Should obesity be categorized as a disease? Obesity is not actually a lifestyle‚ it is a disease because there are medical reasons that make obesity actually a disease. The American Medical Association declared obesity as being a disease. There are many different definitions of disease that make is very hard and confusing to define just how obesity is a disease. According to merriam-webster a disease is “a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning
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ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE INTRODUCTION Alzheimer’s disease is the most common causes of dementia‚ responsible for 60-80% of all dementias 2‚ 7. The prevalence is strongly linked to age‚ with >1% of 60-64-year-old patients being diagnosed with the condition‚ compared to 20-40% of those over 85-90 years of age 2. It is multifaceted disease which results in progressive cognitive decline that ultimately leads to dementia. Amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles are considered as diagnostic tools for this disease
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such as viruses and bacteria. Also‚ the disease affects the human life by influencing the people who are related to the patient. One of these dangerous illnesses is tuberculosis‚ which has one cause that leads the patient to a fatal condition. According to the American Lung Association‚ "not everyone who is infected with the TB germ develops TB disease." [1] Therefore‚ tuberculosis has many risk factors that help the process of developing the disease. TB disease has one cause‚ a strong effect on the
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Communicable Disease Paper Charlotte Hall HCS457 Sarah Dunn 3/4/2013 Communicable Disease Paper Communicable disease is a notifiable disease; this is any disease that is required to be reported (HEALTH‚ 2005). Communicable disease includes sexually transmitted diseases (STD) like Chlamydia. Chlamydia is a bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis and is a commonly reported STD (Services‚ 2012). This disease may not have any symptoms to indicate a problem within the person. Chlamydia affects
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up with solutions‚ there was one problem he was never able to solve‚ that of his own sanity. In the 1950’s Nash’s disease first began to manifest itself in the form of Paranoia. Paranoia is defined as a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution‚ unwarranted jealousy‚ or exaggerated self-importance‚ typically elaborated into an organized system. For Nash this disease manifested itself by him being under the impression that every man he saw wearing a red tie was a communist spy who
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and P I: Endocrine System: Diseases and Age Related Changes HCG assists the hormone progesterone in the placenta. It signals the ovaries to maintain the production of estrogen and progesterone.it is thought to be associated with pregnancy symptoms such as morning sickness. Elevated levels of HCG in a not pregnant patient can lead to a cancer diagnosis. It is given as an injection in the skin or muscle. Symptoms of this can be blood clot or OHSS. (taylor)
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Crohn’s disease was dated as early as between 460-370 BCE during the Greek era. However‚ they did not know what it was and what to call it until two doctors that researched the disease and also named it Crohn’s disease after Dr. Burrill Crohn. It is a family member to ulcerative colitis which also deals with the inflammatory bowel disease. It is when the body thinks it has bad bacteria in the body and it tries to fight it but in reality‚ it’s good bacteria. This is a non-curable disease. However
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Coronary heart disease is a common term for the buildup of plaque in the heart’s arteries that could lead to heart attack. But what about coronary artery disease? Is there a difference? The short answer is often no — health professionals frequently use the terms interchangeably. However‚ coronary heart disease ‚ or CHD‚ is actually a result of coronary artery disease‚ or CAD‚ said Edward Fisher‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D.‚ an American Heart Association volunteer who is the Leon H. Charney Professor of Cardiovascular
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Foot-and-mouth disease or hoof-and-mouth disease (Aphthae epizooticae) is aninfectious and sometimes fatal viral disease that affects cloven-hoofed animals‚ including domestic and wild bovids. The virus causes a high fever for two or three days‚ followed byblisters inside the mouth and on the feet that may rupture and cause lameness. Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is a severe plague for animal farming‚ since it is highly infectious and can be spread by infected animals through aerosols‚ through contact
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Unit 10. Assignment 2. The Endocrine System: Diseases and Age-Related Changes Cushing Syndrome Cushing Syndrome is a condition that presents itself due to the endocrine system. The endocrine system is responsible for secretion of hormones. Cushing syndrome comes about when the body has excess levels of a hormone called cortisol in the body. Cortisol is very important. It plays a role in managing blood pressure and keeps the cardiovascular system functioning normally. Cortisol also aids the body
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