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Addison's Disease

I chose Addison’s disease because it is a very rare disease that affects my family. The adrenal gland, which produces cortical and other important hormones, in the body stops functioning properly or completely. There are not very many cases of Addison’s disease in the United States, only about ...

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Sickness And Disease During America's Exploration

Sickness and disease existed as an every day reality during the time of travel and exploration to America and New Spain. Though the onset of illness would cause the death of many men and slow down the progress of the explorers, disease did not ultimately defeat the foreign visitors. If, during ...

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Huntington's Disease

In 1872 Dr. George Huntington published his account of what he called "hereditary chorea". This is the first description of the disease that now bears his name. (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease that results in progressive motor, emotional, and cognitive impairments. A terminal ...

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Alzheimer’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 woman Auguste D., of ...

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Depression: A Deadly Disease

" 'A symptom of the bad times is that you think that they will never abate. You convince yourself that you are doomed forever to a state of half-life. You awake to a sighing gloom and an inordinate effort of will is required to leave your bed. You know that you should get up to arrest the feeling ...

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Huntington's Disease

is a rare hereditary disorder. It is characterized by irregular movements of the body, slurred speech, and the deterioration of mental functioning. Symptoms of the individual include alternating periods of excitement and depression. It is caused by a buildup of neurotransmitter fluids, which can ...

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Depression..a Deadly Disease

" 'A symptom of the bad times is that you think that they will never abate. You convince yourself that you are doomed forever to a state of half-life. You awake to a sighing gloom and an inordinate effort of will is required to leave your bed. You know that you should get up to arrest the feeling ...

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Alzheimer's Disease

Introduction to Alzheimer's is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain. It is first described by the German neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915) in 1905. This disease worsens with advancing age, although there is no evidence that it is cause by the aging process. The average ...

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Mad Cow's Disease And Mad Man

Man is king of the food chain and for the most part it is NOT necessary for us to "hunt". We are the only species who has the ability to cultivate crops; breed animals for food and store food for longer time periods with out spoilage. Food is plentiful. However, human nature, man's greatest ...

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Chronic Waste Disease

Every up incoming deer season, you always hear about that one disease that is killing off all our deer. The year before last, it was blue tongue disease. The last two years, it has been chronic wasting disease. CWD is a disease in which kills slowly eroding holes in its victim’s brains. Chronic ...

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Chagas' Disease

Parasitic Agent: Trpyanosoma cruzi Common Name: Chagas' Disease and American ...

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Alzheimer's Disease

is a progressive and irreversible brain disease that destroys mental and physical functioning in human beings, and invariably leads to death. It is the fourth leading cause of adult death in the United States. Alzheimer's creates emotional and financial catastrophe for many American families every ...

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Endocrine System: Addison's Disease

Endocrine System: Addison's Disease Brittney Watson Itt Technical Institute Human Anatomy and Physiology Ms. Turner November 23, 2015 The endocrine ...

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The Ebola Virus: One Deadly Disease

In the year 1976, Ebola have lurked from its unknown origin, and caused the death of 340 people. This virus had made the nation of Zaire in fear as it took away people's lives. The people of Zaire would wait outside clinics, churches and in their homes for a treatment of the horrible disease, but ...

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Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome "Bubble Boy" Disease

Can you imagine how life would be without an immune system or more precisely, an under active immune system? There are many immune system disorders, both underactive and overactive. Some overactive immune disorders would be asthma, allergies, anaphylaxis, and et cetera. From what I have ...

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Genetic Disease Research Project: ALS

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. The specific symptoms are muscle weakness in the hands, arms, legs or the muscles of speech, swallowing or ...

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Huntington's Disease

Background is inherited as an autosomal dominant disease that gives rise to progressive, elective (localized) neural cell death associated with choleric movements (uncontrollable movements of the arms, legs, and face) and dementia. It is one of the more common inherited brain disorders. About ...

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Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Problems

If you have type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, or other risk factors, you are at a higher risk of having kidney problems in the future. The good news is, if you’re at risk for kidney disease you can protect your kidneys. • Chronic Kidney Disease • Checking Your Kidney Function • Symptoms of ...

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Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative brain disease, is the most common cause of dementia. It currently affects about 4 million Americans and is the fourth leading cause of death in United States. Furthermore, Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of mental impairment in elderly people and ...

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Crohn's Disease

Crohn's Disease Crohn's disease also known as regional enteritis is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that affects any part of the gastrointestinal tract from mouth to the anus. There are various types of symptoms. It causes abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, or weight loss. It may also ...

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