Disease mongering

considering global health, we cannot overlook the issue of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). While mainly effecting populations in poverty, the diseases infect over a billion people globally in around 150 tropical and subtropical countries (WHO). As a result of prevalent health issues in more developed nations, NTDs are often overlooked and downgraded in the overall health importance scale. Neglected tropical diseases are often neglected due to their lack of relevance and breadth of…

play an important role in the rates of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in New Zeeland. The effect of implementing a social model of health in New Zealand shows in current rates of acute rheumatic fever. Wade and Halligan’s (2004), report on biomedical models state…

Heart Disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, accounting for one in every four, approximately 614,348 deaths occur from it. Birth defects, high blood pressure, and diabetes, are major factors of cardiovascular disease. The heart overworks and eventually quits pumping blood. Cancer is the second cause of death, 591,699 people…

two known carriers they were able to have a child safely due to new embryonic technology. Through genetic engineering Sarah and Abe were able to guarantee that their child would be able to make it into adulthood and not be a carrier of Tay-Sachs disease. Genetic engineering allows people to have children who normally can’t have children and provides them with happiness with the possibility of having a…

Clinical Feature Polymyositis is one of a cluster of muscle diseases recognized as the inflammatory myopathies, which are categorized by chronic muscle inflammation convoyed by muscle weakness. Polymyositis is defined as is an uncommon connective tissue ailment. It is a kind of inflammatory myopathy, which is categorized by muscle swelling and weakness. The most obvious characteristic of polymyositis is feebleness of the skeletal muscles, which control movement. Causes To date, no reason of…

Tay - Sachs disease is a fatal and genetic disorder. The disease “leads to gradual deterioration of the central nervous system. ” A child inherits the genetic abnormality if both parents are carriers of the TS gene. The gene mutation that is inherited with TSD is Hex- A. Since there is a lack of enzyme Hex -A a substance called GM2 begins to accumulate. Babies lack this important enzyme which later leads to progressive destruction of the brain’s nerves cells as their lives progress. (McDowell…

Proceeding our online conference and hearing the discussions about whether addiction is a disease or not I had developed an assumption that the most explanatory model would be the disease model which contradicted my personal view. However upon completing the assigned reading and unit notes that assumption had disappeared and the belief that the blended or biopsychosocial model was the most explanatory model worldwide. Addictions are very complex and experienced differently among people. The…

Tay-Sachs is a deadly disease present in infants and newborns. The disease is passed on by people from many different descents and regions. There are no known links to an explanation why these descents are known carriers of the gene. The gene is known to not be present within the first 3-6 months, growing and thriving like a healthy child would. A tay sachs kid gets its genes from if both the parents have the tay sachs gene and hand it off to the child. A kid can get the gene passed down to them…

According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in ¨2013, more than 56,400 cases of syphilis were reported in the United States¨(CDC). Syphilis has numerous symptoms, and it can be cured, and it doesn't kill the host if is treated properly. Syphilis was first discovered in Europe 1495. Syphilis is a sexual transmitted desease. Scientist say that Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) have the highest rate of syphilis. Syphilis has 4 different stages. Primary, secondary, latent, and…

The Tay-Sachs disease was named after ophthalmologist Warren Tay he was the first to spot the cherry- red retina and now it the marker of this bad disease. Another man Bernard Sachs a neurologist was the first to describe the changes in the brain prevalence. Tay-Sachs the disease is something that is inherited from both parents it is when both parents carry the Tay-Sachs gene and both parent transmits the gene that is defective to their child. If a child inherits two Tay-Sachs genes from both…