syndrome occurs in approximately fifty percent of cases according to the Sjogren Foundation of America (2010 par. 1). Secondary syndrome is characterized by dry eye and dry mouth that is associated with a connective tissue disease‚ such as rheumatoid arthritis‚ systemic lupus erythematosus‚ or scleroderma. It
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Caring and Education Student Name Assignment Title The main body organs and their overall function Assignment Ref: AS03/1415 Assessor Zoe Taylor Date issued 17th December 2014 Hand in Date 28th January 2015 Assessment Date 18th February 2015 Duration (approx.) This assessment should take you about 10 hours Qualification suite covered Level 3 BTEC Subsidiary Diploma in HSC (QCF) Level 3 BTEC Diploma in HSC (QCF) Units covered Unit 5: Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Social Care Learning
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The term ‘Biosimilar’ refer to those pharmaceutical products which are biologically similar versions of already existing popular drugs‚ the difference being that biosimilars are produced by a different manufacturer after the expiry of the original drug’s patent and they are more cost-effective than the original drug. The global biosimilar market has grown exponentially over the years due to several factors which include rising medical care costs‚ ageing world population and expensiveness of critical
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death. Not only do animals suffer‚ but sometimes the experiments don’t work. Animals don’t always react the same way as humans would. “In 2006‚ scientists in London‚ England‚ injected six human volunteers with an experimental treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Though the drug had been tested on mice‚ rats‚ rabbits‚ and monkeys with no obvious problems‚ the humans had a
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Historian quality : Good Occupation: Aircraft mechanic Source of Data: Patient Reason for Seeking Care/Presenting Problem: Present Health Status Anemia Asthma Artery Disease Osteoarthritis Rheumatoid Bronchitis Cholecystitis Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Arthritis Disease Cirrhosis Congestive Heart Failure Coronary Depression Diabetes‚ Type 1 Diabetes‚ Type 2
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1. 1999 Study – National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine: marijuana can help curb pain‚ nausea‚ AIDS-related weight loss 2. patients report easing of symptoms from MS‚ glaucoma and rheumatoid arthritis 3. Research found cannabinoids (active components) may treat symptoms from Parkinson’s‚ Alzheimer’s‚
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Do vitamins ward off diseases? Introduction: Living in the 21st century is a little dangerous. Our health or well-being isn’t really the first thing on our minds. I will be informing you of three different vitamins that could be beneficial to you. The three I will be discussing are vitamin b‚ c‚ and d. As always though‚ please consult your doctor before starting any new regimen. I am an Early Childhood Major; Not a doctor. Before beginning I have a video to start us off. In the US‚ Alzheimer’s
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Ronald Robillard Prof. Jane Curth Personal and Community Health Section 012 06/11/13 Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana less harmful than most other legal tobacco products and has the ability to reduce the pain within ailing people. Marijuana also has the potential to raise the U.S. out of their tough economic struggle as well as lower crime rate and create more jobs for many more people. Marijuana should be legalized for medical use across the country. Marijuana has a negative stigma attached
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After School Jobs (Good or Bad) Waking up at seven o’clock in the morning to get ready for school that starts at eight is already tiring by itself. You go to school for eight hours and get out around three o’clock‚ just to go home and do a little bit of your homework for an hour. Then two hours later‚ you have to go to work. This is a typical life of a teen with an after school job. Young people ranging from fourteen to eighteen years of age are frequently staffing after school jobs. Kids are
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Lupus could be a chronic‚ autoimmune disorder which will harm any part of the body (skin‚ joints‚ and/or organs within the body). The word chronic implies that the signs and symptoms of said disease tend to last longer than six weeks and infrequently for several years. In this particular disease‚ when one thing goes wrong in your immune system‚ that is the part of the body which fights off viruses‚ bacteria‚ and germs‚ our immune system is not able to function properly. Commonly our system produces
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