Stargardt disease is an inherited disease that leads to blindness. This disease occurs around 1 in every 10‚000 children and is an autosomal recessive disease‚ therefore only being able to trace which parent has it‚ once the child has been confirmed whether or not to have this disease. It is caused by mascular degeneration‚ which eventually leads to blindness. Mascular degeneration is where the mascular part of the retina‚ where there are the most light-receptors‚ rods and cones (that are used for
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1. Genetic Disorders A disease caused by an abnormality in an individuals DNA is known as a genetic disorder. The abnormalities can range from being a very small single-base mutation in just one gene or it could be because the lack of a chromosome or maybe even one too many. Occasionally‚ these aforementioned abnormalities can lead to something as serious as cancer‚ while others lead to various other health conditions. Genetic disorders can be heritable or non-heritable‚ meaning it can be acquired
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Huntington’s Disease or Alzheimer’s Disease? As the body ages through time‚ many of the functions will slowly begin to diminish and deteriorate‚ including the nervous system. The nervous system is made up of your brain and the many different neurons that transmit signals to and from the body. One of the most common ways the nervous system deteriorates is when the connections between two neurons diminish‚ or build plaque. The brain uses neurons to send signals to each other‚ in order to get our
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taking in and using oxygen. Diseases are any harmful change that interferes with the normal appearance‚ structure‚ or function of the body or any of its parts (Crisp & Taylor 2009). The content of this topic will outline important issues that concern oxygen and respiratory disease. Respiratory disease is the term used for defining diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ emphysema and asthma. Common signs and symptoms of respiratory disease are coughing‚ wheezing‚ dyspnoea
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Research paper about vector organisms such as ticks and mosquitoes and ways to remove them. Vector Organisms and the Diseases They Carry Vector organisms are parasites that transmit various diseases. Two vector organisms are ticks and mosquitoes. These two vector organisms transmit many well-known diseases. Through most of this essay‚ I will be explaining these two different organisms and the diseases that they carry. First‚ I will be explaining deer ticks. Ticks are small spider-like organisms
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called The Debilitating Effects of TV on Children and the author is Dr. John M. Grohol and in this article he states that television is detrimental to children and parents even allowing them to watch educational programs. He talks a lot about research from different sources that all seem to back this theory. He says that “Most child psychologists and child development experts recommend no TV whatsoever for a child before the age of 2 or 3. None. Yet a whopping 43 percent of parents plop their
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Research Proposal Substance Abuse: Parental Involvement during Adolescent Years and its effects on Teen Substance Abuse Norfolk State University November 25‚ 2013 Professor Worley – SWK 416 Introduction Adolescent substance abuse in Virginia is below the national average according to a study for the Department of Adolescent Health with the Department of Health & Human Services (2011) teens in grades 9-12 disclosed usage of alcohol at a rate of 18 percent compared
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Batten’s Disease People cease to exist each and every day. With every passing minute‚ over one hundred people breathe their last and depart from this world. Death comes by many means: deprivation of food‚ war‚ epidemic‚ disease‚ and old age. Diseases are accountable for death in many people. A prominent family of ailments is neurological disorders. Batten disease is one subset of neurological disorders. Battens assaults its victims in the childhood years and eventually takes their lives
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Legionnaires’ Disease is pneumonia that’s caused by bacteria (Center For Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2015). The name of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s is Legionella pneumophila. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs; this specific type of pneumonia is serious and can threaten one’s life. The body system that is affected is the respiratory system. Another body system that can be affected is the digestive system. This disease can lead to complications such as respiratory failure‚ septic
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Of Mice and Men Ideas‚ Writing Prompts‚ and Projects (Special thanks to all the teachers and sources for these ideas.) You will find the ideas and prompts herein will range from concepts to questions to projects‚ in no particular order or ratio. Some can be done from various angles; others‚ in one specific way. Some can even be combined. Keep in mind that many of these may only be done by one person in the class while some can be duplicated because their approaches can be different. Challenge
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