Wilson’s Disease is a genetic disorder that is fatal unless detected and treated before serious illness develops from copper poisoning. Wilson’s Disease affects one in thirty thousand people world wide. The genetic defect causes excessive copper accumulation. Small amounts of copper are essential as vitamins. Copper is present in most foods‚ and most people get much more than they need. Healthy people excrete copper they don’t need‚ but Wilson’s Disease patients cannot
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Alzheimer’s Disease Specific Purpose: To help my audience understand what Alzheimer’s Disease is. Thesis Statement: The need to educate people on Alzheimer’s Disease for family members or friends in-case a loved one is diagnosed. Introduction: A. What would one do if their family member or friend knew of someone who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease? What would they do to help or take care of this family member? Well‚ I work in a nursing home with the elderly with this disease every day
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Communicable Disease Communicable diseases have been a plague on mankind since the beginning of history. Communicable diseases can instill fear‚ panic‚ and public outrage. The outcry for communicable disease control‚ prevention‚ and eradication has been the driving force behind physicians and organizations. Understanding the communicable disease‚ the origin‚ the causation behind the spread of the disease‚ and how to prevent further spread of the communicable disease is the intent of these physicians
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Circulatory Diseases Directions: Complete the T-Chart Below. Select 10 diseases from this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/organ/circulatory_system.htm List the disease‚ and write a short summary of what the disease entails. Circulatory Disease Disease Description • Behcet’s Disease: A type of vasculitis in which there is chronic inflammation of the blood vessels in the body. This can lead to aneurysms in the lungs‚ blindness‚ and meningitis. • Moyamoya
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Some say addiction is a disease not a choice‚ what do you think? With addiction there is no physiological malfunction in the brain. Addiction is a choice; in the moment. It is not a disease like cancer or diabetes. Addiction is not a disease that comes unexpected‚ it is what you choose to do‚ it is a choice. Addiction is chosen not by the brain does it come unexpectedly. “In a true disease‚ some part of the body is in a state of abnormal physiological functioning‚ and this causes the undesirable
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cells are failing. Many people confuse Alzheimer’s disease with dementia. Dementia is a set of symptoms that include problem solving‚ reasoning skills and memory loss while Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disorder that is usually characterized by considerable dysfunctions in cognition‚ functionality‚ and behavior (Sabbagh et al.‚ 2011). Researchers have discovered changes that take place in the brains of those who have Alzheimer’s disease that may cause the memory loss and decline in other
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Chronic Lyme Disease Whitney Everhart BCOMM/275 June 30‚ 2013 Jim Parkinson Chronic Lyme Disease Chronic Lyme disease has been a controversial topic for many years. Researchers are in between opinions to determine if this disease really does exist. Lyme disease is a tick-borne disease that passes to the tick’s host once it has latched on and started feeding. The disease goes into the host’s blood and implants a bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. This type of bacterium is from the spirochete
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This infectious disease caused by RNA viruses. This virus is not only attack human‚ but this virus also affects birds and mammals. The symptoms of this disease are fever‚ sore throat‚ muscle pains‚ headache‚ weakness‚ and coughing. This disease is very common nowadays. So many people affected by this disease. Even though it’s very easy to be affected by this virus‚ but this virus is not really dangerous. Dengue Fever Dengue fever is also known as breakbone fever. This disease is very common in
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Is Obesity a Disease? After a long day of work or school‚ we have the choice to prepare ourselves a healthy meal or to get something quick and easy from the drive-through or a quick microwaveable dinner. Many of us do not have the time‚ or just simply choose not prepare healthy meals or exercise and it shows in our waistline. From the abundance of fast food chains on every corner to television and video games it is no wonder why we are putting on extra pounds. Obesity is caused by an unhealthy and
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Chronic Kidney Disease BIO 105‚ sec M02 Prof. Palanca Ayo Powell (Term Paper) 3/25/12 The Kidney is one of the most important organs in the human body. Its primary function is the removal of waste & toxins from the blood stream. So if the kidney stopped working correctly and is no longer able to properly function that would lead to serious problems. Blood is no longer being cleaned. The waste and the toxins aren’t being removed. Instead it’s all building up in the blood stream causing
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