Banning 1 Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease and the most common cause of dementia. Alzheimer’s afflicts about four million Americans and is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Furthermore it is the leading cause of mental impairment in elderly people and the reason for a high percentage of admissions in nursing homes‚ assisted living homes‚ and other long term elderly care facilities. Most patients found with this disease are affected by hallucinations and
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Heart and blood vessel disease also known as cardiovascular disease‚ is the leading cause of death worldwide‚ Especially in central Massachusetts. 1 out 4 deaths in Massachusetts are due to heart disease. Yearly 12‚947 people die from heart disease each year in the state of Massachusetts. 1 Many programs and coalitions have been created to educate people of all ages to prevent cardio vascular disease. Non- Modifiable risks are risk factors that cannot be changed. Non- modifiable risk factor for
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Headline: Mad Cow Disease Symptoms Keywords: Mad Cow Disease‚ Symptoms‚ humans‚ cattle Page Description: Mad cow disease is a neurological disorder that affects cattle. It is an infectious disease can also affect other species including humans. Symptoms of this disease are usually psychiatric. This disease is incurable and fatal. Text: { Mad Cow Disease Mad cow disease is a neurological disorder of cattle that can be transmitted to humans. In humans‚ mad cow disease is known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob
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Storage Disease type III is an autosomal recessive disorder that is caused by the deficiency of the glycogen debrancher enzyme. This deficiency causes there to be a mutation on exon three and it causes abnormally structured glycogen to be present in the body. This disease can be diagnosed by multiple tolerance tests and it also can be diagnosed by analyzing the muscle tissues. This disease causes problems in the liver and in the muscles. The tolerance tests are used to test for liver diseases and the
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Polycystic kidney disease is a disease in which numerous cysts grow in the kidneys. These cysts can slowly replace the kidney itself causing a reduction in kidney function and can lead to kidney failure. Polycystic kidney disease affects as many as 600‚000 people in the United States alone (National Kidney Foundation). Polycystic kidney disease is divided into two main types of the disease‚ autosomal dominant PKD and autosomal recessive PKD (National Kidney Foundation). The two main types of PKD
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Niemann Pick Disease A genetic disease is defined as being a disease or disorder that was inherited genetically by an offspring from his or her biological parents. These diseases or disorders can vary in effects and consequences towards the human bodies and may also greatly differ from one organism to another‚ however they can equally have identical results. They tend to affect the genes‚ chromosomes‚ cells and a few other parts of the body by altering‚ deleting‚ substituting‚ etc. the components
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Coronary Heart Disease Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a disease in which a waxy substance called plaque (plak) builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart muscle. When plaque builds up in the arteries‚ the condition is called atherosclerosis (ATH-er-o-skler-O-sis). The buildup of plaque occurs over many years. (nhlbi.nih.gov) CHD AND TREATMENTS: CHD is the most common type of heart disease. In the United States‚ CHD is the #1 cause of
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Congenital Heart Disease Congenital heart diseases are lesions‚ caused by abnormal development of the structures of the heart. This happens in the embryonic life due to environmental or unknown factors. The cause of congenital disease is usually unknown‚ but there are multifactor reasons that are incriminated. They are said to be sporadic. This meaning that it is not secluded to one geographic location. However this incidence is increased in those with a positive
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited conditions that affect the red blood cells. People affected with sickle cell disease produce abnormally shaped red blood cells that causes health problems. Sickle cell disease is caused by a defective gene passed on from the parent to the child. Sickle cell disease is condition that is considered serious and lifelong. People of African descent are mainly affected with sickle cell disease in addition to ‚ Caribbean‚ Middle Eastern‚ Eastern Mediterranean
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Heart Disease in Cats Research: http://icatcare.org/advice/cat-health/cardiomyopathy-heart-disease-cats http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/Health_Information/HeartDisease.cfm Meta Description: Heart disease can affect cats as well as humans. Here are the signs and symptoms you need to watch out for‚ along with information on diagnosis and treatment. Meta Key Words: Cat heart disease‚ Feline heart disease‚ Pet heart disease‚ Heart disease cats Cardiomyopathy in Cats—What to Watch Out For Human and
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