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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Therapy of Alzheimer’s disease: An update Prerna Upadhyaya*‚ Vikas Seth and Mushtaq Ahmad Department of Pharmacology‚ Mahatma Gandhi Medical College‚ Sitapura‚ Jaipur– 302022‚ India. Accepted 23 June‚ 2010 Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder manifested by deterioration in memory and cognition‚ impairment in performing activities of daily living‚ and many behavioral and neuropsychiatric illnesses. The pathological hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease is widespread neuritic
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A Short Summary of Crohn’s Disease (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Epidemiology • Age of onset: 15-30 and 60-80 • Equal incidence between males and females • Jewish>White Caucasian>African Americans>Hispanic>Asians • Ashkenazi Jews risk is 2x that of an Israeli born Jew. • Urban areas>Rural areas • High socioeconomic > low socioeconomic classes Causes 1. Immune mediated • Pro-inflammatory>Anti-inflammatory • T-helper cells activation through cytokines to promote fibrinogenesis
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There are two types of Alzheimer’s disease; the first is called early-onset and appear in people from 30 to 60 years old. The first type is little common. The second type is called late-onset and it appears in people after 60 years old. The most common is the second type. The causes are not really clear‚ but these include a mixture of genetic‚ environmental and lifestyle factors. Factors genetics and age cannot be controlled. In contrast‚ other factor like socialize can be changed. Besides lifestyle
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many conditions that produce dementia experience problems in memory‚ reasoning‚ and planning that dramatically affect their behavior. Alzheimer’s disease is a mild cognitive impairment which with time will progress into Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is a word for a group of symptoms caused by disorders that affect the brain. It is not a specific disease. People with dementia may not be able to think well enough to do normal activities‚ such as getting dressed or eating. They may lose their ability
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such as your family‚ any special memories‚ or even who you were? Alzheimers is a disease that affects the memory of middle to older age people by breaking down the brain cells. B. Credibility Statement: I have firsthand seen the affects of the disease as it runs in my family. C. Audience Relevence: It is statisticly shown that 1 in 10 people have alzheimers once theyr’e the age of 65 or older. D. Thesis: Azheimers is a noncurable disease that has many causes and effects that can be prevented. E. Overview:
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Alzheimer’s Disease Central Carolina Community College Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia that affects the brain cells causing memory loss and behavior changes. According to the Alzheimer’s Association‚ about 200‚000 people that are younger that 65 have early symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Symptoms of Alzheimer’s include the decreasing ability to carry on conversations‚ lack of response to one’s environment‚ and declining cognitive abilities. Generally‚ Alzheimer’s begins with the person
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Alzheimer’s Disease by: Michael Sang Introduction to Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain. It is first described by the German neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915) in 1905. This disease worsens with advancing age‚ although there is no evidence that it is cause by the aging process. The average life expectancy of a person with the disease is between five and ten years‚ but some patients today can live up to 15 years due to improvements
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Alzheimers is a fatal disease to the brain‚ and it affects millions of people world wide. According to Medical News Today it`s the sixth leading caused of death in America. Alzheimers is a slow process. Alzheimers disease has seven stages‚ and each stage progresses very slowly. The first stage of Alzheimers does not show any physical signs‚ but plaques and tangles in the brain can start to develop. Stage two is very mild decline to someone infected; for example‚ the person would lose or misplace
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Analyzing a Popular Magazine and a Scholarly Journal for the Study of Birth Month and Lifetime Disease Risk When we ask people for their birthdays‚ some reasons may be because we are wondering how old they are‚ when we should buy them gifts‚ or we have a plain curiosity about what their zodiac signs are. Most of us do not intend on figuring out how their birth months might predict the kinds of diseases that they could develop over their lifetimes. However‚ in an online article on Discover Magazine
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