Abstract This paper sheds light on one of the most important diseases which is Huntington’s disease (HD). It’s widely spread around the world but it’s not commonly known among people. Since science developed and genetics became known‚ scientists discovered that HD is inherited from one generation to another which have put the scientists with a big challenge to find cure for such disease. In addition‚ this paper provides information about causes‚ symptoms‚ inheritance‚ treatments
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Research paper Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of the lining of your digestive tract‚ which can lead to abdominal pain‚ severe diarrhea and even malnutrition. Inflammation caused by Crohn’s disease can involve different areas of the digestive tract in different people. The inflammation caused by Crohn’s disease often spreads deep into the layers of affected bowel tissue. Like ulcerative colitis‚ another common IBD‚ Crohn’s disease can be both painful
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Huntington ’s disease John Doe HCS/245 10/20/2013 Prof Jane Huntington ’s disease In 1993 researchers discovered the gene that causes Huntington’s disease. (Huntington ’s disease Society of America‚ 8/27) Huntington’s disease is a disease which progressively degenerates cells in the brain slowly over time. Since the nerve cells in the brain are slowly dying it causes uncontrollable movements‚ emotion changes and other forms of determination of psychological aspects. (The Diagnosis and
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Heart Disease Many may or may not be surprised to know the number one killer in America for both men and women is heart disease. America has become increasingly over weight by over eating‚ eating unhealthy and not getting enough exercise. We have been alerted that each year we are becoming more and more obese at a alarming rate. Heart disease has been known to kill more people than any of the cancers combined by causing heart attacks and strokes. There are many causes to heart disease by choices
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Crohn’s Disease Crohn’s disease is a disease that affects between 500‚000-700‚000 people nationwide. Crohn’s disease was named after Dr. Burrill B. Crohn who first described the disease in 1932. He described Crohn’s disease as a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract. This disease belongs to a larger group of conditions referred to as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD). Crohn’s disease causes inflammation of the lining of the digestive tract which leads to abdominal pain‚
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Communicable Disease Paper Kayla Lysak HCS 457 July 7‚ 2014 Lindsay Cogan Communicable Disease Paper This paper will be discussing what MRSA is and the efforts that are being made to control it. It will also be discussing the environmental factors that are related to this disease. Other factors that will be discussed will be to explain the influence that lifestyles‚ socioeconomic status and disease management play and what the public health department is doing to reduce the threat this disease poses. Lastly
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In the last 50 years‚ celiac disease has increased rapidly in the U.S. Even scientists are yet to figure out why. But‚ how do you get celiac disease? Before we look at how you can get celiac‚ here is some background to the disorder: Research findings show that 1 in 141 Americans suffer from celiac disease‚ but most of them are not aware. The disease affects children and adults the world over‚ but is more prevalent in Caucasians and females. Your immune system is designed to protect your body from
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Crohn’s Disease Shauna Griffin Immunology Spring 2016 April 23‚ 2016 Dr. Turner Crohn’s disease‚ also known as Ileitis‚ is a chronic‚ inflammatory disease involving the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract). The main purpose of the GI tract is to break down food in order to allow the nutrients to be absorbed effectively. This is extremely important to the body’s functioning and overall performance. The GI tract is essential for energy‚ growth and repair and it is because of these reasons that Crohn’s
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Perthes Disease Perthes Disease‚ also known as Legg-Calve Perthes Disease is a childhood disorder that affects the head of the femur bone‚ where it connects to the hip bone. Begins in childhood and affects boys more than girls between the ages 4-8 and is more common in Caucasian children than those of an ethnic back round. Usually it only affects one hip‚ but in 10% of some cases it affects both. This is not an infectious disease‚ so other children in the house won’t be affected. It occurs when
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Parkinson’s Disease goes as far back as the 12th century B.C king Drooling described symptoms of the disease but was not documented until 1817 by James Parkinson. The term parkinsonism[->0] is used for a motor syndrome[->1] whose main symptoms are tremor at rest‚ stiffness‚ slowing of movement and postural instability. Parkinson’s disease causes neuropsychiatric disturbances‚ which include mainly cognition‚ mood and behavior problems‚ and can be as disabling as motor symptoms. Most people with Parkinson’s
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