Degenerative disease

Tropical areas of the world are heavily ravaged by the burdens of parasitic diseases. While malaria attracts much of the attention, there are still unreasonable burdens placed on communities by other filarial infections such as Onchocerciasis. Recently, there have been effective strategies used to eradicate Dracunculus medinensis from almost all endemic areas. Both Onchocerca and Dracunculus are nematodes they are radially symmetrical, have three tissue layers, and have a hydrostatic skeleton.…

Huntington Disease (HD), also known as Huntington’s Disease or Huntington’s Chorea, is a hereditary genetic disorder that results in the death of brain cells causing neuropsychiatric changes, choreiform movements and cognitive disturbances [1]. The most common form of HD is called adult-onset Huntington disease which normally develops around the ages of 30 to 50 [2,3]. A less common form of HD is known as Juvenile Huntington Disease (JHD) which usually develops in childhood or adolescence.…

or rubella? Chances are, in all likelihood, you haven’t. Polio was once a global terror, even in the United States. In the timeframe from the 1940’s to the 1950’s, the viral disease infected, on average, over 35,000 people each year in the United States. Polio caused widespread panic and was one of the most feared diseases that our country has ever known. People were afraid to travel, people were quarantined, and people were too scared to even go outside. So, you might be asking yourself, what…

of infection? Certainly, this is a world everyone would wish for. Apparently, Archbishop Jim Humble promises to make this dream a reality with what he refers to as “miracle mineral solution" or MMS. Jim claims that this solution can cure dozens of diseases such as cancer, aids, malaria, autism, and hepatitis among others. Not so fast though. The FDA and other renowned medical bodies has warned people against taking the solution since it has been shown to be toxic and has devastating effects on…

experience loss of their retention as they age, not all experience devastating memory loss. The ones that do are battling a prevalent disease…

This section introduces the background of gene therapy in Parkinson’s Disease, especially on brain cells targeting therapy. It provides the rationale for further proposal of brain cell targeted PD therapy based on Ultrasound-meditated microbubble delivered AAV vector or RNAi. 1.Parkinson’s Disease, a common CNS disorder with no adequate treatment in pharmacological approaches Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive, central nervous system (CNS) disorder, belonging to a group of conditions…

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological disorder. People with Parkinson’s have a deficiency in dopamine which results in tremors, rigidity, bradykinesia and autonomic dysfunction. According to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) (2010), out of every 100,000 people, between 120 and 230 people are living with Parkinson’s in Scotland. Furthermore Parkinson’s disease can affect people from all age groups and ethnic backgrounds. However the majority of people diagnosed…

expect. The Second World War has ended and the United States will be receiving the spoils of war from the defeated countries. This means that even with falling income tax rates, this bill can still be funded. The 1930 's were wrought with terrible diseases and ailments that were difficult to treat and cost you more money than you had. With this new bill, I hope to reduce those medical costs and improve there effectiveness through government owned medical research facilities to combat the…

SARS as a disease that was spreading fast through the contact of the mucous membrane, the Public health of Ontario must had to face many challenges, because not had preparation and a plan to respond to the outbreak immediately, by the overcrowding of the health facility, inadequate controls to prevent transmission of the disease, the lack of laboratories to carry out an effective investigation about the disease and its causes to allowing avoid major risks. (Arnold, 2009) An emergency department…

of health services through health systems and infrastructure, control of communicable diseases and control of non-communicable diseases. Health systems and infrastructure: standard 1, the priority is for providing the primary health services for all affected population in order to reduce mortality and morbidity. Make sure that public health interventions, such as safe water, shelter and food, infectious disease control, sanitation, are…