Living in the Shadow of Heart Disease In the United States‚ every year more than 1 million Americans suffer from a heart attack. This number although it may not seem like a lot‚ is indeed quite high. Heart disease is a major killer that can in fact be controlled. If more people would watch what they eat‚ do simple exercises‚ and restrict physically damaging activities‚ such as smoking‚ they could lower their risk of a heart attack or heart disease. Many people do things that short term‚ have little
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Disease is any condition that adversely affects the function of any part of a living thing. Health is the wellbeing of the organism. All our body functions‚ which are under the control of our genes‚ work together to maintain health. Difficulties in determining health and disease: Disease can cover a wide range of conditions including minor conditions‚ such as a cut finger or an ant bite‚ as well as the more obvious diseases like cancers. Health varies on a daily basis and is not just the absence
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Romero W1A3: Case Study: Biological Basis of Diseases Due: Sunday‚ May 22‚ 2011 The most current thoughts and theories on the cause of Alzheimer ’s Diseases is that Minnie is forgetting things‚ calling her oldest son‚ Chester‚ her husband ’s name‚ getting upset easily‚ and speaking in Italian. The theories would be the children looking up the information from the signs their mother is showing of the Alzheimer ’s Diseases and deciding if she should have extensive testing or going to the doctor
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that two of these videos had in common‚ was the theory of the presence of amyloid beta proteins; and how that predicted the presence of Alzheimer’s disease. Better yet‚ the presence of the amyloid proteins detected and diagnosed the disease before it attacks. I like the idea that Dr. Lee Goldstein has about slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and even his hopes of trying to get rid of it completely. I think that the way that Dr. Goldstein anticipates detecting it‚ through eye tests‚ is
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conditions that affect its state have risen. These conditions may pose little effects on one’s daily routine but when severe can completely alter one’s daily life. One such condition is Dementia which has been found to be closely linked to Alzheimer’s Disease. Various studies conducted have pointed out the condition to be the leading killer in the elderly and thus is a serious condition. To understand the condition further‚ it’s important to know as much information about it as possible to properly care
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Neurological Disorder There are many neurological diseases and disorders that affect the nation’s population. Many go unnoticed while others have severe symptoms. One such disease is a neurological disorder called Huntington’s disease or HD. Huntington’s Disease is a neurological disorder that affects the brain by forming abnormal brain cells that do not function correctly this disease is incurable and how it spreads is unknown. Huntington’s disease has been found in most races and becomes evident
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Lyme disease is an infectious Tick borne disease caused by the bacteria Borrelia Burgdorferi spread from the bite of a Tick. (Pearson.S.2015). Ticks are arachnids with pincher like mouths that live off the blood of animals and occasionally humans if they get a hold of us. If a tick is infected with Borrelia Burgdonferi and bites a human‚ the disease gets transmitted and takes effect immediately yet does not show symptoms for up to a month. If you are wondering how the tick catches the disease‚ it
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CHAGAS DISEASE Trai Boslet‚ Richard Tuff Bio 181L What is the disease? Chagas disease is an inflammatory and infectious disease that is caused by a parasite called trypanosoma cruzi. Trypanosoma cruzi is transmitted by an insect factor only in the Americas. Most cases of this disease are found in Latin America. Also called American trypanosmiasis‚ the chagas disease can effect anyone‚ but is more common to effect children. If the chagas disease is left untreated the infection will
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Crohn’s Disease causes the entire gastrointestinal system to be inflamed. The disease was discovered by gastroenterologist Dr. Burrill Crohn in 1932. Crohn’s disease is often characterized by diarrhea‚ weight loss‚ fatigue‚ bloody stool‚ anemia‚ and abdominal cramps (Skyler‚ 2007). An article titled “Regional Ileitis” by authors Burrill Crohn and colleagues published in 1932 proposed‚ that this disease affects the terminal ilius of some young adults. It presents subacute and chronic necrotizing
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onset diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease which causes many functional impairments and comes with many challenges. These challenges are not only life altering for the individual but also manifest within the family. Although there are many challenges there is also an abundance of opportunities‚ adjustments and adaptions as well as new therapies and treatments that are progressing towards an easier life for those that live with this disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a
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