Addiction: The Disease HS 101: Addiction Pharmacology & Physiology Instructor: Wanda Urban November 23‚ 2013 I have often wondered why I turned out the way I did‚ an addict. I wonder if circumstances in my life influenced or contributed to that first time I decided to alter my state with a drug. Honestly‚ I don’t think it did. I had a normal childhood‚ in a loving family. We did not have a lot of money‚ but we had enough. We ate dinner together every night‚ we went camping in the summer
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Bacterial diseases: Introduction Bacterial diseases include any type of illness or disease caused by bacteria‚ a type of microbe. Microbes are tiny organisms that cannot be seen without a microscope and include viruses‚ fungi‚ and some parasites as well as bacteria. The vast majority of bacteria do not cause disease‚ and many bacteria are actually helpful and even necessary to good health. Millions of bacteria normally live on the skin and in the intestines and can also be found on the genitalia
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CJD Disease The Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease is a rare brain disorder that is fatal. Reseachers find about one case of CJD disease per million each year.CJD can effect anyone‚ this disease effects both males and females of different ethnic groups usually between the ages of 50-75 .This disease causes progressive dementia and neuromuscular problems. Researchers still don’t know for sure what agent causes the Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease‚ it is a topic that has been debated about. It was first thought
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HEART DISEASE NOTES Video was made outside of Boston in Framingham. Studies started in 1948. Heart disease is # 1 killer in U.S. It starts squeezing your heart‚ and you feel a sharp point. 1/2 the people in the U.S. die with it‚ and 80% die from it. More men have it and more women die from it. Every minute heart disease kills someone in the U.S. Half the deaths in the U.S. population die by heart disease. Get tightness in the throat. Cholesterol is most deadly. Smoking hardens the arteries. High
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Inflammatory bowel disease affects about one million Americans. Crohn ’s disease and ulcerative colitis are both types of irritable bowel disease‚ or IBD. Crohn ’s disease is an ongoing illness that creates inflammation in the walls of the digestive tract. It can affect any area of the gastrointestinal tract (GI)‚ from the mouth to the anus. Although it can be found along any part of the GI tract‚ it is most commonly detected in the small intestine. This paper will highlight the history‚ causes
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CASE STUDY: LYME DISEASE Cherron Boswell‚ Denise Colton‚ and La Nita Hood Bowie State University Introduction Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America and Europe. Lyme disease is steadily increasing in the United States and the majorities of health care providers are unfamiliar with the disease; primarily because of its complexity and as a result lack the clinical skills necessary to provide comprehensive care to infected patients. The purpose of this
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Coronary Heart Disease Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. There are many types of heart diseases that fall into this title. Two of the most popular forms of cardiovascular diseases are heart attack and stroke. The increasing amount of exposure of known risk factors for these diseases to young adults is why I feel it is necessary to promote what it takes to lead a heart healthy lifestyle in order to avoid becoming another statistic. I feel as though
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Communicable Disease HCS 457 Communicable Disease Chickenpox is one of the many highly communicable diseases. This communicable disease is cause by a virus called varicella-zoster which has a resemblance with the herpes virus. It can be transmitted through close contact with the fluids from the blisters or through air wherein the virus is disseminated by coughing or sneezing. Chickenpox is regarded as highly communicable for individuals who are exposed to the disease for the first time
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Again‚ Chagas is a disease that is transmitted through humans by an insect vector specifically a triatomine bug known as Trypansosoma Cruzi. Consequently‚ Chagas currently affects about 8 million people worldwide and is considered a life-threatening disease. In Argentina‚ it affects 3 million residents alone and is considered the number one cause of cardiac diseases in the country. According to the World Health Organization‚ about 40 percent of patients infected with Chagas will develop chronic cardiac
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