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Disease Essays and Term Papers
The Human BrainThe human being is considered to be the ultimate form of life on the
earth. This is not because the human body is strong and agile. Many other
animals posses skills much superior to humans and are able to perform feats
humans can only dream of. The one thing that distinguishes humans from ...
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Leprechaunismis an extremely rare genetic disease that was first identified in 1948 by W.L. Donohue. There have only been 49 cases reported worldwide since is first reporting in 1948 until 1987. This disease is also known as Donohue Syndrome, in his honor.
Most patients die by the age of 10 months, ...
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The Cystic Fibrosis GeneIntroduction:
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited autosomal recessive disease that
exerts its main effects on the digestive system and the lungs. This disease
is the most common genetic disorder among Caucasians. Cystic fibrosis
affects about one in 2,500 people, with one in twenty five being ...
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Multiple Personality DisorderI have heard many things about the disease called . I never know whether they are true or not. If these things aren’t true, then why do people make these accusations? I’ve also wondered what really goes on inside people’s heads when they have this disease. I want to know the truth behind this ...
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Mononucleosisis a viral disease that affects those usually between the age of ten and thirty-five, although a person at any age can get the disease. This disease found in mainly adolescents and adults seems to only occur in those who escaped the Epstein-Barr virus infection in childhood. It is also known as ...
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Hypochondria"MOM!! I think I have a new freckle!!"screamed Liz." I think I have skin cancer!" Liz is suffering from a mental disorder called . With this type of disease people become obssessed about sickness and their health. These people convince themselves that they have an illness, even when doctors prove ...
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Adrenal GlandBircan Dogan 9D
Task 1
My assignment is about the adrenal gland. The adrenal gland is a compound organ situated on the top of each kidney. It consists of an outer cortex and an inner medulla.
25mm wide, 50mm long, 5mm thick
Diagram of the adrenal glands
The adrenal gland releases ...
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The Differences And Similarities Of Pneumonia And TuberculosisPneumonia and tuberculosis have been plaguing the citizens of the world
for centuries causing millions of deaths. This occurred until the creation and
use of antibiotics become more widely available. These two respiratory
infections have many differences, which include their etiology, incidence ...
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Mononucleosisis an infectious disease of humans in which the blood and
tissues contain mononuclear leukocytes (white blood cells with only one nucleus),
either monocytes or lymphocytes. An infectious disease is a disease that can
give you an infection, can be transmitted by infection without actual ...
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The History Of Medicineis like a huge puzzle, and it has taken
many tortuous and gruesome routes to try to fit the pieces together. It
has gone from ancient myths that attempted to explain disease to the great
capabilities of today's medicine.
The first crude forms of medicine go back to prehistoric man. Even
before ...
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Anorexia NervosaModels are pretty and thin and are often taken as role models of
success. However they must be underweight to look "perfect" on television
and magazines. In order to be thin, they develop a disease called anorexia
nervosa.
Although anorexia and bulimia are related to eating ...
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Basic Discription Of MicrobiologyThey’re out there! You can’t see them but they can see you. Right at this very moment they are living on and in your body, and there is nothing you can do about it!
This may sound like the beginning of a horror movie, but it isn’t. It is actually a very basic description of a very broad ...
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The Aids CrisisAIDS is an epidemic that has been treated like every other plague in history. Because it is human nature to be afraid of what one cannot control, people are invariably afraid of disease and infection. Moreover, the fear is escalated many times over in that the disease starts controlling the ...
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AIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome, or , is a recently recognized disease
entity. It is caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),
which attacks selected cells in the immune system (see IMMUNITY) and produces
defects in function. These defects may not be apparent for ...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
There are now more than twenty disorders recognized as being
transmitted primarily by sexual means. The more familiar STD's are AIDS,
gonorhea, syphilis, chlamydia-related infections, genital herpes, candidiasis,
nonspecific vaginitis, trichomoniasis, ...
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Hantavirus: A Four Corners Study
When a new virus appeared in the Four Corners region, American scientists were stumped. What was causing such a quick death to such healthy people? Was there a potential epidemic on their hands? No one knew, and when they finally determined that a strain was involved, ...
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The History Of Medicineis like a huge puzzle, and it has taken many
tortuous and gruesome routes to try to fit the pieces together. It has
gone from ancient myths that attempted to explain disease to the great
capabilities of today's medicine.
The first crude forms of medicine go back to prehistoric man. ...
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Alzheimer's: Genetic DementiaAlzheimer's, the disease of the degeneration of the brain, was
identified in 1907 by German physician Alois Alzheimer. Four million
Americans suffer from the disease which deprives the victim of the ability
to remember, think, reason, and eventually coordinate movement. This most
common form of ...
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Psychology Book ReportThe Boy who couldn’t stop Washing written by DR. Judith Rapoport, published by Penguin books in 1989, containing 292 pages, deals with obsessive compulsive disorder. Dr. Rapoport is a psychiatrist who specializes in obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). In this, book she reveals new drug ...
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DepressiooConsider this: Elizabeth Wurtzel has struggled with depression throughout her life. She has a history of suicide attempts, self-mutilations, and serious mood swings. She took numerous antidepressants and medications in an attempt to regulate her irregular behavior. She quit using the ...
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