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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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (often called FOP‚ or Stone Man’s Disease) is an incredibly rare disease that directly affects the patients connective tissue. The name means “soft connective tissue that progressively turns to bone.” FOP is a result of a mutation in the body’s tissue repair structures‚ which will cause fibrous tissue to turn to bone‚ or become ossified‚ randomly or upon tissue damage. In the majority of cases‚ any injury can cause the affected joints to become frozen in place
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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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Guinea worm water disease‚ it’s caused by the parasites that live and develop in contaminated water such as pond. This disease infects population when they drink or contact to water that has been contaminated by this parasite. The guinea worm is a global health problem and every individual can get exposed to it‚ it has become so common in the recent times because of the global water shortages‚ therefore some people forced to use even the dirty and contaminated water for their daily use‚ as lack of
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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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2013 Mad Cow: Fact or Fiction? While Mad Cow disease may seem like an urban legend it‚ in fact‚ is a real disease that infects thousands of cows along with people worldwide. The scientific name given to this disease is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE. BSE is fatal; it degrades the nervous and digestive systems in cows over time. On average‚ 1.5 million of the 12 million cattle in the United Kingdom will be infected with this disease in that span of one year. The first outbreak of mad
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Tay Sachs Disease A mutation (or mutating) is changing a structure of a gene. Tay Sachs disease is a lethal mutation inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder‚ it is also known as Hexosaminidase A deficiency‚ GM2-Gangliosidosis‚ or TSD. Tay Sachs is an extremely tragic disease that has no cure. Tay Sachs was named after and discovered by english ophthalmologist Warren Tay and Jewish-American neurologist Bernard Sachs. Tay and Sach’s development and research of the disease was around the
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WHAT IS MAD COW DISEASE? -Mad cow disease‚ formally known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). -Is a chronic degenerative disease that attacks the central nervous system of cattle. -Destroying brain tissue and eventually causing dementia and death. There is no known cure. IN HUMANS -In human beings it is known as the Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome -A rare neuro-degenerative disease that is a contagious form of spongiform encephalitis‚ -It is thought to be caused by a slow virus which
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Introduction For the last decades‚ the number of fatalities from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Australia has steadily declined‚ however it remains one of the leading causes of all deaths and the number one cause of cardiovascular deaths among Australian population (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW]‚ 2011). Coronary heart disease refers to the conditions that affect the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with nutrients and oxygen (Craft‚ Gordon‚ & Tiziani‚ 2011). There
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Parkinson’s disease Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs motor skills‚ speech‚ and other functions‚ and has no known cure (Wikipedia). It affects about 100‚000 Canadians and 1.6 million people worldwide (Parkinson’s Society Canada). Diagnosis can be difficult especially in the early stages due to symptom overlap with other diseases. Early signs are often dismissed as signs of normal aging‚ in Michael J Fox’s case his twitchy finger was
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