Disease

Transmitted Diseases (STD’s) are a combination of more than 25 infectious diseases caused by different types of bacteria and viruses. These viruses and bacteria have a negative impact on the American population because most often it is unnoticed and comes with no warning sign. With no cautionary signs, STDs can be transported from one individual to another through sexual contact. In light of this knowledge, STDs is in need of annihilation in the United States, because these diseases can lead…

Disease during the Elizabethan time Era had a major impact on people and their lives. In that era there were tremendously terrible diseases such as the Bubonic Plague, Smallpox, and Typhoid that killed almost around the third of the population. From a disease standpoint that was arguably the worst time in history because of all of the illnesses being spread around. There was no type of cure for most of the diseases so some people had to suffer. If they were lucky then they survived but…

Alzheimer’s disease is known to be the sixth leading cause of death for people age 65 and above. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), five million Americans were living with Alzheimer 's disease (AD) and it is projected to rise to 14 million by 2050 (2014). AD is a decay of the brain that causes loss of cognitive abilities and memory, which is the most common form of Dementia. Dementia is a broad term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities that are bad…

In this case study it focuses on the Cerebrovascular Disease in the elderly, and how it challenges the elderly to have multiple intracranial aneurysms (MIA). Its concern is to assess the best treatment for the disease. Cerebrovascular disease occurs when a blood vessel that supplies blood to the brain is blocked by a blood clot or a plaque. Symptoms are due to a hemorrhagic CVA. This may include a severe headache that develop quickly. In this worldwide population aging, it is common to…

meaning that every 66 seconds someone in the United States develops this memory-snatching disease (). As a matter of fact, Alzheimer’s is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States and kills more than breast and prostate cancer combined (). With these growing statistics, the high stakes of finding a cure is becoming incredibly increased. However, in order for a cure to be discovered the origin of this disease must first be identified. One of this risk factors has to with genetics.…

Mumps a disease that caused by Paramyxovirus. It started by fever, headache and tiredness. It could spread to transmitted by airborne respiratory droplets are coughs or sneezes, also by kissing or shared drinks or someone infected touching their nose or mouth and then passing it onto a surface that someone else may touch. This disease are children that older than 15 could have mumps, in most of the world had occurred and is common everywhere else. In the USA it peaks in late winter to early…

've never seen a bacterium, except under a microscope. They 're so small, we don 't see them, but they are everywhere” (Bonnie Bassler). Pathogens can be found all around us. Over 160,000 people die each year in the United States from infectious diseases that Pathogens cause. Pathogens can be traced from decades ago even during the geologic time. Many pathogenic organisms show ancestral traces in the fossil records from hundreds of years ago. These pathogens never died and still live on. They…

The first description of a Huntington-like disease dates back to the late 1800’s where George Huntington coined the name Huntington’s chorea. It is characterized as a neurodegenerative disorder passed within families within generations as an onset of unwanted choreatic movements, behavioral and psychiatric disturbances and dementia [1]. The name Huntington’s chorea eventually changed to the well-known Huntington’s Disease (HD) due to the recognition of other debilitative symptoms developed along…

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common causes of severe cognitive impairment among the elderly (Ott et al. 1995). AD is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, primarily characterized by neuronal loss, formation of intraneuronal neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) and accumulation of β-amyloid peptides (Aβ), as plaques in brain parenchyma or as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) in blood vessels (Reitz and Mayeux 2014). Additionally, structural brain abnormalities, blood-brain-barrier…

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common dementia in elderly presented in more than 5 million Americans. It is an irreversible and progressive brain disease that accounts for 60-80% of cases of dementia in the elderly. The symptoms can appear after the age of 60-65 to population over 85 years old. This disease slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, followed by failure of language skills, visual-spaced orientation, judgment and eventually even the ability to carry out the simplest tasks in a…