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  2. Injury in humans - Wikipedia

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    An injury is any physiological damage to living tissue [1] caused by immediate physical stress. Injuries to humans can occur intentionally or unintentionally and may be caused by blunt trauma, penetrating trauma, burning, toxic exposure, asphyxiation, or overexertion. Injuries can occur in any part of the body, and different symptoms are ...

  3. List of health insurance chief executive officers in the ...

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    John D. MacArthur, former president, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Bankers Life [20] Michael McCallister , chief executive officer of Humana from 2000 to 2012 [ 21 ] William W. McGuire , chief executive officer of UnitedHealth until he stepped down along with director William G. Spears following a U.S. Securities and ...

  4. List of neurological conditions and disorders - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of major and frequently observed neurological disorders (e.g., Alzheimer's disease), symptoms (e.g., back pain), signs (e.g., aphasia) and syndromes (e.g., Aicardi syndrome). There is disagreement over the definitions and criteria used to delineate various disorders and whether some of these conditions should be classified as ...

  5. List of United States insurance companies - Wikipedia

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    In 1820, there were 17 stock life insurance companies in the state of New York, many of which would subsequently fail. Between 1870 and 1872, 33 US life insurance companies failed, in part fueled by bad practices and incidents such as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. 3,800 property-liability and 2,270 life insurance companies were operating in ...

  6. Functional disorder - Wikipedia

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    There are many examples of symptoms that individuals may experience; some of these include persistent or recurrent pain, fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath or bowel problems. Single symptoms may be assigned a diagnostic label, such as "functional chest pain", "functional constipation" or "functional seizures".

  7. List of biosafety level 4 organisms - Wikipedia

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    The USDA animal safety list is located at 9 CFR Subchapter B. [4] Not all select agents require BSL-4 handling, namely select bacteria and toxins, but most select agent viruses do (with the notable exception of SARS-CoV-1 which can be handled in BSL3). Many non-select agent viruses are often handled in BSL-4 according to facility SOPs or when ...

  8. Repetitive strain injury - Wikipedia

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    Miners and poultry workers, for example, must make repeated motions which can cause tendon, muscular, and skeletal injuries. [15] [16] Jobs that involve repeated motion patterns or prolonged posture within a work cycle, or both, may be repetitive. Young athletes are predisposed to RSIs due to an underdeveloped musculoskeletal system. [17]

  9. Multiple chemical sensitivity - Wikipedia

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    For example, in 1996 the International Programme on Chemical Safety proposed calling it idiopathic environmental illness, because of their belief that chemical exposure may not the sole cause, [7] while another researcher, whose definition includes people with allergies and acute poisoning, calls it chemical sensitivity.