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After lung cancer, breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer deaths for women in America. Since 1990, the number of women who have died from this has steadily decreased, fortunately. Here is a look at six celebrities who have experienced this awful disease and are helping to spread awareness by sharing their stories. Number Six: Tig Notaro Two weeks after her mom’s death, this comedian was diagnosed with cancer in both of her breasts. She underwent a double mastectomy to take care of it…

Plague began in the fall of 1347 when seamen arrived in Sicily. The disease came from rats to humans by parasite fleas. In a society where hygiene is an unknown word, the disease spreads. The initial symptoms are high temperatures,aching limbs, and lymph node swellings or ‘buboes.’ The plague attacks the lungs with effects similar to those of pneumonia, and the disease is invariably fatal. Other symptoms include internal bleeding,boils,and fever. The victim feels a profound depression,and death…

Syphilis According to the CDC “the very first syphilis outbreak happened in Naples, Italy in 1994-1995” (Syphilis’ Early History). Syphilis was called “The French Disease” during the French invasion carried by troops. There are two hypothesis on how syphilis came to be. One was that Christopher Columbus brought it to Europe when he returned from the United States. The other reason is because syphilis could have been in Italy already but has not been noticed. STD’s has been around since the…

Back in 1878 lung cancer was almost a rare disease; it was only one percent of all the different types of cancer. Scientists thought, in later years once the idea that cells split, reformed, and split again, that the reason there was little talk of cancer in the ancient world was because people did not live long enough. But in the EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES by Siddhartha Mukherjee traces the history of the disease from 2500BCE to the present. By the early 1900s cancer seemed to be increasing. Or…

significant medical problems. Hygiene was never an issue and Aryan’s friends did not have any significant skin problems for him to contract it from them. Despite trying different shampoos Aryan was continueding to itch his scalp and it was getting infected. Lymph nodes started enlarging on the back of his scalp. That is when Aryan’s parents decided to get medical help. Itchy scalp in children is quite common. Almost 50% of children develop an itchy scalp at some point. A chronic itchy scalp if…

During this stage a rough, red rash on the palms or soles of the feet may develop along with contagious sores in the mouth, vagina, and anus (“Syphilis”3). Condylomata lata, gray or pink patches on moist skin, may appear (Frey 3). Fever, swollen lymph glands, sore throat, headaches, muscle aches, and fatigue are other symptoms during the secondary stage (“Syphilis”3). The latent stage is divided into early latency, less than two years after infection, in which rashes and sores can come back and…

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Ayden M. Edgar Mackintosh Academy Abstract Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a dangerous virus that creates an inefficiency in your immune system. This is bad because then it makes it super easy for the body to get infected because of the lack of helper CD4 T-cells. HIV is the cause of many death in the world and there is still no cure. Without our Immune cells our daily functions, like getting a paper cut could grow an infection and then result…

The vessels are connected to lymph nodes, where the lymph is filtered. The tonsils, adenoids, spleen and thymus are all part of the lymphatic system. http://www.livescience.com/26983-lymphatic-system.html Muscular system Muscles are tissues in the human body that have the abilities to contract…

that the intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) method of regulating miR-155 and miR-21 significantly.(16) Dependent on the observation miR-373 is overexpressed in breast cancer lymph node metastases, circulating ranges of miR-373 was assessed in the sera for their prospective utilization as biomarker for detecting breast cancer lymph node metastases.(17) Let-7b has been proven to be decreased in numerous kinds of tumor tissues such as breast cancer.Let-7b serves as a tumor suppressor by focusing…

Every person knows that when they were younger they wanted to hurry and grow up. Having dreams of being somebody who usually played a big part in the community. Some of our dreams changed throughout the years, some didn’t. Mine did. First, it was a singer, next, it was a firefighter, then a chef, and now it’s a dental hygienist. Hopefully this one doesn’t change. As a dental hygienist the educational requirements are received through academic programs in community and technical colleges,…