1.8 Learn About Noncommunicable Diseases
Health 7
Communicable and Noncommunicable Diseases Unit
1.8Learn about Noncommunicable Diseases
Objective: To explain noncommunicable diseases. Choose 3 of the diseases below, use the links provided to answer the following questions for the diseases you have chosen:
1. What is the name of the disease?
2. What is the cause of the disease? What are the risk factors for developing the disease?
3. What are the signs and symptoms of the disease?
4. How is it diagnosed, and explain treatment options.
5. Can it be prevented?
| Heart Disease |  | |
| Skin Cancer |  | |
| Asthma |  | |
| Stroke |  |
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| Leukemia |  | |
| Breast Cancer | |
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| Type 1 Diabetes |  | Mayo Clinic on type 1 Diabetes
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| Arthritis |  |