introduction Non-infectious diseases (also called Non-communicable diseases) are those diseases that are not caused by a pathogen and cannot be shared from one person to another. Disease caused by these organisms are infectious diseases. There are many kinds of non-infectious diseases. Non-infectious diseases may be caused by either the environment‚ nutritional deficiencies‚ lifestyle choices‚ or genetic inheritances. Unlike infectious diseases‚ non-infectious diseases are not communicable or contagious
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Coronary Heart Disease Heart diseases are one of the most killing diseases in the United States‚ where there are more than half a million people die of a hteart the disease every year. That is a 1 in every 4 deaths‚ which is a very huge number. (wc) About 370 thousands of these people die of the most killing type which is the coronary heart disease. (1) Since the coronary heart disease is very common nowadays‚ people should be educated on what exactly it is and how it happens‚ its risk
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HUMAN DISEASE GENETICS Contents Section 1 Title: The Genes of Osteogenesis Imperfecta 3 Section 2 Title: Pathogenesis of Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1 and Type 2 6 Section 3 Title: Huntington Disease Genetics 8 Section 4 Title: The major forms of Glycogen Storage Disease types I‚ III and IX 11 Section 1 Title: The Genes of Osteogenesis Imperfecta (word count = 568) Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is caused by different
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Denita LaRock HCA/240 January 21‚ 2013 Crohn’s Disease Nakki Price Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that affects the bowel tissues. The inflammation begins in the lining of the digestive tract‚ and may spread into the layers of the bowel tissue. This disease causes severe diarrhea‚ abdominal pain‚ and malnutrition. Other symptoms are ulcers‚ fever‚ weight loss and reduced appetite. Abdominal pain‚ blood in stool‚ and unexplained diarrhea or fever lasting more than two days
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Coronary Heart Disease Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. There are many types of heart diseases that fall into this title. Two of the most popular forms of cardiovascular diseases are heart attack and stroke. The increasing amount of exposure of known risk factors for these diseases to young adults is why I feel it is necessary to promote what it takes to lead a heart healthy lifestyle in order to avoid becoming another statistic. I feel as though
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Chronic Diseases: Heart Disease Heart disease is the most frequent condition affecting the heart‚ known as coronary artery disease. Over time‚ a buildup of cholesterol creates a substance of plaque on the inside of the coronary arteries blocking the blood flow to the heart causing it to damage the heart muscle. When a heart attack occurs‚ it creates permanent damage killing a portion of the heart. If the heart cannot effectively pump blood to the body‚ it will reduce the flow‚ and begin beating
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Creative Title: Tay-Sachs‚ the saddest of diseases Introduction: Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is a genetic condition affecting male and female infants. The life expectancy of children with TSD is just 3-4 years old. Unfortunately‚ it is always fatal and there no known cure. What is the cause of the disease and how is it inherited? Tay-Sachs disease is hereditary‚ meaning it is inherited from family members. TSD is the result of an autosomal recessive gene‚ meaning‚ meaning that two copies of an abnormal
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Huntington’s disease was first ever believed to be discussed in a letter by Charles Oscar Waters in 1842. In 1846 Charles Gorman noted that the disease seemed to occur in a certain region. Symptoms of the disease were described by Johan Christian in 1860. In 1872 George Huntington gave the first complete description of the disease based on his research‚ and so the disease was named after him. In 1993 the huntingtin gene was located. Huntington’s disease is caused by a defective gene. The defective
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Inflammatory bowel disease affects about one million Americans. Crohn ’s disease and ulcerative colitis are both types of irritable bowel disease‚ or IBD. Crohn ’s disease is an ongoing illness that creates inflammation in the walls of the digestive tract. It can affect any area of the gastrointestinal tract (GI)‚ from the mouth to the anus. Although it can be found along any part of the GI tract‚ it is most commonly detected in the small intestine. This paper will highlight the history‚ causes
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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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