Birth Defects A study funded by Monsanto to study possible birth defects caused by consuming aspartame was cut off after preliminary data showed damaging information about aspartame. Additionally‚ in the book‚ While Waiting: A Prenatal Guidebook‚ it is stated that aspartame is suspected of causing brain damage in sensitive individuals. A fetus may be at risk for these effects. Some researchers have suggested that high doses of aspartame may be associated with problems ranging from dizziness and
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Multiple Sclerosis is often known as the “great crippler of young adults.” It causes various forms of sensory and motor skill problems as the disease progresses. MS affects a wide variety of people in any age group. MS is a long-term condition. Relapses are common and can last for up to 24 hours and several factors have been identified. There is no known cause for Multiple Sclerosis‚ but that does not stop scientist from trying to figure one out. Multiple Sclerosis is a “chronic inflammatory‚ demyelinating
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Triads in Medicine Triad of Alports Syndrome Sensorineural deafness Progressive renal failure Ocular anomalies Triad of Behcet’s Syndrome Recurrent oral ulcers Genital ulcers Iridocyclitis [mnemonic: can’t see‚ can’t pee‚ can’t eat spicy curry] Beck’s Triad Muffled heart sound Distended neck veins Hypotension Charcot’s Triad Pain + fever + jaundice Gradenigos Triad Sixth cranial n. Palsy Persistent ear discharge Deep seated retro orbital pain Triad of Hypernephroma
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“You have Alzheimer’s”. Anyone would fear ever having to hear those words. But would you want to know if you carried the Alzheimer’s gene? “Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions” (Mayo Clinic). Although Alzheimer’s mostly occurs in the elderly‚ it can sometimes arise in a person’s 30s. When a person is being tested for Alzheimer’s: “There is a blood test for APOE-e4‚ the strongest risk gene for Alzheimer’s‚ this test is mainly used
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1. Choose one of the neurological disorders discussed so far in the textbook (and Ogden). Describe two case studies that exemplify this disorder (using either the textbooks or outside sources)‚ and explain the similarities and differences between these cases. Explain how the case study approach can help us learn about the mind and the brain. Hemineglect is one fascinating brain disorder that can cause some abnormalities in someone’s everyday life. Hemineglect happens when a person’s right parietal
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Many do not understand how devastating and tragic the Alzheimer’s disease is. It is much more than memory loss or just a part of aging. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease that slowly strips the personality and independence away from a person. It is a progressive disease that destroys and kills nerve cells which results in problems with memory‚ personality changes and thinking and problem solving abilities (source 1). Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States
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Parkinson’s Disease Before 1817 Parkinson’s disease was called “Shaking Palsy.” James Parkinson wrote a medical essay on the disease entitled “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy.” However‚ 60 years after‚ Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893)‚ a French neurologist‚ discovered the importance of Parkinson’s essay and renamed the disease after Parkinson’s (Goetz 1). Parkinson’s disease is a long-term degenerative neurological condition that affects a person’s ability to control his or her own body movements
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Epilepsy affects 48 out of every 100‚000 people in the U.S. making it the fourth most common brain disorder behind migraines‚ strokes and Alzheimer’s disease. Young children and older adults are more likely to be diagnosed with epilepsy than any other age group. Temporal lobe epilepsy is one of over 40 known types of epilepsy. Definition The brain is divided into two hemispheres‚ and each hemisphere has a frontal lobe‚ parietal lobe‚ occipital lobe and a temporal lobe. The temporal lobe is located
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Critical Analysis Essay on "The Yellow Wallpaper" Mental degeneration is an actual common thing within the world. There is an estimate of‚ “more than 45 million people worldwide‚” who are affected by degenerative diseases‚ whether it is genetic or developed after birth (BrainFacts). These diseases include notorious Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. In “The Yellow Wallpaper‚” the narrator’s confinement results in the degeneration of her mental state. According to Merriam-Webster‚ confinement
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Out of body experiences are interpreted differently by neurologists‚ psychologists and individuals associated with different fields of studies. When referring to out of body experiences‚ it is usually defined as an experience where an individual feels as if they are separating from their physical body and looking at it from the perspective of having two bodies. In other words‚ individuals are able to experience their body moving outside its boundaries while at the same time being aware of it. While
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