name/history of the disease The name celiac comes from "coeliac" which is derived from the Greek Koilia‚ which means belly. The "coeliac flux" is an old expression meaning the same as diarrhea. The disease celiac is not just diarrhea though it just means that the disease pertains to the abdomen. The celiac disease comes from early farmers and hunters. But because the wheat and grain of the crops and fields did not have high levels of gluten they were not exposed to the disease very often. Those
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Karly Rodgers PSY 201 June 8‚ 2012 Cancer Prevention Despite numerous forms of cancer and rising rates throughout America‚ there are several means of prevention one can take in order to reduce the likelihood of developing cancer. There are several lifestyle changes‚ as well as substances‚ many could give up in order to reduce their risk of contracting cancer drastically. Smoking cigarettes‚ chewing tobacco‚ breathing secondhand smoke‚ and alcohol use all go hand in hand in cancer development
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the first year of life and then the second prior to when a child starts school. Due to more current outbreaks of the mumps a third booster has been introduced as a control measure‚ but only in select cases. According to the (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) in 2013 there was 584 cases reported‚ 2014- 1‚223‚ 2015- 1‚057 and in 2016 forty-five states have reported cases with five of them having over a hundred cases‚ all totaling 2‚345 as of current date. In my opinion‚ a significant
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treatment for schizophrenia? What is schizophrenia and what are the symptoms – Figure 1 Schizophrenia is a brain disorder which can affect a person’s mental well-being. Suffering from schizophrenia can terrify people and make them withdrawn from family and friends or make them extremely agitated. Some people with the disorder are known to hear voices‚ believe people are trying to harm them or are reading their minds. The exact cause is unknown‚ however many scientists believe that genes and environment
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Guinea worm water disease‚ it’s caused by the parasites that live and develop in contaminated water such as pond. This disease infects population when they drink or contact to water that has been contaminated by this parasite. The guinea worm is a global health problem and every individual can get exposed to it‚ it has become so common in the recent times because of the global water shortages‚ therefore some people forced to use even the dirty and contaminated water for their daily use‚ as lack of
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What Is Rickets? Alishia Keef Virginia College What Is Rickets? Rickets is a disease of bone most commonly caused worldwide by a deficiency of vitamin D. The deficiency may be caused by a lack of vitamin D in the diet‚ a lock of exposure to sunlight‚ or a problem the body has with absorbing or using vitamin D. Rickets is characterized by improper hardening of the bones‚ resulting in skeletal deformities if left untreated. Rickets affects primarily infants and children because bone growth
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As a new era dawns upon us many people find themselves asking the question; "What is Alzheimer ’s Disease?" Alzheimer ’s Disease today affects almost all people in some way. Since the amount of lives this disease affects continues to increase epidemiologists have named Alzheimer ’s Disease‚ "The Disease of the Century". In 1906 a German neurologist Alois Alzheimer performed a neurological autopsy on a 56-year-old woman who had suffered deteriorating mental health for many years before her death
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chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease which is or relating to a disease caused by antibodies in the nerves and muscles. Nerve signals have to go back and forth
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"Shaking Palsy" has been around for a very long time. Today‚ we call it Parkinsons disease. Parkinsons was mentioned in an ancient Indian medical system known as Ayurveda‚ under the name Kampavata. The name later changed to Shaking Palsy by a well known physician- Galen. He spread the idea of this common disease through Western medical literature in 175 AD. After hundreds of years‚ a London doctor‚ by the name of James Parkinson‚ wrote a very detailed essay‚ which became the first modern attempt
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Coronary Heart Disease Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a disease in which a waxy substance called plaque (plak) builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart muscle. When plaque builds up in the arteries‚ the condition is called atherosclerosis (ATH-er-o-skler-O-sis). The buildup of plaque occurs over many years. (nhlbi.nih.gov) CHD AND TREATMENTS: CHD is the most common type of heart disease. In the United States‚ CHD is the #1 cause of death for
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