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ALS and CTE: Its Impact on Society Concussions and head trauma have had a huge impact on the sports world, impacting the lives of many athletes by altering their state of mind. Basketball, baseball, football, soccer, boxing, and swimming are just a few examples of sports that continue to impact society in today’s world due to the amount of injuries that individuals receive. Head injuries, such as concussions and head trauma, need to be dealt with great care and precision. If an athlete is…

Parkinson’s Disease vs. Alzheimer’s Introduction The umbrella term of dementia has upscale of 7 million reported cases in the US a year, however, the symptoms of certain dementias can range from merely forgetfulness to unbearable tremors. To demonstrate the broad spectrum of dementia diseases, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s will be juxtaposed. Alzheimer’s disease is generally a memory disabling disease while Parkinson’s disease attacks motor skills. In the following pages an overview of dementia…

Newcastle Place Care Plan C.A. Each patient is a unique individual with their own story. Since every patient is different, their plans of care should be different as well. The theme of providing client-centered care has been followed from the time when nursing began until now. The nurse’s duty is to develop a plan of care, which is an organized way for the nurse to generate sufficient and specific care for the patient. This paper addresses my client’s needs at Newcastle Place, as well as the…

CRP was identified from patients with acute pneumococcal pneumonia at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (Tillett and Francis, 1930), a name that reflects its reaction with the C-polysaccharide of Pneumococcus. This pentameric protein with MW 118 kDa has five non-covalently bonded and non-glycosylated identical subunits of 206 amino acids each to form a disk-shaped pentagon (Fig. 1). CRP has been proven as an early indicator of infectious or inflammatory conditions as well as a…

At first, you forget where you put everyday things or get lost. Then you stop thinking clearly and jumble your words, you might even feel angry or violent. In the end, you forget those closest to you. You will forget how to walk, sit up or even smile. Life is not what it used to be. Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible brain ailment that destroys physical and mental functioning in people. This disease leaves its victims helpless and incapable of living; however, recent research suggests new…

General Overview of CTE: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a condition characterized by progressive neurodegeneration of the brain, was first diagnosed by Dr. Bennet Omalu in 2002. CTE affects those who have suffered multiple and repeated brain injuries, such as athletes of high contact sports and veterans of war and is only able to be diagnosed post-mortem. For example, much research has been centered on athletes that play football in the NFL. It is reported that over 90% of players who…

Gender bias in biomedical and medicinal research has always maintained a “male tilt” throughout history. Recently, the NIH addressed the presence of gender-bias in medicinal research by increasing funding in gender-based research done on mice (Bichell). Gender–based medicine was only developed recently from the increasing concern in women’s health. In her research, Dr. Kautzy-Willer found 306274 results for “women’s health” when searching in a scientific literature database, but only 3107…

Traditional assessment tools for the diagnosis of dementia are usually not suitable when evaluating individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). In addition, the majority of healthcare providers is not armed with the training and experience needed to care for that population holistically. This paper centers on: the progressive changes that occur with dementia especially for individuals with Down Syndrome (DS); the various types of dementia and a focus on Alzheimer’s…

We sleep for about a third of our lives, babies for up to 20 hours a day, adolescents up to 12, even adults 7 to 8 hrs. We are finding out more and more about the structure of sleep. The most puzzling aspect of sleep is dreaming. Why does the brain generate images and action while we sleep, even when most of the brain’s activity decreases? You’re at a party and everyone seems to be having a good time except you, because they’re all talking in a foreign language. The person who is…

Caffeine is a popular topic of debate throughout the health field. Coffee is the adult population of America’s largest source of caffeine. The United States consumes more coffee than any other nation and is “second only to water as the most widely consumed beverage in the United States. The consumption of coffee in the United has been increasing for the past 2 decades, and today about two thirds of American adults drink coffee on a daily basis.” (O’Keefe et. al., 2013, p. 1) Previously,…