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    Tb Disease Causes

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    such as viruses and bacteria. Also‚ the disease affects the human life by influencing the people who are related to the patient. One of these dangerous illnesses is tuberculosis‚ which has one cause that leads the patient to a fatal condition. According to the American Lung Association‚ "not everyone who is infected with the TB germ develops TB disease." [1] Therefore‚ tuberculosis has many risk factors that help the process of developing the disease. TB disease has one cause‚ a strong effect on the

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    carotid artery disease

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    Most people are born with two healthy carotid arteries. So why do an estimated 700‚000 people get carotid artery disease each year‚ And why do more than 130‚000 people die of strokes each year?1 these questions will be answered in order to provide a better understanding of the carotid arteries and their importance. [change slide] Oxygenated blood is carried from the heart to the face and brain by the carotid arteries‚ one on each side of the neck. [change slide] The carotid arteries bifurcate

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    Coronary Artery Disease

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    ABSTRACT Coronary artery disease (CAD)‚ also known as coronary heart disease (CHD) or coronary atherosclerosis‚ involves the progressive narrowing of the arteries that nourish the heart muscle. Often there are no symptoms‚ but if one or more of these arteries become severely narrowed‚ angina may develop during exercise‚ stress‚ or other times when the heart muscle is not getting enough blood. Your coronary arteries are the major blood vessels that supply your heart with blood‚ oxygen and nutrients

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    Should obesity be categorized as a disease? Obesity is not actually a lifestyle‚ it is a disease because there are medical reasons that make obesity actually a disease. The American Medical Association declared obesity as being a disease. There are many different definitions of disease that make is very hard and confusing to define just how obesity is a disease. According to merriam-webster a disease is “a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning

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    Lyme Disease Essay

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    Lyme Disease and Its Effects on The Body with a Focus On The Immune System. Lyme disease is an infection of the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi. It can be contracted by a bite from ticks‚ along with many other vector-borne diseases. It can affect all systems in the body and can cause significant damage to the nervous system. The disease can be cured through antibiotics‚ but many times it goes unnoticed until it has already done damage. It has a wide range of symptoms because it effects all systems

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    Congenital Heart Disease

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    Heart disease is a term for any type of disorder that affects the heart. Every year in the US heart disease claims 800‚000 people. That’s 34% of all deaths and 2‚400 people every day. 80 million (one in three) Americans live with this disease. Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. Coronary artery disease is one type of disorder that affects the heart. It is the most common heart disease. Coronary artery disease‚ or simply CAD‚ is caused by the build up of plaque in

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    and Labarthe (2010) studied coronary heart disease risk factors trends and mortality in the United States. The purpose of this study was to look at cardiovascular risk factors in the United States since coronary heart disease is among the leading causes of death in the world. It is not only the leading cause of death‚ but coronary heart disease is also costing the United States a lot of money. Since much of the population is affected by coronary heart disease‚ health care costs are extremely high for

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    Diseases of the Muscular System There are over 650 muscles in the human muscular system. Each muscle has a specific role to perform. These muscles help us talk‚ walk‚ sit‚ run‚ eat‚ move about‚ hold things‚ and most important the continuous pumping of the heart muscles keeps us alive. Muscular system diseases cause many problems in the human body‚ that affects the mobility and functioning of various parts of the body. The list is very long as there are number of disorders that affect the human body

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    Fatty Liver Disease

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    Running head: FATTY LIVER DISEASE Fatty Liver Disease Evetta Brown June 08‚ 2011 MA111 Instructor Leila L. Hamka The liver has over 200 functions that it plays. There are over 100 types of liver diseases. Many of these diseases can be life threating if they are not treated correctly. This paper will focus on the fatty liver disease. It will describe the liver‚ discuss the disease known as fatty liver disease‚ alcoholic and non alcoholic‚ give

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    Common Childhood Diseases

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    Common Childhood Diseases 1.1 Introduction Children are more prone to diseases. They catch disease easily and recover fast too. You must learn to protect your children from diseases and also from many other problems which can be prevented‚ if you care a little. In this lesson‚ you will learn about some diseases which are more likely to affect a child in the first few years of life. 1.2 Objectives explain the importance of immunisation for children; give the immunisation schedule for

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