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    Airborne Diseases

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    Airborne diseases refers to any diseases which are caused by pathogens and transmitted through the air. These viruses and bacteria can be spread through coughing‚ sneezing‚ laughing or through close personal contact. These pathogens ride on either dust particles or small respiratory droplets and can stay suspended in air and or are capable of traveling distances on air currents.[1] Often‚ airborne pathogens or allergens cause inflammation in the nose‚ throat‚ sinuses and the lungs. This is caused

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    CSEC BIOLOGY SUMMER RESEARCH PAPER DISEASE & ITS IMPACT ON HUMANS This research is aimed at informing the reader on different types of diseases and the impact it has on humans. Enclosed herein are details on the types‚ treatments‚ transmissions and descriptions of different diseases in the region and around the world.

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    Huntintongs disease

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    Monday February 24 of 2014 The Huntington’s disease The issues involving Huntingtons disease has been a popular topic amongst scholars for many years. It has recently come to my attention that not enough people understand how Huntingtons disease has been up to our lives. Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a dominant genetic disorder‚ is inherited. affects muscles coordination and leads to cognitive decline and psychiatric problems. Symptoms of Huntingtons disease include uncontrolled movements‚ swings‚

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    Alzheimers Disease

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    e with Alzheimer’s disease have impaired abilities due to the destruction of nerve cells in the brain (American Occupational Therapy Association‚ 2011). Alzheimer’s disease is a “degenerative brain disease of unknown cause that is the most common form of dementia‚ that results in progressive memory loss‚ impaired thinking‚ disorientation‚ and changes in personality and mood‚ that leads in advanced cases to a profound decline in cognitive and physical functioning” (Merium-Webster dictionary). Alzheimer’s

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    Graves Disease

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    affecting the immune system Graves Disease When you think about diseases and disorders that can attack the immune system one of the first ones that might pop into your mind is Graves’ disease. You may not know what it is or how it effects the immune system but you have heard about it‚ after reading this paper you will have a better understanding of the disease and how it affects your body and your everyday life along with how to manage the disease. Graves’ disease is an immune system disorder that

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    Addisons Disease

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    Case Study: Addison’s Disease and Adrenal Crisis PHGY 230 – Gerald McGraw June 5‚ 2014 Addison’s disease‚ according to Mayo Clinic‚ is a disease cause by a insufficient amount of hormones that come from the adrenal gland. Typically what is found in individuals with Addison’s disease is a limited amount of cortisol along with limited amounts of aldosterone also.i Adrenal crisis also occurs when there is not enough cortisol in the body‚ on a more dangerous level.v It usually

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    Lyme Disease

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    Lyme Disease-Final Draft When you go out to the park‚ or even your backyard‚ you are exposed to ticks. Ticks are small arachnids‚ which are joint-legged invertebrate animals. They live off of the blood of mammals‚ birds‚ and reptiles. Furthermore‚ you may or may not know that Lyme disease is most frequently detected in rodent-feeding vector ticks (“Ticks”). There was a tremendous outbreak of Lyme in 1975- in its hometown of Lyme‚ Connecticut-when it was classified as a new disease (“Lyme disease

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    Celiac Disease

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    Celiac disease. Celiac‚ unlike some other nutrition related conditions‚ is not preventable. Celiac disease is a gastrointestinal condition describing the intolerance to gluten. The causes of celiac are not certain‚ but there is a hereditary aspect in the people who suffer (Celiac Disease Foundation). Celiac brings upon a lot of dietary issues‚ but with a gluten-free diet one is able to live a comfortable lifestyle‚ like my friend is currently doing. Celiac disease is a digestive disease triggered

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    Addison's Disease

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    Addison’s Disease Instructor: September 10th‚ 02014 Addison’s disease is a disorder of the adrenal glands. It is also known as hypocortisolism or adrenal insufficiency. The disease occurs when your adrenal glands do not produce sufficient amounts of certain hormones. The adrenal glands do not produce enough cortisol and more often than not‚ insufficient amounts of aldosterone. Autoimmune disease can be attributed to approximately 70 percent of the cause for Addison’s disease. The autoimmune

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    Alzheimers disease

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    Alzheimer’s Disease By Anne O’Dell 8/10/2014 Alzheimer’s Disease & Associated Alterations uAlzheimer’s disease (AD) is a disease that attacks the brain. It is the most common form of Dementia which is the general term for a decline in mental ability serve enough to interfere with daily life (Poole Arcangelo & Peterson‚ 2013). uAlzheimer ’s is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. uCauses a gradual‚ irreversible loss of memory and cognitive function (Poole Arcangelo & Peterson‚ 2013). uProgression

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