CHRONIC DISEASES A chronic disease is an illness that is prolonged in duration‚ does not spontaneously resolve‚ and is usually not cured completely. Examples of chronic diseases are rheumatoid arthritis‚ lung cancer‚ and heart disease. Heart disease is an illness that involves the blockage or narrowing of the blood vessels. It is the leading cause of death in the US with approximately 81.1 million people‚ or one in every three adults living with heart disease. The illness causes swelling in feet
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Dr. Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine Dr. Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine Polio in the 1950’s has American parents in fear and anxiety due to thousands of children were become infected with a crippling disease Poliomyelitis (polio). Polio is a disease caused by infections of the poliovirus‚ which can affect nerves and can leads to a partial or full paralysis. It is an inflammation of the spinal cord’s gray matter and can sometimes extend into the brainstem. Now thanks to Dr. Salk most children in the U.S
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weeks before symptoms subside. The best way to minimize your chances of contracting an influenza virus is to get the flu vaccine each year. The flu vaccine was first isolated in 1930’s and during the 1940’s a vaccine was produced. Today‚ flu vaccines are available by shot or nasal spray. Currently scientist at NIAID are clinically testing the idea of an universal influenza vaccine that will combat any and all strains of flu viruses but more testing in needed. Hopefully with this medical advancement
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What is ‘disease’? Definition The term disease is the condition of the living‚ which leads to a disorder of the mind or body‚ which therefore destroys good health. (S-Cool A-Level). Biology online states that disease is a ‘pathologic condition in which the normal functioning of an organism or body is impaired or disrupted‚ resulting in extreme pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress or death.’ (Biology Online) Disease throughout History Over the years‚ there has ‘been a gradual decline in mortality from all
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January‚ 2013 H.S.B Project: DISEASES Teacher: ………………………………….. INTRODUCTION The difference between good health and disease is that health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans‚ it is the general condition of a person’s mind‚ body and spirit‚ usually meaning to be free from illness‚ injury or pain (as in “good health” or “healthy”) whiles a disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of
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Communicable Disease Communicable diseases have been a plague on mankind since the beginning of history. Communicable diseases can instill fear‚ panic‚ and public outrage. The outcry for communicable disease control‚ prevention‚ and eradication has been the driving force behind physicians and organizations. Understanding the communicable disease‚ the origin‚ the causation behind the spread of the disease‚ and how to prevent further spread of the communicable disease is the intent of these physicians
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Edward Jenner Edward Jenner‚ ultimately‚ developed and introduced the world’s first vaccine—the smallpox vaccine‚ which allowed for the eradication of the smallpox virus from the entire world. The remarkable Jenner was born on May 17‚ 1749 in Berkeley‚ Glouchestershire‚ England as the eighth child among nine (Allen 47). At the very young age of five‚ he became an orphan and lived with and was taken care of by an older brother (Jenner 1). Nevertheless‚ he would grow up to be an incredibly famous
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Rosario Y. Lopez Mrs. Walker ENG. 1301 November 02‚ 2012 Summary #1: HPV Vaccine Texas Tyranny Mike Adams essay‚ “HPV Vaccine Texas Tyranny”‚ demonstrates that the order made by Rick Perry‚ bypassing all the legislatures‚ to mandate the vaccination of young girls with the HPV vaccine sold by Merck‚ one of his contributors in his campaign‚ is absolutely worthless and an outright fraud.(445-447) Adams assumes that reality of all this situation is the push of profits. Adams starts to support
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Legionnaires’ Disease is pneumonia that’s caused by bacteria (Center For Disease Control and Prevention‚ 2015). The name of the bacteria that causes Legionnaire’s is Legionella pneumophila. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs; this specific type of pneumonia is serious and can threaten one’s life. The body system that is affected is the respiratory system. Another body system that can be affected is the digestive system. This disease can lead to complications such as respiratory failure‚ septic
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death due to the choices they make on these skeptics. The idea of vaccines started many years ago and since then have all but eradicated many diseases like small pox and polio‚ but some people believe in not vaccinating which allows these children to get the disease and spread it further to other people. With vaccines we can eliminate diseases‚ they’re safe and effective‚ and even save money. In the early to mid-1900s polio was a disease that was widespread and left many people crippled‚ today modern
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