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    infectious disease has garnered attention by those concerned with public health and safety; these diseases appear on populations or have existed before but have evolved and increase the rate of incidence on those within its range. There are many factors that can lead to the emergence of disease on a population from ecological or demographic changes‚ to evolution of microorganisms. However‚ international travel and trade has been a powerful force in the emergence of infectious disease on a population

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    Essay On Heartworm Disease

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    Heartworm disease was first recognized in dogs more than 100 years ago and is still prevalent among dogs and found in cats worldwide. Nature’s pest‚ the mosquito‚ is the cause of Dirofilaria immitis. At least 70 species of mosquitoes can serve as intermediate hosts‚ of which the most common vectors are Aedes‚ Anopheles‚ and Culex (Woodhaven Labs). When taking a blood meal from microfilaremic host --like wolves‚ coyotes‚ foxes or dogs-- the adult female mosquito becomes infected with the microfilariae

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    Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular Disease is composed of various types of problems due to atherosclerosis‚ which is build up of plaque. The plaque buildup can cause even more difficulties that can lead to heart attack and stroke. Cardiovascular disease can affect the nervous‚ urinary‚ muscular‚ and about every other system in the body due to lack of oxygen rich blood supply to the body. Heart attacks happen when blood flow to a certain part of the heart is blocked off by a blood clot

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    William Jason Parker BIO 145 April 11.2012 Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating disorder of the brain and “is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States” (Alzheimer’s Association) which has three stages. The first stage referred to as mild Alzheimer’s is marked with frequent memory loss and difficulty in retrieving newly learned information‚ as well as‚ difficulty in problem solving and personality deviations. The second stage is considered moderate Alzheimer’s and

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    1. Fibrocystic disease Fibrocystic disease is one of the most common benign breast lesions. The breast tissue in response of imbalanced estrogen and progesterone stimulation over time undergoes a various morphologic changes of fibrocystic disease. The peak incidence is between 35 and 50 years of age and it is rare before 25 years. The term embraces a spectrum of histologic changes‚ and may encompass many patients who have cystic lesions detected clinically or sclerotic breast lesions detected

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    Emerging Infectious Diseases Megan Jones BIO 101 Final Paper Over the past few years‚ it has become quite obvious that Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) pose a much larger threat than they did thirty years ago. By observing their studies and trends‚ experts have nearly proven that Emerging Infectious Diseases are not just a thing of the past. Many of these diseases originate in a non-human animal source‚ also known as zoonoses (zoonotic hosts). It is most important that the experts communicate

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    HCS/235 January 19‚ 2015 Marc Schnitzer Health Care Museum Vaccination – Disease Prevention Although primitive forms of vaccination date back to the ancient Chinese‚ the creation of the small pox vaccine by Jenner in 1796 put vaccination into the mainstream of our healthcare system. In 1954‚ Saulk created the polio vaccine and in 1955 it was approved by the FDA for disbursement in the U.S. eventually eradicating the disease in this country. Vaccinations save our health care system over 14 billion

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    Birth Month And Disease

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    Analyzing a Popular Magazine and a Scholarly Journal for the Study of Birth Month and Lifetime Disease Risk When we ask people for their birthdays‚ some reasons may be because we are wondering how old they are‚ when we should buy them gifts‚ or we have a plain curiosity about what their zodiac signs are. Most of us do not intend on figuring out how their birth months might predict the kinds of diseases that they could develop over their lifetimes. However‚ in an online article on Discover Magazine

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    problems with job responsibilities and relationships‚ according to the National Institutes of Health. As is the case with other addictions‚ alcoholism is considered a disease by many in the medical community‚ including the American Medical Association. A drawback to framing alcoholism as a disease is that we tend to think of diseases as something that needs to be diagnosed by a professional‚ Young said. However‚ physicians often only meet with patients for a short time and cannot possibility have

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    Tay-Sachs Disease

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    A rare and fatal disease‚ Tay-Sachs is characterized as one of the devastating neurodegenerative disease. Children afflicted with Tay-Sachs “lose motor skills and mental functions” eventually becoming “blind‚ deaf‚ mentally retarded‚ paralyzed...Tay-Sachs children usually die by age five” (“Tay-Sachs Disease”). A diagnosis of infantile Tay-Sachs is akin to a death sentence; the only form of care would be comfort for death. Tay-Sachs is passed on genetically from parent to child and‚ as it is an autosomal

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