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    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)‚ human viral disease that ravages the immune system‚ undermining the body’s ability to defend itself from infection and disease. Caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ AIDS leaves an infected person vulnerable to opportunistic infections—infection by microbes that take advantage of a weakened immune system. Such infections are usually harmless in healthy people but can prove life-threatening to people

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    Problem Behavior Syndrome

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    Problem Behavior Syndrome Sandra Schaumleffel Everest University The life course view is that criminality may be best understood as one of many social problems faced by at-risk youth‚ referred to as problem behavior syndrome (PBS). In this view‚ crime is one among a group of interrelated antisocial behaviors that cluster together and typically involve family dysfunction‚ sexual and physical abuse‚ substance abuse‚ smoking‚ precocious sexuality and early pregnancy‚ educational underachievement

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    Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

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    Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or Stein-Leventhal syndrome‚ is an endocrine disorder in women that has varying degrees of early and long-term reproductive and metabolic risk. PCOS is the most common female endocrinopathy during childbearing age with around 6%-10% of the population afflicted. (Palomba et al.‚ 2015). While many that have been diagnosed with PCOS have ovarian cyst‚ it is not the symptom required for diagnoses. To be diagnosed with PCOS one must be afflicted with at least two of three

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    Guillain Barre Syndrome

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    Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) Iman binti Jeffrey 0611750 Outline Definition Epidemiology Etiology Pathogenesis & Pathology Clinical features Investigations Diagnosis Differential diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Definition  Postinfectious polyneuropathy involving mainly motor but sometimes also sensory and autonomic nerves Affects people of all ages and is not  hereditary   Most patients have a demyelinating neuropathy‚ but primarily axonal degeneration is documented

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    Tourette's Syndrome Essay

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    vocalizing certain things that come out of your mouth‚ these actions are called tics. Tics are sounds or movements they can’t control. Children ages 6-18 years of age and a few adults living with Tourette syndrome have to deal with on a daily basis.   Commonly known for its vocalization‚ Tourette’s syndrome is a disorder that affects the Nervous System. Individuals that are affected by this disorder tend to make sudden movements or sounds‚ also known as tics‚ they can’t control. An example of TS is someone

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    Olivia Harrell 4/7/15 Parental Alienation Syndrome I am working with the Greene County Court House. I observe a few different types of court cases such as Sessions‚ Magistrates‚ Juvenile‚ and Criminal court. During recess I ask a series of questions from surveys about PAS to random people that come through there. PAS is a recent study about a parent becoming alienated from their child’s life following a divorce. I chose this project‚ because PAS interested me‚ and I am a Criminal Justice major‚

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    Rausch Chaos Syndrome

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    Rausch presented and it is called chaos syndrome. Rausch explains how we got here in short‚ by weakening entities that historically held politicians accountable and prevented naked self-interest. Rauch suggests an unorthodox treatment for this new normal: the return of the establishment. He argues that our most pressing political problem today is that the country abandoned the establishment‚ not the other way around. Rauch says we can escape chaos syndrome if we strengthen parties. Strengthening

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    False Memory Syndrome

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    False Memory Syndrome False memory is a very destructive condition‚ one that can change the emotional state of someone possibly making them go mad. It can be live changing coming to the reality that a great deal of your life as you know it has been created. False memory syndrome affects many lives to this day. Having a false memory is not uncommon at all. Most times false memories are created on accident by you or an other individual. A false memory is a condition in which a person’s identity and

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    personality; without individuation‚ we would all be the same—drones‚ rendered unnecessary. As described by Plummer‚ Ophelia Syndrome is the inability to think or act for ourselves. Those suffering from Ophelia Syndrome are incapable of producing original thought or coping with the unknown. They would rather be safely misled than creatively uncertain. Plummer stated that Ophelia Syndrome was most commonly manifested in university students and “middle managers in American corporations” (p. 3). He attributes

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    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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    Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) also called median nerve compression is a very common injury to the hand and wrist that causes numbness and tingling. More than 3 million cases of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are reported each year in the United States . The carpal tunnel is a passageway from your wrist to your hand that consists of bones‚ tendons‚ ligaments‚ and the median nerve. The median nerve that passes through this tunnel is responsible for delivering sensations to the thumb

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