Addiction‚ excuse or disease? Addiction can have profound effects on a person ’s thoughts‚ feelings and behavior. It usually disturbs perceptions and attitudes‚ and can significantly disrupt someone ’s personality. This isn ’t just because of substances involved - such as alcohol‚ nicotine‚ cocaine‚ heroin and valium. The experience of addiction itself also has an effect on how a person thinks feels and behaves. Addictions are present in almost every individual. Whether it ’s a chemical dependence
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Addison’s disease From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search | It has been suggested that Autoimmune adrenalitis be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2009. | Addison’s disease | Classification and external resources | ICD-10 | E27.1-E27.2 | ICD-9 | 255.4 | DiseasesDB | 222 | MedlinePlus | 000378 | eMedicine | med/42 | MeSH | D000224 | Addison’s disease (also chronic adrenal insufficiency‚ hypocortisolism‚ and hypocorticism)
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Huntington’s Disease Haley Hamilton January 4th‚ 2017 Honors Biology 3&4 The World in the eyes of everyday people do not see what awful things that are taking place in those around them. Huntington’s disease is a fatal illness in which those who develop this have no chance of survival. The disease deteriorates one’s ability to function properly and their way of living. Not only does the disease harm the sufferer but it also affects the people around them as well‚ too. For‚ these people are
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The Global Economic Burden of Noncommunicable Diseases Contents: * Author info * Abstract * Bibliographic info * Download info * Related research * References * Citations * Lists * Statistics * Corrections ------------------------------------------------- Author Info * David E. Bloom ( dbloom@hsph.harvard.edu) (Harvard School of Public Health) * Elizabeth Cafiero ( ecafiero@hsph.harvard.edu) (Harvard School of Public Health) * Eva Jané-Llopis (
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Eye Diseases: Nearsightedness Nearsightedness Myopia; Shortsightedness; Refractive error - nearsightedness Nearsightedness is when light entering the eye is focused incorrectly‚ making distant objects appear blurred. Nearsightedness is a type of refractive error of the eye. If you are nearsighted‚ you have trouble seeing things that are far away. Causes‚ incidence‚ and risk factors People are able to see because the front part of the eye bends (refracts) light and points it to
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FISH DISEASES AND THEIR CONTROL Lecture Prepared by: Prof. G.N.O. Ezeri Aquaculture and Fisheries Management University of Agriculture‚ Abeokuta‚ NIGERIA. ADVANCES IN FISH DISEASES FIS 710 (3 Units) Core Course Outline • Types of fish diseases‚ (parasitic‚ bacterial‚ fungal‚ nutritional etc.) • Laboratory methods for fish disease diagnosis‚ • Prevention‚ control and therapy of fish disease Introduction • Higher stocking densities call for the introduction of large quantities
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“Prolonged cold weakens out resistance to infection” is a statement that’s true whether or not you’re in a weakened state of health. For those that are‚ for instance‚ people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ the effects of cold can be much more severe and potentially more likely to be permanently damaging. As is explained by Liesl Osmond‚ regarding a study conducted regarding temperature and sufferers of COPD‚ “This is the first time a direct relationship has been found between the
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Societies Control of communicable diseases 7 This measles ’jab’ will help prevent this child from the consequences of measles such as pneumonia‚ malnutrition‚ blindness and brain disease. Photo:Marko Kokic‚Canadian Red Cross Control of communicable diseases in emergencies Description This chapter gives an overview of common and emerging communicable disease threats among displaced populations because of natural and human-made disasters. General and disease-specific strategies for monitoring
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provide treatment that will cure the disease.” There are two forms of TB infection; it is the Active TB and the Latent TB. A person who has Latent TB infection doesn’t show any signs or symptoms of having this that no one could notice. But unfortunately‚ this Latent TB could worsen and become active any time and can be contagious to other people. Latent TB can be treated with antibiotics to prevent from developing such infection to an active disease. Active TB disease is next to Latent TB infection‚ it
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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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