Addison’s disease From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search | It has been suggested that Autoimmune adrenalitis be merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2009. | Addison’s disease | Classification and external resources | ICD-10 | E27.1-E27.2 | ICD-9 | 255.4 | DiseasesDB | 222 | MedlinePlus | 000378 | eMedicine | med/42 | MeSH | D000224 | Addison’s disease (also chronic adrenal insufficiency‚ hypocortisolism‚ and hypocorticism)
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Alzheimer ’s disease Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time‚ becoming severe enough to interfere with daily life activities. Up to today there is no cure for Alzheimer how ever there is treatment for symptoms‚ but the research continues in search to one day find the cure to this deadly disease. Unfortunately it runs in my family my dad’s dad past away of Alzheimer at the
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own life was he had been recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. However‚ it was learned that it
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as you see them. Author: MARIANA DUMITRIU Tutor: ALAN DAVIDSON Course Code: BOURN1S Bournemouth‚ March 2012 This essay will aim to compile the hypnotherapy approaches in the treatment of the autoimmune diseases. I have a personal interest in this area‚ which prompted me to research this particularly growing medical group. The first chapter will be dedicated to the general medical knowledge about these conditions. The second chapter will refer to the practical
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Diseases of the Skin and Treatments Kari Fournier MO150-7 September 18‚ 2011 Instructor Eileen Domerchie Diseases of the Skin and Treatments In this paper‚ I am going to be writing about 3 different types of diseases of the skin and their treatments. Also I will be including the signs and symptoms‚ causes of the diseases‚ and the medication side effects. The first topic will be about Measles‚ which is an example of a viral skin infection. Next topic will be about Malignant Melanoma
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Societies Control of communicable diseases 7 This measles ’jab’ will help prevent this child from the consequences of measles such as pneumonia‚ malnutrition‚ blindness and brain disease. Photo:Marko Kokic‚Canadian Red Cross Control of communicable diseases in emergencies Description This chapter gives an overview of common and emerging communicable disease threats among displaced populations because of natural and human-made disasters. General and disease-specific strategies for monitoring
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therapeutic strategies to treat Parkinson’s disease. 2011 Class Test Discuss the role of the ubiquitin-proteasome system and mitochondria in Parkinson’s disease. 2009 Class Test Discuss‚ with examples‚ current and emerging therapeutic strategies used in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. 2010/11 Exam Discuss‚ with examples‚ the rationale for the use of current and emerging therapeutic strategies in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. GENERAL STUFF TO MENTION What is it?
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A signs and symptoms of a Parkinson’s disease differ from each individual. At the beginning‚ a sign will be mild and unobserved. Normally‚ a sign starts from one side individual’s body and it stays bad even though when it affect both sides. A tremor is one of the main symptoms‚ it starts to shakes in a hand or arm beside a slow motion and stiffness. An individual may be aware of their backwards and forward of the thumb and forefinger which is known as a pill- rolling tremor. The slowness of the movement
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Kawasaki disease‚ also known as Kawasaki syndrome is an inflammatory disease that is potentially fatal affecting the circulatory system‚ heart‚ skin‚ mucous membranes and the immune system generally in infants and children younger than five years of age. Aneurysms‚ due to the inflamed coronary arteries lead to stenosis or coronary artery thrombosis‚aneurysm rupture‚ myocardial infarction and sudden death. The cause of this condition is unknown‚ but there has been an hypothesis linking this condition
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The diseases that are characterized by an abnormal accumulation of α-synuclein (-Syn) aggregates within neurons‚ nerve fibers‚ or glial cells are collectively referred to as α-synucleinopathies [1]. The three main types of α-synucleinopathies are Parkinson’s disease (PD)‚ dementia with Lewy bodies‚ and multiple system atrophy. These disorders impact mainly the elderly population‚ therefore causing serious personal and economic burden in our aging societies. Among them the most common disease is PD
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