Brain on Fire is a remarkable example of the frightening horrors most people endure in health care when symptomatology and diagnostic tests remain inconclusive for a definitive diagnosis. Susannah Cahalan suffered from a rare autoimmune disease‚ at that time‚ and her story was well portrayed in a series of events that drove her to madness until one doctor was able to unlock the puzzle and provide her and her family with answers. A summary of her disease progression will be discussed briefly. Susannah’s
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Purpose: To identify all of the cranial nerves‚ to test if all of them are alert‚ functioning and normal. I will be testing the cranial nerves on Brenda Jones my partner for this experiment. The cranial nerves that I will be testing on my partner is the olfactory nerve‚ the optic nerve‚ the oculomotor nerve‚ the trochlear nerve‚ the abduces nerves‚ the trigeminal nerve‚ her facial nerves‚ the vestibulocochlear nerves‚ the glossopharyngeal nerve‚ the Vagus nerves‚ her accessory nerve and her
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EPILEPSY The brain is one of the most important organs of the body. The brain is in charge of all bodily functions and is central to the nervous system. The nervous system controls the bodies involuntary and voluntary movements. The brain and the central nervous system are closely connected and one could not function without the other. Electrical impulses travel through our body through nerve pathways to and from the brain. These electrical impulses are signals that tell out body how to function
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PROGRESSION OF AD A disease may typically present with numerous symptoms and signs which are a crucial part in assisting a clinician to formulate a diagnosis. This is true in AD also‚ but on the contrary‚ it is more relevant to speak about the progression and different stages. The progressively degenerative part of the disease implies that patient’s condition will imminently worsen in the future without any treatment. The timeline of decline is variable between different individuals‚ but we have
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Mervin E. Ngo Shannon Campbell General Biology 09 March 2015 Parkinson’s Disease One million Americans suffer from Parkinson’s disease. This disease involves movement of body parts that trigger the brain and it’s unstoppable. Research study shows that this disease comes from a nerve cells in a area of the brain. It is chronic cause by a decrease in production of dopamine in the body. This Neurotransmitter Dopamine is cause for the body’s smooth muscle movement. When Dopamine no longer
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After surveying dozens neuroscientists‚ epidemiologists‚ and psychiatrists‚ scientists were able to decide on the top five most harmful and debilitating diseases to the brain; depression‚ Parkinson’s‚ Alzheimer’s‚ stroke‚ and autism. After doing extensive research on each disease‚ they hope to use the research learn how to prevent and treat these diseases as well as use them to better understand the way that the brain functions and controls the body. This article explores not only what goes wrong
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Title: The Evolution of serial Killers Introduction: For centuries Stories about Serial killers have graced the covers of newspapers and magazines. Famous stories like “Jack The Ripper” and Edward “Ed” Gein‚ which influenced many popular films such as Psycho and The Silence of the Lambs. There are so many questions surrounding this topic one being: Nature versus Nurture? Is this need to kill a simply male completion in an effort to show status and be “The Alpha Male”? If this is true then
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Febrile Seizures: What Every Parent Should Know By Herbert Macomber 1. What is a febrile seizure? Febrile convulsions (FC) or seizures (FS) are clonic or tonic-clonic seizures that most often occur in infancy or childhood‚ mainly occurring between four months and six years of age‚ with fever but without evidence of intracranial infection‚ antecedent epilepsy‚ or other definable cause. That is why they are often referred to as "fever seizures" or "febrile seizures." Most of the time when children
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Running Head: DEMENTIA: HOW AND WHOM DOES IT AFFECT? 1 Dementia: How and Whom Does it Affect? Liberty University COUNS 502 B-23LUO Instructor: Dr. Richard Pace Shelly M. Becker March 5‚ 2013 DEMENTIA: HOW AND WHOM DOES IT AFFECT? 2 Abstract Although dementia is often viewed as an “old person’s disorder‚ its effects ripple down in many directions such as family‚ caregivers‚ finances‚ and the healthcare system
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“Work to view my autism as a different ability rather than a disability. Look past what you may see as limitations and see the gifts autism has given me…Be my advocate‚ be my friend‚ and we’ll see just how far we can go” –Ellen Botbohm‚ author of Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew. Autism‚ also known as Autism Spectrum Disorder‚ or ASD‚ is a complex developmental disability. I happen to have two nephews with autism‚ one who I am very close to and interact with a lot. A
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