Degenerative disease

Introduction Athletics and exercise are a great way for people to get in shape and lower the risk of chronic diseases like high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity. College athletes are seen as some of the healthiest people in the population, but playing in competitive sports, unfortunately, comes along with the unavoidable risk of injury. This is a terrible reality, but the only way to take that risk out of the equation is to stop playing all together. NCAA Nobody wants…

John’s wife, Jane told us that John has coronary heart disease, has not lived a very healthy life, has been a smoker, and drinks. John has also had high blood pressure, and has had high cholesterol in the recent years. She also explains that John's memory and general-cognitive abilities have declined drastically…

that are stimulated through exercise. It turns out spending a half hour on that treadmill that’s currently collecting dust can help with learning and memory. Several studies have actually found that physical exercise may help prevent Alzheimer’s disease. Get Plenty of Rest Most of us know we need to rest our muscles after a good workout so they can grow stronger and stronger. Rest also plays a crucial role in brain development. Research points to sleep’s healing power as a factor in the…

INTRODUCTION Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by memory loss and dementia. The neurodegeneration is due to a formation of amyloid platelets in the brain that interrupt the normal function of it. It worsen with the pass of years and is mostly suffered by older people (Reece et al. 2014). The platelets composed by Amyloid; a harmful insoluble protein fibril which is produced by Amyloid precursor protein (APP). APP is processed in the membrane of neurons…

“ HIV is an illness which alters the immune system, making people more vulnerable to infections and disease. People can get infected with HIV/AIDS when they have unsafe contact with body fluids.” (Medical News Today) Unfortunately, this disease still spreads, especially in Africa, but not at the rate as it did before. Therefore, we still have a duty to educate people how they can prevent getting aids. As a result of religious…

the ability to perform even the simplest everyday tasks. It typically affects older aged people, anywhere from fifty years old and above. Dementia is not exactly a specific disease, but “rather a group of symptoms that may accompany certain diseases or conditions” (“Types”). Dementia can be caused by various different diseases, depending on the part of the brain that is affected. There are two types of dementia: the ones that are not reversible and the few that are reversible. The cases that…

How many times have you contracted a disease from a family member? Maybe a classmate or associate? Are you tired of hearing about the sick and dying in Africa? Well, if you are sick of people all over the world being sick, there is a simple, cheap solution that will positively impact the important, healthy people in the world. The common problem in our world today is simply this: an over abundance of the physically and mentally ill. I have observed that in all continents and countries there is…

become symbols of our primal fears. There are many monsters that are capable of epitomizing certain fears and they are capable of representing more than one facet of our primal fears. One example would be zombies they represent a fear of death and disease. They are corroded sacks of flesh whom live to serve a singular purpose, to consume human flesh with no care or recollection for those they feed on. Another more modern example…

“What the hell is wrong with you,” has to be my favorite phrase while driving. Along with a select choice of curse words, I would prefer not to mention. Over the years I have noticed drivers becoming more and more aggressive, myself included. It could be said that road rage is caused by people with anger issues. Which is only a part of the problem. The truth is there are so many more factors to road rage. nearly every driver suffers from road rage, or have been on the receiving end. Once we…

national borders. Coupled with economic development, globalization has altered the human health and disease exposure by altering the relationship between disease, its treatment, and people’s immune systems. Once a certain degree of development has been reached, an epidemiological transition occurs, greatly improving the mortality and fertility rates of a population. Aging, Infectious and Chronic Diseases The evolutionary theory of aging proposes that…