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Disease Essays and Term Papers
Disease In Africa"The fact remains that lowland, tropical Africa may well have the most intractable disease environment in the world."(Bohannan & Curtin,35) In order to understand diseases in Africa, one must first be acquainted with its geology. Africa is a gigantic landmass that is over 5200 miles long and ...
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Kawasaki DiseaseDuring the late twentieth century many new diseases have been discovered. Tomisaku Kawasaki discovered one of these diseases, , or technically mucocutaneous lymph node disease, in 1961. This particular disease remained undetected for so long because its cause is still unknown. Dr. Kawasaki, a ...
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Von Willebrand’s DiseaseBlood is carried throughout the body within a network of blood vessels. When our tissues are injured (cut on skin), are blood vessel is disrupted, and we bleed through the holes in the blood vessel wall. Normally, we stop bleeding through two integrated processes, or the formation of a platelet ...
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Sickle Cell Diseaseis an inherited blood disease which can cause pain, damage to vital organs, and in some cases, death in childhood or early adulthood. This disease affects a protein inside the red blood cells called hemoglobin. It occurs wherein a person inherits two sickle cell genes or a combination of one ...
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Chrones DiseaseIntro (use part or all of this if your need it for the introduction)
Crohn's disease is named after the physician who described the disease in a paper written in 1972. It is also called Morbus Crohn's, Granulomatous enteritis, Regional enteritis, or Terminal ileitis.
Attacks of Crohn's disease ...
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Lyme DiseaseIn the early 1970s, a mysterious clustering of arthritis occurred among children in Lyme, Connecticut, and surrounding towns. Medical researchers soon recognized the illness as a distinct disease, which they called . They subsequently described the clinical features of , established the usefulness ...
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Crohns DiseaseCrohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease involving predominantly the small intestine and colon. The disease is usually chronic, with recurrent periods, and also periods of remission. Crohn’s disease can have complications, both inside and outside of the intestine. “To date there is no ...
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Peripheral Arterial DiseasePeripheral Arterial Disease
Imagine that you're taking your usual daily walk around your neighborhood. It's something you enjoy and you know it's an excellent form of aerobic exercise. Lately, however, you've noticed that your legs ache after walking only a short distance. You might experience ...
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Healthcare And Coranare Heart DiseaseCoronary Heart disease is a disease where the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart become blocked. The blockage is in the form of a blood clot that can block a percentage of all five arteries. Cholesterol deposits cause this blockage. This fact has allowed doctors to determine that ...
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease/ Crohn's DiseaseInflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of chronic disorders that
cause inflammation or ulceration in the small and large intestines. Most often
IBD is classified as ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease but may be referred
to as colitis, enteritis, ileitis, and proctitis. Ulcerative colitis ...
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Alzheimer's DiseaseWe are currently living in the age of technology. Our advancements in the
past few decades overshadow everything learned in the last 2000 years. With the
elimination of many diseases through effective cures and treatments, Canadians
can expect to live a much longer life then that of their ...
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What Is Sickle Cell DiseaseSickle Cell Anemia
By Alliyah Gunter, Grade 11
Chemistry period D
What is Sickle Cell Disease?
Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with sickle cell disease have red blood cells that contain mostly hemoglobin* S, an abnormal type of ...
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Alzheimer's DiseaseLakrista Means
December 10, 2009
Dr. Reeves
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive disease of the human brain that is characterized by impairment of memory and a disturbance in at least one other thinking function. It occurs when nerve cells in the brain die. (ALZ.org) ...
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Lyme DiseaseThe National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD), P.O. Box 8923, New
Fairfield, CT 06812, (203) 746-6518
Lyme Arthritis
General Discussion --------------------------------
** REMINDER **
The information contained in the Rare Disease Database is provided for
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Lyme Disease In HorsesLyme Borreliosis, also know as Lyme Disease, is caused by Borrelia Burgdorferi, a bacterium. The bacteria are transmitted through deer ticks. The disease is named for the town of Old Lyme, Connecticut, where it was first discovered and diagnosed. Lyme Disease effects many people, as well as ...
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Cardiovascular DiseaseThe term "cardiovascular disease" refers to a variety of diseases and conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels, principally high blood pressure, heart disease, and stroke. (Ascherio, 1996) Almost 10 million Americans aged 65 years and older report disabilities caused by heart disease. ...
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Huntington's Disease, also known as Huntington's chorea is a genetic disorder
that usually shows up in someone in their thirties and forties, destroys the
mind and body and leads to insanity and death within ten to twenty years. The
disease works by degenerating the ganglia (a pair of nerve clusters deep in the
brain ...
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Alzheimers DiseaseAlzheimer’s disease is a slowly progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain that eventually results in abnormal brain function and death. The disease was first described in 1907 by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915). In the neurological autopsy on the brain of a 56-year-old ...
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Cardiovascular DiseaseRisks factors for that can and can not be changed.
The risks factor for have been categorize by the American Heart Association (AHA) as the following: (1) Major risks factors that can not be changed (increasing age, male gender, and heredity). (2) Major risk factors that can be changed ...
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Huntington's Disease, or Huntngton's chorea, is a genetic disease that
causes selective neural cell death, which results in chorea, or irregular,
jerking movements of the limbs caused by involuntary muscle contractions, and
dementia. It can cause a lack of concentration and depression. It also may
cause atrophy of ...
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