| Addiction addiction" is used in many contexts to describe an obsession, compulsion, or excessive psychological dependence, such asdrug addiction (e.g. alcoholism), video game addiction, crime, money, work addiction, compulsive overeating, problem gambling, computer addiction, nicotine addiction, pornography addiction, plastic surgery addiction, etc.In medical terminology, an addiction is a state in which the body depends on a substance for normal functioning and may occur along with physical dependence, as in drug addiction. Addiction
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| Healthcare reform Healthcare reform is a general rubric used for discussing major health policy creation or changeshealthcare delivery in a given place. Healthcare reform typically attempts to Broaden the population that receives health care coverage through either public sector insurance programs or private sector insurance companies Expand the array of health care providers consumers may choose among Improve the access to health care specialists Improve the quality of health care Decrease the cost of health care Healthcare_reform
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| African-American Civil Rights Movement (1955–1968) Talk:African-American_Civil_Rights_Movement_(1955–1968)
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| Advance health care directive Advance health care directives, also known as advance directives or advance decisions, are instructions given by individuals specifying what actions should be taken for their health in the event that they are no longer able to make decisions due to illness or incapacity. Advance_health_care_directive
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| Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson () is a global American pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500. Johnson & Johnson is known for its corporate reputation, consistently ranking at the top of Harris Interactive's National Corporate Reputation Survey, ranking as the world's most respected company by Barron's Magazine, and was the first corporation awarded the Benjamin Franklin Award for Public Diplomacy by the U.S. Johnson_&_Johnson
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| Arthur Kellermann Dr. Arthur L. Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.E.P. (born 1955) is professor and founding chairman of the department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, and founding director of the Center for Injury Control at Rollins School of Public Health, a collaborating center for injury and violence prevention of the World Health Organization. Arthur_Kellermann
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| Smoking ban Smoking bans are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, which prohibit tobacco smoking in workplaces and/or other public spaces. Legislation may also define smoking as more generally being the carrying or possessing of any lit tobacco product. Smoking_ban
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| Precordial thump Precordial_thump
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| Osteogenesis imperfecta Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI and sometimes known as Brittle Bone Disease, or "Lobstein syndrome") is a genetic bone disorder. People with OI are born without the proper protein (collagen), or the ability to make it, usually because of a deficiency of Type-I collagen. Osteogenesis_imperfecta
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| Electronic health record An electronic health record (EHR) refers to an individual patient's medical record in digital format. Electronic health record systems co-ordinate the storage and retrieval of individual records with the aid of computers. EHRs are usually accessed on a computer, often over a network. Electronic_health_record
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| Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) is the United States' largest philanthropy devoted exclusively to health and health care. The foundation’s sole purpose is to help people in the U.S. live healthier lives and get the health care they need. Robert_Wood_Johnson_Foundation
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| State Children's Health Insurance Program Talk:State_Children's_Health_Insurance_Program
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| Invisible disability Invisible Disabilities are disabilities that are not immediately apparent.Some people with visual or auditory impairments who do not wear glasses or hearing aids may not be obviously impaired. (Some may wear contacts or have a cochlear implant instead.) A sitting disability is another category of invisible impairments. Invisible_disability
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| Big Chocolate Big Chocolate" is a pejorative business term assigned to multi-national chocolate food producers, much akin to the terms assigned to "Big Oil" and "Big Tobacco".According to fair trade proponents including Ghanaian cooperative Kuapa Kokoo, "Big Chocolate" companies are Cadbury plc, Mars, Nestlé, and The Hershey Company. Together these companies process about 12% of the world's 3 million tons of cocoa each year. Big_Chocolate
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| Youth mentoring Youth mentoring is the process of matching mentors with young people who need or want a caring, responsible adult in their lives. Adult mentors are usually unrelated to the child or teen and work as volunteers through a community-, school-, or church-based social service program. Although informal mentoring relationships exist, formal, high-quality mentoring matches made through local or state mentoring organizations are often the most effective. Youth_mentoring
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| Jay Winsten Jay Winsten is an associate dean at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Frank Stanton Director of the School's Center for Health Communication. He is best known for his work in social marketing, spearheading high-profile national social campaigns on designated driving, youth violence, and youth mentoring. He also serves as Senior Communications Advisor to the United Nations Special Envoy for Malaria. Jay_Winsten
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| Passive smoking Talk:Passive_smoking
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| Personal injury lawyer A personal injury lawyer is a lawyer who provides legal representation to those who claim to have been injured, physically or psychologically, as a result of the negligence or wrongdoing of another person, company, government agency, or other entity. law known as tort law, which includes civil wrongs and economic or non-economic damages to a person’s property, reputation, or rights. Personal_injury_lawyer
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