the disease. Progeria Research Foundation also funds medical research that is specifically aimed at finding the cause. Treatments and cures for this syndrome are more reasons that the foundation funds research for the disease (How PRF was formed). Progeria is an outcome of a fault in the Lamin A(LMNA) gene (Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome 2012). The LMNA gene has codes that are for two proteins‚ Lamin A and Lamin C. These proteins play a big role in stabilizing the inner membrane of
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Tourette Syndrome is a neurological disorder that is characterized by sudden repetitive and involuntary movements or vocalizations that are generally termed “tics”. These tics can have different degrees of intensity ranging from simple to complex. Simple motor tics are brief‚ sudden‚ and repetitive movements that involve a limited number of muscle groups. They include facial grimacing‚ eye blinking and other eye movements‚ and head or shoulder jerking. Simple vocalizations include repetitive sniffing
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Ophelia Syndrome Study Skills November 12‚ 2012 In the essays of Diagnosing and Treating Ophelia Syndrome and Everybody is Ignorant on Different Subjects two topics are discussed which are related‚ in that they both have to do with learning and being able to think as an individual. The Ophelia Syndrome is not processing the ability to create one’s own opinion. Ophelia is a character in the play Hamlet. She is described as a helpless child and has a “Lord” or authoritative figure that forces
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01/29/2003. The SSA granted disability benefits because of borderline intellectual functioning and pervasive developmental disorder. She had a history of Apert’s syndrome
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Metabolic syndrome is a name for a group of risk factors that occur together and increase the risk for coronary artery disease‚ stroke‚ and type 2 diabetes. The primary components include insulin resistance‚ obesity‚ dyslipidemia‚ hypertension and central obesity. The two most important risk factors for metabolic syndrome are extra weight around the middle and upper parts of the body (central obesity). This is when the body may be described as "apple-shaped”‚ as well as insulin resistance‚ in which
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Prevention for Noonan Syndrome looks slightly different than other disorders‚ due to the fact that it is genetically linked. With cases of NS being linked to different genetics and some cases having an unknown origin‚ it is hard to prevent the disorder from occurring. A big factor towards prevention lies in the education of the people closest to the patient‚ the community‚ and the general public. A very effective preventive way would be to administer genetic testing to the population in order to
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Kurmanalieva Cholpon Problem solving essay A loser syndrome Everyone’s life consists of white and black strips. Sometimes we can’t define which one is met more regularly in our life. We feel joyful when the black strip finishes‚ and the white strip begins. But how should a person behave if the black strips are repeated more often than the white ones? A person starts thinking himself unlucky‚ sees just bad sides of life‚ and stops believing in changes. Then‚ he gives up and doesn’t
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Asperger syndrome‚ known otherwise as Aspergers‚ is a developmental disability categorized by noteworthy complications in communication with others‚ with limited and sometimes dull series of activities and comforts. It is a less intense rendition of Autism‚ though many confuse the disorders to be the same thing. When I was about eight or nine years old‚ I was diagnosed with Aspergers. I did not realize how serious it was at the time and I did not notice it in myself‚ but as I grew older‚ I began
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a phantom pregnancy.Parents felt the same symptoms that they partners have during their pregnancy. For example‚ they suffered back pain‚ foot cramps‚ fainting‚ depression‚anxiety to eating a lot‚ and nausea which such cases are known as "Couvade syndrome".Specialists do not have very clear that such cases occurs. They explain that may be related to anxiety during pregnancy and mind only in very rare cases‚ men may develop a bloated stomach that resembles
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Film One This interpretation uses a lot of mentally ill traits to define the character’s behavior about herself. From the movie Benny and Joon; the character Joon is mentally ill and suffers from Asperger syndrome and schizophrenia behaviors. Her obsession to her daily routine is abnormal compared to others around her. Joon’s behavior affects others around her‚ especially her older brother Benny (her caretaker). In the future‚ she finds a special person to help her overcomes most of these symptoms
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