The contraceptive patch prevents pregnancy by delivering continuous levels of estrogen and progestin through the skin directly into the bloodstream so women are exposed to higher overall levels of estrogen, which may increase their risk of blood clots. The patch is waterproof and stays on in the shower, swimming pool, or hot tub.

Undergraduates living off campus are more active than those living on campus.

Type 1 diabetes develops most often in young people but cannot appear in adults.

Social health doesn’t necessarily mean joining organizations or mingling in large groups, but it does involve participating in your community, living in harmony with others, communicating clearly, and practicing healthy sexual behaviors.

 Gender identity, an individual’s internal sense of being male, female, both, or neither, is a product of both innate and external influences and can shift over time.

 Prediabetes is a condition in which blood glucose levels are lower than normal but not low enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. 

 Insulin resistance is a condition in which the body produces insulin but does not use it properly.

 The testes manufacture testosterone, the hormone that stimulates the development of a male’s secondary sex characteristics and sperm, the male reproductive cells. 

Thanks to medical advances, HIV has evolved into a chronic disease instead of a fatal one. 

Derived from the Greek word for seizure, epilepsy is the term used to refer to a variety of neurological disorders characterized by sudden attacks (seizures) of violent muscle contractions and unconsciousness.