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    Navicular Disease

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    Navicular Disease The Navicular Disease is a relatively common ailment found in horses lower legs. It is a serious disease that can cause a horse to be permanently crippled. It is non reversible but you can keep it from getting worse. Veterinarians don’t agree on what it really is or how it happens. Some physicians say that it’s entirely related to the structure of the hoof and the way the horse travels. It was first described 250 years ago‚ when it was called “coffin joint lameness”

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    Huntington’s Disease

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    Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a hereditary neurological disorder of the central nervous system that causes progressive degeneration of cells in the brain. This degeneration causes the affected person to slowly loose the ability to move‚ communicate and think. People are born with this disease‚ but won’t develop symptoms until between the ages of 30 – 50. Although Huntington’s disease can be traced back to the Middle Ages‚ it was first described by American physician George

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    Eradication of Disease

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    and Rubella vaccine‚ the World Health Organization has plans for worldwide eradication of the diseases. The World Health Organization has come up with a strategic plan to eradicate measles and rubella by implementing a plan to use the forced immunizations like the US has done. The lack of education‚ and more importantly‚ financing has slowed the process of eradicating these completely preventable diseases.(World Health Organization‚2012)Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/immunization/newsroom/Measles_Rubella_StrategicPlan_2012_2020

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    Human diseases

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    of deaths in the world due to an antivirus for the new Rhinovirus C. I thought that this article was very interesting. It caught my attention because I always like learning new things about diseases. It is also very helpful to the human diseases industry‚ and it is always good to reduce the amount of diseases in the world. Works Cited

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    Lyme Disease

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    Lyme Disease Introduction & Symptoms | Causes & Treatments | Recommended Web Sites Lyme disease is transmitted by tiny ticks of the Ixodidae family and afflicts about 10‚000 people yearly. Initially identified in a group of children in Lyme‚ Conn.‚ the disease has now been found in nearly all states and 18 other countries. About 90 percent of cases are reported in three areas: the northeast and mid-Atlantic states (Massachusetts to Maryland)‚ the upper Midwest (Minnesota and

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    Infectious Diseases

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    Abstract Human diseases such as Lyme disease (borreliosis)‚ Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Ehrlichiosis continually affect the population of Tamaulipan Biotic Providence‚ area shared between Texas and Mexico. The tick Ixodes scapularis tends to be the main carrier for Borrelia bacteria‚ which causes borreliosis. Nonetheless‚ its absence in the area studied gave cue to the analysis of another tick‚ Amblyomma inornatum. It is important to characterize the disease potential of the latter tick in

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    Chronic Diseases

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    metastasized‚ or spread‚ outside of the ovaries‚ improvements in treatment and diagnosis have increased survival rates. One out of every 71 women has a lifetime risk of getting ovarian cancer‚ and more than 20‚000 new U.S. cases are diagnosed annually. This disease is most common in women over the age of 45‚ and the average age of diagnosis is 63. Ovarian cancer comes in several varieties. The most common type‚ epithelial tumors‚ occurs in the outside lining of the ovary. Cancer can also develop inside the

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    Chronic Diseases

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    ------------------------------------------------- Associate Level Material Chronic Diseases The Life Resource Center (LRC) and REV Wellness Center websites are valuable free tools available to University of Phoenix students. Taking some time to explore these websites to discover some of the many topics‚ resources‚ and tools available is a great way to find information to enhance and support health and wellness. Option 1: Chronic Disease Risk Assessment Take one of the health risk assessments located

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    Cardiovascular DIsease

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    Maykenzie Joy Freeman Health Cardiovascular Disease 3/30/2014 Cardiovascular Disease Assignment 1. Trace the path of a drop of blood from the time it enters the vena cava until it reaches your little finger. Be sure to include the types of blood vessels involved. Deoxygenated blood enters the right atrium from superior and inferior vena cava after having been circulated through the body. ----------------------- From the right atrium‚ blood moves to the right ventricle and is pumped through

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    infectious disease

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    What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? Hepatitis A is cause by the Hepatitis A virus. The Hepatitis A virus causes an inflammation of the liver. Hepatitis Immunization‚ Havrix‚ VAQTA. Hepatitis is an acute infectious disease that can harm the liver. Several diseases of the liver‚ collectively known as hepatitis‚ are caused by viruses. The viruses involved‚ five of which have been reasonably well characterized‚ come from a wide range of virus families. Hepatitis

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