type of virus. d. Heathy bacteria causes the body to release toxins which will protect the body if later exposed to different type of bacteria.

Why is smallpox so dangerous?   A. It has killed more people in human history than any other disease that we know of.   B. It's transmitted by aerosol droplets and is therefore very contagious.   C. Transmission rates are around 60%, which is higher than Ebola.    D. All of the above

Why does a meat-eater's diet correspond to a much higher ecological footprint?