Cerebrovascular disease

Disease Name and other derivatives Lesch-Nyhan disease is a genetic disorder which causes neurological and behavioral abnormalities. Overproduction of uric acid is another clinical feature associated with this disease. The disease is also known as Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome, HPRT Hypoxanthine Phosphoribosyl Transferase) deficiency syndrome and X-linked hyperuricemia. Michael Lesch and William Nyhan provided the first detailed clinical description of Lesch-Nyhan disease in 1964. Gene and Locus and…

Has it ever crossed your mind that the Food and Drug Administration are hiding the cure for cancer? Even better, keeping it a secret from millions of people. In this essay it is going to talk about the reasons why they are keeping the cure hidden. One reason why the FDA is keeping it a secret is because they do not want to give out the way that they can cure cancer. Also, why would they give the cure out when they make billions of money? By keeping the cure hidden more money will still be…

for lung cancer that is called “CimaVax”. This vaccine can help people that are suffering from lung cancer live longer. Lung cancer affects a lot of people around the world. In fact “lung cancer is the most common cancer in the Western world. The disease itself, and its effects on patients’ families, afflicts thousands of us each year (Falk).” That is a lot of people, but there have also been a lot of different types of lung cancer. “Main types of lung cancer Non-small cell carcinoma…

Determinants of Rural Women’s Health for Heart Disease Introduction Heart disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Australian women (Crouch & Wilson, 2011) and is found to be highest for populations living in remote rural regions of South Australia (SA Atlas, 2015). This paper analyses the patterns and trends in this population group and the different social determinants and lifestyle behaviours that can affect women’s health. Heart disease remains the leading cause of death…

Congenital optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) is a condition in which one or both optic nerves are not fully developed, giving the appearance of abnormally small, pale optic nerve heads upon fundus examination (AAPOS, n.d.). In comparison to the size of the disc, the retinal blood vessels appear larger than normal, when in actuality the vasculature is of normal caliber (Kaur et al, 2013). This non-progressive developmental abnormality is typically characterized by a combination of neurological,…

different diseases including Aids and even Alzheimer's.”The rest is history. The drug, Crixivan , became generally available in 1996, allowing HIV patients to live longer” Wesley Smith writes about the drug Crixivan which when tried on non animal models showed no effects, however when tries on specially bred dogs they had liver problems,the problem was solved however animal testing was necessary. In October of 2013 Scientist in the UK announced that by infecting mice with the prion disease they…

My current position as a Pediatric Endocrinology fellow at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh has provided me unique research opportunity and surged my enthusiasm to become an academic researcher in beta-cell proliferation field. I started early in my fellowship training to explore that field by studying the prognosis of total pancreatectomy with auto islet cell transplantation in children with chronic pancreatitis. Successful completion of the project was the starting point that prompted me…

confirmed in other species such as; llamas, alpacas, and donkeys. EVA is a disease of the respiratory system that affects equines at any age. This virus is usually transmitted during breeding, but can also be transmitted by aerosol, venereal, congenital routes or indirect contact from fomites. In addition, stallions can be carriers of EVA and will continue to shed the virus in their semen. EVA is not a zoonotic or reportable disease. Clinical signs of EVA may often be difficult to detect due…

The Effect of Manufacturing Processes on Tree-Based Medicine Trees can be used to make a wide variety of drugs and medicines – anything from Aspirin or chemotherapy products to ecstasy. What would happen if someone was to switch the processes to manufacture two types of medicine though? One prediction is if you took a yew tree and processed it in the same way that the mreah prew phnom tree is processed to make ecstasy, you will not get chemo medicine. The independent variable is the processing…

Wolff- Parkinson-White Syndrome (also known as WPW or arrhythmias) is when a person is born with an extra electrical pathway in the heart that causes a rapid heartbeat. WPW is a chronic disorder, and can last years, or be life long. This syndrome is a genetic disorder and is found at birth. (Usually inherited from a parent) WPW is not a life threatening disorder, but it can lead to heart problems that can cause death later in life. Everyone including infants can experience symptoms from WPW,…