Encephalitis

The movie Flowers for Algernon and Awakenings are both the same in some areas and then different in other areas The movie Awakenings is about a doctor named Oliver Sacks and a patient named Leonard. Leonard who survived the encephalitis epidemic now has a brain Syndrome which allows him to be in a catatonic state. After Dr. Sacks many hours of research he came across the totally new drug at the time L- Dopa. L- Dopa would allow the patients using it to come out of the catatonic state they were…

Toxoplasmosis may also be indirectly diagnosed during routine image procedures. For example, toxoplasmic lesions or encephalitis may be observed on CT or MRI scans. If such evidence of infection is detected in immunocompromised patients, empiric treatment for acute toxoplasmosis is initiated, and the patient is monitored for signs of improvement. If the lesions and/or encephalitis resolve, toxoplasmosis is inferred to be the cause. While it is sometimes difficult to determine the source of…

who contracted encephalitis. K.C. damaged his hippocampus in a motorcycle accident. As a result of this, K.C. had no episodic memory. However, he did have an intact semantic memory, which is the same condition that Mckinnon is understood for experiencing. He had similar difficulties as Mckinnon, as he was unable to recall the events that took place at his brother’s funeral. He only knew the fact that his brother had died. In contrast, the Italian woman who contracted encephalitis had an intact…

Flu season has started you look around yourself and you see that more and more people are getting sick. They’re spreading their germs through their runny nose, their coughing, their sneezing, and what they touch… Before you know it you’ll get sick as well and you’ll be the one spreading illness to the ones around you. But this can all be easily avoided. From the common cold to an outbreak of a deadly disease, getting vaccinated can save you and the ones around you from getting sick. Diseases…

John Ralph De Dios Rad 1-2 John Oliver D. Gracilla Ms. Peggy Anne Orbe Movie Critique of “Awakenings” Wrote by Oliver Sacks Directed by Penny Marshall The movie entitled “Awakenings” was directed by Penny Marshall in 1990. Awakenings is a true story, based on the book written by…

Many things can disrupt and also alter our ecosystems. When you take a look around our environment, most living organisms that you see were introduced primarily by human activity. Most benefactors are due to the disrupts on the ecosystems which comes from invasive species. Invasive species are a non-native organisms (or plant) alien to an ecosystem. These invaders are capable of sweeping across aggressively into a habitat and taking over the resources like food, sunlight, nutrients, water, and…

Japan is located on the east coast of Asia that consists of over 6,852 islands with four main islands: Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku (“Japan’s Geography,” 2014). Almost 80% of Japan’s population lives on Honshu Island (“Where is Japan,” 2012). Japan is the sixty-second largest country based on the area measurement, and it is comparable to the state of California. It consists of a coastline, which is 29,751 kilometers in length without any land boundary (“Where is Japan,” 2014). The…

The Bioethics of Bioterrorism I. Ethical Question It is universally accepted that bioterrorism, or the use of viruses and bacteria to spread disease and cause panic (“Bioterrorism”), is wrong and inhumane. However there is still a question as to whether or not research into biodefense, or the mechanisms used to battle bioterrorism (“Biodefense”), should be allowed. II. Background As previously stated, bioterrorism is the use of viral and bacterial diseases to infect populations and incite…

temperatures increases the abundance of vector mosquito species since they can reproduce and survive for longer periods, which, in turn, increases the rate of transmission of the disease. During low levels of precipitation, the level of West Nile Encephalitis infections in humans, increases stagnant water aggravates the breeding of mosquitoes. Similarly, increases in hydrogeographic areas, which includes the density of surface water present…

Edgar Allan Poe was located outside the bar, Gunner’s Hall, where he had his last drink in an alcoholic stupor on October 3rd, 1849, and died four days later (189). He was found outside a bar/polling place, which could prove alcoholism. Even though Encephalitis is a theory, it is just a…