Graves' disease

Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s disease is one of the most dreaded diseases among the group of genetic diseases. Huntington’s affects the basal ganglia portion of the brain it is reasonable for a person’s motor functions. Over time huntingtin’s destroys this area. The disease’s name is derived from the ancient Greek word dance. It is named this because after the portion of the brain is partially destroyed, the person walks with an unintentional sway, an almost dance like movement. (Blachford)…

DS., Straume, B., & Engstad, TA. (2011). Co-Morbidity and Drug Treatment in Alzheimer’s disease. U.S National Library of Medicine, 11(58), n.p. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-58 Type of study (i.e. prospective cohort): This is a cross-sectional study on co-morbidity and drug treatment of Alzheimer’s disease in northern Norway. Sample/population: The sample included people who had and did not have Alzheimer’s disease. There were 187 subjects who had just recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. 500…

epidemic worldwide. It’s the leading cause of death and disease effecting half of the world’s population. According to World Health Origination (2013) 3.2 billion people live in areas at risk of malaria transmission in 106 countries and territories. Vulnerable populations such as rural poor, young children and expecting women who are more exposed to infection with the least access to services are at elevated risk for transmission of this deadly disease. The WHO (2013) also estimated 216 million…

In May 1918, 10,000 British soldiers were sick, preventing them from fighting. July 1918, Flu disappeared only to reappear in the fall. During September, Boston received the epidemic. By this time, the disease had morphed. The disease, at first, lasted 3 days with a low mortality rate, the return brought, at first, flushing, fever, chills, then the cough, and thick and bloody sputum. Sputum is a mixture of saliva and mucus. Soon after this onset, the patient would…

devastating. After working with tissue samples from the autopsies of flu victims and the infected lung tissue of an Alaskan woman whose body had been preserved in Arctic permafrost, researchers at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were able to recreate an extinct virus. Then, in October of 2005, they announced that they had isolated, decoded and replicated the entire sequence of the 1918 virus now identified as H1N1. (PM) Influenza…

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…

SARS as a disease that was spreading fast through the contact of the mucous membrane, the Public health of Ontario must had to face many challenges, because not had preparation and a plan to respond to the outbreak immediately, by the overcrowding of the health facility, inadequate controls to prevent transmission of the disease, the lack of laboratories to carry out an effective investigation about the disease and its causes to allowing avoid major risks. (Arnold, 2009) An emergency department…

of health services through health systems and infrastructure, control of communicable diseases and control of non-communicable diseases. Health systems and infrastructure: standard 1, the priority is for providing the primary health services for all affected population in order to reduce mortality and morbidity. Make sure that public health interventions, such as safe water, shelter and food, infectious disease control, sanitation, are…

states small events in one area will eventually have a larger effect in another location. For example, when deforestation began in Guinea the growing urban population and the fruit bat that harvest a virus led to the spread of Ebola. Many infectious diseases, like Ebola, are zoonotic origin. From the Ebola epidemic, one can conclude: animal health issues and environmental changes do impact human health. World leaders gathered at the United Nations in New York in 2000 to create the Millennium…

There is an epidemic sweeping the U.S. at an amazing pace. The epidemic is a disease known as affluenza. Affluenza is contagious and difficult to live with. Affluenza can bring stress, debt, bankruptcy, and problems with relationships. Some people have a different vision of affluenza. Most people believe that affluenza is a rich person’s disease. Although affluenza is a rapidly growing and contagious disease, it can be cured and even prevented. There are many symptoms to catch affluenza.…