Chronic inflammation has been shown to be a consistent pre-cursor to many metabolic diseases‚ such as obesity‚ fatty liver disease‚ atherosclerosis‚ insulin resistance‚ type II diabetes‚ degenerative disorders such as dementia‚ airway disease and some cancers.1 The relationship between diet‚ and more specifically refined carbohydrates‚ and chronic inflammation has been of high interest in the media in recent years. This interest could have a lot to do with the alarming rate that these metabolic
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Chronic sorrow was introduced by Olshansky (1962) for the first time as a kind of progressive‚ ongoing‚ and endless grief experienced by parents‚ especially mothers of newborns with congenital anomalies. Also‚ other studies have reported this phenomenon in parents of children with mental or physical disability as well as with chronic and severe diseases [1-6]. This concept is defined as recurrent‚ unpredictable‚ and periodic sadness‚ which is permanent and progressive‚ and is triggered by internal
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29:209-2 14 (1 996) Chronic Lung Disease Secondary to Ammonia Inhalation Injury: A Report on Three Cases Rafael E. de la Hoz‚ MD‚ MPH‚ Donald P. Schlueter‚ MD‚ and William N. Rom‚ MD‚ MPH Inhalation of highly hydrosoluble toxicants‚ like ammonia‚ can be associated with chronic lung diseases‚ which have been partially characterized. We present the cases of three patients who were evaluated 2 years after massive exposure to ammonia in occupational settings. They presented with chronic dyspnea‚ and clinical
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Behind the Scenes Sixty percent of deaths worldwide come from chronic illnesses (“Reducing Chronic Diseases”). No news can be more disheartening for a parent than finding out his or her child has been diagnosed with a chronic illness. For the child‚ it’s a loss of his or her health‚ quality of life‚ and dreams. For the parent‚ it’s a loss of mental and emotional stability‚ a normal life‚ and hope for a promising future. For the siblings‚ it’s a loss of time‚ love‚ and support from their parents
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BE THE EVIDENCE PROJECT WHITE PAPER AGING PRISONERS A Crisis In Need of Intervention BE THE EVIDENCE PROJECT Be the Evidence You Want to See in the World… What is Our Mission: The mission of the Be the Evidence Project is to create awareness of human rights and social
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it once was? This question is largely influenced by the media and tends to lack research. It was my experience on Valentines Day in 1997 that rose this very question. It was dramatic for me at the time but heightened interest in the subject of aging and sexuality. Suddening sounds like BOOMB‚ BOOM of the headboard and OHHHH HOO AHHH was coming from my grandparent’s bedroom. It is true -My sixty something year old grandparents were having sex. So as I sat in their computer room in total
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Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia Overview Every gene information of an individuals‚ were passed down to them by their ancestors. The deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) information is the genetic code double helix that determine our traits‚ malfunctioning‚ diseases‚ and so on. There are numerous deadly diseases and one of them is called Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. Chronic Myelogenous leukemia is a type of many cancer that exists. As is said by many cancer is when the cells in the body begin to grow out of
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Chronic Stress: Respond and Resolve December 10‚ 2012 Stress won’t go away? Maybe you’re suffering from chronic stress. Chronic stress is a crippling psychological and physical disease that is constant and persists over an extended period of time. Factors relating to chronic stress are internal and external and occur in everyday routines and situations. Some external factors encompass an individual’s physical environment‚ such as a job‚ a relationship with others‚ a person’s home-life‚ and all
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HOW DOES DISEASE AFFECT THE LEVEL OF ORGANIZATION? * THE KIDNEY There are two kidneys‚ each about the size of a fist‚ located on either side of the spine at the lowest level of the rib cage. Each kidney contains up to a million functioning units called nephrons. A nephron consists of a filtering unit of tiny blood vessels called a glomerulus attached to a tubule. When blood enters the glomerulus‚ it is filtered and the remaining fluid then passes along the tubule. In the tubule‚ chemicals and
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Chronic illness is a term applied to a broad range of diseases that is long lasting in its effects and that vary greatly both in their essential characteristics and the ways in which they affect a family system and its adaptive functioning. Every family is a balanced system and after learning of a member’s chronic illness‚ a family will experience some loss of equilibrium. The illness can cause emotional distress throughout‚ impair the ability to properly support the member and particularly if each
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