kidney disease? Not everyone with diabetes develops kidney disease. Factors that can influence kidney disease development include genetics‚ blood sugar control‚ and blood pressure. The better a person keeps diabetes and blood pressure under control‚ the lower the chance of getting kidney disease. What are the symptoms? The kidneys work hard to make up for the failing capillaries so kidney disease produces no symptoms until almost all function is gone. Also‚ the symptoms of kidney disease are not
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dying from an outbreak of pneumonia which was presumed to be spread by contamination of the water in the hotels air conditioning system. This event led to the discovery of the disease and the name “Legionnaires’ Disease” was coined. (emedicine.medscape.com 2) So what is Legionnaires’ disease? The HSE states that “Legionellosis is the collective name given to the pneumonia-like illness caused by legionella bacteria. This includes the most serious legionnaires’ disease‚ as well as the similar but less
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Entrepreneurs have many of the same character traits as leaders‚ similar to the early great man theories of leadership; however trait-based theories of entrepreneurship are increasingly being called into question. Entrepreneurs are often contrasted with managers and administrators who are said to be more methodical and less prone to risk-taking. Such person-centric models of entrepreneurship have shown to be of questionable validity‚ not least as many real-life entrepreneurs operate in teams rather
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Becoming a Hero "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself" (Campbell 1). When we think of heroes most of us think of movie stars or professional athletes‚ but it’s not always about your popularity or talent it can also be about how you help society. What I think make a great hero is someone who is able to overcome his or her obstacles in life‚ is highly motivated‚ and has plenty of bravery. Overcoming obstacles may be one of the hardest parts of being
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Lifestyle Disease Lifestyle disease which may also be referred to as Non-Communicable Disease‚ has in recent times become an issue of grave concern for governments both globally and regionally. The World Health Organization (WHO) Secretary-General‚ during a General Assembly Summit (first ever summit on deadly chronic illnesses) in 2011deemed in a statement "...the spread of non-communicable diseases as a socio-economic and development challenge of epidemic proportions..." . In another report from
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deaths due to harsh fighting‚ World War I was known for many reasons for soldier’s deaths. It was very hard for soldier’s to get the type of medical care and technology that we have today‚ and difficult to be cured. In this case‚ during World War I diseases were very common and were spread thoroughly. Fighting in the WWI meant being high at risk of death. Soldiers were constantly doing life threatening duties. Deaths numbers were so intense that “after a year and a half of fighting‚ more than 53
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foods. This autoimmune disease involves both genetic and environmental factors that affect the small intestine in these individuals (NELMS). In this disease‚ the exposure gluten damages the intestinal mucosa of the small intestine. Gluten is the general name for proteins found in the endosperm of grains. These proteins are found in almost all grain containing foods such as bread‚ rice‚ pasta‚ and cereal. Gluten is made up of two proteins called glutenin and gliadin‚ in which one of these proteins
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Ellison’s Personality and Leadership Traits Even though Ellison is not well liked amongst the technology programming industry‚ it is hard to deny his effectiveness in success. Ellison is narcissistic and is as egotistical as they come‚ however every person that has worked for him at one time or another under Oracle have gone on to have extremely wealthy‚ successful careers. Ellison is what we would call a manager not a leader. But if you had to classify him as a leader of some sort‚ it would
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Huntington disease Email this page to a friendShare on facebookShare on twitterBookmark & SharePrinter-friendly version Huntington disease is a disorder in which nerve cells in certain parts of the brain waste away‚ or degenerate. The disease is passed down through families. Causes Huntington disease is caused by a genetic defect on chromosome 4. The defect causes a part of DNA‚ called a CAG repeat‚ to occur many more times than it is supposed to. Normally‚ this section of DNA is repeated 10
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Why the 1930’s inspired Harper Lee “Which aspects of the 1930’s inspired Harper Lee to write To Kill A Mockingbird?” Harper Lee has always claimed that her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" did not relate to her life. However‚ there are a number of similarities to Harper Lee’s life and the life of Scout and Atticus Finch. Harper’s father was a southern lawyer‚ like Atticus. According to Lee’s childhood friends‚ Lee was a tomboy like Scout is. Many believe that Lee was influenced by what influences
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