Crohn and his team founded a disease that we have now known as Crohn’s disease. (The Secret History of Crohn’s Disease) Dr. Crohn didn’t know much about the cause and development of Crohn’s back then‚ and it still seems to be that way today. There has been a great amount of improvement on discovering the source of Crohn’s‚ but there is still much to be done. More research and funding need to be put towards Crohn’s disease in order to find an exact cause of the disease. If we make this possible‚ then
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of BSE. The symptoms of this disease are similar to those in cattle. People with vCJD begin to lose their memory‚ and are unable to concentrate. They may experience a change in personality‚ emotional disturbance‚ or even madness (basically tired and crazy). The incubation period of this disease is from years to decades. The average age of death with classic CJD is 68 years. However‚ the average age of death with vCJD is 28 years. When the first signs of the disease surface‚ the infected person
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Communicable Disease Paper Tuberculosis Communicable diseases rely on fluid exchange‚ contaminated substance‚ or close contact to travel from an infected carrier to a healthy individual. Many people have never heard of a disease called tuberculosis (TB) or not fully aware how serious this disease really is. I will briefly summarize the research that was conducted on tuberculosis by describing the disease in details and discussing efforts to control it‚ indentify environmental factors related
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Abstract: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the major public health problems in the world. It is a well-known fact that around one million people suffer from Parkinson’s disease in the United States whereas the number of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease worldwide is around 5 million. Thus‚ it is very important for us to predict Parkinson disease in early stages so that we can take the necessary treatment. People are mostly familiar with the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease‚ however an increasing
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Introduction Some 7 million Americans suffer from coronary heart disease (CHD)‚ the most common form of heart disease. This type of heart disease is caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries that feed the heart. CHD is the number one killer of both men and women in the U.S. Each year‚ more than 500‚000 Americans die of heart attacks caused by CHD. Many of these deaths could be prevented because CHD is related to certain aspects of lifestyle. Risk factors for CHD include high blood pressure
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Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD) Coronary heart disease (CHD)‚ also known as ’ischemic heart disease’‚ is the most common form of heart disease. There are two major clinical forms – heart attack (often known as ’acute myocardial infarction’ or AMI) and angina. Coronary heart disease is the term that describes what happens when your heart’s blood supply is blocked or interrupted by a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries. Over time‚ the walls of your arteries can become clogged
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Center for Disease Control is a United States public agency that works to protect health and safety. They do this by researching diseases and provide information about them to help Americans stay healthy. The Center for Disease control has workers who are called disease detectives. These are the people that go to different countries to do research on diseases and bring the information back to America to make sure we are aware and educated about them. Disease detectives and the Center for Disease Control
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Mad Cow Disease Paper Mad Cow Disease‚ or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)‚ is a fatal brain disorder disease of cattle that affect the central nervous system and causes staggering and agitation. Some unknown transmissible agent causes mad Cow Disease. Currently‚ the most accepted theory is that the agent is a modified form of a normal cell surface component known as prion protein. In BSE‚ the unknown agent causes the cow ’s brain cells to die‚ forming sponge-like holes in the brain.
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I. Graves’ disease is an immune system disorder that causes an overproduction of thyroid hormones called hyperthyroidism. Although there are many diseases that cause hyperthyroidism‚ Graves’ disease is the number one cause. It is named after Robert Graves‚ an Irish physician‚ described this form of hyperthyroidism about 150 years ago. Graves’ disease is caused by a process in the body’s immune system‚ that normally protects the body from bacteria and viruses. The immune system destroys the bacteria
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Maintaining good physical fitness and a healthy diet could save most Americans from developing heart disease‚ however‚ other chronic diseases cannot be controlled. In‚ 2005‚ Dr. Rich stated in a report that cancer is the number one killer of Americans under age 85‚ not heart disease. Reports from the media stated that only very old Americans continue to die of heart disease than cancer; however‚ heart disease remains the number one killer among certain age groups. These age groups include men ages 40-59
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