Michael Norlen is one of those many people whom are effected by a major disease that is ever growing in our Society. This disease is not one you might think of when someone phrases it this way‚ but is still very harmful to those who find themselves with it. This disease is Depression. Norlen found himself with depression midway through his life and it completely stopped the way he functions in life. He worked a successful job as a lawyer completely fell apart. Three major events happened to Norlen
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Heart disease Stress symptoms: Effects on your body‚ feelings and behavior By Mayo Clinic staff Stress symptoms may be affecting your health‚ even though you might not realize it. You may think illness is to blame for that nagging headache‚ your frequent insomnia or your decreased productivity at work. But stress may actually be the culprit. Indeed‚ stress symptoms can affect your body‚ your thoughts and feelings‚ and your behavior. Being able to recognize common stress symptoms can give you
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chronic diseases. Since we all know that we can safely eat a candy or even as many as thousands of candies or lay on the couch watching television day after day without seeing any immediate harmful effects‚ it can be difficult to imagine that we are slowly developing chronic diseases over time. This concept of developing diseases over time from the specific lifestyle choices that each of us makes‚ is known as chronic diseases of lifestyle (CDL). It is unfortunate that these chronic diseases of lifestyle
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Heart disease describes many conditions that affect a person’s heart. This includes many conditions from diseases of blood vessels‚ problems in heart rhythm‚ and conditions of heart defects (“Heart Disease”). More than 610‚000 people die each year because of heart disease and 735‚000 die of heart attacks‚ making heart disease the number one leading cause of the death in the U.S. (“Heart Disease Facts”). There are many causes that have been linked to heart disease such as high blood pressure‚ diabetes
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Heart Disease Kayla Tusa Adelphi University Abstract This paper is aimed to view heart disease and show the effects that it can have on the person who has it. The points made in this paper will show what heart disease does to the body. It shows symptoms and treatments that are used with this disease. It mainly shows the facts about heart disease. The illness in my family that I feel poses the greatest threat to me is heart disease. Heart disease has been in my father’s family for a
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Hyperthyroidism‚ otherwise known as thyrotoxicosis‚ is a disease where the thyroid is overactive. Although the thyroid is not a large-sized gland located on the front of the neck‚ it is a big part of the endocrine system that produces a hormone called the thyroid-stimulating hormone. These hormones play a role in regulating different parts in the body‚ such as metabolism‚ body temperature‚ and bone growth (N1). It even plays a role in how your heart beats! The thyroid-stimulating hormone also helps
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Minamata Disease Masazumi Harada‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D. http://www.einap.org/envdis/Minamata.html Minamata Disease was discovered for the first time in the world at Minamata City‚ Kumamoto Prefecture‚ Japan‚ in 1956 (Minamata Disease Research Group; 1968‚ Harada M; 1995)‚ and for the next time at Niigata City‚ Niigata Prefecture‚ Japan‚ in 1965 (Tsubaki T & Irukayama K; 1977). The both cases were attributed to the methyl mercury that was generated in the process for producing acetaldehyde using
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blood pressure and cholesterol can cause 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
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Communicable Disease HCS/457 August 30‚ 2010 Rachaline Napier Communicable Disease What is a communicable disease? A communicable disease is an infectious disease that can be transmitted from one person to another either directly by contact or circuitously by fomites and vectors. HIV/AIDS is one of the many communicable diseases in the world. Throughout this presentation‚ a detailed analysis will be given on HIV/AIDS. I will also recommend different ways a community can educate individuals
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Morgellons‚ founded in children by Sir Thomas Browne in 1674 is based on the information of a small fiber producing condition. Studies have been shown that most cases of Morgellons Disease found in the United States are found in areas such as California‚ Texas‚ and Florida. This disease has occurred in all 50 states. Worldwide‚ Morgellons has been a serious problem in Europe‚ South Africa‚ Japan‚ The Philippines‚ Indonesia and Australia. Adults and Children are both equally diagnosed with Morgellons
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