Index - D

Definitions
     actual causes of death, 14
     depression, 132-133
     health, 1

Degenerative diseases
     Alzheimer's disease, 101-104
     arthritis, 95-97
     multiple sclerosis, 99-100
     osteoporosis, 97-99
     Parkinson's disease, 100-101

Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), 152

Depression, 132-135
     See also Suicide DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), 152

Diabetes, 50-53, 50f, 51(f2.5), 51(f2.6), 52f, 91-93

Diagnosing diseases
     diabetes, 93
     diagnostic testing, 56-61
     lung cancer, 80-81
     medical history, 55-56
     multiple sclerosis, 99-100
     physical examinations, 56-58
     See also Screening and diagnostic testing Diet, 155, 159-163

Dietary supplements, 151

Disabilities by condition, 97t

Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), 97

Disease prevention
     birth defects, 8-10
     breast and cervical cancer, 47, 49, 49f
     cancer, 76-77, 77t
     clinical services for adults, 48f
     diabetes, 50-53
     Healthy People 2010 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), 54
     infectious disease immunization, 117-120, 118f-120f
     primary prevention, 43-46
     recommended immunization schedule, 45f
     secondary prevention, 46-49
     stroke, 71-72

DMARDs (disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs), 97

Drinking. See Alcohol consumption