Aging-associated diseases

We suspected the Flu and meningitis for almost all the patients. So we decided to test for meningitis first. We first tested Sue for meningitis because she was our first patient. We found that Sue did infact have bacterial meningitis. So we needed to test the rest of the patients that might have come into contact with Sue in the last week. So we began to track the connection between each patient. We knew that Sue and Jill where roommate so next we tested Jill, and she came up positive for…

cancer kills more children than cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, asthma, and juvenile diabetes combined. Childhood cancer is devastating and it is very important to know about. It is an awful disease that disrupts the health of young children and affects many families along with them. Cancer is a disease in which cells in the body grow and divide with little or no control. The human body is made up of trillions of cells. Skin cells, blood cells, any organ…

have been diagnosed with this dangerous disease. Cancer is a life changing disease which people’s lifestyle are changed and they mentally suffer. Even though a lot of people are diagnosed, they decide not to give up and try their best to fight back for what they love and believe in. Breast Cancer, however, remains one of the major concerns in the medical field mainly because it has many forms and happens to strike a large number of women. I-Cancer as the disease of the twentieth century.…

Imagine being able to relax with less pain and nausea. When you are treated for cancer, the side effects can be extreme. What would your life be like without the side effects? Imagine living without pain or nausea from cancer treatments? Are you in a lot of pain? Are side effects like nausea making your life unbearable? Are you afraid of new treatments because of the side effects? Do you just want to live a normal, healthy life again? Cancer patients need certain types of care. Standard…

question I want to help answer is “How can we cure cancer and other non-curable diseases, and why have we not been able to find a cure for them yet?” This may be one of the most pressing questions in the world right now. Although this is the case, I want to help answer this question because I personally know people who have been affected by such deadly diseases and saw how much their lives changed during and after the disease. All over the world thousands of people dies every day because they…

Cancer is one form of non communicable disease. I chose cancer because it is a disease that is affecting the world. In the US alone, more than one million people get cancer each year. Half of the US men and one third of the US women will get cancer in their lifetime. There are signs that signal cancer. Cancer has many symptoms that depend on the cancer. Cancer is known as a group of diseases. There are lots of different types of cancers including bone, breast, and eye. Cancer starts when…

Poor living conditions, loss of hope, no money and a lack of work for the father to support his family let alone himself. This is the current state of Modern Haiti. Unfortunately, these circumstances can lead to deep depression in people and can potentially lead to suicide. In “A Wall of Fire Rising,” by Edwidge Danticat, a father struggles with both internal and external conflicts that barricade his path on providing for his family. They live in a tiny shack and struggle to make ends meet. Guy…

An inheritance disorder also known as genetic disorder, is an inherited medical condition caused by a DNA abnormality. Sometimes physicians are not able to label a disease, because it is unknown, and so they call it an undiagnosed disorder. These disorders vary from all sorts of genetic genes from your siblings. Genetic disorders can be caused by a mutation by one gene, multiple genes, or by the combinations of gene and environmental factors. Some disorders are inherited by a parent or are…

This is known as a genetic disease that usually occurs in 1 out of 10000. This disease is known to affect the growing ends of bones. This disease will prevent ossification which is a process in which bones elongate because of the deposition of cartilage. This disease is also known by the name Fairbank’s disease. Introduction During the whole course of the report we will see all the major causes of Fairbanks disease. We will explore how the disease actually works in the body and look into all…

Leukemia does not show obvious symptoms early on, however it shows certain unusual symptoms which need further diagnoses. Leukemia detection test involves many diagnostic methods such as blood test, bone marrow test, cytogenetic analysis, immunophenotyping, polymerase chain reaction (PCR), immunoglobulin test, fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), and G-banding karyotyping. The evaluation of these this diagnostic test takes place in the laboratory to determine the treatment plan for the…