Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Or CJD is a degenerative brain disorder that causes dementia and eventually death. This disease affects the person’s brain by causing it to be unstable. Some early symptoms of CJD are; failing memory‚ behavioral changes‚ impaired coordination and visual disturbances. Because this disease affects the neurological balance of the brain‚ a person who is suffering from it eventually loses control of their brain and will fall into a coma. Some other symptoms are insomnia‚ depression
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Heart Disease in Cats Research: http://icatcare.org/advice/cat-health/cardiomyopathy-heart-disease-cats http://www.vet.cornell.edu/fhc/Health_Information/HeartDisease.cfm Meta Description: Heart disease can affect cats as well as humans. Here are the signs and symptoms you need to watch out for‚ along with information on diagnosis and treatment. Meta Key Words: Cat heart disease‚ Feline heart disease‚ Pet heart disease‚ Heart disease cats Cardiomyopathy in Cats—What to Watch Out For Human and
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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (often called FOP‚ or Stone Man’s Disease) is an incredibly rare disease that directly affects the patients connective tissue. The name means “soft connective tissue that progressively turns to bone.” FOP is a result of a mutation in the body’s tissue repair structures‚ which will cause fibrous tissue to turn to bone‚ or become ossified‚ randomly or upon tissue damage. In the majority of cases‚ any injury can cause the affected joints to become frozen in place
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Polycystic kidney disease is a disease in which numerous cysts grow in the kidneys. These cysts can slowly replace the kidney itself causing a reduction in kidney function and can lead to kidney failure. Polycystic kidney disease affects as many as 600‚000 people in the United States alone (National Kidney Foundation). Polycystic kidney disease is divided into two main types of the disease‚ autosomal dominant PKD and autosomal recessive PKD (National Kidney Foundation). The two main types of PKD
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) are the most common diseases known to man and one of the largest growing problems not only in the United States but all over the world. Sexually Transmitted diseases are usually‚ but not always‚ passed from person to person by sexual contact‚ whether it is oral‚ vaginal‚ or anal sex. It can also be transmitted by sharing needles‚ tiny cuts‚ sores‚ skin to skin contact or even by wearing the clothes or lying in the bedding of a person that might have it. There
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The 1970’s threw 19-90’s showed change. The 70’s showed black and white TV shows. The 80’s showed technology evolving. The 90’s showed cell phones and phones being created for new technology. The 70’s showed a lot of change through the 70’s time. First everyone had to talk on a phone through a landline which I can’t imagine how awful that was anyone could just listen to your phone calls at any time in the house. Hip-hop was starting to be popular and worldwide. People started recording themselves
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Guinea worm water disease‚ it’s caused by the parasites that live and develop in contaminated water such as pond. This disease infects population when they drink or contact to water that has been contaminated by this parasite. The guinea worm is a global health problem and every individual can get exposed to it‚ it has become so common in the recent times because of the global water shortages‚ therefore some people forced to use even the dirty and contaminated water for their daily use‚ as lack of
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The times they were a changing’. The 70’s were tumultuous with protests in America and the Vietnam War taking place in‚ of course‚ Vietnam. In previous wars‚ Americans willingly took part in war effort but Vietnam just brought out our resilient spirit. We were pushing against the Government now more than in decades before and didn’t want to believe all of their paraphernalia. Society had gained this awakened spirit and spread it to all aspects of pop culture‚ including fashion. The skirts got short
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Radical Art Movement of the 70’s Is the art of the 1970’s to suffer a fate similar to that of the 1930’s‚ which has so often been presented as innovatively dull and empty‚ not worthy of much consideration? Ian Burn1 Using a pinnacle moment in history to learn about arts from that era is a fun way to discover artists‚ and their works‚ that one might not have otherwise researched. The purpose of this report was to obtain a better understanding of art in the 1970’s. There’s many ways to approach
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WHAT IS MAD COW DISEASE? -Mad cow disease‚ formally known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE). -Is a chronic degenerative disease that attacks the central nervous system of cattle. -Destroying brain tissue and eventually causing dementia and death. There is no known cure. IN HUMANS -In human beings it is known as the Creutzfeldt-Jakob syndrome -A rare neuro-degenerative disease that is a contagious form of spongiform encephalitis‚ -It is thought to be caused by a slow virus which
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