To check your pulse and determine your heart rate during aerobic exercise, it is best to place your index and middle fingers on arteries located

An adult weighing 125 to 195 pounds will burn 29 to 44 calories per hour while sitting. While walking, the number of calories expended will increase by approximately what rate?

The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was designed to do all of the following EXCEPT

If you smoke, your risk for developing lung cancer depends MOST IMPORTANTLY on

Except for physical education classes in elementary and high school, Jayleen has been sedentary all her life. Motivated by her mother’s recent diagnosis of high blood pressure, Jayleen, now a junior in college, wants to improve her physical fitness. Her first step should be to

Your father was laid off six months ago but recently started a new job. He was able to keep his health insurance during the transition through

On a business trip, an executive engages in unprotected sex with a prostitute. A week later, he worries that he might have been infected with HIV and visits his healthcare provider for testing. His provider recommends a new combo fourth-generation test that detects antibodies and antigens to HIV more quickly than the standard antibody test. For greatest accuracy, how soon can the executive be tested?

Francisco just found out his HIV test is positive. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that prescription drug abuse is so common?

Two hours in to a six-hour hike on a cool fall day, it begins to rain. Helena has no rain jacket or poncho, and is wearing only lightweight clothing. Helena is at increased risk for