Introduction In the United States‚ Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) remains the greatest common cause of death. Cardiovascular Diseases‚ also known as the common heart diseases‚ are any conditions that involve blocked blood vessels that can lead to either a heart attack or other heart problems. The common types of CVD are coronary artery disease‚ high blood pressure‚ stroke‚ and arrhythmia. CVD is a major disease that will not show any symptoms until the disease is at its extreme. Yet numerous adults are unaware
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Huntington disease Background‚ Etiology‚ & Epidemiology In the late 19th century‚ a physician by the name of George Huntington published the first paper detailing the clinical presentation of a neurological disorder that would come to bear his name. Although Huntington was the first to suggest genetic transmission of Huntington disease (HD)‚ it wasn’t until 1993 that the specific mutation responsible for this disease was discovered.1 Huntington disease is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by
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! Pathophysiology Research Paper - Parkinson’s Disease 7/20/13 ! Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder second to Alzheimer’s disease in prevalence (1). PD is marked by rigidity‚ a tremor at rest‚ unstable posture‚ and bradykinesia. Incident rates of PD increase with age the earliest occurring around 40 years with a significant increase after 60 years (7). Approximately 1 in 272 people have PD in the United States though it is believed that there are many undiagnosed
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Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Kidney Disease Basics 2012)‚ the kidney main function is to balance the amount of sodium‚ potassium in the body‚ water‚ disposed waste and toxins out of the body throughout the urine output‚ and produce grown hormones and red blood cells. The kidneys are a very sensitive organs‚ they could damage by an infection‚ drug abuse‚ diabetes‚ high blood pressure‚ heart and blood
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Introduction: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that affects more than 1.5 million people in the United States alone. This disease is characterized by a decrease in spontaneous movements‚ walking difficulty‚ postural unsteadiness‚ rigidity and tremor. “The major symptoms of the disease were originally described in 1817 by an English physician‚ Dr. James Parkinson‚ who called it ‘Shaking Palsy’ (Peppe‚ Gasbarra‚ Stefani‚ Chiavalon
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Brandon Ide Research Paper 4/12/14 Crohn’s Disease Outline I. Intro A. An article at CCFA.org states that Crohns disease was first discovered in 1932 by Dr. Burrill B. Crohn. 1. *Colleagues Dr. Leon Ginzburg and Dr. Gordon D. Oppenheimer helped Crohn discover the disease. B. Crohn’s Disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). 1. Takes place in the gastrointestinal tract( GI tract) 2. Crohns is a chronic inflammatory condition C. Crohn’s Disease mainly affects the end of the
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older adults who suffer with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer is an irreversible cognitive memory loss disease that is currently the leading cause of dementia. The disease is said to be more common on adult in their mid 60’s however early signs of the disease have been identified on individuals has young as 30. Memory loss‚ unpredictable behavior and abnormal language problems are just some of the symptoms of Alzheimer’s‚ a person with advance stages of the disease are totally depended on others. They
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Parkinson ’s Disease Name ENG 124 College of Health Sciences‚ Bahrain Date Abstract Understanding Parkinson’s disease would help those who have to deal with and take care of the patients. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the literature regarding this disease. The paper discusses what Parkinson’s disease is and what the causes and effects are. Furthermore‚ The paper contends that lack of dopamine‚ genetic and environmental factors can lead to Parkinson’s disease and that
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Abstract This paper sheds light on one of the most important diseases which is Huntington’s disease (HD). It’s widely spread around the world but it’s not commonly known among people. Since science developed and genetics became known‚ scientists discovered that HD is inherited from one generation to another which have put the scientists with a big challenge to find cure for such disease. In addition‚ this paper provides information about causes‚ symptoms‚ inheritance‚ treatments
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Research paper Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It causes inflammation of the lining of your digestive tract‚ which can lead to abdominal pain‚ severe diarrhea and even malnutrition. Inflammation caused by Crohn’s disease can involve different areas of the digestive tract in different people. The inflammation caused by Crohn’s disease often spreads deep into the layers of affected bowel tissue. Like ulcerative colitis‚ another common IBD‚ Crohn’s disease can be both painful
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