Daniel Valentine Ms. Blood Research paper 3/15/2014 Heart Disease‚ A growing Epidemic. Look at the highway just a few miles away. Right now you see the cars on it speeding along‚ nothing is wrong with the system. You see a bad driver and he causes disorder and mayhem. He causes traffic to move more slowly. Because of him‚ now other people cannot get to their destinations fast enough‚ causing problems outside of the highway. The bad driving causes accidents‚ and now an ambulance has to come‚ police
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Communicable Disease Paper Enquied Fields HCS/465 May 28‚ 2014 Duane Bibbie Communicable Disease Paper In the world today‚ there are a number of communicable diseases that rely on fluid exchange‚ contaminated substances‚ or that travel through contact from an infected
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Paper: COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Definition This lung disease is clinically defined as a chronic obstacle of lung airflow that interferes with normal breathing and is not fully reversible (WHO‚ 2014). This chronic lung disease is commonly associated with constant inflammatory response within the lung airways minimizing gas exchange (Romme‚ McAllister‚ Murchison‚ Beek‚ Petrides‚ Price‚ MacNee‚ 2013). Many individuals with COPD disease commonly have chronic bronchitis and emphysema
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Henry Williams is a 74-year-old African American who was admitted for shortness of breath secondary to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation. His past medical history is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ cardiovascular disease‚ hyperlipidemia‚ asthma‚ hear loss‚ and hypertension. His neighbor brought him to the emergency room because he was having difficulty breathing and weakness. When he was brought to the emergency room‚ he was very weak and restlessness. Williams breathing
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1. TDI (The Tropical Disease Initiative) This programme was started because of lack of innovation and availability of drugs in tropical regions‚ especially; for diseases that are indigenous to the tropical regions. Drugs for diseases like the African sleeping sickness‚ dengue fever‚ kwashiorkor‚ malaria‚ tuberculosis etc.‚ are only 1% of the newly developed drugs. Due to patent incentives for the Western pharmaceutical companies and lack of payers for the drugs in the Tropics‚ drug availability is
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----------------------- Genetic Susceptibility • Different genetic abnormalities can lead to similar disease phenotypes. • Genes associated with Crohn’s disease are not implicated in Ulcerative Colitis • There is similar chromosomal susceptibility in CD and UC. Crohn’s disease Ulcerative Colitis Mutant CARD15 causes; Decreased antimicrobial peptide secretions from Paneth cells of the small intestine Defective down-regulation of innate
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MENIERE’S DISEASE - an abnormal inner ear fluid balance caused by a malabsorption in the endolyphatic sac or blockage in the endolyphatic duct. - chronic disease caused by an increase in endolymphatic pressure High in males (40-60 years old) Unknown Etiology Clinical Manifestations: * fluctuating‚ progressive sensorineural hearing loss * tinnitus or a roaring sound * feeling of pressure or fullness in the ear * episodic‚ incapaciating vertigo (severe dizziness)
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considering cutting back your research funding while Professor Tsai is doing such great work to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). As an intern with Professor Tsai‚ I am against your decision because P. Tsai has worked so hard to create a valuable research that will help in the process of finding a treatment for AD. Alzheimer’s disease has become a serious brain disease that is rapidly increasing. It contains many symptoms that are threatening as its main symptom is loss of memory and severe
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Case study 5: Dementia (Alzheimer’s Disease) Patient description: SW is a 69 year old man‚ he is 5’9”‚ weighs 173 lbs. His blood pressure is 122/80 mmHg and total cholesterol is 204mg/dl‚ HDL-C is 47 mg/dl. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 2 years ago‚ shortly after retiring from a career as a financial advisor. He has now reached symptoms consistent with stage 4 of the disease http://www.alzheimers.net/stages-of-alzheimers-disease/ . He is fully capable of walking at this stage‚ and
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Science Case Study: Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Introduction: CAD is defined as the impairment of the flow of blood to the myocardium and is a vascular disease but directly impacts cardiac function by reducing oxygenation of cardiac tissue (Porth‚ 2005). Mrs. X has been experiencing episodes of chest pain for the last 18 months and has been diagnosed with stable angina resulting from CAD. She has been admitted to the ward prior to undergoing an off pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) of
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