Understanding Disease

Concepts of health and disease; epidemiology; the causes of disease; the genetic basis of disease; the cellular basis of disease; disease and the environment; micro-organisms and disease; diet and disease; the biological basis of ageing; the impact of ageing; screening for disease and risk assessment; principles of screening; cohort screening; screening for disease risk factors; cancer; understanding cancers; lung cancer; breast cancer; cervical cancer; corectal cancer; prostate cancer; pathology and prevention of chronic disease; peptic ulcer and gastric neoplasia; coronary heart disease; cystic fibrosis; osteoporosis; diabetes mellitus; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Alzheimer's diease; Parkinson's disease.