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    Culture and Disease HCS 245 6/17/2013 Cathy Andrade Culture and Disease Asthma is a disease that is sweeping the country. With so many new cases being reported daily‚ it has become somewhat of an epidemic. It can be found in almost all corners of the world. Although it is most common in the US‚ Canada‚ and UK‚ it is growing more common in heavily industrialized countries like Brazil and South Africa. This disease can affect anyone; from women to men‚ children to adults‚ Caucasians to

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    Culture and Disease Paper - Malaria Erin E. Nelson HCS 245 September 5‚ 2011 Andrea Dale Culture and Disease Paper - Malaria It tropical and sub-tropical climates temperature‚ humidity‚ and rainfall work together to create a breeding ground for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes are a host for communicable diseases one in particular is called malaria. Malaria is a parasitic disease that infects a particular type of mosquito‚ Anopheles mosquitoes‚ which feeds

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    Alzheimer’s Disease Case Study Kathleen Voves HCS/245 February 1st‚ 2014 Sheela Alvarado Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia‚ a neurologic disease characterized by loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with normal activities of daily living‚ lasting at least six months (Deirdre‚ Blanchfield‚ & Longe‚ 2006). At first Alzheimer’s disease will destroy neurons in parts of the brain that control memory. As these neurons stop functioning‚ the short-term memory will

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    Bubonic Plague University of Phoenix Introduction to Health and Disease HCS 245 March 03‚ 2013 Bubonic Plague The bubonic plague seems to refer to an era long passed. Associated with the filthy living conditions of industrial Europe in the 14th century its beginnings are centuries prior in the Roman Empire. The Plague of Justinian is the first well documented pandemic of the bubonic plague and “it killed up to 10‚000 people a day”("Bubonic plague‚" n.d.‚ 1). When the plague struck Asia

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    Cultural and Disease Paper Roberta Williams HCS/245 February 22.2014 Rebecca Riznyk   Every 24 hours thirty six thousand people are diagnosed with diabetes mellitus! (Darrell Lynn Grace‚ 2011).There is twenty four million Americans that have Diabetes Mellitus‚ and ninety five percent have type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Diabetes is a group of diseases that is caused by high levels of blood glucose and is caused by defects in insulin production. Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death and

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    (Week 1 DQ #2) Class‚  In our first DQ‚ we discussed the various cultural barriers that we might see on a routine basis; however there are still many more barriers to effective communication.  These might be more associated with physical and psychological barriers.  Here are two real-world questions that we most of us will encounter throughout our health care career regularly... How might a provider communicate more effectively with a person who is hearing impaired? Also‚ how might a provider communicate

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    Introduction to Health and Disease HCS 245 March 09‚ 2013 Tuberculosis Transmission of Tuberculosis in the 1800-1900’s Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the bacterium that causes tuberculosis. Also known as TB‚ tuberculosis bacteria attacks the lungs in most cases but can attack other parts of the body. If not treated properly tuberculosis can be fatal. Tuberculosis is an airborne bacterium spread from person to person. According to the CDC‚ Center for Disease Control‚ “TB bacteria are put

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    Running head: DISEASE TRENDS IN THE NEWS Disease Trends in the News University of Phoenix Introduction to Health and Disease HCS/245 Disease Trends in the News The article that I read was from the Modesto‚ CA newspaper‚ The Modesto Bee. Even though the article is over a year old‚ written in October‚ 2009‚ the information it contains is still relevant to today. Carlson (2009) uses statistics from telephone surveys as well as information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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    Disease in the News – Tuberculosis HCS/245 June 25‚ 2013 Tynan Weed Tuberculosis Tuberculosis‚ TB (tubercle bacillus) or MTB (mycobacterium tuberculosis) is a widespread‚ and in numerous cases fatal‚ communicable disease produced by a variety of forms of mycobacteria. The disease is distributed within the air when individuals who are infected with active TB infection sneeze‚ cough‚ or pass on breathing fluids throughout the air. Generally infections are asymptomatic‚ meaning they feel

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    Communicable Disease Paper Charlotte Hall HCS457 Sarah Dunn 3/4/2013 Communicable Disease Paper Communicable disease is a notifiable disease; this is any disease that is required to be reported (HEALTH‚ 2005). Communicable disease includes sexually transmitted diseases (STD) like Chlamydia. Chlamydia is a bacterium called Chlamydia trachomatis and is a commonly reported STD (Services‚ 2012). This disease may not have any symptoms to indicate a problem within the person. Chlamydia affects

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