Von Willebrand disease

about 610,000 people die of heart disease each year (Heart Disease Facts, 2015). Heart disease is caused by plaque build up in the arteries causing circulation of blood to slow or come to a complete stop (Heart Disease Facts, 2015). There are many factors that can put a person at risk of developing heart disease, the three most common factors being high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking. The Heart Disease Facts (2015) offered by the Center of Disease Control states that “about half…

Emma Robinson Eden Newman Honors English 3 October 2016 Cancer Cancer is a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in parts of the body. Cancer results from an abnormal growth of malignant cells. We also have genes in our body which control how all cells work. Each gene has a certain job or task. If one gene has abnormalities or does not function properly, all of the other genes are changed. This creates an abnormal protein. Abnormal proteins sendoff different…

What is cancer? Every day billions of mutations occur in human cells, but some of them make the cell cancerous. Cancer, one of the leading cause of death in the world, is a disease caused by occurring mutation in many genes of a cell, not just one gene, which changes underlying principles of the cell molecular action, such as the cell cycle, growth trend, signaling, and its specific death time.(2) The most crucial characteristic of a cancer cell is the excessive, uncontrolled growth cycle…

These aren’t just statistics, but people just like us who have suffered and died from a preventable disease; Encephalitis. My name is Jarrah McLoskey, and I am an English historian specialising in disease outbreaks. My colleagues are German virologist Dr Nuria Olive, Dr Maigan Wilson from Australia, and Sarah Moore, a US public health official. We are here to inform you about this worldwide disease, and to propose a national strategy to reduce the occurrence and prevent the spread of…

About 7.6 million people die a year from cancer worldwide. Approximately four million of those people die prematurely.There is a strong possibility that some of those premature deaths are a result of dangerous cancer treatments. As in chemotherapy and/or both radiation therapy. Chemo is a well-known therapy that uses strong chemical substances to kill fast growing cancer cells in one’s body. Radiation therapy is a dangerous treatment that uses high energy particles or waves to kill cancer cells.…

The patient has an allergy to penicillin. The patient was admitted to OLOL Hospital with an admitting diagnosis of Encephalopathy and Alcohol intoxication. Ecephalopathy states that “Encephalopathy is condition caused by diseases that affect large portions of the brain. The disease may affect the function and/or the structure of the brain leading to a wide range of physical and mental symptoms. An altered mental state, such as confusion and sudden mood changes” (Woods, 2014).…

What is bladder cancer? Bladder cancer is a disease in which malignant cells forms in the tissues of the bladder wall. The bladder is the organ that stores urine.1 What causes bladder cancer? Scientists do not completely understand the causes of bladder cancer; however, there are some risk factors associated with its occurrence like: • Age (the risk of bladder cancer increases with age. About nine out of 10 people with bladder cancer are older than 65);2 • Smoking (smoking greatly increases the…

diagnosed in the United States and 595,690 will die from the disease. The most common cancers in 2016 are projected to be Breast Cancer, lung and bronchus cancer, prostate cancer, colon and rectum cancer, bladder cancer, melanoma of the skin, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, thyroid cancer, kidney and renal pelvis cancer, leukemia, endometrial cancer, and pancreatic cancer.("Cancer Statistics." National Cancer Institute) Cancer is a serious disease that may be preventable and curable. I will discuss what…

* spielmeyer Fogt Hergan * * Batten Disease is a degenerative neurological condition that affect people of all ages, particularly between mid childhood and their early twenties. 
 * The most common form of Battens is Juvenile Battens affecting children between 5-25 years. 
 * It was discovered in 1903 Frederick Batten, a British Paediatrician. [22] 
 * Detected when symptoms such as loss of vision and balance, seizures, minor behavioural changes occur. These are often diagnosed as epilepsy or…

Cancer, a disease that claims the lives of millions of individuals each year. Almost everyone in the world seems to be familiar or knows a loved one or friend with cancer these days. Cancer is so common that nearly 7.6 million people die from it around the world each year, and the number is progressively getting larger. The main question in today’s time is “Why doesn’t everyone get cancer?” Studies show that lifestyle, genetic disposition, and chance are reasons that people do get cancer.…