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1 sickle cell anemia 24x

2 tuberculosis 19x

3 Cholesterol 19x

4 the heart 16x

5 high blood pressure 15x

6 malaria 14x

7 Polio 13x

8 penicillin 13x

9 Hippocrates 13x

10 diabetes 13x

11 asthma 13x

12 rheumatoid arthritis 13x

13 rabies 12x

14 hepatitis 12x

15 chicken pox 12x

16 German measles 12x

17 whooping cough 11x

18 tetanus 11x

19 osteoporosis 11x

20 the liver 11x

21 the thyroid 11x

22 smallpox 10x

23 scurvy 10x

24 glaucoma 10x

25 aspirin 10x

26 the eyes 10x

27 the lungs 10x

28 the kidneys 10x

29 vitamin D 9x

30 hemophilia 9x

31 gout 9x

32 Dr. Spock 9x

33 Walter Reed 8x

34 shingles 8x

35 insulin 8x

36 hay fever 8x

37 blood 8x

38 the eye 8x

39 yellow fever 7x

40 the brain 7x

41 the appendix 7x

42 tennis elbow 7x

43 plasma 7x

44 ibuprofen 7x

45 hypertension 7x

46 cirrhosis 7x

47 cholera 7x

48 Alzheimer's 7x

49 acupuncture 7x

50 a migraine 7x

Sample Clues

Severe pain is a complication of this type of anemia characterized by & named for its misshapen red blood cells

sickle cell anemia

Frederic Chopin: this ailment "of the lungs & larynx", per his death certificate

tuberculosis

Studies show Lovastatin can reduce the level of this fatlike substance by 18-34%

Cholesterol

In the condition called dextrocardia, this organ is situated in the right-hand part of the chest

the heart

Also called hypertension, this is sometimes called "the silent killer" because of its lack of symptoms

high blood pressure

Sub-Areas

Chemistry / Elements 1,159

sickle cell anemia (12) tuberculosis (11) high blood pressure (10) hepatitis (9) hypertension (8) asthma (8) osteoporosis (7) William Harvey (6) the heart (6) laryngitis (6)

Other 1,001

cholesterol (11) Hippocrates (9) Dr. Spock (8) hay fever (6) the eyes (5) alcohol (4) acetaminophen (4) the head (4) teeth (4) impacted (4)

Medicine / Health 770

German measles (12) polio (9) aspirin (8) the thyroid (8) the heart (8) malaria (7) the brain (6) smallpox (6) blood pressure (5) yellow fever (5)

Biology / Animals 424

sickle cell anemia (10) penicillin (9) Massachusetts General Hospital (6) rabies (4) antibiotics (4) marrow (4) chicken pox (4) diabetes (4) tuberculosis (4) anthrax (4)

Math / Physics 145

whooping cough (8) morphine (4) a spinal tap (3) epilepsy (3) the spine (2) SARS (2) nearsightedness (2) the Hippocratic Oath (2) Myopia (2) cholesterol (2)

Astronomy / Space 87

vitamin D (7) mercury (5) Doctor Dolittle (2) a thermometer (2) the sun (2) sunlight (2) aloe vera (2) a tsunami (2) Dr. Kildare (2) the heart (2)

Botany / Plants 22

Dr. Watson (2) hay fever (2) the instinct that makes them turn their heads to their mothers & look for the breast (1) the root canal (1) John (1) ginseng (1) B (1) gasoline (1) Main Street (1) the eyes (1)

Earth Science 15

calcium (2) fluoride (2) Rocky Mountain spotted fever (2) Marlowe (1) ticks (1) Haley's M-O (1) kidney stone (1) a nimbus (1) gall stones (1) alcohol (1)