Argumentative Essay; Global Infectious Diseases The risk of catching a disease that originates from across the world increases as the world’s technology and travel advances. The problem is‚ is that we can’t stop ourselves from getting a disease or stop traveling. Another factor is that it may not be something that can be cured and it may be contagious. The results of global deaths that come from infectious diseases are 25%. One solution is to develop a vaccine and/or other products to prevent
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Emily Pozzuoli MCB2004 04/15/2013 Emerging Infectious Diseases: Avian Influenza A Emerging infectious diseases are diseases that are new or changing‚ and are increasing‚ or have the potential to increase in incidence in the near future. (Pearson‚ Microbiology) Some important contributing factors to the development of EIDs are evolutionary changes in existing organisms‚ the movement of previously identified diseases to new geographic locations and populations by modern transportation‚ and increased
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Heart Disease (RHD) is a chronic heart condition that accounts for approximately 2% of all cardiovascular mortalities worldwide. It is most prevalent in developing countries where the actual disease burden is higher due to overcrowding‚ poverty and the lack of sufficient health care. The indigenous people of Australia and New Zealand‚ Africa and south-central Asia are at the greatest risk of suffering this disease. “The average annual incidence of acute rheumatic fever in children aged 5-15 years
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Societies Control of communicable diseases 7 This measles ’jab’ will help prevent this child from the consequences of measles such as pneumonia‚ malnutrition‚ blindness and brain disease. Photo:Marko Kokic‚Canadian Red Cross Control of communicable diseases in emergencies Description This chapter gives an overview of common and emerging communicable disease threats among displaced populations because of natural and human-made disasters. General and disease-specific strategies for monitoring
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A disease of long duration is a chronic disease. Osteoporosis is considered chronic and this paper will discuss what it means‚ what the risk factors and who is affected‚ this paper will address the symptoms to look out for and when to go to the doctor. Nutrition and what proper exercise can do to help prevent or slow down the progression caused by osteoporosis‚ and then the paper will list prevention and treatment options. May is osteoporosis month and this encourages free screenings for those who
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Cat Scratch Disease Sarah Hall Section 321 Professor Augustin June 20‚ 2011 Cat scratch disease is a bacterial infection that causes the swelling of lymph nodes‚ due to a scratch‚ lick‚ or bite of a cat. Forty percent of cats carry the bacteria in their saliva at some point in time in their lives. Cats that carry the disease usually do not show any signs of illness. Most people contract the disease after being scratched or bitten. More than 90% of people who contract it had contact with cats
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Case study 5: Dementia (Alzheimer’s Disease) Patient description: SW is a 69 year old man‚ he is 5’9”‚ weighs 173 lbs. His blood pressure is 122/80 mmHg and total cholesterol is 204mg/dl‚ HDL-C is 47 mg/dl. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease 2 years ago‚ shortly after retiring from a career as a financial advisor. He has now reached symptoms consistent with stage 4 of the disease http://www.alzheimers.net/stages-of-alzheimers-disease/ . He is fully capable of walking at this stage‚ and
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Degerative Disc Disease Degenerative Disc Disease Degenerative Disc Disease is something that is very common. As people get older they experience some symptoms but‚ certain cases are worse than others. Allen Naylor is someone that suffers from this disease personally. He has had seven back surgeries in a matter of ten years of finding out he had the disease. He did receive passive treatment which has the benefits of taking away extreme pain by pain medication that is monitored by a doctor
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Canavan’s disease is one of the most common and fatal progressive cerebellar degenerative disorder affecting the white matter of the brain which is caused due to the enzyme aspartoacylase. 1 Aspartoacylase (ASPA gene) promotes the deacetylation of N-acetylaspartic acid (NAA) to produce acetate and L-aspartate which is the only brain enzyme that has been shown to effectively metabolize NAA. 2 NAA metabolism plays a major role in the formation of myelin lipids. Oligodendrocytes present in the brain
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HS200: Diseases of the Human Body Prof: Kristen Hathcock January 21‚ 2014 Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)‚ is a condition in which plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries. These arteries supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart muscle. This plaque is made up of fat‚ cholesterol‚ calcium‚ and other substances found in the blood. When plaque builds up in the arteries‚ the condition is called atherosclerosis‚ the buildup of plaque occurs over many years. Over time‚ the plaque hardens
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