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Heart Disease Essays and Term Papers
Skin RashesCommon Skin Problems:
There are more than a thousand conditions that may affect the skin but most skin diseases can be categorized according to nine common types.
• Rashes.
A rash is an area of red, inflamed skin or a group a individual spots. These can be caused by irritation, allergy, ...
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Familial Hypercholesterolemiais a very common disease among humans. It predisposes an individual inflicted with it to early and premature heart attacks, strokes, and circulation disorders. It is a genetic and familial disease seen in all segments of humanity.
The cholesterol in the human body is derived from two ...
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Genetics And Evolution: Cystic Fibrosis And Down SyndromeCystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis is a disorder where the exocrine glands secrete abnormally thick mucus, leading to obstruction of the pancreas and chronic infections of the lungs, which usually cause death in childhood or early adulthood. Some mildly affected patients may survive longer. Doctors ...
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Mercy KillingIn June of 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian, a 63-year-old retired pathologist, was charged with first-degree murder after he helped an Oregon woman with Alzheimer's disease commit suicide in June 1990. The charge was dismissed in December 1990. (Michigan has no law against suicide.) In October of 1991, ...
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Ancient Egyptian MedicineEgyptian Medicine
This is an eight page paper on Egyptian medicine. There are eight references used for this paper.
Introduction
Civilizations throughout the years have dealt with disease and illness in numerous ways. It is interesting to look at the Ancient Egyptians and determine how ...
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS), sometimes referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive fatal neuromuscular disease that attacks nerve cells and pathways in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons, among the largest of all nerve cells, reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to muscles ...
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS), sometimes referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive fatal neuromuscular disease that attacks nerve cells and pathways in the brain and spinal cord. Motor neurons, among the largest of all nerve cells, reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to muscles ...
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RabiesPerhaps the best-known animal-borne disease, Rabies, or Rage is caused by a Rhabdovirus, a type of virus named for its rod like shape. It is also caused by a ‘Lyssavirus’. This group of viruses includes the Rabies virus traditionally associated with this disease, Australian bat lyssavirus, ...
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Medical Treatments And Casualties in the Civil WarMedical Treatments and Casualties
Whenever there is talk about the Civil War, it almost always has something to do with the bloodiest battles like Antietam, or the best known leaders like General Lee, but what about those who stayed on the battlefield throughout all the destruction and chaos to ...
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Type II DiabetesTYPE II DIABETES MALLITUS
Abstract
Diabetes mallitus is a disease in which there are high levels of blood sugar in affected individual. It is also called as Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mallitus or Adult Onset Diabets. This disease results due to a defect in the functioning of insulin in ...
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PancreatitisThe pancreas is a large gland located behind the stomach and next to the duodenum . The pancreas has two primary functions: To secrete powerful digestive enzymes into the small intestine to aid the digestion of carbohydrates, proteins, and fat; To release the hormones insulin and glucagon into the ...
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Senilityis a disease commonly referred to as dementia. It affects
4 million Americans every year and is a major cause of disability in old
age (Bunch, 1997, p. 106). Its prevalence increases with age (Bunch, 1997,
p. 106). Dementia is characterized by a permanent memory deficit affecting
recent memory ...
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Mononucleosis 3Infectious mononucleosis -- known popularly as "mono" or "the kissing disease" -- has been recognized for more than a century. An estimated 90 percent of mononucleosis cases are caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes virus group. Most of the remaining cases are caused by ...
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MononucleosisInfectious -- known popularly as "mono" or "the kissing disease" -- has been recognized for more than a century. An estimated 90 percent of cases are caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes virus group. Most of the remaining cases are caused by certain other herpes ...
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Sickle Cell AnemiaSickles Cell Anemia in Children (10 pgs)
In 1904 a hospital intern at The Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago Illinois, Dr. Earnest Irons, who was the first physician to describe sickle cells, wrote a report on Walter Clement Noel’s blood.
Also in 1904, Dr. James B. Herrick, a Chicago Physician, ...
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Infectious DiseasesSTDS are an ever-increasing problem throughout the world, which threaten everyone who potentially comes in contact with them. They are able to wipe out entire nations or simply limit ones ability to function in a normal manner within a society. There are no limits to the ethnic background, ...
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Type II DiabetesDiabetes is a disease that effects many people all over the world. There are two types of diabetes, Type I and Type II. Both types of diabetes are caused by a break down in the normal process of insulin production and usage. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that is used in the cells to ...
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Asbestos: Helpful Aspects Vs. Harmful EffectsThe earth has over two thousand different types of minerals as
stated in the World Book of Instant Facts, and one of them is Asbestos.
Asbestos is a long time resourceful mineral that is commonly used for
construction work. Currently, it is being challenged for the harmful
effects it has on the ...
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The Human BrainThe human body is divided into many different parts called organs.
All of the parts are controlled by an organ called the brain, which is
located in the head. The brain weighs about 2.75 pounds, and has a
whitish-pink appearance. The brain is made up of many cells, and is the
control centre of ...
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Aspirin A Brief HistoryOne hundred years ago, a young chemist in Germany made a discovery which, today, continues to ease our aches and pains, reduce our fevers, fight inflammation and save lives.
On August 10, 1897, this chemist, Felix Hoffmann, discovered a stable form of acetylsalicylic acid, the
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