Cardiovascular diseases

Periodontitis is a chronic infectious disease of the supporting tissues of the teeth. Due to bacterial infection, periodontal tissues become inflamed, and are slowly destroyed by the action of the inflammatory process. If the disease is left untreated, teeth lose their ligamentous support to the alveolar bone, alveolar bone itself is resorbed, and the teeth become mobile and are finally lost.1 Traditionally, periodontitis was thought to be strictly environmental in origin. Despite this belief,…

Alberto Malliani, Federico Lombardi, Massimo Pagani, Cardiovascular neural regulation explored in the frequency domain, Brain Heart journal, 1994;71:1-2 2. A Malliani, M Pagani, F Lombardi and S Cerutti, Power spectrum analysis of heart rate variability: a tool to explore neural regulatory mechanisms, American…

Graves Disease is a condition within the immune system that appears as a result of the thyroid gland producing an overabundance of hormones. Deception occurs within the immune system of our body, eliciting a release of false, abnormal antibodies that are trying to imitate the normal chemical thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH, by latching to the thyroid hormone receptor, TSHR, on the epithelial cells of the thyroid gland (Jin, Lawless, Sehgal, & Mchenry, 2012). This latching produces a plethora of…

Muscular dystrophy is a group of noncommunicable diseases that is passed down through heredity lines. Noncommunicable diseases are diseases that developed in humans without other species interference and that cannot be passed between people. Muscular dystrophy can be broken up into nine major forms: Myotonic, Duchenne, Becker, Limb-girdle, Facioscapulohumeral, congenital, Oculopharyngeal, Distal, and Emery-Dreifuss. Muscular dystrophy can appear at any time in one’s life, typically in infancy or…

that multiple levels during life impact health. Westernized societies documented socioeconomic gradient shows a measure of poorer health increases as SES descends. The problems associated with declining status includes respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, ulcers, rheumatoid disorders, cancer, and psychiatric disorders.…

everyone either by having the disease or by knowing someone that has the disease. There is some research that concludes that there is no cure for Alzheimer’s; even though these studies exist, this video provides simple ways to prevent Alzheimer’s. Evidence will show that Alzheimer’s is a serious problem in society, critically looking at the way the information is presented, and looking at the possible ways that Alzheimer’s can be prevented. Alzheimer’s is a disease that is a huge concern that…

Lupus is a chronic, complex and prevalent autoimmune disease that affects more than 1.5 million Americans. (LRI) Many youth have contracted this disease, Lupus can affect your brain, organs, bones, tissues, etc. The body begins to fight it self killing healthy body cells thinking they are malicious. The lupus research institute helps fund beginning operations for finding a cure for lupus. After the initial funding the government will continue to fund the project if it was successful. The lupus…

Parkinson's disease is a long-lasting disease that affects all parts of the body. This disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that has no cure, but a lot of symptoms. This disease was first described by a British doctor named James Parkinson’s in 1817 and was first called as shaking palsy. Parkinson’s disease has been around for a very long time and dates to around 5000 B.C. There are different conditions and problems that are like Parkinson’s disease like Essential tremor, Lewy-body…

Evidence-Based Clinical Intervention Fifth disease, also known as erythema infectiosum, is a benign childhood condition that affects many children each year to its easy mode of transmission. As providers, understanding the etiology of the illness, presentation, differential diagnoses, treatment, and management, will be of high importance for all patients. This paper will discuss the medical problem, the pathophysiology of the infection, typical presenting signs and symptoms, three differential…

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative form of dementia. It leads the patients to many symptoms such as memory difficulties (that tend to get worse with time), forgetting well-known places and people, inability to process questions and many others. It can also affect the performance of domestic tasks and self-care. The disease was first reported in 1907 by Dr. Alois Alzheimer that discovered changes in a woman’s brain after her death. He found out that there was…