TIAs are powerful forerunners of stroke. Approximately 10% of patients diagnosed as having a TIA have a stroke in the 90 days following the TIA diagnosis‚ with half of them having a stroke within 2 days of the TIA. TIAs are short-lived episodes of acute‚ focal‚ nonconvulsive neurologic dysfunction presumably caused by reversible ischemia to an area of the retina or brain. Onset of symptoms is sudden and often unprovoked‚ reaching maximum intensity almost immediately. Completed Stroke A completed
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Alexander Fleming Biography… Fleming was born on 6 August 1881 at Lochfield a farm near Darvel in East Ayrshire Scotland. After the war Fleming actively searched for anti-bacterial agents‚ having witnessed the death of many soldiers from septicemia resulting from infected wounds. Unfortunately antiseptics killed the patients’ immunological defences more effectively than they killed the invading bacteria. In an article he submitted for the medical journal The Lancet during World War I‚ Fleming described
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Early in their marriage‚ they lost their toddler son to diphtheria in 1866. His daughter Susy‚ died at the age of 24 of spinal meningitis. Adding to his grief‚ he was out of the country when it happened. Sam’s youngest daughter‚ Jean‚ was diagnosed with severe epilepsy. 1909 is when she was 29 years old‚ Jean died of a heart attack. Many years‚ his relationship with this middle daughter
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Directed by Dylan Baker‚ the movie 23 Blast is inspired by the true story of Travis Freeman who is a Kentucky teen that goes blind and after feeling sorry for himself for a while‚ eventually gains hope and overcomes the challenges of his disability. The movie starts off with Travis and his best friend Jerry Baker playing Pee Wee football and ever since then they’ve been the dynamic duo all the way through high school. In the small‚ faith driven town of Corbin‚ Kentucky everybody knew Travis Freeman
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gave land to farmers and let people go on ships for free or they had a cheaper fare. One of the most charitable entrepreneurs that we discussed was John D. Rockefeller. He gave to schools‚ churches and scientists who found cures for yellow fever‚ meningitis‚ and hookworm (Folsom 97). He believed in the term of stewardship. The book said that before John D.
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Etiology Lyme disease is an illness that is caused by a spirochete bacterium‚ Borrelia burgdorferi‚ which is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected ticks. Ixodes dammini‚ which is the deer tick‚ is located in the northwest and Midwest region of the united states‚ are commonly known to infect humans. They are found in grassy areas (including lawns)‚ and in brushy‚ shrubby and woodland sites‚ even on warm winter days. They prefer areas where some moisture is present. The tick has
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due to genetic influences (nature) and the degree to which it is caused by the environment (nurture). Comparing identical twins with non-identical twins for rates of heritability can help answer the nature-nurture question. Infections; such as meningitis or herpes‚ can lead to abnormal brain functioning. One strength of the biological approach is that there is
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theories through this research. For this journal assignment I read several articles on animal testing and was amazed at the things we as humans have gained through research. We developed cures for major forms of sickness including Tuberculosis‚ Meningitis‚ and Parkinson’s disease. As well as perfecting blood transfusions using pigs and the development of insulin using dogs which was later introduced to humans in 1922. So with all these great things coming from research testing on animals‚ why would
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infection include wheezing‚ shortness of breath‚ and coughing. People who have very weak immune systems are very prone to diseases and can catch them very quickly and easily. When one has a very weak immune system they are prone to diseases like meningitis and encephalitis. Having a weak immune system is a very bad thing for one’s body because they can get sick very often and will not be able to recover as quickly as people with normal immune systems. Some more downsides of this are that he or she
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Children who are young and whose immune systems are not fully developed can die of illnesses that we as adults think are routine or not life threatening. What we do know is that if children are not immunized‚ illnesses like polio‚ measles‚ rubella‚ meningitis‚ and tetanus to name a few‚ will indeed return‚ with the cost being lives. There are also many social and economic risks associated with not immunizing children. It’s not only for their safety but for the safety of those around them. Recently parents
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