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True or False: Disease Edition!

Ready to check your disease info? Let's get to it.

Shai K. 11/9/2020

In this quiz, we're going to give you 12 facts about the most common diseases. You must select TRUE or FALSE for each fact. Note that the Coronavirus will not be included in this quiz since we have quizzes dedicated only to it. So, ready to check your disease info? Let's get to it.

Heart Disease is still the number one killer in the world (not including Corona)

True, it is still the number one reason of mortality

False, cancer is number one

People age 65 and older survive an average of 14 to 18 years after a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s dementia

True, it is about that

False, it is much less than that

Diabetes is the third leading cause of death in the US, after Cancer

True, although it may be over-reported

False, it is further down the list, although it may be under-reported

The flu virus, influenza, can live on surfaces for up to 5 hours

True

False, it's much more than that

A flu shot can lower your risk of contracting acute bronchitis as well

True, as influenza can lead to acute bronchitis

False, they have nothing to do with each other

Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in both men and women in the US

True, it kills about 150,000 in the US alone and 1.76 million in the world

False, first is pancreatic cancer, which kills about 3 million worldwide every year

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in American women

True, by a fair margin

False, first is skin cancer

Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability

False, that is diabetes type II

True

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is mainly caused by pollutants in the workplace

True, over 500,000 diagnosed for this reason in 2018

False, the first cause is smoking

In Parkinson's Disease, no two people have the same exact symptoms

True

False, it is a well known and researched disease and we know exactly what symptoms to expect

Males tend to have a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease

True

False, it is women

Cirrhosis is a disease that affects the liver

True, it is mainly caused by alcohol or fatty liver disease

False, it is a kidney disease caused by improper nutrition

Need More Info

Unfortunately, your score was quite low, and since we are talking about the most common diseases known to man (except for Corona of course), we'd recommend you study this topic a little more - for your own good! If you'd like to look at the answers, click on 'Show Mistakes', but you can also choose to try again for a higher score!

Good Job, but Room For Improvement

You did great, and definitely know quite a bit about the most common diseases haunting our generation. But there were still some you got wrong and there is indeed room to get an even higher score. So you can play again for a higher score or look at your mistakes.

Hard Fooling YOU!

Your knowledge of common diseases is as admirable as it is important in today's world. We have so much medical knowledge around us, it's important that we educate ourselves about the most important treasure we have - our body. Congratulations for acing this quiz!