Unit 9 Selenium and Crohn’s Disease July 19‚ 2011 Selenium and Crohn’s Disease Antioxidants are any substance that reduces oxidative stress (Definition of Antioxidant‚ 2011)‚ oxidative stress can be defined as damage due oxygen. Antioxidants work in our body by slowing down or even preventing the oxidative process by neutralizing free radicals in our body. Free radicals are molecules produced when our body breaks down food‚ but we are also exposed to free radicals through oxygen
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Alzheimer’s Disease Christina Fidler Com150 March 18‚ 2010 Jennifer Anderson The Changing Mind of Alzheimer’s Disease Imagine living to be 80. The experiences‚ knowledge‚ and emotion an 80-year-old brain must hold are inconceivable. As a person ages there is a normal progression of symptoms such as dementia‚ including memory loss. How does one know when memory loss is more significant than normal aging? When should one become concerned of a dementia such as Alzheimer’s disease? An official
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Alzheimer’s disease is most commonly caused by dementia‚ which causes one to become mentally impaired; it is classified to be a Neurodegenerative brain disease. It is a complex illness which is quite difficult to diagnose for the reason being that it directly alters the tissue in the brain‚ undergoes gradual memory loss‚ and even causes behavioral changes. This disease affects about 5 million Americans in the United States‚ most of them being 65 years of age or older; however‚ it is possible for
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Brittany Shider Alzheimer’s Disease B398: Brain Mechanisms and Behavior 29 April 2010 ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Alzheimer’s disease is a brain disease that is the most common form of dementia (Alzheimer’s Association‚ 2010). Alzheimer’s disease counts for approximately 65 % of all dementias. Alzheimer’s disease affects one’s memory and allows them to forget important information that happened throughout their lifetime. Alzheimer’s disease is also called Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer Type (SDAT)
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Paper 1 Kawasaki disease? "Kawasaki’s disease?" Dr. Williams said. Kawasaki’s‚ what in the world is that? Why are you talking about motorcycles; we were not in an accident. How can this be happening‚ what does this mean for my three year old son‚ could this‚ or will this end his very young life and mine along with his. I thought it was only flu‚ maybe infection but this‚ what is this. "Why is she not saying anything?" I thought. She just stood there looking at me‚ that’s about the time I realized
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Parkinson’s Disease A week ago‚ Ashley had met her boyfriend‚ Jayden’s‚ mom‚ Cathy‚ for the first time. They went to breakfast and then went shopping. While they were shopping‚ Ashley learned something very personal about Jayden’s mom‚ she had Parkinson’s disease. Cathy was pushing the shopping cart and Jayden and Ashley were walking behind her and the next thing Ashley knew‚ Cathy had stopped and told Jayden to push the cart for a while. Cathy just stood there‚ hands shaking‚ and then she clenched
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Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible‚ neurological condition that impairs the brain’s functioning. The exact cause of Alzheimer’s disease is not known. Early symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease are usually memory loss. There are other symptoms that include having problems with learning‚ paying attention‚ judgment and orientation. (Aronson 15) In general‚ people who have major personality and behavior changes might have Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s disease usually affects older
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"Shaking Palsy" has been around for a very long time. Today‚ we call it Parkinsons disease. Parkinsons was mentioned in an ancient Indian medical system known as Ayurveda‚ under the name Kampavata. The name later changed to Shaking Palsy by a well known physician- Galen. He spread the idea of this common disease through Western medical literature in 175 AD. After hundreds of years‚ a London doctor‚ by the name of James Parkinson‚ wrote a very detailed essay‚ which became the first modern attempt
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Pneumonia is a common disease‚ which occurs in all age groups. However‚ pneumonia is the leading cause of death in elderly‚ people who are chronically and terminally ill‚ and children under five years old worldwide. It can result from a variety of causes‚ including infection with bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi‚ or parasites‚ and chemical or physical injury to the lungs. Pneumonia is an irregular inflammatory condition of the lung. It is often described as inflammation and abnormal fluid filling of the
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Lyme disease Lyme disease is a relatively new‚ being first reported in 1975‚ in Old Lyme ‚ Connecticut. It is caused by the bacterium Borrelia Burgdoferi‚ which can be carried by rats and dears. The transmitters of the disease are the black-legged ticks that bite these animals‚ get infected and afterwards bite people. According to www.ehealthmd.com‚ “the average deer carries 200 or more ticks at one time”. Approximately half of these ticks are infected with the Lyme disease bacteria. The risk of
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