In 1872‚ George Huntington wrote about a disease that he and his family was suffering from. Symptoms included slurred speech‚ involuntary or slowed movement‚ and compulsive emotions and feelings. Today‚ it is known that this disease is a genetic disease affecting the brain‚ caused by the mutation of chromosome number 4‚ in which the codon CAG repeats over 40 times‚ contrary to the normal 10 to 26 times. Though it is unknown as to why this repetition causes such effect on the brain‚ scientists have
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Media Critique of Huntington’s Disease There are a lot of different books‚ movies and TV shows that portray neuropsychological disorders. The popular show House M.D. showed the audience so many cases of different diseases that give an interesting knowledge to the viewers. Sometimes it is real life cases‚ but most of the time it is imagination of the screenwriters. Each episode is different and was not focused for a long time on one specific disease except Huntington’s. Dr. Hadley (Olivia Wild)
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES (SIR MODEL) Infectious diseases continue to claim the top spot for morbidity and mortality worldwide‚ with an estimated of 10% of all deaths each year to have been caused by HIV‚ tuberculosis and malaria. Infectious diseases have remained the major cause of suffering and mortality in developing countries‚ perhaps due to the fact that the aftermath of natural disasters often involve the outbreaks of infectious diseases. It is no wonder that the topic of infectious diseases have always
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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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Tay-Sachs The disease Tay-Sachs was discovered by two men‚ the first one was a British ophthalmologist named Warren Tay who described the disease in 1881. The second one was a New York neurologist named Bernard Sachs who described the cellular changes and the genetic nature of the disease in 1887. Tay-Sachs is a rare disorder where a child who inherits the gene from both parents Specialists claim that Tay-Sachs disease is developed by children who lack a protein that is necessary to dissolve a fatty
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Parkinson’s Disease goes as far back as the 12th century B.C king Drooling described symptoms of the disease but was not documented until 1817 by James Parkinson. The term parkinsonism[->0] is used for a motor syndrome[->1] whose main symptoms are tremor at rest‚ stiffness‚ slowing of movement and postural instability. Parkinson’s disease causes neuropsychiatric disturbances‚ which include mainly cognition‚ mood and behavior problems‚ and can be as disabling as motor symptoms. Most people with Parkinson’s
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Introduction to Parkinson’s disease Parkinson’s disease is a chronic progressive movement disorder. It happens when nerve cells in the brain don’t produce enough of a brain chemical called dopamine. Parkinson’s disease was founded by a doctor in London in1817 name James Parkinson. He wrote a book called the “shaking palsy” that he researched in his neighborhood to find out where the disease came from Weintraub‚ D. (2008)” Dopamine and shaking palsy in “Parkinson’s disease” Practical Neurology 80(4);110-125
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HIV/AIDS a Communicable Disease Jennifer Hudson August 20‚ 2010 A communicable disease is an illness that is spread through contact of germs and bacteria. Humans‚ animals and foods are all transporters of germs and bacteria that can deliver a contagious illness from one host to another. An effortless touch or swapping of fluids is all that germs and bacteria need to spread. There are several pertinent communicable diseases in the World today. For the purposes of this paper‚ we will focus on
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Alzheimer’s disease is a group disorders involving the parts of the brain that control thought‚ memory‚ and language. It is marked by progressive deterioration‚ which affects both the memory and reasoning capabilities of an individual. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia (mental deterioration of memory and thought processes) among the elderly. It is estimated that 4.5 million Americans over the age of 65 are affected with this condition. After the age of 65‚ the incidence of the
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As a new era dawns upon us many people find themselves asking the question; "What is Alzheimer ’s Disease?" Alzheimer ’s Disease today affects almost all people in some way. Since the amount of lives this disease affects continues to increase epidemiologists have named Alzheimer ’s Disease‚ "The Disease of the Century". In 1906 a German neurologist Alois Alzheimer performed a neurological autopsy on a 56-year-old woman who had suffered deteriorating mental health for many years before her death
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