Legionnaires’ Disease is pneumonia that’s caused by bacteria (Center For Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2015). The name of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s is Legionella pneumophila. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs; this specific type of pneumonia is serious and can threaten one’s life. The body system that is affected is the respiratory system. Another body system that can be affected is the digestive system. This disease can lead to complications such as respiratory failure‚ septic
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Cardiovascular disease is a general name for a wide variety of diseases‚ disorders and conditions that affect the heart and sometimes the blood vessels as well. Risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease include having hypertension‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ and a sedentary lifestyle. Other risk factors include being of African-American ancestry‚ male‚ drinking excessive amounts of alcohol‚ having a lot of long-term stress‚ smoking and having a family history of a heart attack
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describe the structure and function of the heart‚ it will also explain the meaning of Atherosclerosis and how it can lead to myocardial infarctions and angina. It will also discuss and identify the factors that can increase the risk of Coronary Heart Disease and how lifestyle changes can prevent it. The main function of the human heart is to pump blood around the body. It is a muscular cone shaped organ‚ the average size of the human heart is the size of a clenched fist and weights on average eleven
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Hypothyroid Disease Kelly Erickson Week 9 Assignment 9/28/13 Martha Johnson Hyperthyroid and Hypothyroid Disease "Mischief just seems to follow wherever Dennis appears‚ but it is the product of good intentions‚ misdirected helpfulness‚ good-hearted generosity‚ and‚ possibly‚ an overactive thyroid ... The Merchant of Dennis the Menace." Hank Ketchum Additionally when comparing Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism‚ it is useful to consider the symptoms‚ treatment‚ and life with the disease. The
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I know that skeletal disease pertain to the bones in the body. These can be deadly and limit the ability to move around and have a good‚ solid range of motion. I know that skeletal diseases are treated by orthopedics diagnose and treat disorders with bones and orthopedic surgeons operate on the bones. I would like to know what the range of treatments are based upon the diseases. I also would like to know the statistics on skeletal disease and how common it is within America and other countries‚
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about Huntington’s disease. After reading this paper and the subsequent ones to come‚ you surely will. According to PudMedHealth.com‚ “Huntington’s disease is a disorder passed down through families in which nerve cells in certain parts of the brain waste away or degenerate.” This can lead to many different complications to a person’s health. In most cases‚ the disease’s symptoms develop later in life during a person’s mid thirties-forties. There are also instances where the disease becomes on-set in
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Talking Styles Chadwick S. deVries COM200 Reginald Doctor June 25‚ 2012 Talking Styles Talking styles plays an important part of the communication in our everyday lives. These styles can both hinder and help communication. This is especially true in close relationships with others. This essay will discuss the article “Shared Talking Styles Herald New and Lasting Romance” as well as discussing the accuracy of a language style matching program and whether or not the language style matching
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Deficiency diseases: Deficiency diseases are diseases caused by a lack of a certain vitamin or food type‚ they do what it says on the label‚ they obstruct everyday life and make easy tasks hard‚ e.g. rickets stop people from walking. Deficiency Diseases are diseases caused in humans that are directly or indirectly caused by a lack of essential nutrients in the diet. Nutritional diseases are commonly associated with chronicmalnutrition. Additionally‚ conditions such as obesity from overeating can
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FOUR DIFFERENT STYLES OF PARENTING 1 Four different styles of parenting and their effects on children Samantha Johnson Hillsborough Community College FOUR DIFFERENT STYLES OF PARENTING 2 Four different styles of parenting and their effects on children The correlation between parenting styles and child development has always interested me and therefore is the reason why I chose to write about it. A parenting style can be defined
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Running Header: LEADERSHIP STYLE LEADERSHIP STYLE: WHAT DO PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY ARE LEARNING BUS 520 June 8‚ 2012 Larry Page‚ CEO of Google Larry Page was a young entrepreneur and computer whiz born on March 26th‚ 1973 in Michigan (Weintraub‚ 2011). He graduated from Michigan University with a Bachelor’s Degree in engineering and later followed in his parents footsteps and went on to study computer engineering at Stanford University‚ where he met his partner Sergey
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