In 2015‚ Anthem has announced their biggest data breach yet‚ 80 million people were at risk in having their personal data exposed which may cause identity fraud. This was not the case in just losing a credit card it was much more personal because of the information it contained. Everyone’s social security numbers‚ previous health records‚ previous employees and previous address that is the biggest issue in this case. This was called “sophisticated attack” because someone has impersonated as administrator
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CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME A Term Paper Presented to the Faculty of Information Technology In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Barros‚ Nikki Jezzel C. Introduction Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or CTS is a condition where an affected person finds his hands being numb for quite some time and then suddenly feels a sharp‚ tingling pain from the wrists up to the arms. Also called median nerve entrapment‚ CTS occurs
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Alien Hand Syndrome Alien Hand syndrome‚ also known as Anarchic Hand syndrome and Dr. Strangelove syndrome‚ is a neurological disorder in which a person’s hand seemingly has a mind of its own. The person will feel normal sensation‚ but will have no conscious control of their afflicted hand or hands. This syndrome is best documented when a person has the two hemispheres or their brain surgically separated‚ a routine surgery for those with epilepsy. A person with alien hand syndrome can feel
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Guillain-Barré syndrome following Zika virus infection does not come as a surprise‚ as this syndrome is a well-known (albeit rare) complication of other infections. Definition of Guillain-Barré syndrome Guillain-Barré syndrome represents an acute autoimmune polyradiculoneuropathy with a wide spectrum of severity. A history of gastrointestinal or respiratory infection three weeks or less before the onset is noted in approximately two thirds of patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome. A possible explanation
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Restless Legs Syndrome I. History of Disorder Restless legs syndrome is a neurological disorder that has been studied for hundreds of years. The earliest documentation of the syndrome was recorded nearly 400 years ago by Thomas Willis‚ a 17th century English physician who served King Charles II. Willis described cases of people having trouble sleeping because of constant contractions of tendons in the legs. Soreness resulted from these contractions and would hinder sleep for days at a time. The
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DEAD SYNDROME English 150 Instructor: S. Jone November 7‚ 2011 The Walking Dead Syndrome Introduction The Walking Dead syndrome is considered a rare disease. I believe everyone in this existence has a purpose on this vast place we call earth. However‚ there are people diagnosed with a syndrome who believe they have no soul or convinced themselves they are dead. The “Walking Dead Syndrome” is also commonly known as “Cotard’s Syndrome”. In this paper‚ I will refer this syndrome as “Cotard’s
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Tracie Emmerich Professor Debbie Seale Biology 101 TR‚ 8:30-11:30 am 3/6/2012 Triple X Syndrome Triple X Syndrome is a sex chromosome abnormality in which there are three X chromosomes instead of the usual two found in most females. Triple X Syndrome is also known as Trisomy X‚ Triplo X Syndrome‚ and XXX Syndrome. The first published report of a woman with a karyotype with a 47‚ XXX was by Patricia A. Jacobs in 1959 at a hospital in Scotland. Most people have 46 chromosomes‚ occurring in
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Pshycotic Depression may cause strong delusions‚ depression‚ hallucinations and even social impairement. When a patient suffers from Cotard’s Syndrome Type I they tend to experience multiple delusions. Patients with Cotard’s Syndrome Type II suffer from anxiety‚ delusions‚ hallucinations (auditory) and depression; this is also the most common. Biologically speaking‚ there is no clear problem with the people that suffer from Cotard’s.
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Turner’s Syndrome Turner’s syndrome is a genetic condition in which a female does not have the usual pair of two X chromosomes. This medical disorder affects about 1 in every 2‚500 girls. I do not know exactly what causes Turner syndrome‚ but researchers know that it is the result of a problem with a girl ’s chromosomes either not being there at all or only part of it is still there. I think the most known effects of the condition vary widely with girls with Turner syndrome. It all depends
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Angelman syndrome (AS) is an infrequent genetic condition that has a considerable impact on a person’s nervous system which causes them to have severe physical and intellectual disabilities; I will briefly define these in the commentary (Genetic Disorders‚ 2015). Harry Angelman identified the condition in three children in 1965 however in today’s research it is found in one in sixteen million people.(Angelmanuk.2015).Therefore the reason the research has been so motivational is due to it being very
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