Glycogen storage disease

Tuberculosis is a complex disease, that is treatable and preventable, yet it is the second leading cause of death due to a single infectious agent after HIV/AIDS (WHO, 2013). Although, TB as it is commonly called, has been a major killer throughout human history, its incidence has declined in the United States over most of the 20th century (Adams & Koch, 2010). There was a brief period of increase with the incidence of HIV/AIDS (between 1985 and 1992), but since then, there has been a steady…

susceptible to getting sick from the disease, they are referred to as zoonotic diseases. There are roughly 200 zoonosis, the most common being the various forms tick-related viruses like Lyme disease. Toxoplasmosis in cats is one the zoonotic diseases that can adversely affect humans. What is Toxoplasmosis? Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic zoonotic disease caused by the toxoplasma gondii. Eye problems are the most noted ailment that comes from exposure to the disease. People who have a compromised…

Sweeping the nations is a plague called The bird flu. This disease is extremely dangerous and is rapidly spreading uncontrollably. At the rate this plague is spreading now, 50% of the world’s population will be dead in a matter of months! The bird flu is also immensely contagious. Due to air travel, the bird flu can become intercontinental in only a few hours. This plague has done damage, is doing damage, and will continue to do more damage unless it is stopped. Power in the government is…

instance when traveling to a country in South America, such as Brazil. Before leaving for Brazil, all travelers must make sure they are up to date with all of their vaccines. Aside from the vaccines most people should already have, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reccomends most travelers also get a Hepatits A shot, as well as a Typhoid shot (CDC, 2017). The reason these two shots are recommended is because you can get both Hepatits A and Typhoid through contaminated food and…

Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s disease is a serious, dominant genetic disorder in which the nerve cells in a person’s brain degenerate over time. A wide range of symptoms can arise for individuals with this disease. Cognitive, physical, and psychiatric disorders appear over the course of the life of someone with Huntington’s. There is no cure for this disease, but medication can help manage the symptoms. In 1872, George Huntington wrote a paper titled On Chorea describing a disorder which…

Tropical areas of the world are heavily ravaged by the burdens of parasitic diseases. While malaria attracts much of the attention, there are still unreasonable burdens placed on communities by other filarial infections such as Onchocerciasis. Recently, there have been effective strategies used to eradicate Dracunculus medinensis from almost all endemic areas. Both Onchocerca and Dracunculus are nematodes they are radially symmetrical, have three tissue layers, and have a hydrostatic skeleton.…

Huntington Disease (HD), also known as Huntington’s Disease or Huntington’s Chorea, is a hereditary genetic disorder that results in the death of brain cells causing neuropsychiatric changes, choreiform movements and cognitive disturbances [1]. The most common form of HD is called adult-onset Huntington disease which normally develops around the ages of 30 to 50 [2,3]. A less common form of HD is known as Juvenile Huntington Disease (JHD) which usually develops in childhood or adolescence.…

or rubella? Chances are, in all likelihood, you haven’t. Polio was once a global terror, even in the United States. In the timeframe from the 1940’s to the 1950’s, the viral disease infected, on average, over 35,000 people each year in the United States. Polio caused widespread panic and was one of the most feared diseases that our country has ever known. People were afraid to travel, people were quarantined, and people were too scared to even go outside. So, you might be asking yourself, what…

of infection? Certainly, this is a world everyone would wish for. Apparently, Archbishop Jim Humble promises to make this dream a reality with what he refers to as “miracle mineral solution" or MMS. Jim claims that this solution can cure dozens of diseases such as cancer, aids, malaria, autism, and hepatitis among others. Not so fast though. The FDA and other renowned medical bodies has warned people against taking the solution since it has been shown to be toxic and has devastating effects on…

expect. The Second World War has ended and the United States will be receiving the spoils of war from the defeated countries. This means that even with falling income tax rates, this bill can still be funded. The 1930 's were wrought with terrible diseases and ailments that were difficult to treat and cost you more money than you had. With this new bill, I hope to reduce those medical costs and improve there effectiveness through government owned medical research facilities to combat the…