Summary of Syphilis disease Syphilis is a well know sexually transmitted infections (STI) disease with very ancient origins and has struck numerous personalities and this particularly in the nineteenth century‚ Derma Info. (2015). The exact provenance of syphilis is still unsure‚ but some hypotheses suggest that it might have been carried from America to Europe by the crew of the famous explorer Christopher Columbus which first made a significant impact in the 1450s‚ Origins of syphilis. (1997)
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Is Addiction a Disease? There are many things that influence the likeliness that someone will suffer an addiction. Some of these things include genetics and family behavior. However‚ an addiction lacks many of the traits of a disease. An addiction cannot be caught like a disease‚ you are not born addicted to something‚ and it can be 100% avoided by correct human behavior. A disease would imply that it is not up to the person whether or not they suffer from it‚ but an addiction can be prevented
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Navicular Disease The Navicular Disease is a relatively common ailment found in horses lower legs. It is a serious disease that can cause a horse to be permanently crippled. It is non reversible but you can keep it from getting worse. Veterinarians don’t agree on what it really is or how it happens. Some physicians say that it’s entirely related to the structure of the hoof and the way the horse travels. It was first described 250 years ago‚ when it was called “coffin joint lameness”
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Communicable Disease HCS/457- Public and Community Health Jeffrey Rhoades November 26‚ 2012 Communicable Disease Communicable disease is defined as an infectious disease transmissible (as from person to person) by direct contact with an affected individual or the individual’s discharge or by indirect means (Merriam Webster‚ m-w.com). A communicable disease can be transmitted through fluid exchange or by a vector. Hepatitis B is a known communicable disease still affecting the United States
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Celiac Disease Celiac Disease is an auto-immune disorder that sucks to have. Once diagnosed you have to stay on a gluten free diet for the rest of your life. Gluten is a protein found in wheat‚ rye‚ and barley. These grains are in many foods that we eat today and it is an extremely hard diet to be on. If you aren’t diagnosed and eat gluten regularly you are pretty much screwed and have a greater chance of dying earlier than you would of a normal person. 1 in 133 people have Celiac disease. This essay
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Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a hereditary neurological disorder of the central nervous system that causes progressive degeneration of cells in the brain. This degeneration causes the affected person to slowly loose the ability to move‚ communicate and think. People are born with this disease‚ but won’t develop symptoms until between the ages of 30 – 50. Although Huntington’s disease can be traced back to the Middle Ages‚ it was first described by American physician George
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and Rubella vaccine‚ the World Health Organization has plans for worldwide eradication of the diseases. The World Health Organization has come up with a strategic plan to eradicate measles and rubella by implementing a plan to use the forced immunizations like the US has done. The lack of education‚ and more importantly‚ financing has slowed the process of eradicating these completely preventable diseases.(World Health Organization‚2012)Retrieved from: http://www.who.int/immunization/newsroom/Measles_Rubella_StrategicPlan_2012_2020
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Abstract Human diseases such as Lyme disease (borreliosis)‚ Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Ehrlichiosis continually affect the population of Tamaulipan Biotic Providence‚ area shared between Texas and Mexico. The tick Ixodes scapularis tends to be the main carrier for Borrelia bacteria‚ which causes borreliosis. Nonetheless‚ its absence in the area studied gave cue to the analysis of another tick‚ Amblyomma inornatum. It is important to characterize the disease potential of the latter tick in
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of deaths in the world due to an antivirus for the new Rhinovirus C. I thought that this article was very interesting. It caught my attention because I always like learning new things about diseases. It is also very helpful to the human diseases industry‚ and it is always good to reduce the amount of diseases in the world. Works Cited
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Heart Rate Research Question: Do different exercises have different effect on heart rate? Method: 1. Find test subject 2. Prepare for activity (stretching) 3. Take heart rate of subject before exercise 4. Record heart rate 5. Do sit ups for 2 mins 6. Time using stop watch 7. Record heart rate 8. Allow subject to rest (lower heart rate) 9. Begin next exercise 10. Jumping jacks for 2 mins 11. Time using stopwatch 12. Record heart rate 13. Allow subject to rest (lower heart rate) 14. Squats for
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