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US Drinking Patterns: Roughly, what % of people in the U.S.abstain from using alcohol?

40%

US Drinking Patterns: Roughly, what % of people in the U.S. engage in low risk drinking?

35%

US Drinking Patterns: Roughly, what % of people in the U.S. engage in medium/high risk drinking?

20%

US Drinking Patterns: Roughly, what % of people in the U.S. have some dependency on alcohol?

5%

Someone who drinks alcohol but doesn't get drunk, has no signs of addiction, doesn't drink heavily is called a ________.

Social drinker

Bad taste, vomitting, and passing out are ________ carried out by your body to get you to stop drinking.

Defense Mechanisms

What does BAC stand for?

Blood Alcohol Concentration

________ includes making decisions on health providers, hospitals, health plans, prescriptions, etc.

Consumer Health

'Renal' is to ________ as pancreatic is to pancreas.

Kidney

Aging theory that explains aging effects as consequences of constant use of the body

"Wear and Tear" Theory

Aging theory that states that the higher the person's average metabolism, the shorter their lifespan

"Rate of Living" Theory

Treats neuromuscular problems by adjusting the spine into proper alignment

Chiropractic medicine

Focuses on reaching people before they being to use drugs or other substances to keep them from becoming abusers/dependents in the first place

primary prevention

Aimed at people who have been abusing or dependent on substances for only a short time or who have tried to quit using. The goal is to prevent relapse and to reduce the chances of abuse and dependency getting worse

secondary prevention

Methods for people who have been abusing or dependent on substances for a long time

tertiary prevention

Process of becoming old

senescence

Form of dementia that causes personality changes, loss of social skills, loss of intellectual function, and speech disturbances

Pick's Disease

Disease caused by reduction of dopamine. Causes tremors and can result in memory and personality changes

Parkinson's Disease

Aging theory that states that w/ advancing age, the immune system is compromised in some areas and overreacts in others

"Immune" Theory

Aging theory that states that as cells split, the telomeres shrink, getting smaller and smaller each time they divide. Eventually this causes the cell to die and increases the chance of getting a terminal disease

"Telomere" Theory

Aging theory that proposes that free radicals, which are released during regular cell production from the electron transport chain, damage cells, including DNA

"Free Radical" Theory OR "Oxidative Damage" Theory

Degenerative disease that produces amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles of proteins and affects brain function

Alzheimer's Disease