What Is Parkinson’s Disease? What Causes Parkinson’s Disease? Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system disorder that affects how the person moves‚ including how they speak and write. Symptoms develop gradually‚ and may start off with ever-so-slight tremors in one hand. People with Parkinson’s disease also experience stiffness and find they cannot carry out movements as rapidly as before - this is called bradykinesia. The muscles of a person with Parkinson’s become weaker and the individual
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Kandice Almodovar A&P 2 Hodgkin’s Disease In our bodies we have an immune system that fights infections and other diseases. The lymphatic system is also a part of the immune system. Hodgkin’s disease is a type of cancer of the lymphatic system. It begins in cells of the immune system. It happens when a lymphocyte (usually a B cell) becomes abnormal‚ called a Reed-Sternberg cell. The Reed-Sternberg cell divides and makes copies of itself. The division of the new cells continues‚ making
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heart. Heart Disease Certain things increase a person’s chances of getting cardiovascular/heart disease. Doctors call these things risk factors Some of these risk factors a person can’t do anything about‚ for instance being older and having other people in the family who have had the same problems. But people do have control over some risk factors such as smoking‚ having high blood pressure‚ being overweight‚ and not exercising can increase the risk of getting cardiovascular disease. How they can
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Communicable Disease HCS/457- Public and Community Health Jeffrey Rhoades November 26‚ 2012 Communicable Disease Communicable disease is defined as an infectious disease transmissible (as from person to person) by direct contact with an affected individual or the individual’s discharge or by indirect means (Merriam Webster‚ m-w.com). A communicable disease can be transmitted through fluid exchange or by a vector. Hepatitis B is a known communicable disease still affecting the United States
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Heart disease Stress symptoms: Effects on your body‚ feelings and behavior By Mayo Clinic staff Stress symptoms may be affecting your health‚ even though you might not realize it. You may think illness is to blame for that nagging headache‚ your frequent insomnia or your decreased productivity at work. But stress may actually be the culprit. Indeed‚ stress symptoms can affect your body‚ your thoughts and feelings‚ and your behavior. Being able to recognize common stress symptoms can give you
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Is obesity a disease? Thirty five percent of people believe that obesity is a disease‚ but I believe that it is a life choice. The reason I believe that obesity is a life choice is because there are many ways to avoid obesity; getting plenty of exercise‚ eating right‚ and there are surgeries that can be performed to counter obesity and be healthy. Thirty eight of Americans are obese‚ due to that percentage‚ most doctors don’t consider being skinny healthy and believe that you
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TROPICAL AFRICA AND ASIA The geography‚ trade‚ technology‚ religion‚ and cultural aspects contributed the development of tropical Africa and Asia during the1200-1500 era. Southern Arabia‚ and most of Africa‚ India‚ and Southeast Asia lie between the tropics of Capricorn and Cancer. New empires such as‚ Mali and the Delhi Sultanate were consolidated under the Islamic faith and cultures. Under its rule‚ these societies were able to expand their trade and advanced in technological developments. Both
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Parkinson disease is a gradually progressive degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. Parkinson disease belongs to a group of conditions called movement disorders. There are four characteristic problems caused by Parkinson disease‚ including tremor at rest‚ balance problems‚ stiffness‚ and slowness of movement. Parkinson disease occurs when areas of the brain‚ including an area called the substantia nigra‚ is slowly destroyed. The exact reason for this destruction is not completely known
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Communicable Disease Svetlana Brooks HCS/457 April 22‚ 2013 Deborah Ayers Communicable Disease A communicable disease is an infectious disease transmitted from one person to another directly or indirectly. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV and nearly one in five of those are not aware that they are infected (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is the virus that causes AIDS
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Abstract The following paper focuses on Alzheimer’s disease‚ the disease which is a devastating brain disease and is one of the most typical forms of dementia‚ a general term that is most commonly used for memory loss and the diminishing in mental and physical abilities. It is most frequently diagnosed in the elderly although there have been some cases of the disease affecting people of middle age. There is not one known single cause for Alzheimer ’s‚ however‚ scientists believe that due to the
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