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    Huntingtons Disease

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    In one to three percent of Huntingtons Disease patients‚ have no family history of HD (HuntingtonsDisease1). Huntington’s disease is a very inconvenient and frustrating disease‚ scientists are trying to create treatments and a cure for Huntington’s disease. The one problem with finding a cure is the lack of funding‚ with your help though‚ there is hope. HD dose not have a cure‚ but knowing what it is‚ the history‚ current treatment‚ may help scientists find a cure and provide more funding for research

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    Wilsons Disease

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    Wilson’s Disease is a genetic disorder that is fatal unless detected and treated before serious illness develops from copper poisoning. Wilson’s Disease affects one in thirty thousand people world wide. The genetic defect causes excessive copper accumulation. Small amounts of copper are essential as vitamins. Copper is present in most foods‚ and most people get much more than they need. Healthy people excrete copper they don’t need‚ but Wilson’s Disease patients cannot

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    Alzheimer's Disease

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    Alzheimer’s Disease Specific Purpose: To help my audience understand what Alzheimer’s Disease is. Thesis Statement: The need to educate people on Alzheimer’s Disease for family members or friends in-case a loved one is diagnosed. Introduction: A. What would one do if their family member or friend knew of someone who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease? What would they do to help or take care of this family member? Well‚ I work in a nursing home with the elderly with this disease every day

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    Circulatory Diseases

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    Circulatory Diseases Directions: Complete the T-Chart Below. Select 10 diseases from this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/organ/circulatory_system.htm List the disease‚ and write a short summary of what the disease entails. Circulatory Disease Disease Description • Behcet’s Disease: A type of vasculitis in which there is chronic inflammation of the blood vessels in the body. This can lead to aneurysms in the lungs‚ blindness‚ and meningitis. • Moyamoya

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    Cjd Disease

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    CJD Disease The Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease is a rare brain disorder that is fatal. Reseachers find about one case of CJD disease per million each year.CJD can effect anyone‚ this disease effects both males and females of different ethnic groups usually between the ages of 50-75 .This disease causes progressive dementia and neuromuscular problems. Researchers still don’t know for sure what agent causes the Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease‚ it is a topic that has been debated about. It was first thought

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    Communicable Diseases

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    Introduction A communicable disease is a disease that is transmitted through direct contact with an infected individual or indirectly through a vector. It is also called a contagious disease (Communicable Disease ‚ 2010). Communicable diseases can be spread very easy and they can range anywhere from a cold to anthrax. I will be discussing the communicable disease chlamydia and how it affects the person as well as everything around them. Awareness about communicable disease is going to be the biggest

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    Huntington's Disease

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    Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s disease‚ also known as Huntington’s chorea is a genetic disorder that usually shows up in someone in their thirties and forties‚ destroys the mind and body and leads to insanity and death within ten to twenty years. The disease works by degenerating the ganglia (a pair of nerve clusters deep in the brain that controls movement‚ thought‚ perception‚ and memory) and cortex by using energy incorrectly. The brain will starve the neurons (brain cells)‚ and sometimes

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    Is Addiction A Disease

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    Some say addiction is a disease not a choice‚ what do you think? With addiction there is no physiological malfunction in the brain. Addiction is a choice; in the moment. It is not a disease like cancer or diabetes. Addiction is not a disease that comes unexpected‚ it is what you choose to do‚ it is a choice. Addiction is chosen not by the brain does it come unexpectedly. “In a true disease‚ some part of the body is in a state of abnormal physiological functioning‚ and this causes the undesirable

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    Alzheimers Disease

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    cells are failing. Many people confuse Alzheimer’s disease with dementia. Dementia is a set of symptoms that include problem solving‚ reasoning skills and memory loss while Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disorder that is usually characterized by considerable dysfunctions in cognition‚ functionality‚ and behavior (Sabbagh et al.‚ 2011). Researchers have discovered changes that take place in the brains of those who have Alzheimer’s disease that may cause the memory loss and decline in other

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    Lyme Disease

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    Chronic Lyme Disease Whitney Everhart BCOMM/275 June 30‚ 2013 Jim Parkinson Chronic Lyme Disease Chronic Lyme disease has been a controversial topic for many years. Researchers are in between opinions to determine if this disease really does exist. Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease that passes to the tick’s host once it has latched on and started feeding. The disease goes into the host’s blood and implants a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. This type of bacterium is from the spirochete

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