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Overview of the Anorexia Eating Disorder

body and thought patterns, and can be triggered by a variety of events (Lucas 5). For example, the stress of starting a new job o...

Environmental Modification and ADHD

Cause 2. Environmental Modification a. Music and Art Appear Promising...

Colon Cancer Overview

with Lynch syndrome I (colonic tumors) and II (colonic and additional tumors such as endometrial, ovarian or breast. According to...

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Lou Gehrig's Disease

comprised of both a smooth exterior and a tubular inner membrane that establish plate-like double membranes called cristae. Studi...

IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer

dose of antibiotics, after which time -- when the indications do not disappear -- further testing in the form of biopsy, ultrasoun...

A Discussion of Amnesia

In two pages this paper defines amnesia, considers its diagnosis and treatment methodologies along with the the biological, physic...

Ringworm (Overview)

Tinea capitis is ringworm of the scalp (Seebacher, C., Abeck, D. & Brasch, O. et al., 2007). III. Transmission Ringworm is qu...

Anemia

name can be traced to an ancient Greek word that translates to mean "without blood". The term "anemia", however, encompasses a va...

Lymphatic Filariasis

The asymptomatic form of the disease, meaning the disease without symptoms, can be diagnosed by the presence of thousands or even ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COPD every four minutes (Walsh, 2007). The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute estimates that there are currently 12 million p...

DIABETES AND COST INCREASES

the rise, more people are needing the drug therapies to help with controlling the disease (Buono, 2008). Its estimated that diabet...

Causes of War

causes were paramount in the instigation of World War I, but these factors alone would not have been sufficient to cause a war wit...

Proteus Vulgaris

2007). Increased risk to the bacilli is found in patients which have suffered from redcurrant infections, those with urethral inst...

Type 1 Diabetes

was still excessive (Feltbower, Bodansky, Patterson, et. al., 2008). Not only is the increased threat of death concerning in Type...

Bacterial Meningitis: Overview and Case Study

(Parini, 2001). The term "itis", in turn, is used simply to describe the inflammation. The organisms invade the meninges and, wi...

Urinary Tract Infections

An additional complicating factor for women is that, unlike males, they do not have the advantages of prostatic secretions that ac...

Guillain-Barre Syndrome

and specific therapy" (Newswanger and Warren, 2004, p. 2405). As patients advance through the acute phase of the illness, supporti...

Cerebral Palsy

to neuronal function and this function can be impacted by a number of factors not just cerebral palsy. Some individuals suffering...

Periodontal Disease

with daily brushing and flossing, and regular cleaning by a dentist or dental hygienist" (Periodontal disease, 2007). One exceptio...

Substance Abuse in the Elderly Population

as many addicts often die early. But there are cases when substances are not abused early in life, but get picked up when the indi...

Overview of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

tendons in the passageway becomes irritated and swell (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 2006). The result...

Theoretical, Social, and Physiological Overview of Epilepsy

milder cases, a moderate amount of shaking may occur while the individual experiences a varied degree of disorientation and confus...

Schizophrenia

been great strides made in the treatment of the disease, enabling many patients to live full lives (Mueser and McGurk 2036). What ...

Allergies, Stress and Treatment

were never repeated so it cannot be proven conclusively that GMOs were a factor in their allergies (Vartan, 2006). However, tests ...

Streptococcus Pyogenes

type of bacterium that causes illness in newborn babies, pregnant women, the elderly, and adults with other illnesses, such as dia...

Congestive Heart Failure

the kidneys are not capable of disposing "sodium and water" (American Heart Association, 2007); this is what cases the edema (Amer...

Cardiomyopathy

number of heart attacks is that heart disease is associated with the wide scale accumulation of gunk in the walls of the arteries ...

Ovarian Cancer/An Overview

: The precise causes of ovarian cancer remain unknown, but some researchers believe that it has to do with the processes of tissue...

Syphilis

it to other men (CDC, 2004). The amount of men who have the disease appears to be 3.5 times higher than women (CDC, 2004)....

Pediatric Bipolar

Bipolar Disorder dramatically changes a person's life and quality of life. It affects every part of the patient's life. There is v...