Tourette’s disorder. (2005). Harvard Mental Health Letter‚ 21(12)‚ 4-5. This article tells of the history of Tourette syndrome and defines what Tourette syndrome is. It informs the reader the several common motor and vocal tics. These tics includes sniffing‚ throat clearing‚ rapid eye blinking‚ twitching of mouth and nose‚ and in some cases performing obscene gestures or words. This disorder is often diagnosed in children and adolescence‚ with the first symptom at about six years old. According
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The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is an adult fiction about family dynamics. This novel was this months pick for my book club. Hopefully not to many of my book club ladies will read this before we get together. I’m going to be honest here. I was not impressed by this book. I stumbled across this book some time ago‚ but wasn’t interested. But isn’t that part of what book club is about? Picking up books you normally wouldn’t have. Normally‚ when I am reviewing a book‚ I have no problem coming up
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It can be a lonely lifelong syndrome if the symptoms go unrecognized and unacknowledged. We used to say to ourselves‚ “I don’t have daddy issues.” That was a bold face lie; I just didn’t know it at the time. My life manifested itself into a cluster I sometimes don’t recognize as my own but through continual self-awareness‚ development‚ and honesty now know why: because I have fatherless daughter syndrome. Fatherless Daughter Syndrome is a disorder of the emotional system that leads to repeated dysfunctional
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It is estimated that 27- 34% or 1 in 5 Americans are living with Metabolic syndrome. Understanding it is a condition‚ not a specific disease‚ assessing for and identifying Metabolic syndrome can be difficult for a health care provider. After reviewing these suggested websites‚ or other evidenced based journals or websites related to Metabolic syndrome‚ please answer the following questions: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/ms/ http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More
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later put into a more sophisticated name known as the Fragile X Syndrome. This disorder or syndrome can be also recognized by several other names such as FRAXA Syndrome‚ fra(X) Syndrome‚ FXS‚ Martin-Bell Syndrome‚ and more. This syndrome causes mental disabilities. The “X” in the disorder’s name indicates or stands for a chromosome’s shape. A scientist named Herbert Lubs did a test in 1969 on several chromosomes for Fragile X. The syndrome wasn’t fully examined until the 1970’s though. A few scientists
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What causes Down syndrome? Charlie Zammit To this day‚ there aren’t any known environmental or behavioral factors that cause Down syndrome. The human contains 23 pairs of chromosomes‚ so 46 individual ones. From each pair‚ one comes from your father‚ the other‚ from your mother. Down syndrome involves an abnormal cell division in chromosome 21. There are three types of abnormal cell division that can occur to cause Down syndrome; all of the three cell division abnormalities create a problem being
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According to Stöppler‚ M. C. (2011) there is no specific therapy for Angelman syndrome. Medical therapy for seizures is usually necessary. Physical and occupational therapies‚ communication therapy‚ and behavioral therapies are important in allowing individuals with Angelman syndrome to reach their maximum developmental potential. Although there is no specific treatment for people with Angelman’s Syndrome‚ alternative therapies and medications are often use to lessen the known symptoms‚ like seizures
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Raynaud’s syndrome is an autoimmune disorder that refers to the changes in color in the hands and sometime toes. The color change can be red‚ blue‚ or white‚ and occurs when the blood flow to the hands and feet are reduced. This condition often occurs with the expose of cold temperature. This is a normal response to cold weather‚ however in this syndrome the condition is exaggerated and cold weather and stress can trigger the symptom presentation of Raynaud’s. This condition can also lead to swelling
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What is fetal alcohol syndrome? Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a congenital syndrome caused by excessive consumption of alcohol by the mother during pregnancy‚ characterized by retardation of mental development and of physical growth‚ particularly of the skull and face of the infant. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/fetal-alcohol-syndrome/basics/definition/con-20021015. Some Children with fetal alcohol syndrome will be able to make easy decisions affected towards other people. Because of
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ex-mothers claim to experience nervous disorders‚ loss of sleep and depression‚ increased substance abuse‚ suicidal behaviors‚ and guilt about prematurely terminating the life of their baby. These symptoms have been given the name “Post Abortion Stress Syndrome”. Studies haven’t been able to exactly pinpoint whether or not this disorder really exists‚ they have had mixed results thus far. Having said that‚ the bulk of studies and research have found that there doesn’t appear to be an actual mental illness
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