Inflammatory bowel disease

The most common, deadly genetic disorder in the United States is cystic fibrosis (CF), which causes the lungs to be clogged up by a thick, sticky mucus. This may also lead to infections and blockage of the pancreas (National Human Genome Research Institute). The Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator (CFTR) gene causes this genetic disorder and was discovered in 1989. Roughly 30,000 people are affected by this genetic disorder in the U.S. and while there is a lot of promising research, a cure…

discuss with you what cancer is, the different ways to help prevent cancer growth, and also the different types of treatments that can be used for cancer. TRANSITION: I will begin with explaining what cancer is. BODY Main Point 1) Cancer is a disease in which abnormal…

CURING CANCER Music can kill cancer. The cells are literally exploding. Scientists across the world have been researching and testing the idea. Scientists have had samples of cancer cells and continually played music with multiple instruments. After a short period of time (9 to 15 minutes) most of the cells exploded. The treatment has also been tested on cancer patients. In one case, the tumor was completely gone. In most other cases, the tumor had decreased in size drastically. Soon,…

of research in the field, and a concentrated effort by researchers around the globe, a panacea for cancer doesn’t exist, although much headway has been made in earlier detection and better treatment methods. Much of the difficulty in treating the disease lies in its diversity; cancer is as varied as it is deadly. There are more than a hundred different types of cancer, with the only unifying characteristic being uncontrollable cell division (National Cancer Institute). It is this characteristic…

Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Everyone carries cancer cells throughout their body. The human body is programmed to fight off these cancer cells with natural immune defenses. For some, cancer is inevitable and can be brought upon in many different ways. One of the top 10 most common cancers is leukemia (Leukemia, p.1). While all leukemia is cancer of the blood cells, it can come in many different forms such as Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and…

Rosacea is a chronic disorder that typically affects the face. It is characterized by persistent redness usually on the forehead, cheeks, and nose but in rare cases can also spread to the scalp, ears, neck, and chest. The actual cause of the disorder is not fully known and it’s estimated that about 16 million Americans have some form of rosacea. People of all races can get rosacea, however, it is more prevalent in fair-skinned people of northern European descent (Irish, German, English, etc.)…

cortical blindness can be seen in severe cases. Clinically, children can present just with non-specific seizures and developmental delays, and CSF leukocytosis or abnormal brain MRI may go undetected unless a specific work-up is undertaken. Chronic inflammatory skin conditions are commonly reported, including…

helmet-like features, such as a broad, flat nasal bridge, high forehead, widely-spaced eyes/protruding eyes. Other features could be shortened distance between the upper lip and nose, downturned mouth or a smaller chin. It is a particularly rare disease, noting it is only present in about 1 in 50,000 births. There is also a condition called Pitt-Rogers-Danks syndrome that overlaps with Wolf-Hirschhorn, but only recently have researchers realized that they’re both in a single syndrome. Other…

Every year one thousand nine hundred and sixty kids from ages zero to nineteen die from cancer each year. Hazel Lancaster thought she was of the unlucky few after she was diagnosed with Stage Four Thyroid Cancer. Waiting for time to clock her out was all she ever looked forward to. Until a mysterious boy came into her life through support group meetings Hazel was waiting to implode. In John Green novel The Fault In Our Stars, Hazel Lancaster rebels against her society’s unfair limitation towards…

second leading cause of cancer related death, placing it just behind lung cancer (8)(9). The American Cancer Society estimates 48,960 new cases of pancreatic cancer for year 2015, and is estimated that 40,560 of these patients will succumb to the disease (8). These numbers highlight the extremely dismal diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, which has a median survival <6 months and a 5-year survival rate below 5% (10). The majority of diagnosed pancreatic…