Running head: METABOLIC SYNDROME Metabolic Syndrome James Doucette College of Western Idaho Abstract Metabolic syndrome is an emerging diagnosis in the medical field that has effects on patient care. Becoming familiar with it and having it become a common part of patient care will‚ if used appropriately will increase the lives of those who have become affected with or are at risk of becoming diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of risks
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captors. Although not deeply documented a form of the syndrome may have afflicted slaves after being freed under the Emancipation Proclamation. The master presided over the land the slaves were allotted to‚ no outside contact may be made‚ escape often had penalty of death‚ and all facilities were provided by the master. Some slaves were against the idea of leaving slavery‚ thereby entranced by the syndrome. ( Krasnec) Stockholm syndrome is a term used to describe when a kidnap or barricade victim
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Kallmann ’s Syndrome ABSTRACT Kallmann’s syndrome is a rare disorder which affects predominantly man. Typical characteristics are a failure to go through puberty and an absent sense of smell. Although the disease is not life threatening‚ somebody with kallmann’s syndrome has an hormonal imbalance hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to GnRH deficiency because a small area of his or her brain called the hypothalamus is unable to work properly. Specialised hormone replacement therapy is available
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Marfan Syndrome Wesley Thompson Jim Hutchins Biomedical Core 1110 November 19‚ 2011 Marfan syndrome is a variable‚ autosomal-dominant disorder in the connective tissue with distinct physical characteristics. The principal features affect the cardiovascular system‚ eyes and skeleton. This condition affects the connective protein that forms the structural support for tissues outside the cell. This disease is a result of a faulty makeup of chromosomes. Since MFS (Marfan Syndrome) is an
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DOWN SYNDROME TRISOMY 21 BY: CYNTHIA AGUILAR 11/05/2012 Down syndrome affects many people in this world. Not only does it affect the person diagnosed as Downs‚ but it also affects their family and everyone around them. There are physical characteristics that help you identify somebody with Downs. There are also some health concerns that you need to worry about. Down’s Syndrome‚ it is one of the most frequently occurring chromosomal
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with ASD need a lot of help in their daily lives; others need less. A diagnosis of ASD now includes several conditions that used to be diagnosed separately: autistic disorder‚ pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS)‚ and Asperger
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onAsperger’s syndrome (AS) named after Hans Asperger (Young‚2009)‚ is often referred to as a high-functioning autism at the mild end of the Autistic Spectrum. (Prior‚ 2003). The diagnosis of AS is only made if three key types of behaviour are present; the child’s social relationships and social development are abnormal. The child is failing to develop normal communication and the child’s interest and activities are restricted and repetitive rather than flexible and imaginative. It is thought
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and leisure or play. Autism Spectrum Disorder‚ or ASD‚ is a broader category characterized by the same set of core symptoms‚ with a lesser grade of severity‚ inclusive of pervasive developmental disorder‚ not otherwise specified (PDD-NOS) and Asperger Syndrome (American Psychiatric Association‚
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Marfan’s Syndrome Marfan syndrome is an inherited connective-tissue disorder transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. It is distributed worldwide‚ has a high prevalence rate and has pleiotropic manifestations‚ meaning one gene influences multiple traits that do not seem to be related. Mutations of the FBN1 gene on the 15th chromosome (more specifically chromosome 15q21.1) cause Marfan syndrome. The FBN1 gene is coded to make a glycoprotein called fibrillin-1
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The purpose of this assignment is to outline the history‚ aetiology and prevalence of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Moreover‚ it will critically examine current legislation‚ cognitive and affective theories and will ultimately demonstrate the utility of such theory being put into practice in the writer’s given field of work. For the purpose of this assignment the words Autism and ASD will be used interchangeably and any names used will be pseudonyms. The field of Autism has developed significantly
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