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  2. Electromagnetic radiation and health - Wikipedia

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    The field strength of electromagnetic radiation is measured in volts per meter (V/m). [ 2]: 139. The most common health hazard of radiation is sunburn, which causes between approximately 100,000 and 1 million new skin cancers annually in the United States. [ 3][ 4] In 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for ...

  3. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Forms nouns that denote a person who 'feeds on' the first element or part of the word Greek φαγιστής (phagistḗs) eater; see -phagia: Lotophagi-phagy: Forms nouns that denotes 'feeding on' the first element or part of the word Greek φαγία (phagia) eating; see -phagia: hematophagy: phall-phallus: Greek φαλλός (phallós ...

  4. List of awareness ribbons - Wikipedia

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    List of awareness ribbons. It has been suggested that this article be merged with Pink and blue ribbon. ( Discuss) Proposed since March 2024. This is a partial list of awareness ribbons. The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness ...

  5. Extreme heat can be dangerous for runners, cyclists and ... - AOL

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    Pretty much everywhere in the U.S., the hottest part of the day is between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. The body will gain heat from both the air temperature and solar radiation. The ground also heats up ...

  6. Health effects of sunlight exposure - Wikipedia

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    Health effects of sunlight exposure. Exposing skin to the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight has both positive and negative health effects. On the positive side, exposure allows for the synthesis of vitamin D 3. Vitamin D has been suggested as having a wide range of positive health effects, which include strengthening bones [ 1] and possibly ...

  7. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    ambiguous meaning, write out "days" or "doses". D5LR. dextrose 5% in lactated Ringer's solution ( intravenous sugar solution ) D5NS. dextrose 5% in normal saline (0.9%) ( intravenous sugar solution ) D5W, D 5 W. dextrose 5% in water ( intravenous sugar solution ) D10W, D 10 W. dextrose 10% in water ( intravenous sugar solution )

  8. List of emoticons - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based emoticons; these are commonly known as emoji.

  9. Radiation - Wikipedia

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    In physics, radiation is the emission or transmission of energy in the form of waves or particles through space or a material medium. [ 1][ 2] This includes: electromagnetic radiation consists of photons, such as radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, and gamma radiation (γ) particle radiation consists of ...