Diabetes‚ Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy Open Access Full Text Article Dovepress Review open access to scientific and medical research The economic impact of obesity in the United States This article was published in the following Dove Press journal: Diabetes‚ Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy 17 August 2010 Number of times this article has been viewed Ross A Hammond Ruth Levine economic Studies Program‚ Brookings institution‚ washington DC‚
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Lesch Nyhan Syndrome Lesch Nyhan Syndrome (LNS) was first reported in 1964 by Michael Lesch and William L. Nyhan. It is a rare disorder located on the x chromosome. It is a sex-linked trait‚ which means that it is passed from mother to son. This condition can be inherited or occur spontaneously as a result of a genetic mutation. It usually appears once in every 100‚000 male births. Since the defective gene is recessive‚ females almost never exhibit symptoms of the disease. However‚ they can be
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Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) is a medical condition that encompasses various heart-related ailments such as acute myocardial ischemia‚ unstable angina‚ non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI)‚ and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) (Kumar & Cannon 2009). NSTEMI and STEMI begins with atherosclerosis which happens when a plaque known as atherosclerotic plaque is formed from years of cholesterol deposits within the artery wall. When this ruptures the platelets clump
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Neonatal abstinence syndrome is a combination of neurologic‚ gastrointestinal‚ and autonomic dysregulation symptoms. This combination makes it difficult to deal with in an absence of medication. Methadone‚ a synthetic analgesic opioid. Similar to morphine effect‚ but less in sedation severity‚ considered as the gold standard treatment in pregnancy opioid abstinence‚ since around 45 years. As metabolism accelerate in pregnancy‚ Methadone’s effect end faster than in non-pregnant women. This make both
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argue that this ever busy lifestyle is from always being connected (through cell phones‚ text messaging‚ voicemail‚ email‚ etc.) and never making the separation from work and play. That is why a growing disease in today’s culture is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)‚ at about half a million people in America alone. Currently‚ the exact cause is unknown because there is no lab test‚ scan‚ or blood test that diagnoses CFS. It was once believed that this disease was closely linked with Epstein-Barr
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They comprise of Autistic disorder; Asperger’s syndrome; Rett’s disorder; childhood disintegrative disorder and pervasive development. A complex syndrome that can be described as having many different brain disorders with similar characteristics. A child can be diagnosed as having autism based from the age of three if they are displaying “(1) significant
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If the shoe doesn’t fit … “I call it ‘Barbie Doll Syndrome’– a 6 foot tall woman just doesn’t wear size 4 shoes. It’s abnormal‚ but we all want to look like Barbie‚” says fellowship trained orthopaedic foot surgeon Pam Davis‚ M.D.‚ Midwest Foot and Ankle Specialists‚ Davenport. “The typical problems I see are directly related to shoes that aren’t shaped like a person’s foot. Wearing shoes too small or those shaped in an unnatural way will cause deformities‚” she adds. Pamela Davis‚ M.D
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Scientific Paper Down syndrome is a condition in which a person has an extra chromosome. Chromosomes are small “packages” of genes in the body. They determine how a baby’s body forms during pregnancy and how the baby’s body functions as it grows in the womb and after birth. Usually‚ a baby is born with 46 chromosomes but babies with Down syndrome have an extra copy of one of these chromosomes‚ chromosome 21. A medical term for having an extra copy of a chromosome is trisomy. Down syndrome is also referred
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There are three types of Down syndrome‚ and it includes Trisomy 21‚ Mosaicism and translocation. This research paper will describe Down syndrome‚ characteristics‚ and causes. Children with Down syndrome experience hearing loss‚ but no research has been done to investigate the impact it has on speech and language development. I’ve learned that individuals with Down syndrome are people too and deserve to be treated as we like we like to be treated. Throughout the semester‚ we have learned how words
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though they are not equal to the rest of society. Many people in our society have Down syndrome and have struggled to gain rights to go to school‚ have a job‚ and live a normal life. Down syndrome is when one is born with an extra chromosome. He or she has 3 copies of the 21 chromosome and 47 total chromosomes instead of 46. This extra chromosome can cause many physical health issues. People with Down syndrome can lead a normal life and there has been a major improvement of their support and acceptance
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