The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list Nephritis‚ Nephrotic Syndrome‚ and Nephrosis as number nine in the top ten leading causes of death among Hispanic Americans (Hispanic or Latino Populations‚ 2015). Each of these conditions is a type of kidney disease in which the kidneys cannot effectively filter wastes from the blood. Chronic Kidney Disease‚ or CKD‚ can lead to many severe health problems. Because the kidneys filter the blood‚ CKD can cause the body to retain fluid that can lead
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Meniere’s Disease Meniere’s disease is a set of episodic symptoms including attacks of a spinning sensation (Vertigo)‚ hearing loss‚ a roaring‚ buzzing‚ or ringing sound in the ear (tinnitus)‚ and a sensation of fullness in the affected ear. These episodes can last anywhere from 20mins to 4hrs. After months or years of this disease hearing loss can become permanent. Tinnitus can occur during or just before attacks‚ or be constant. One of the most common causes of dizziness originating in the inner
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Extra Credit Assignment A: Terms 1 – 20 1.) Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is similar to coronary artery disease (CAD). PAD is a problem in the circulatory system where your arteries become narrow which leads to less blood flow to your limbs. PAD develops in your extremities‚ more commonly your legs‚ which can make walking become painful‚ also known as claudication. 2.) Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is when the aortic valve‚ which is between the aorta and left ventricle of the heart‚ becomes narrow
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Chagas disease is a public health problem in Latin America with a great impact in Brazil. The latest estimates show that about seven million people in the world are infected by the kinetoplastid protozoa Trypanosoma cruzi (1). In spite of this‚ there are no vaccines against Chagas Disease (2). The current drugs used for treating this disease are effective only in the acute phase‚ with limited efficacy in the chronic stage of the disease and many toxic side effects (3) (4). Therefore‚ there is
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Among the current fields of research in Biotechnology‚ research on drugs and vaccines targeting viral diseases such as HIV/AIDs has been of major importance given the high prevalence of these diseases across the world. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a type of virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune-deficiency Syndrome) (HIV and AIDS‚ n.d). The virus devastates the body’s defense mechanism‚ leaving a victim highly susceptible to opportunistic infections such as those caused by bacteria‚ fungi
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OF CHRONIC DISEASES AMONG THE AGED IN CAPE COAST METROPOLITAN OVER LAST FOUR YEARS Introduction This paper charts a brief history of Ghana’s chronic disease burden over the last five years‚ focusing on prevalence‚ risk and illness implications in relation to aging. Two arguments are made. First‚ chronic diseases in Ghana constitute public health and developmental challenges‚ requiring the same intellectual and financial commitments afforded to communicable and infectious diseases. Information
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Ransomware Spreads Like Wildfire – Hits Hospitals‚ Schools And More If you thought only home users could get infected by ransomware‚ think again! Reports have been pouring in from around the world reporting about ransomware infections in courthouses‚ schools‚ hospitals and churches in the past month. A few years back it was considered shameful to be admitting about ransomware infections‚ but now the infections have become more common. More and more institutions are coming out with their experiences
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Circulatory Diseases Directions: Complete the T-Chart Below. Select 10 diseases from this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/organ/circulatory_system.htm List the disease‚ and write a short summary of what the disease entails. |Circulatory Disease |Disease Description | |Heart Disease |Heart disease involves the heart‚ and usually blood vessels. The different types
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Lifestyle Diseases There are many diseases that contribute immensely to the burden placed on a person‚ a family‚ a society and a country‚ and despite advances in medicine‚ the number of people with such diseases continues to increase with people dying younger. In a newspaper article dated back two years stated that in June the previous year‚ Pacific health ministers had declared a non-communicable disease (NCD) crisis because it was revealed that the Pacific was breeding a generation of obese children
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Lifestyle Disease Lifestyle disease which may also be referred to as Non-Communicable Disease‚ has in recent times become an issue of grave concern for governments both globally and regionally. The World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General‚ during a General Assembly Summit (first ever summit on deadly chronic illnesses) in 2011deemed in a statement "...the spread of non-communicable diseases as a socio-economic and development challenge of epidemic proportions..." . In another report from
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