Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable disease that affects the central nervous system. MS is a disabling disease that disrupts the flow of information within the brain‚ and between the brain and the rest of the body. MS destroys myelin‚ which is a protein that protects nerve cells‚ and when myelin is destroyed‚ signals travelling through the nerve cells are interrupted or delayed (Carter-Batiste‚ 2013). Mr. John Smith will be a new employee on our campus‚ and he will serve as one of our assistant
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Milano (2005) states that Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease people live with for 30 to 40 years. That is a long time to be living with a disease so incapacitating. Many people do not know about Multiple Sclerosis and its effects on the individuals with this debilitating disease. Further insight will be given on the causes‚ prevalence‚ racial disparity‚ treatments‚ research‚ funding‚ and future studies. According to the Institute of Medicine‚ Multiple Sclerosis is a chronic‚ inflammatory‚ demyelinating
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This essay focuses on a patient encountered in clinical practice with the chronic long term condition multiple sclerosis (MS). The National Service Framework for Long Term Conditions (2005) defines a long term condition (LTC) as one which is incurable but manageable with therapeutic interventions. The patient’s name has been changed‚ and Trust identifiers’ removed to adhere to confidentiality as outlined in the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Code of Professional Conduct 2008 (NMC 2010). The
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The last time I had great grades was before my mom had gotten sick with multiple sclerosis. She was a very important person in terms of my education. My mom had helped me with everything from homework to studying for tests. It was by the time I was getting ready to transfer back into the public school system‚ after being in private school for awhile‚ when my mom had finally lost the battle to multiple sclerosis. She wanted me to get an education‚ to complete college. Her loss had a huge impact
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Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a generalized connective tissue disorder characterized by fibrosis of the skin and internal organs and widespread vascular lesions. The pathogenesis of the vasculopathy is not fully understood‚ but a viral trigger‚ immune reactions to viral or environmental factors‚ reperfusion injury‚ or anti-endothelial antibodies may all be involved [1]. Also‚ angiogenesis is insufficient or defective [2‚ 3]. Most attention has been given to microvascular disease in SSc‚ but previous
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Seminar Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Matthew C Kiernan‚ Steve Vucic‚ Benjamin C Cheah‚ Martin R Turner‚ Andrew Eisen‚ Orla Hardiman‚ James R Burrell‚ Margaret C Zoing Lancet 2011; 377: 942–55 Published Online February 7‚ 2011 DOI:10.1016/S01406736(10)61156-7 Neuroscience Research Australia and Prince of Wales Clinical School‚ University of New South Wales‚ Sydney‚ Australia (Prof M C Kiernan DSc‚ B C Cheah MBiostat‚ J Burrell MBBS‚ M C Zoing BNurs); Western Clinical School‚ University
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Citing Sources Using APA Manual (6th ed.) APA Manual and Recent Updates Section 4 This section of the Library Handbook addresses how to cite recourses used in the body and the reference list of your document using the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Common examples for parenthetical text citations‚ citing direct quotes‚ and reference citations in the reference list are provided‚ but for a more comprehensive list‚ see the APA manual (6th ed.). Plagiarism
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Basic description: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ or ALS‚ is a disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement. ALS is also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or motor neurone disease in some British Commonwealth countries. It is a debilitating disease with rapidly progressive weakness‚ breaking down of the muscles‚ muscle spasticity‚ difficulty speaking‚ difficulty swallowing‚ and decline in breathing ability. ALS is
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Writing in APA Running head: APA STYLE PAPER The running head is flush left with the abbreviated title all capitals and no more than 50 characters including punctuation and spaces. The running head appears only on the title page. The header includes the first two or three words of title positioned at top right‚ ½ “ down. Skip five spaces‚ then insert the page number. number. 1 Writing in American Psychological Association Format: An Informative Model for College Students Terri McLaughlin and
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History of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ( Greek origin "A" means know‚ "Myo" refers to muscle‚ "Trophic" means nourishment ["No muscle nourishment"] with abbreviation of ALS) is a disease that effects the nervous and muscular system of the body. It was first studied in 1869 by Jean- Martin Charcot who was a French neurologist. In 1939 it gained international and national attention thanks to a man named Lou Gehrig. Gehrig was a baseball player for the New Year Yankees
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