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Health Encyclopedia: Reportable Diseases

Reportable diseases

Definition

Reportable diseases are diseases considered to be of great public health importance. Local, state, and national agencies (for example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) require that such diseases be reported when they are diagnosed by doctors or laboratories.

This permits surveillance (i.e., the collection of statistics on the frequency with which the disease occurs), which in turn allows these agencies to identify trends in disease occurrence, as well as dis...

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Expert & Community Posts

How Does HIV/AIDS Dementia Differ from Alzheimer's?

By Christine Kennard , Health Expert

...disease that has reversed the trend and that is HIV/AIDS. It is the statistical increase that is... Read more »

HIV as Routine Screening?

By Amy Hendel , Health Expert

Last week on World AIDS Day, the American College of Physicians announced a new position on AIDS... Read more »

The AIDS Vaccine: None in Sight: What Now?

By healthgal , Health Expert

The most recent AIDs vaccine trials have not yielded success, in terms of discovering a vaccine... Read more »

Alzheimer's Research: Why Doesn’t the NIH Allocate FAIR Funding?!

By Jacqueline Marcell , Health Expert

...costs of AD and other dementias to Medicare, Medicaid and American Business is more than $148... Read more »

Is Breast Cancer Curable?

By PJ Hamel , Health Expert

Is there a more poignant question coming from the lips of a breast cancer survivor than this: "Am... Read more »

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Health Guide

STD Symptoms

...serious STD for which no effective treatment or cure now exists is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a fatal viral infection of the immune system. Major Types Diseases that can be... Read more »

Ulcerative Colitis: Risk Factors

...encouragement to smoke. Rather, patients should ask their doctor about trials using nicotine replacement aids.)Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding appears linked to lower risk for UC.Left-Handedness.... Read more »

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Bypass Surgery Patient Guide: Heart Bypass Information

...familiar with the case of Arthur Ashe, a well-known tennis player and activist who ultimately died of AIDS-related pneumonia. He acquired the AIDS virus from a transfusion received during a bypass... Read more »

Fibromyalgia: Medications

...relaxant. The goal is improving sleep and pain tolerance. Medications from other drug classes (sleeping aids, anti-convulsants, pain relievers) may also be prescribed. Patients receive drug... Read more »

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