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Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle Cell Disease is a hereditary blood disorder that affects the oxygen-carrying part of blood, the red blood cell. In other words, it is visible by diseased red blood cells that have a sickle shape. Red blood cells have proteins called hemoglobin. Hemoglobin transports oxygen from your lungs to every part of your body. When a normal red blood cell (with normal hemoglobin) releases its oxygen, it maintains its disc shape. However, when a diseased
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Harmful Habits & Infectious Disease Prevention
Harmful Habits and Infectious Disease Prevention Second Hand Smoke Second hand smoke can be a serious concern for smokers and non smokers alike. When one thinks of smoking, they think of individuals who smoke and the effects of lung cancer that are attributed to smoking. One usually never thinks that second hand smoke can be harmful. After all they are not the ones smoking tobacco. Each day in America 1,200 people die from smoking and
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Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease is very mentally debilitating disease. It was discover in 1906, by Alois Alzheimer, a German Physician. He had a patient that was in her fifties and who seemed to be suffering from a mental illness. When she died in 1906, the autopsy revealed dense deposits, which are now called neurotic plaques. They were outside and around the nerve cells in her brain. In the cells were neurofibrillay tangles or twisted strands of fiber.
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The Ethical Dilemmas of Genetic Testing for Huntington’s Disease
The Ethical Dilemmas of Genetic Testing for Huntington's Disease INTRODUCTION Huntington's Disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant, progressive, neurodegenerative disorder (Walker, 2007 and Harmon, 2007). The gene that causes the disease is located on the fourth chromosome and causes an abnormal number of repeats in the patient's genetic code (Harmon, 2007). Huntington's Disease can have devastating effects on patients' quality of life. The first symptoms of HD generally start between the ages of 30 and
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Under Acknowlege Disease
The Under Acknowledged Disease Depression is a disease that afflicts the human psyche in such a way that the afflicted tends to act and react abnormally toward others and themselves. Therefore it comes to no surprise to discover that adolescent depression is strongly linked to teen suicide. Adolescent suicide is now responsible for more deaths in youths aged 15 to 19 than cardiovascular disease or cancer (Blackman, 1995). Despite this increased suicide rate, depression in
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The Wilson’s Disease
The Wilson’s Disease The Wilson’s disease is a genetic disorder of the thirteenth chromosome. This disease is an inherited disease and it is mostly likely to be in all of the offspring if a parent had it. It is the unnecessary increase of copper in the liver and brain. This is cause by a defect in the transport of copper. Wilson’s disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the copper transport resulting in the
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Tay Sachs Disease
What is Tay-Sachs Disease? Tay-Sachs disease is a fatal genetic lipid storage disorder in which harmful quantities of a fatty substance called ganglioside GM2 build up in tissues and nerve cells in the brain. The condition is caused by insufficient activity of an enzyme called beta-hexosaminidase A that catalyzes the biodegradation of acidic fatty materials known as gangliosides. Gangliosides are made and biodegraded rapidly in early life as the brain develops. Infants with Tay-Sachs disease
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Alzheimer Disease
In 1901, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist, identified the first case of what became known as Alzheimer's disease, he studied his patient who within five years of study died from it, that is when the disease was announced publicly. The Alzheimer’s disease was only linked to those of a certain age about 45-65 and only later was it discovered that the disease itself could be linked to all ages. Eventually, the term Alzheimer's disease
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Disease in the Middle Ages
Disease in the Middle Ages There were more than 13 different diseases and illnesses ranging from rashes and boils to Leprosy and the Plague in the lifetime of the middle ages. As more people came into communities the more the diseases formed and spread around. Also these were part of an everyday life for men and women in that time period. Usually when people think of the Middle Ages they automatically think of the Plague,
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are among the most common infectious diseases in the United States today. More than 20 different STDs have been identified, and 13 million men and women are infected each year in the United States. Depending on the disease, the infection can be spread through any type of sexual activity involving the sex organs or the mouth; the infection can also be spread through contact with blood during sexual activity. STDs affect
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Chronic Disease
Diabetes: An incredibly scary word that causes most people to cringe when heard; especially if it happens to be prevalent in an individual’s family history. If faced with the possibility of having diabetes the best thing to do is to become informed about the chronic disease by talking to a doctor, doing research on the internet or at the library, or perusing through a bookstore and buying a couple of books on the subject of
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Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease Introduction: Imagine waking up and not being able to remember where you put your keys. This is a likely scenario for anyone of us. People forget things; that’s just the way life is. Now imagine waking up one morning and not knowing who is next to you. Memory loss is the first main symptom for a person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Though this situation may seem a bit drastic, this is the degree
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Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease In 1906, a German Physician by the name of Dr. Alois Alzheimer’s first noticed signs of a mental disorder which has come to be known as Alzheimer’s disease (AD). AD is a progressive brain disorder that involves the parts of the brain that control thoughts, memories, and language. It also affects a person’s ability to learn reason, make proper judgments, and even carry out daily activities. Although AD is becoming more and more
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Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases Teenage sexual activity is under looked by many people in today's society. Sexual activity at a young age is bad because many teenagers are unaware of the results that may occur. Results that could are the transfer of sexually transmitted diseases such as herpes, gonorrhea, AIDS, and Chlamydia. These results can affect the lives of people in great ways. These are mainly transmitted through teenagers because they are simply
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Addisons Disease
Addison’s Disease Rachel Phelps Addison's disease (also known as chronic adrenal insufficiency, hypocortisolism or hypocorticism) is a rare endocrine disorder in which the adrenal gland produces insufficient amounts of steroid hormones . It may develop in children as well as adults, and may occur as the result of a large number of underlying causes. The condition is named after Dr Thomas Addison, the British physician who first described the condition in his 1855 On the
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Chronic Disease Paper
Chronic Disease Paper A chronic disease is one that has symptoms that recur over and over, and can become better or worse over time. These types of diseases, “…cannot generally be cured, but an individual can often minimize the negative effects of a chronic disease through sane, healthy living and medical treatment.” (MSUcares.com, 2005) Diabetes is just one chronic disease that affects many people in this country. To begin, a brief discussion will follow describing
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Disease of Doubt
There are many anxiety disorders that make people act irrationally. One of these disorders is Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, also known as the “disease of doubt.” (Mueller p.26) This is because the sufferer cannot rely on what is possible or what will happen in any given situation. OCD is different from other anxiety disorders because the individual is focused more on fear and avoidance of specific thoughts or ideas, as opposed to other anxiety disorders.
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Celiac Disease: An Often Missed Diagnosis
Celiac disease: an often missed diagnosis Commonly referred to as wheat allergy, celiac disease is not an allergic disorder; rather it is actually intolerance to gluten, a protein in wheat. It is also known as celiac sprue, nontropical sprue and gluten-sensitive enteropathy. Celiac disease occurs in people who have a genetic susceptibility. It was considered a north European disease initially but now it has a high prevalence in all the continents. In north- India it
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Sensitive Gut (Harvard Special Health Reports) In consultation with Lawrence S. Friedman, M.D. Stanford, CT In this article, you are informed about a disease that is occurring more often in our society. It is commonly referred to as “heartburn” but is more appropriately named acid reflux disease or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Most people suffer from this disease, but think nothing of it. Perhaps they have felt it after a big meal,
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Als Disease Oral Notes
ALS- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Lou Gehrig’s disease- Yankee B-Ball player 1903-1941 Neurodegenerative disease- Unknown cause breaks tissue down in nervous system. Motor Neurons- they control muscle movement Affects nerves from the brain to the spinal cord (upper motor neurons) then the lower spinal cord (lower motor neurons) which control muscle movement. With this disease, for unknown reasons, these neurons die, meaning a progressive loss of the ability to move nearly any of the muscles in
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Cardiovascular Disease: Atherosclerosis and Hypertension
Cardiovascular Disease also known as coronary heart disease encompasses diseases of the heart and blood vessels. The two most common forms of cardiovascular disease are atherosclerosis and hypertension (chronic high blood pressure). Both of these conditions involve the damage of blood vessels. Hypertension and atherosclerosis paired equal the greatest threat to the development of heart disease and ultimately death (Missoula County, 2004). Atherosclerosis means “hardening of the arteries”; this is caused by a build up
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Addison’s Disease
Addison’s disease Addison’s disease is a disorder of the endocrine system. It is a hormonal disorder that can strike anyone, any gender at any age. Addison’s disease has also been called Adrenal Insufficiency (hypocortisolism) because the root of the disease is in the adrenal gland not producing enough of the hormone cortisol, or sometimes not enough of the hormone aldosterone to satisfy the body’s needs. Cortisol is in the class of hormones called glucocorticoids and
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Sexually transmitted diseases that can be passed between people during sexual contact have plagued humankind throughout history. The two main venereal diseases in the United States have traditionally been gonorrhea and syphilis. Scientists now know that many other diseases can be passed during sex. More than thirty sexually transmitted diseases have been identified. The names of such sexually transmitted diseases as acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and gonorrhea are known to most people; however, other sexually
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Behind the Battles: Causes of Disease
Behind the Battles: Causes of Disease When studying Civil War history, attention is often given to battles, generals and the politics of the war. Beneath all of these matters was something much different. Diseases of all forms doomed soldiers of both the North and the South. Disease claimed the lives of more soldiers than any combat deaths, wounds, injuries or burns. It is referred to as the "natural biological warfare," and it spread rapidly throughout
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What Degree of Addiction Can Be Considered a Disease/medical Condition, Excusable for Misconduct?
Outline Introduction Key question: What degree of addiction can be considered a disease/medical condition, excusable for misconduct? Author’s position: Addiction is not a clear cut medical condition and adopting the disease model of addiction has serious ramifications for American society. Macro level appraisal of author’s argument Micro level appraisal of author’s argument · Fallacious reasoning and claims · Usage of concepts and lack of definition · Unacceptability and insufficiency of claims Conclusion Passage Analysis In
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