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Throughout life human beings encounter many different aspects of diseases. These diseases can either be life changing or fatal. Any type of disorder has to be treated depending on symptoms and severity. Huntington’s disease is a disorder that should be treated effectively to live a longer and more stable life. Huntington’s can be carried by one person and hereditarily given to their offspring making this a genetic disease. Also, Huntington’s disease is metabolic disease because it is at loss for…

The Ebola outbreak that began in 2014 was one of the deadliest and fast-moving epidemics the world has seen. Outbreaks mainly began in West Africa and quickly spread worldwide, affecting well over tens of thousands of people. It was not long before much of the world became familiar with the disease through personal connections or hearing about it from the extensive news coverage. Richard Preston, an American author, is very familiar with infectious diseases, and dives into all aspects of…

Angina Overview I have chosen this condition to investigate because I find it an interesting one, and one that I rarely hear about. Everyone has a heart, a muscular organ that pumps blood throughout our bodies through veins, arteries and capillaries. These blood vessels supply our other major organs and tissue with oxygen and carries away the carbon dioxide and waste. Image from university of Nottingham, http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nursing/practice/resources/cardiology/function/anatomy.php…

Research by Hambly and Griva (2010) attempted to assess how well the IKDC and KOOS measure symptoms and disabilities important to post-ACL reconstructed patients by having subjects complete a survey. Subjects for this study were recruited from the knee guru website, which is an online forum for patients with different types of knee pathologies. Inclusion criterion was set as initial ACL reconstruction. Subjects who underwent revisions or had multiple ligament repairs were excluded from the study…

The great supplement that you have never heard about: Krill oil Krill oil comes from Krill, tiny shrimp like creatures that come from the Atlantic or Pacific oceans. Krill oil confers some dietary eicosapentanoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (Omega-3 contents), the two fatty acids that are the active components of fish oil, both have the similar content of DHA but krill oil tends to have higher EPA content and Krill oil might be absorbed in the body better than fish oil. Major…

result Terry wouldn’t be able to participate in track or basketball, he dreamed of running. Additionally, the bone cancer had to be the most painful factor during rehabilitation for our young athlete. Even so, with much dreams fueled by willpower, Terry strived for his best during the marathon of hope. A lot of pain and self-sacrifice was experienced in his odyssey, an immense number of cancer research grants have been awarded for his efforts. Terry Fox remained vigilant despite his hindrances…

In the half-life of barium-137m graph, the results tended to lose activity as time progresses, indicating that barium-137m was undergoing a decay process. Initially, barium-137m had an activity of 4264 CPM (5 seconds in). After approximately five minutes, the activity had dropped to 1092 CPM, and after 10 minutes, the activity had dropped to 318 CPM. The radical changes between 4264 CPM and 1092 CPM compared to the changes from 1092 CPM to 318 CPM indicated exponentially decreasing activity.…

Joni Mitchell has been an influential force in the music industry for more than five decades. Releasing 19 albums since the beginning of her career in the 1960s, the Canadian songstress has had countless chart hits. Her songs, including “Big Yellow Taxi,” “River” and “Both Sides Now,” have been covered hundreds of times over by generations of artists, guaranteeing that her music will live on forever. Read on to learn more about Joni Mitchell’s prolific music and painting career, and stay tuned…

On the day I was borned, the doctor held me wrong and my arm is now stuck as it is. At that time the doctor told them about my arm and my parents thought I should have surgery. Four weeks later, I had to start the surgery but as the surgery began and I was injected with aspirin to knock me out I started to have a rash and convulse. My parents had found out I was allergic to aspirin so the surgery was cancelled…

In Improvising Medicine, Julie Livingston tells the story of Botswana's only dedicated cancer ward, located in its capital city of Gaborone. This affecting ethnography follows patients, their relatives, and ward staff as a cancer epidemic emerged in sub-Saharan Africa. Through out the first three chapters, Livingston discusses the history, conditions, and stories of Botswana's oncology ward that dramatize the human stakes and intellectual and institutional challenges of an epidemic that will…