The Black Quarterback Syndrome is based on the biases people have towards the first person known as pioneers‚ that take on a role uncommon to the cultural norm. Even if the person has the qualification to obtain the role. Many cultural shift are currently taking place as the equality of life is expanding but resistance exist as mention by Davis‚ due to the indifference‚ their “distant brought on by gender‚ age‚ race‚ economic class‚ and education that others may just not experience with others
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Robert’s Syndrome or Psuedo Thalidomide Syndrome is a gentic disorder with many growth delays before and after birth. This syndrome shows the malformation of legs and arms‚ abnormalalitles of the skull and facial regions. In most cases‚ it causes intelutcal disabitlly. In a case presneted‚ the parents of four children‚ the third conception had Robert’s Diesase. However the child was not diagnosed till the age of two. The only sign at birth was a cleft palate. At the age of two‚ the child was unable
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The disease I chose was compartment syndrome because it’s very rare‚ fewer than 20‚000 US cases per year. Compartment syndrome is when a very dangerous and very painful condition cause from pressure builds up from internal bleeding or swelling of the tissues‚ the pressure decreases blood flow‚ depriving muscles and nerves of needed nourishment. The cause of this disease is often causes by injury‚ such as a fracture‚ that causes bleeding in a muscle which then causes increased pressure in the muscle
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)‚ human viral disease that ravages the immune system‚ undermining the body’s ability to defend itself from infection and disease. Caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ AIDS leaves an infected person vulnerable to opportunistic infections—infection by microbes that take advantage of a weakened immune system. Such infections are usually harmless in healthy people but can prove life-threatening to people
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Klinefelter syndrome is an additional X chromosome in the cells affecting males. Meiotic nondisjunction is the major result of this syndrome. There are differences in the degree of severity of physical‚ language‚ and behavioral development symptoms between affected individuals. Klinefelter syndrome is not passed from parent to child; even though‚ women who have pregnancies after the age of 35 may have an increased chance of having a boy with the presence of extra sex chromosome. Tests for chromosome
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and discovered a patient with Guillan-Barre Syndrome. This syndrome is an acute autoimmune disorder that affects the nerve roots and peripheral nerves leading to motor neuropathy and flaccid paralysis. It can affect people of any age but is more common with older ages. It is more common in men than women. The article is called “A pilot study to compare between effectiveness of functional mobility and strengthening exercises along in Guillan-Barre Syndrome patients”. The data was collected from KLES
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Hypertrichosis: The Werewolf Syndrome The disease Hypertrichosis‚ also known as “The Werewolf Syndrome‚” causes unwanted/abnormal hair growth either in one spot or all over an affected person’s body. There are two main types: Naevoid‚ and Congenital. Naevoid Hypertrichosis‚ is where the hair grows in one spot on the body‚ sometimes the limbs but usually proportional in the facial area. Congenital is where hair covers a majority of the body‚ sometimes right after birth! In severe cases‚ the
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Diabetes‚ Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy Open Access Full Text Article Dovepress Review open access to scientific and medical research The economic impact of obesity in the United States This article was published in the following Dove Press journal: Diabetes‚ Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy 17 August 2010 Number of times this article has been viewed Ross A Hammond Ruth Levine economic Studies Program‚ Brookings institution‚ washington DC‚
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Marfan Syndrome By Jordan Martinez This disease is interesting to me because I have a friend diagnosed with this disease. If you take a quick glance at him you could tell that he has unusual body features. These are conditions to being diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. The conditions and features applied with Marfan syndrome. They are tall‚ skinny they have long toes and fingers they have a dent on their chest. Marfan syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that is defective
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Rett Syndrome: Important to Diagnose Imagine this‚ you are enjoying the Christmas holiday at your grandparents with your aunts‚ uncles‚ and cousins. You think nothing of it because it is a completely normal thing to do. This is the first year all of my cousins were together in about three years. I introduced my boyfriend‚ Devin‚ to my other cousins he hadn’t met yet. As we were talking‚ I grabbed a plate of snacks when my five year old cousin walks up to me. She did not say anything just stared
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