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    Zoochosis Disease

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    in zoos may develop a disease called Zoochosis. They are also held in terrible captivity.Lastly they re not getting enough exercise. Animals are getting held in terrible I watched a video about a 32 year old chimpanzee named Iris in a Zoo called Chestatee Wildlife Preserve and zoo in Georgia. She was held alone in a tiny‚ barren and dark cell. She had nothing to do or see and no companionship.Iris spent much of her time under a dirty blanket in her cell. Zoochosis is a disease that can cause Bar Biting

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    themselves with. Genetic engineering is something that people find to be raising many (moral) red flags. It also creates many questions‚ like is it really right to do something that extreme just to have what one truly wants. “Many religions believe that genetic engineering‚ after all‚ is tantamount to playing God‚ and expressly forbid that it is performed on their children‚ for instance. Besides the religious arguments‚ however‚ there are a number of ethical objections. These diseases‚ after all‚ exist

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    Lyme Disease

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    Lyme Disease Chief Complaint: Parents report that their son has been febrile for a few days and “he has been rubbing his right ear off and on”. SUBJECTIVE: HPI: A six-year-old male patient was brought into the clinic accompanied by both parents (mother and father). They said there son was feverish over the last few days reporting the highest fever of a 100.1. Parents noticed him recently touching his right ear as if he had an ear infection. The mother treated her son with Children’s Tylenol

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    Heart Disease

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    HEART DISEASE NOTES Video was made outside of Boston in Framingham. Studies started in 1948. Heart disease is # 1 killer in U.S. It starts squeezing your heart‚ and you feel a sharp point. 1/2 the people in the U.S. die with it‚ and 80% die from it. More men have it and more women die from it. Every minute heart disease kills someone in the U.S. Half the deaths in the U.S. population die by heart disease. Get tightness in the throat. Cholesterol is most deadly. Smoking hardens the arteries. High

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    Alzheimer's Disease

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    the first sign of Alzheimer’s disease. In the past‚ memory loss and confusion were considered a normal part of aging. However‚ scientists now know that most people remain both alert and able as they age‚ although it may take them longer to remember things. A lot of people experience memory lapses. Some memory problems are serious‚ and others are not. People who have serious changes in their memory‚ personality‚ and behavior may suffer from a form of brain disease called dementia. Dementia seriously

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    Autoimmune Disease

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    helps us be protected by diseases and infections. Autoimmune disease is the exact opposite. It attacks itself by mistake and you can become ill. Autoimmune diseases affect your tissues as well as your nerves‚ endocrine system‚ muscles and digestive system. Autoimmune occur only in women in their childbearing years. The Autoimmune disease tends to run in the families. Your genes and immune system can respond to things in the environment. If you think you have autoimmune disease then ask your family members

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    bipolar disease

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    hopeless‚ and sluggish. In between those periods‚ they usually feel normal You can think of the highs and the lows as two "poles" of mood‚ which is why it’s called "bipolar" disorder. Mary is a 40 year old woman with a major case of the bipolar disease. Mary has a son named matt and he is 12 years old. Has recently been getting less time with his mother as she wants to do nothing. That makes Matt feel that he is a burden to his own mother. And Mary’s husband Dave is 42. Now Mary was always very

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    Obesity Is Not a Disease

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    Obesity Is Not a Disease Kevin Moore BCOM/275 7/01/2013 Dion Williams Obesity Is Not a Disease On June 18 the American Medical Association voted to categorize obesity as a disease‚ moving the condition above its past designation as a major health concern. I disagree with this decision. The AMA said in a memo that more widespread recognition of obesity as a disease “could result in greater investments by government and the private sector to develop and reimburse obesity treatments. (American

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    Eye Diseases

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    in both eyes. These cataracts may be so small that they do not affect vision. If they do‚ the lenses may need to be removed. 4. Radiation cataract- Cataracts can develop after exposure to some types of radiation. GLAUCOMA Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye’s optic nerve and can result in vision loss and blindness. However‚ with early detection and treatment‚ you can often protect your eyes against serious vision loss. At first‚ open-angle glaucoma has no symptoms. It causes

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    alzheimers disease

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    Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. The disease can be treated but there is no cure for it. As it progresses it gets worse and will eventually lead to death. It develops differently for everyone but the symptoms are similar. In the early stages‚ short term memory loss is the most common symptom. As it progresses the symptoms include irritability‚ confusion‚ aggression and long term memory loss. Following that the persons bodily functions deteriorate

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