2013 Mad Cow: Fact or Fiction? While Mad Cow disease may seem like an urban legend it‚ in fact‚ is a real disease that infects thousands of cows along with people worldwide. The scientific name given to this disease is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE. BSE is fatal; it degrades the nervous and digestive systems in cows over time. On average‚ 1.5 million of the 12 million cattle in the United Kingdom will be infected with this disease in that span of one year. The first outbreak of mad
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Tay Sachs Disease A mutation (or mutating) is changing a structure of a gene. Tay Sachs disease is a lethal mutation inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder‚ it is also known as Hexosaminidase A deficiency‚ GM2-Gangliosidosis‚ or TSD. Tay Sachs is an extremely tragic disease that has no cure. Tay Sachs was named after and discovered by english ophthalmologist Warren Tay and Jewish-American neurologist Bernard Sachs. Tay and Sach’s development and research of the disease was around the
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WHAT IS MAD COW DISEASE? -Mad cow disease‚ formally known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). -Is a chronic degenerative disease that attacks the central nervous system of cattle. -Destroying brain tissue and eventually causing dementia and death. There is no known cure. IN HUMANS -In human beings it is known as the Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome -A rare neuro-degenerative disease that is a contagious form of spongiform encephalitis‚ -It is thought to be caused by a slow virus which
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Introduction For the last decades‚ the number of fatalities from coronary heart disease (CHD) in Australia has steadily declined‚ however it remains one of the leading causes of all deaths and the number one cause of cardiovascular deaths among Australian population (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW]‚ 2011). Coronary heart disease refers to the conditions that affect the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle with nutrients and oxygen (Craft‚ Gordon‚ & Tiziani‚ 2011). There
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Parkinson’s disease Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs motor skills‚ speech‚ and other functions‚ and has no known cure (Wikipedia). It affects about 100‚000 Canadians and 1.6 million people worldwide (Parkinson’s Society Canada). Diagnosis can be difficult especially in the early stages due to symptom overlap with other diseases. Early signs are often dismissed as signs of normal aging‚ in Michael J Fox’s case his twitchy finger was
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Storage Disease type III is an autosomal recessive disorder that is caused by the deficiency of the glycogen debrancher enzyme. This deficiency causes there to be a mutation on exon three and it causes abnormally structured glycogen to be present in the body. This disease can be diagnosed by multiple tolerance tests and it also can be diagnosed by analyzing the muscle tissues. This disease causes problems in the liver and in the muscles. The tolerance tests are used to test for liver diseases and the
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Headline: Mad Cow Disease Symptoms Keywords: Mad Cow Disease‚ Symptoms‚ humans‚ cattle Page Description: Mad cow disease is a neurological disorder that affects cattle. It is an infectious disease can also affect other species including humans. Symptoms of this disease are usually psychiatric. This disease is incurable and fatal. Text: { Mad Cow Disease Mad cow disease is a neurological disorder of cattle that can be transmitted to humans. In humans‚ mad cow disease is known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob
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Description: The central core disease is a disorder which is known to affect the skeletal muscles—muscles that are needed for movement. It generates weakness within the muscles. It also damages the tone of skeletal muscles and hardens their ability to contract with ease. Signs and symptoms • poor muscle tone (hypotonia) • weakness in muscles (often in facial muscles) • Muscle cramps • skeletal deformities such as joint dislocations and scoliosis • Delayed physical development
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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of inherited conditions that affect the red blood cells. People affected with sickle cell disease produce abnormally shaped red blood cells that causes health problems. Sickle cell disease is caused by a defective gene passed on from the parent to the child. Sickle cell disease is condition that is considered serious and lifelong. People of African descent are mainly affected with sickle cell disease in addition to ‚ Caribbean‚ Middle Eastern‚ Eastern Mediterranean
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Coronary Artery Disease‚ also known as Coronary Heart Disease‚ is the most common heart disease. In both men and women‚ it is the leading cause of death in the United States. Coronary arteries carry blood to the heart. CAD is caused by a thickening of these arteries‚ called atherosclerosis. Plaque‚ a substance containing cholesterol and other fatty substances‚ builds up inside the thickened walls of the arteries‚ which slows or blocks blood flow to the heart. In result‚ the heart cannot receive the
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