Circulatory Diseases Directions: Complete the T-Chart Below. Select 10 diseases from this website: http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/organ/circulatory_system.htm List the disease‚ and write a short summary of what the disease entails. |Circulatory Disease |Disease Description | |Heart Disease |Heart disease involves the heart‚ and usually blood vessels. The different types
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Infectious Disease – an illness due to specific infections agents or its toxic products that arises through transmission from an infected person‚ animal ‚or reservoir to a susceptible host‚ either directly or indirectly through an intermediate plant or animal host . Parasitic disease – A ameba in infection caused by a parasitic. An organism that lives inside or on a host. Zoonotic disease – an infection or infectious agent transmissible under normal conditions from vertebrate animals to humans
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WATER OUR LIFELINE Water is a transparent fluid which forms the world’s streams‚ lakes‚ oceans and rain‚ and is the major constituent of the fluids of living things. As a chemical compound‚ a water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by covalent bonds. Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface.[1] It is vital for all known forms of life. On Earth‚ 96.5% of the planet’s water is found in seas and oceans‚ 1.7% in groundwater‚ 1.7% in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica
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Water Pollution Water – The Elixir of Life Can you imagine life without water? Take a minute and think about it. We need water for all our daily essential activities – drinking‚ bathing‚ cleaning… In fact‚ every living thing on this planet needs water Water pollution And what do we do with this vital resource? We take its all important ability – we all know that water can dissolve many of the thing that we dump in it – to make it a giant rubbish bin. In fact‚ we even throw things
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Bakanae disease in Rice Causal agent;- Gibberella fujikuroi Host plant ;- Maize (zea mays)‚Rice (Oryza sataiva)‚Sorghum (Sorghum spp)‚sugar cane (Saccharum officinarum). Alternate hosts include Leucaena leucocephala‚ Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato)‚ Musa sp. (banana) and Vigna unguiculata (cowpea). In Japan‚ the pathogen has been found on Panicum miliaceum. Distribution;- The pathogen is widespread in all rice-growing countries of the world. It has never been recorded on rice within the rice-growing
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CASE STUDY: LYME DISEASE Cherron Boswell‚ Denise Colton‚ and La Nita Hood Bowie State University Introduction Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne disease in North America and Europe. Lyme disease is steadily increasing in the United States and the majorities of health care providers are unfamiliar with the disease; primarily because of its complexity and as a result lack the clinical skills necessary to provide comprehensive care to infected patients. The purpose of this
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Results 1. We cannot tolerate children dying for a glass of water The Guardian (London) - Final Edition‚ March 8‚ 2006 Wednesday‚ COMMENT; Pg. 32‚ 923 words‚ Kevin Watkins Return to List 1 of 1 DOCUMENT The Guardian (London) - Final Edition March 8‚ 2006 Wednesday We cannot tolerate children dying for a glass of water BYLINE: Kevin Watkins SECTION: COMMENT; Pg. 32 LENGTH: 923 words The rich world must act to prevent dirty water and poor sanitation now killing more than a million children
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES Communicable diseases are those that are spread from one person to another person‚ from animal to animal‚ or from animal to person‚ or vice versa. It is likely that everyone will come down with a communicable disease at some point in their lives. It is important to learn about the causes of communicable diseases and ways to prevent their spread. For example‚ some may say that HIV is caused by sexual contact. This is not true. It is simply the way it is spread. Causes of communicable
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infectious diseases are particularly tragic because they are preventable and treatable. Not surprisingly‚ the poorest and most vulnerable are the most severely affected by infectious disease. Infectious diseases are a major cause of death‚ disability and social and economic turmoil for millions around the world. Poverty stricken countries lack access to health care. Reports show that in nations with the lowest economic status the causes of death are primarily infectious and nutritional diseases. Respiratory
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Water pollution Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies . Mostly water pollution occurs in lakes‚ rivers‚ oceans‚ aquifers and groundwater. Water pollution occurs when pollutants are directly or indirectly discharged into water bodies without adequate treatmentto remove harmful compounds. Type of water pollutions There are many types of water pollution because water comes from many sources. Here are a few types of water pollution: 1. Nutrients Pollution Some wastewater‚ fertilizers
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