Disease

Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative brain disorder that causes tremors and slowly diminishes movement over time. In the U.S, an estimated one million individuals are affected by the disease, and some 60,000 new cases emerge every, even as its cause is still unknown, a cure doesn’t seem to be on the horizon. Source http://www.pdf.org/about_pd However, more and more studies are emerging that challenges conventional wisdom that tells us that Parkinson’s disease is isolated to the…

Alzheimer 's Disease Alzheimer’s disease is not a new disease. “Alzheimer’s” was first described by German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906. Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive disorder involving neural degeneration in the cortex that slowly destroys the memory and thinking skills, and eventually the ability to carry out activities of daily living (Karch, 2013). In most people with Alzheimer’s, symptoms first appear in their mid-60, and accounts for…

Parkinson’s disease is characterized by a progressive loss of control over skeletal muscle movements. This is caused by the degeneration of neurons deep in the brain that play a major role in initiating skeletal muscle movement (Human Biology p 135). There are many people that are affected by these diseases. Numerous tests have been done to improve this painful irritating disease, which worsen as the condition progresses over time. Parkinson’s affects different voluntary movement that people use…

origin of the smallpox disease is unknown. It is thought to date back to the Egyptian Empire around the 3rd century BC. This assumption was made based on a smallpox-like rash found on three mummies. The earliest findings of any disease that clearly resembled the smallpox disease emerged in the 4th century in China. Early written narratives of the smallpox disease also appeared in India in the 7th century and in Asia Minor in the 10th century (ACIP 2003). The Smallpox disease, which was caused…

The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson is a true story of a terrifying outbreak of cholera and how Dr. John Snow and reverend Henry Whitehead used their knowledge of the disease to find out how prevalent it was over the whole city of London. The disease may have been unfamiliar to them, but common to the millions of people around the country, whose living conditions and sanitation processes were not as good or advanced as theirs. The story reflects the world through the wide varieties of disciplines,…

Where is the cure for Alzheimer’s disease? The most common form of dementia is, Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Alzheimer’s can be defined as a disease that includes memory loss and inabilities that affect daily life. A common misconception is that aging comes with Alzheimer’s. Although majority people affected with this disease are 65 and above, there is also a 5% of people who are in their 40s or 50s affected by Alzheimer’s. AD is a disease of progression. There are three stages of AD and by…

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the major causes for dementia, the majority of the people affected by the age. It has been estimated that by 2050, 88 million of the world population will have the Alzheimer’s disease. There are different types of Alzheimer’s disease; for instances, autosomal dominant and sporadic. However, there has not been any permanent treatment identified for this disease. There are several hypotheses stated for the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease. Major hypothesis is…

It has also major health problems. There are communicable diseases and non communicable diseases in Guinea as well. Nowadays, the burden disease is Ebola infection. But, like every sub-Saharan country, malaria is one of the deadliness diseases in the country. TB is frequent, parasitic diseases are presents. Cholera is epidemic, but sometime it remains endemic. The number of typhoid fever is high. According to IPHD (2001); “The major diseases in Guinea are: Malaria; hepatitis A; yellow fever;…

Revolution was a time of innovations in technology, production, and population. Those being the positive side of the revolution, but the one downside to this was disease. This was one of the biggest problems at the time since it was so easily spread and there were many different types of diseases with no medication to get rid of them. These diseases could be waterborne or airborne. Waterborne was spread when waste contaminated the drinking, and bathing water which was often the river. Airborne…

Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s, which at its worst case is referred to as dementia, is a progressive disease that eats away at the brain and controls the ability to function (Horr 2015) According to Mitchell Clionsky, this disease is common among people of older age causing a mental dysfunction triggering the ability to think, remember and reason as well as behavioral abilities. (Clionsky 2015) These factors can drastically affect the body emotionally. Some patients get frustrated and mad…