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Which age group is most likely to experience sleep problems?
What is the recommended amount of sleep for midlife adults?
What percentage of Australians suffer from some kind of sleep disorder?
Which age group showed the strongest relationship between educational attainment and health?
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What was the main reason why people with low levels of educational attainment were at greater risk of early mortality and chronic health problems?
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Which factor predicted health from middle to late adulthood more strongly than income?
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Which type of cancer is the most common among men?
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Which type of cancer is the most common among women?
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Which lifestyle factor raises the risk of cancer the most?
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What is immunotherapy designed to do?
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Which group has a lower risk of osteoporosis compared to other groups?
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What is the leading cause of death among adults worldwide?
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What is the main factor that contributes to the risk of cardiovascular disease?
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What can prevent osteoporosis by building up bone mass and density?
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Which factor has been implicated in heart disease and can trigger coping behaviors such as smoking and overeating?
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Which country has the highest rates of cardiovascular disease due to a high-fat diet?
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Which country has the lowest rates of cardiovascular disease due to the consumption of red wine?
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Which group of people in Australia has the highest rates of cardiovascular disease?
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Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences midlife health?
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What is the success rate of immunotherapy for Hodgkin’s lymphoma?
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What is the recommended age for women in Australia to begin free breast screening?
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of 50-year-olds that predicts later health outcomes?
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True or false: Sleep problems become less common after age 40?
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True or false: Osteoporosis is more common among women than men?
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True or false: Medical authorities recommend 7-9 hours of sleep for midlife adults?
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True or false: Oestrogen loss after menopause places women at a higher risk of osteoporosis than men.
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True or false: People of African origin have a higher risk of osteoporosis due to their higher bone density.
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True or false: Lifestyle choices such as cigarette smoking and high alcohol consumption increase the risk of osteoporosis.
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True or false: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death among adults worldwide.
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True or false: Cancer is the leading cause of death among adults worldwide?
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True or false: Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer among women?
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True or false: Smoking is the lifestyle factor that raises the risk of cancer the most?
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True or false: Immunotherapy is a treatment for cancer that re-engineers cells from the patient's own immune system to attack cancer cells.
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True or false: The Americans' Changing Lives (ACL) study followed a nationally representative sample of Americans aged 25 and older for 15 years.
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True or false: People with high levels of educational attainment were less likely than others to die in middle adulthood.
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True or false: Education predicted health from middle to late adulthood more strongly than income did.
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True or false: Immunotherapy has a high success rate for all types of cancer.
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True or false: Mammograms are a perfect tool for screening for breast cancer.
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True or false: Limited economic resources have no impact on access to good food and health care.
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True or false: Smoking habits, alcohol abuse, and being overweight are strong predictors of later health outcomes.
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True or false: Rates of cardiovascular disease are highest in countries like Denmark and Russia due to a high-fat diet and smoking?
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True or false: Men are at a higher risk of cardiovascular disease compared to women mainly due to higher rates of smoking?
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True or false: Stress can contribute to heart disease through direct effects on the functioning of the heart as well as triggering coping behaviors such as smoking and overeating?
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True or false: Interventions to treat stress have been developed to reduce the risk of heart disease?
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