Professor Franco English Comp II 14 June 2011 Alcoholism a Disease Alcoholism is an extremely dangerous disease that has a way of manipulating anyone who allows it to consume them by turning their life around like a merry-go-round‚ resulting in problems within their home‚ school‚ work‚ and social relationships. Alcoholism has no prejudice it affects millions of Americans every day. Alcoholism is a chronic‚ often progressive disease in which a person craves alcohol and drinks despite repeated
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Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. The disease can be treated but there is no cure for it. As it progresses it gets worse and will eventually lead to death. It develops differently for everyone but the symptoms are similar. In the early stages‚ short term memory loss is the most common symptom. As it progresses the symptoms include irritability‚ confusion‚ aggression and long term memory loss. Following that the persons bodily functions deteriorate
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both eyes. These cataracts may be so small that they do not affect vision. If they do‚ the lenses may need to be removed. 4. Radiation cataract- Cataracts can develop after exposure to some types of radiation. GLAUCOMA Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye’s optic nerve and can result in vision loss and blindness. However‚ with early detection and treatment‚ you can often protect your eyes against serious vision loss. At first‚ open-angle glaucoma has no symptoms. It causes no pain
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The Disease of Me This was written by Alan Stein and modified by Renee Roggow …Many kids today don’t understand that volleyball is a we game – not a me game. They play for the scorebook‚ not the scoreboard. They play for the name on the back of their jersey instead of the name on the front. ‘ There are 3 symptoms of the ‘disease of me’ – each of which severely stagnates a player’s growth and development. I have seen each of these symptoms from players of every age and every level: 1.
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mitochondrial your body will work differently. I was in 7th grade‚ in the hospital sick again when I began to learn about what was causing my illness. Since then the mitochondria has interested me but when I was recently diagnosed with mitochondrial disease I realized just how important the organelle is to your body. The mitochondrial produces ATP which is released into your body as energy‚ but when your mitochondrion is damaged like mine it does not produce the same
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James Hardie Industries & Asbestos Disease What is asbestos? Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring minerals with fibrous qualities. Asbestos has been used for thousands of years but was more frequently used during the 19th & 20th centuries due to its average tensile strength‚ sound absorption as well as fire resistant qualities. Due to these desirable qualities asbestos became one of the most popular building materials in Australia. During the 1960s & 70s Australia had the highest amount of
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the program till early 1980.the government then introduced it as community trails in 29 rural villages during which the program grew into tremendous success with decrease in child mortality rate .with establishment of national control of Diarrheal Disease project were the main objective was to educate mothers and physicians to understand the value and use of ORT depending on strengthening existing infrastructure which consists of 4 main components i.e. Production design and branding which introduced
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A Short Summary of Crohn’s Disease (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Epidemiology • Age of onset: 15-30 and 60-80 • Equal incidence between males and females • Jewish>White Caucasian>African Americans>Hispanic>Asians • Ashkenazi Jews risk is 2x that of an Israeli born Jew. • Urban areas>Rural areas • High socioeconomic > low socioeconomic classes Causes 1. Immune mediated • Pro-inflammatory>Anti-inflammatory • T-helper cells activation through cytokines to promote fibrinogenesis
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a person taking recommended preventative health action and to understand a person’s motivation and decision-making about seeking health services. The Health Belief Model proposes that people will respond best to messages about health promotion or disease prevention when the following four conditions for change exist: The model specifies that if individuals perceive a negative health outcome to be severe‚ perceive themselves to be susceptible to it‚ perceive the benefits to behaviors that reduce the
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hopeless‚ and sluggish. In between those periods‚ they usually feel normal You can think of the highs and the lows as two "poles" of mood‚ which is why it’s called "bipolar" disorder. Mary is a 40 year old woman with a major case of the bipolar disease. Mary has a son named matt and he is 12 years old. Has recently been getting less time with his mother as she wants to do nothing. That makes Matt feel that he is a burden to his own mother. And Mary’s husband Dave is 42. Now Mary was always very
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