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An inherited disorder involving premature ageing, persistent hardening of the skin, underdevelopment of the sex organs and cataracts. Werner syndrome (WS) is an autosomal recessive genetic disease that resembles premature aging (University of Washington, 2000). A genetic mutation on Chromosome 8, labeled WRN, is the cause of WS (National Institutes of Health [NIH], 1997). Although…

A disease in which the spinal muscles atrophy, making the muscles of the shoulders, arms and legs weak. In its most severe form, infants are born floppy, have feeding and breathing problems and rarely live more than two or three years. Werdnig-Hoffmann disease (also known as infantile spinal muscular atrophy Type I, or SMA I)…

A clinic which specialises in preventive medicine for women, e.g. breast screening and cervical smear tests, and gives advice on pregnancy, contraception and the menopause.  

A clinic just for men where they can get checkups, advice and health information.  

The state of being in good health and having good living conditions. A person’s sense of being in good physical and emotional health. A sudden lack of well-being can be a sign of disease.  

A clinic where parents can ask a doctor or nurse any questions they have about their child’s growth and development. Their babies can be weighed and measured and their development monitored.  

Healthy.  

Good health, good living conditions. Money paid by the government to people who need it.  

A test to see if someone has typhus, in which the person’s serum is tested for antibodies against Proteus vulgaris [Described 1916. After Edmund Weil (1880-1922) Austrian physician and bacteriologist; Arthur Felix (1887—1956), British bacteriologist.] A diagnostic test for typhus. A sample of the patient’s serum is tested for the presence of antibodies against the…