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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• Addison’s disease Addison’s disease is a rare and chronic disease discovered by Dr Thomas Addison in 1849 with the first known case of being from Tuberculosis later finding there are other causes. Addison’s disease is described as being a total deficiency of the hormones made in the adrenal cortex ( cortisol and alderstone ) due to its destruction affecting fewer than 200‚000 people a year and can be life threating if untreated. The hormone Cortisol is a hormone that is produced
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Case Study Analysis: Maple Leaf Foods: Leading Six Sigma Change Maple Leaf Foods: Six Sigma in 2002 From the title‚ “Maple Leaf Foods (A): Leading Six Sigma Change”‚ one could assume that the case study is about introduction and implementing of Six Sigma in Maple Leaf Foods (MLF) company which is based Toronto‚ Canada. By observing through headings from the case study‚ one can predict that Bruce Miyashita‚ vice-president (VP) Six Sigma of MLF‚ brings Six Sigma to MLF and he implemented
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Culture and Disease Paper University of Phoenix Introduction to Health and Disease HCS/245 In the following individual assignment of the cultural and disease paper I have selected to write about diabetes. I have always been interested about the disease; I have known that there are three different types or levels to this disease‚ type one type two and type three. The
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gift of normality. In this harsh world people are dying of all types of diseases and things that are undetectable or even treatable due to the fact that they have unknown origins. Many of the world’s diseases such as HIV‚ AIDS‚ some cases of Multiple Sclerosis and Muscular Dystrophies. Among these fatal and life threatening ailments Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease‚ other wise known as (CJD)‚ takes precedence. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is an unusual‚ degenerative‚ consistently terminal brain disorder
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Vanessa Duran April 6‚ 2013 SCI/162 Week 9 Final Draft Two Chronic Diseases Cancer and Heart Disease continue to be top killers in America‚ even though there is so much information to educate us on how to recognize them or even prevent them altogether. We have so many resources available to teach us how to keep our bodies free from disease and also how to catch diseases in their early stages. There are lifestyle changes that can be made‚ symptoms that can help diagnose the chronic condition
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Over the course of the company’s lifetime‚ there have been numerous changes within Maple Leaf Shoes and its environment that demand a change in the strategy the company employs. Some of these issues are from the ever-evolving economic environment‚ particularly with the help of globalization‚ other issues are a direct result of the corporate atmosphere that has been created since the takeover. Maple Leaf Shoes found its niche in being a low-cost provider‚ but production costs have been steadily rising
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The story and the show “Monsters on Maple Street” and “The Andy Griffith Show” have ways in which they are similar and different. Both stories similar conflicts but totally different complications. I felt emotions with both stories. I enjoyed watching both shows. While both stories have similar concepts there are many different aspects. Both these stories are similar in their setting‚ mood‚ and complications. Both shows were in black and white. I can infer both stories took place in the past
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regimen for the treatment of community acquired pneumonia based on clinical practice guidelines and other peer reviewed literature when given a patient case. CAP Clinical Practice Guidelines Mandell LA‚ Wunderink RG‚ Anzueto A‚ et al. Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults. Clin Infect Dis 2007;44:S27-72. Lower Respiratory Tract Infections Lower Respiratory Tract Tracheobronchial Tree Lung
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Sickle Cell Disease Physical-Adult • Eye problems. The retina‚ the "film" at the back of the eye that receives and processes visual images‚ can deteriorate when it does not get enough nourishment from circulating red blood cells. Damage to the retina can be serious enough to cause blindness. • Jaundice‚ or yellowing of the skin‚ eyes‚ and mouth. Yellowing of skin and eyes. These are signs of jaundice‚ resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells. • Delayed growth and puberty in children
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