Alzheimer ’s disease Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time‚ becoming severe enough to interfere with daily life activities. Up to today there is no cure for Alzheimer how ever there is treatment for symptoms‚ but the research continues in search to one day find the cure to this deadly disease. Unfortunately it runs in my family my dad’s dad past away of Alzheimer at the
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own life was he had been recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. However‚ it was learned that it
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Diseases of the Skin and Treatments Kari Fournier MO150-7 September 18‚ 2011 Instructor Eileen Domerchie Diseases of the Skin and Treatments In this paper‚ I am going to be writing about 3 different types of diseases of the skin and their treatments. Also I will be including the signs and symptoms‚ causes of the diseases‚ and the medication side effects. The first topic will be about Measles‚ which is an example of a viral skin infection. Next topic will be about Malignant Melanoma
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therapeutic strategies to treat Parkinson’s disease. 2011 Class Test Discuss the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system and mitochondria in Parkinson’s disease. 2009 Class Test Discuss‚ with examples‚ current and emerging therapeutic strategies used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. 2010/11 Exam Discuss‚ with examples‚ the rationale for the use of current and emerging therapeutic strategies in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. GENERAL STUFF TO MENTION What is it?
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A signs and symptoms of a Parkinson’s disease differ from each individual. At the beginning‚ a sign will be mild and unobserved. Normally‚ a sign starts from one side individual’s body and it stays bad even though when it affect both sides. A tremor is one of the main symptoms‚ it starts to shakes in a hand or arm beside a slow motion and stiffness. An individual may be aware of their backwards and forward of the thumb and forefinger which is known as a pill- rolling tremor. The slowness of the movement
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Kawasaki disease‚ also known as Kawasaki syndrome is an inflammatory disease that is potentially fatal affecting the circulatory system‚ heart‚ skin‚ mucous membranes and the immune system generally in infants and children younger than five years of age. Aneurysms‚ due to the inflamed coronary arteries lead to stenosis or coronary artery thrombosis‚aneurysm rupture‚ myocardial infarction and sudden death. The cause of this condition is unknown‚ but there has been an hypothesis linking this condition
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The diseases that are characterized by an abnormal accumulation of α-synuclein (-Syn) aggregates within neurons‚ nerve fibers‚ or glial cells are collectively referred to as α-synucleinopathies [1]. The three main types of α-synucleinopathies are Parkinson’s disease (PD)‚ dementia with Lewy bodies‚ and multiple system atrophy. These disorders impact mainly the elderly population‚ therefore causing serious personal and economic burden in our aging societies. Among them the most common disease is PD
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Alzheimer’s Disease Central Carolina Community College Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia that affects the brain cells causing memory loss and behavior changes. According to the Alzheimer’s Association‚ about 200‚000 people that are younger that 65 have early symptoms of Alzheimer’s. Symptoms of Alzheimer’s include the decreasing ability to carry on conversations‚ lack of response to one’s environment‚ and declining cognitive abilities. Generally‚ Alzheimer’s begins with the person
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Lyme disease Lyme Disease Lyme borreliosis‚ commonly known as Lyme diseases is an infectious bacterial disease transmitted through the bite of the blacklegged tick. It is named after the neighboring towns of Lyme and old Lyme‚ Connecticut. The first reported cases of Lyme disease came from these towns in 1975. Although‚ it was not discovered that the disease was a tick-born disease until 1978 by Allen Steere. Today it is the most common disease caused by ticks throughout the
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Lyme Disease Lyme disease is a disease that is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi‚ and is spread through the bite of infected ticks. In the United States‚ there are two coastal ticks that spread the disease in the east and west. The blacklegged tick‚ or deer tick‚ spreads it in the northeastern‚ north-atlantic. The western blacklegged tick spreads the disease on the west coast. Ticks can attach to any part of the human body but are often found in hard-to-see areas such as the groin‚ armpits
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