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    Dementia is a term used for over 130 diseases that effect memory‚ behaviour and motor skills. Causes of these diseases may vary but are largely caused by the presence of ’plaques’ and ’tangles’ on the neurons in the brain. Plaques are proteins that the body can no longer break down which causes a build up‚ they get between the neurons and confuses message transmissions. The tangles are the proteins inside neurons that become abnormal. In Korsakoff’s disease long term abuse of alcohol is usually

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    Data Table: Diseases

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    DATA TABLES: DISEASE LESSON 1 Lesson 1: Step 1 Population Number Starting Number of Contagious People Sick Days Reported Contagious Contagion Rate Prediction 200 5 60 5 5 Simulation Run 1 600 3 51 0 0 Simulation Run 2 600 3 85 0 1 Simulation Run 3 600 3 28 0 0 Lesson 1: Step 2 Population Number Population Density Starting Number of Contagious People Sick Days Reported Contagious Contagion Rate Prediction 1 (low) 125 Low 5 90 250 1.5 Simulation Run 1 200 Low 3 340 2 1.7 Simulation

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    Cjd Disease

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    CJD Disease The Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease is a rare brain disorder that is fatal. Reseachers find about one case of CJD disease per million each year.CJD can effect anyone‚ this disease effects both males and females of different ethnic groups usually between the ages of 50-75 .This disease causes progressive dementia and neuromuscular problems. Researchers still don’t know for sure what agent causes the Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease‚ it is a topic that has been debated about. It was first thought

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    Introduction A communicable disease is a disease that is transmitted through direct contact with an infected individual or indirectly through a vector. It is also called a contagious disease (Communicable Disease ‚ 2010). Communicable diseases can be spread very easy and they can range anywhere from a cold to anthrax. I will be discussing the communicable disease chlamydia and how it affects the person as well as everything around them. Awareness about communicable disease is going to be the biggest

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    Chronic Kidney Disease BIO 105‚ sec M02 Prof. Palanca Ayo Powell (Term Paper) 3/25/12 The Kidney is one of the most important organs in the human body. Its primary function is the removal of waste & toxins from the blood stream. So if the kidney stopped working correctly and is no longer able to properly function that would lead to serious problems. Blood is no longer being cleaned. The waste and the toxins aren’t being removed. Instead it’s all building up in the blood stream causing

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    likely to decrease the following health issues‚ like heart disease and stroke. Heart disease has controllable risk factors like‚ hypertension‚ high cholesterol‚ diabetes tobacco use‚ obesity and poor diet. It is important for one to address these risks early because only then he or she can prevent the problems of cardiovascular disease. A poor diet that consists of high fat‚ high cholesterol and excess salt can add to causes for heart disease. The chemicals in cigarettes harm ones’ blood cells‚ and

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    Running head: Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease Brenda Silva Waubonsee Community College PSY 205 Research Paper Mr. Scott Hollenback October 27‚ 2011 Alzheimer Disease As Kevin Arnold quotes‚ “Memory is a way of holding on to things you love‚ the things you are‚ and the things you never want to lose.” Memories are the things we uphold. Whether it’s bad or good‚ those memories are engraved in us and can’t be stolen from us. But what if as time goes by‚ those memories are losing

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    Cardiovascular Disease

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    Cardiovascular disease is a general name for a wide variety of diseases‚ disorders and conditions that affect the heart and sometimes the blood vessels as well. Risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease include having hypertension‚ diabetes‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ and a sedentary lifestyle. Other risk factors include being of African-American ancestry‚ male‚ drinking excessive amounts of alcohol‚ having a lot of long-term stress‚ smoking and having a family history of a heart attack

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    Chronic Kidney Disease Eileen Daza-Gallego The Center for Allied Health Nursing Education Abstract An estimated 26 million adults in the United States have Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). Persons with CKD are unlikely to be aware of their disease and seek appropriate treatment before it is too late. Among those that have the disease‚ a large majority of them are obese and are suffering from diabetes or hypertension or both. The majority of the individuals with hypertension and/or diabetes will

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    kidney disease? Not everyone with diabetes develops kidney disease. Factors that can influence kidney disease development include genetics‚ blood sugar control‚ and blood pressure. The better a person keeps diabetes and blood pressure under control‚ the lower the chance of getting kidney disease. What are the symptoms? The kidneys work hard to make up for the failing capillaries so kidney disease produces no symptoms until almost all function is gone. Also‚ the symptoms of kidney disease are not

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