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    Heart Disease and Exercise

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    Heart disease in the United States is responsible for the death of five times as many women than is breast cancer yet many women are not aware of this fact. In addition‚ over four million Americans have congestive heart failure that costs the health care system over $10 billion annually. Regardless of the high risks of heart disease and failure which are reported‚ researchers have found that exercise and other preventative methods can reduce the risk of heart disease by 50 percent and exercise applied

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    In the article “Is Obesity a Disease?” author Carey Rossi takes a firm position that obesity is a disease that can have many causes. She states that obesity can be caused by endocrine or genetic disorders. She then asserts that obesity is mostly caused from inactivity and overeating and that it can directly affect your emotions very easily. She also sees the other side of the debate with the words of a doctor‚ Marianne Legato. Dr. Legato states that obese patients need to be counseled because of

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    Alzheimer’s disease impacts the lives of millions of Americans every year. This disease is a type of dementia that affects the neurological and physical capabilities of an individual. Alzheimer’s disease does not just affect the patients with it‚ but also affects the loved ones and caregivers that love and care for those with the disease. Currently no cure for Alzheimer’s exists‚ but many new and experimental treatment options to help slow the progression of this disease are being researched and

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    Addison's Disease - Essay

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    Anatomy & Physiology Gerald McGraw January 27‚ 2012 Addison’s Disease A disorder that takes place when your body produces an insufficient amount of certain hormones that are produced by the adrenal glands is called Addison’s disease. With Addison’s disease‚ the adrenal glands do not produce enough cortisol and often times an insufficient amount of aldosterone as well. Doctors sometimes refer to Addison’s disease as the illness of chronic adrenal insufficiency‚ or also called hypocortisolism

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    Celiac Disease Definition

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    of Celiac Disease Simply put‚ celiac disease is an absorption disease that occurs when the body is unable to digest gluten and has an autoimmune response (Green & Jones‚ 2010‚ p.2‚ 19). Gluten is one of the many different proteins found in large quantities in wheat and other members of the triticum family - durum wheat‚ kamut‚ spelt‚ and einkorn. Barley and rye have a close relation with the triticum family and also contain gluten (Wangen‚ 2009‚ p.26). In order to have celiac disease‚ one must

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    Communicable Disease Paper

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    Communicable Disease Paper Communicable disease‚ “is an infectious disease transmissible‚ (as from person to person) by direct contact with an infected individual or the individual’s discharges or by indirect means (as by a vector)” (Merriam-Webster‚ 2011‚ p. 1). Understanding how communicable diseases are spread is important in reducing the significant affliction of disease in low income communities across the United States and increase prevention‚ awareness‚ and safety. The objective of this

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    Lou Gehrig's Disease

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    Abstract: ALS is a disease in which the causes are unknown and the effects are devastating. Along with great physiological damage there is great mental damage that a patient that had ALS must endure. A disease with a great influence in today’s life and the life of those in the past. There is no cure for ALS only treatments. Treatments that treat the symptoms and not the disease. ALS is a disease that has impacted today’s society of individuals in a dramatic and influential way. Not necessarily

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    Ebola Virus Disease

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    ill or dead because of this disease. Fruit bats are considered to spread the disease without getting infected by it. Spread by air has not been observed till now by scientists. Once transmitted to humans‚ it can be spread by any form of contact with infected person like physical contact‚ blood transfusion‚ through male semen. It can also occur in places like crematoriums where people come in contact with the body of the deceased person who had suffered from this disease. Also if one is travelling

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    Huntington’s disease is a fatal inherited disease that causes the gradual break down of cells in the brain. HD ( Huntington’s disease) causes deterioration of ones mental and physical abilities during their prime working years and unfortunately has no cure. In 1872‚ HD was first recognized by a 22 year old American doctor. George Huntington wrote the first ever literature on this disease‚ the paper called “On Chorea” which was later renamed as Huntington’s Disease. Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries

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    With Hirschsprung’s Disease “Jaylen has Hisrchsprung’s disease.” When I heard those words‚ my first reaction was‚ “what is Hirschsprung’s disease?” I soon learned that it is a congenital condition which results from an absence of “Auerbach’s plexus“(Swenson “Diagnosis”). In layman’s terms‚ “a part of the bowel is missing nerves . . . This causes a blockage. Intestinal contents build up behind the blockage‚ causing the bowel and abdomen to become swollen” (Hirschsprung’s disease). Statistics show

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