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Disease Essays and Term Papers
Chlamydia 2Chlamydia is caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis, hence the name; Chlamydia The word chlamys is Greek for "cloak draped around the shoulder.” This describes how the intracytoplasmic inclusions caused by the bacterium are "draped" around the infected cell's nucleus. Scientists ...
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Cholera: Virulence, Origin, And PandemicsMerriam Webster’s Tenth Edition College Dictionary describes virulence as the rapid course, severity, or malignancy of a disease or infection caused by a microorganism [pathogen] to overcome body defenses of the host. Ewald (1) looks at virulence in two spectrums depending upon mortality rates ...
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Antibiotic Resistance 2During 1997, an event doctors had been fearing finally occurred. In three geographically separate patients, an often deadly bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, responded poorly to a once reliable antidote--the antibiotic vancomycin. Fortunately, in those patients, the bacteria remained susceptible ...
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Current Status Of Malaria VaccinologyIn order to assess the one must first take
an overview of the whole of the whole disease. One must understand the disease
and its enormity on a global basis.
Malaria is a protozoan disease of which over 150 million cases are reported per
annum. In tropical Africa alone more than 1 million ...
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The Causes And Effects Of AnorexiaWhen I think of anorexia, a few things come to mind. I think of really bad episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 and Baywatch in which females, ususally teenagers, starve themselves and take diet pills. The eating problem is always resolved within the timespan of one 30 minute episode. From the ...
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Muscular Dystrophyrefers to, not one, but a group of muscle diseases. These diseases have three features in common: they are hereditary; they are progressive; and each causes a characteristic and selective pattern of weakness. Duchenne (DMD) is the most prevalent and severe childhood form of this group of ...
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Eating DisordersThis paper is designed for you and I to learn more about . What you are about to learn one day will maybe save your life. Hopefully you will never encounter what is called an Eating Disorder. mostly consist of, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Obesity and Compulsive Eating, although Obesity and ...
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Strong Shadows1. I believe that Dr. Zuger chose the people she did because she was trying to get a large amount of differences of infections the patients could contract and also show the patients’ similarities in lifestyle and the similarities in the way in which they grew up to try and educate people on ...
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Bird Flu Crisis In Hong KongDo you know how many chickens do we consume every day? Three thousand, five thousand or more? We demand almost more than ten thousand chickens daily. What a big figure! We can see that chickens are very important to Chinese society. Chickens are always devoted to God and served in dinners to ...
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Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisMotor Neuron Disease Maladie de Charcot Lou Gehrig's Disease
What is the Disease?
ALS is an extremely deadly disease affecting the nerve cells that
control the victim's voluntary muscles. These nerves shrink and eventually die,
leaving the muscles without stimulation. As these muscles go ...
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The Aging ProcessWhy should the human body give out after 70, 80, or even 120 years? Why are older people more susceptible to disease, more inclined to have impaired vision and hearing, and likely to lose some of the physical and mental capacity they once enjoyed?
There are no fully satisfactory answers to these ...
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Strong Shadows1. I believe that Dr. Zuger chose the people she did because she was trying to get a large amount of differences of infections the patients could contract and also show the patients’ similarities in lifestyle and the similarities in the way in which they grew up to try and educate people on the ...
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DepressionLife eradicator might be a more appropriate name for this disease. That's right, this disease drains the zest for living and replaces it with anguish, guilt, pessimism, irritability, and the inability to experience pleasure. People used to think it was "all in your head" and if you really ...
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The HeartIntroduction
You need your heart for all your body needs. It pumps about 2000
gallons of blood a day. It takes about 20 seconds for blood to reach every
cell in the body. An artery carries blood out from the heart. A vein carries
blood back to the heart. An average adult heart weighs about ...
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AlzhiemersBrain cell research offers hope for
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (Reuters Health) -- Taking cells from a
region of the brain known as the hippocampus, an international
team of researchers have grown functional brain cells in lab
cultures. The findings may have profound implications for
restoring damaged or ...
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Sickle Cell Anemiais a genetic disease that affects all kinds of people
and can start before a person is even born. This paper will talk about
symptoms of , the people affected, the cause of the disease,
how the disease is diagnosed, and cured.
Symptoms of Sickle Cell Anemia are pale skin, short of breath, ...
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Small PoxSmallpox has been one of the most dangerous and deadly curses’ ever placed on humankind. Even illnesses as terrible as the plague, cholera, and yellow fever have not had such a universal effect. Smallpox is a parasitic virus (a virus destructive to the host) called variola. It’s considered to be ...
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Ebola Virus 4Ebola virus, a member of the Filoviridae, burst from obscurity with spectacular outbreaks of severe, haemorrhagic fever. It was first associated with an outbreak of 318 cases and a case-fatality rate of 90% in Zaire and caused 150 deaths among 250 cases in Sudan. Smaller outbreaks continue to ...
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Atopic DermatitisAbstract
Atopic Dermatitis is a serious and severe disease if not properly educated in the treatments and/or preventions. AD may lead to other diseases, much worse than itself such as the smallpox or cowpox. Case studies, such as the one reviewed in this paper, are very beneficial to society’s ...
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Heart FailureHeart Failure
When thinking of the term "heart failure", what is the first thing that comes to your mind? I instantly think of some life threatening problem, where the heart is no longer working anymore. However, thinking this is not completely true. Heart failure could potentially be a serious ...
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