References • http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hereditary+disease • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathogen • http://www.preservearticles.com/201101032353/deficiency-diseases.html • http://www.who.int/chp/working_paper_growth%20model29may.pdf • http://www.drugs.com/condition/pneumonia.html • http://www.medicinenet.com/diabetes_treatment/article.htm • http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/asthma/treatment.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemophilia
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Thyroid Disease Have you ever heard of Thyroid Disease? Thyroid Disease is common disorder that affect mostly females‚ the symptoms and treatment have an impact on everyday life. What is Thyroid Disease? A person who has Thyroid disease has many challenges to defeat. Thyroid disease affects your thyroid gland. The thyroid gland helps produce hormones that controls your metabolism and growth. In addition your thyroid needs iodine‚ which is a chemical element that absorbs food and
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Devesh Mehra 3/16/17 Biology Huntington’s Disease Research Paper Huntington’s Disease‚ previously known as Huntington’s chorea‚ is a long term brain disorder that eventually leads to uncontrolled movement‚ problems with emotions‚ loss of cognitive abilities such as memorization‚ increased involuntary movements‚ behavioral symptoms‚ and degeneration of nerve cells in the brain(1). This disease has been recognized as a disorder for hundreds of years‚ but however‚ only recently a cause was instituted
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As we all know‚ diseases wiped out most of the populations of Native Americans. Different diseases that were brought in by the Europeans. Germs were the worst weapons that the natives experienced. “The Arrow of Disease” by Jared Diamond explains how the Europeans had an advantage over the Indians with diseases brought upon them. Epidemic diseases spread through a nation and almost erased an entire existence of a group of people but it didn’t affect the Old World. The Old World was left untouched
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Cardiovascular Disease The term "heart disease" is often used interchangeably with the term "cardiovascular disease." Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack‚ chest pain (angina) or stroke. Other heart conditions‚ such as those that affect your heart ’s muscle‚ valves or rhythm‚ also are considered forms of heart disease. Many forms of heart disease can be prevented or treated with healthy lifestyle
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis known by an another name as Lou Gehrig’s disease affects atleast 2‚000 individuals a year in England from onset between 50 years and 70 years. Amyotrophic comes from the Greek language. Damage Signs of lower motor neuron and upper motor neuron is not explained by any other disease process‚ and are the reasons behind ALS. It attacks nerve cells called neurons in the CNS. They transmit messages from central nervous system to the voluntary muscles - the ones we can control
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Addison’s Disease The disease I’ve been reading and researching about is called Addison’s Disease. Addison’s Disease is an uncommon condition in which the adrenal glands‚ above the kidneys‚ don’t make enough of a hormone called cortisol‚ which helps regulate the body’s use of a protein‚ carbohydrates and fat‚ helps maintain blood pressure and cardiovascular function and controls inflamation. Causes to how a person will acquire and the usual type of people to get Addison’s Disease
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• Addison’s disease Addison’s disease is a rare and chronic disease discovered by Dr Thomas Addison in 1849 with the first known case of being from Tuberculosis later finding there are other causes. Addison’s disease is described as being a total deficiency of the hormones made in the adrenal cortex ( cortisol and alderstone ) due to its destruction affecting fewer than 200‚000 people a year and can be life threating if untreated. The hormone Cortisol is a hormone that is produced
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Headline: Crohn’s Disease: Is It Hereditary? Keywords: Crohn’s Disease‚ colon‚ genetic disorder‚ chromosome Page Description: Crohn’s disease is a disease in which inflammation‚ thickening and swelling of gastrointestinal occur. It also increases the risk of colon cancer in patients. It is also known as a complex genetic disorder. Chromosome 5 and 10 has been identified to be linked with this genetic disorder. Text: { Crohn’s Disease Crohn’s disease is a disease in which one or more parts
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chronic diseases. One disease that has been the number one killer of men and women in the U.S. is cardiovascular disease. Cardiovascular disease has many contributors‚ but smoking itself is a high risk to contract the disease. Non-smokers also have to pay attention to the air they are breathing because the smoke around you can kill you! What is heart disease? Many of us at a young age believe that heart disease can only happen to "older" people. The truth is that heart disease has to
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