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Three Lethal Diseases

consequences. As already mentioned the disease was first identified as a separate disease entity in November 1986 from which time...

Chronic Illness and Public Health

This research paper pertains to the shift of focus that has taken place in regards to public health policy and practice, has it ha...

Pertussis Rises Again

By the 1970s, the country believed that scientists had finally controlled the spread of major diseases like whooping cough, also k...

Controlling and Preventing Pandemics

Pathogenic organisms have the potential to radically alter human life. Human beings, like all animals, are both directly...

Three Stages of Alzheimer's Disease

or not. When an individual suffers from Alzheimers disease, the brain undergoes severe physical changes. Under a microscope...

Enzyme Replacement Therapy Modes of Administration

to replace missing or defective enzymes, and some have argued that treatment options can often cause problems that hinder the effe...

Medical Evaluation Steps Regarding Coexisting Conditions and Chest Pain

professional must carefully evaluate this patient using all that is known about each of these conditions. Pain such as that being...

Nutritional Diseases Across the Globe

the most basic level. In the developing world, inadequate access to nutrition remains a significant problem. Anemia, for example...

First Line Therapy for 7 Diseases

Tabatabaee, 2009). Additionally, first-line therapy includes using triple sulfa vaginal cream, as this agent has broad-spectrum an...

Australia Focus on Breast Cancer

carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...

The Diverse Disease of Dengue, Plague, Malaria, and the West Nile Virus

malaria first received widespread attention when it began to affect returning servicemen that had contracted the disease while se...

Spinal Tuberculosis Management and Prevention Literature Review

is actually a form of tuberculosis. The story of Alexander Pope is just an anecdote and by no means signifies its origin. Skeleton...

Transgenic Genetically Engineered Plant Applications

need to apply harmful pesticides. One of the precepts of transgenetics is that it will better the human condition. Today...

Overview of Rosacea

in other parts of the body (NAIMS/NIH, 2002). Significant Statistics Rosacea appears most commonly in older adults, especially ...

An Examination of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

etiology of the disease is not well understood, but substantive research suggests that individuals who suffer from ALS have mutati...

Cardiovascular Disease

One of nearly every three women who die are victims of cardiovascular disease, with fourteen percent more women dying of coronary ...

The Effects of Immobility, Injury, and Aging of Joints

impact on joint function. Typically, fractures are pulled back in place and the injury is immobilized using a plaster cast or som...

Overview of Type Two Diabetes Mellitus

This overview of diabetes mellitus, type two, defines the disease, discusses the importance of diet and exercise and presents a de...

Sickle Cell Anemia, Genetic Bases

This overview of sickle cell disease discusses the genes associated with sickle cell anemia. Three pages in length, five sources a...

Syphilis and Public Health

This research paper describes Treponema pallidum, a spirochete bacterium that is known to be the causative agent for syphilis. The...

Case Study, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Case

This case study analysis offers a thorough overview of Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The writer discusses the symptoms and s...

Alcoholism, an Overview

This research paper offers an overview of alcoholism as it describes the causes, damage to the body and the treatment of this dise...

Various Determinants of Health

This 2 page paper gives an overview of how a person's genetic makeup and the environment they live in can effect their health. Thi...

Type 2 Diabetes

Kolatkar, 2005). For instance, a lack of exercise and obesity are believed to contribute to diabetes (American Diabetes Associatio...

Overview of Existing Research on Nitric Oxide Induced Apoptosis

apoptosis in particular cell types (RCDRG, 2004). "Nitric oxide has been demonstrated to inhibit apoptosis in a number of cell ty...

Overview of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Implications

In six pages diabetes mellitus is discussed in an overview of Type I and Type II and the implications these forms have in the long...

The History of the Origin of AIDS and the Spread of Contagion

7 pages and 5 sources. This paper provides an overview of the history of the origin of HIV/AIDS and the arguments about its origi...

Mechanisms and Operations of Superantigens

In six pages this paper presents an overview of superantigens in disease in a consideration that includes their mechanisms and how...

Overview Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

In six pages aAn overview of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy is presented in terms of its history, symptoms, management, and school mo...

Overview of Hydatiform Mole

In five pages this Gestational trophoblastic disease component is examined in an overview of the tumor and the abnormalities such ...