INTRO Prader-Willi syndrome or PWS‚ is not a disease many people have knowledge about‚ or have even heard about it. Only about 1 in 25‚000 children are born with this rare syndrome. In 1956‚ Prader-Willi was first described by Andrea Prader‚ Heinrich Willi‚ and Alexis Labhart. Prader and Willi‚ both Swiss pediatricians‚ and Labhart‚ an internist‚ were the first people to publish a report on this syndrome (Nord‚ 2015). In the research‚ they described characteristics observed of the affected children
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difference between heavy drinking during pregnancy and a few glasses of red wine throughout the entire pregnancy. Fetal alcohol syndrome or FAS is caused from heavy drinking. Another type of fetal disease is fetal alcohol spectrum disorders or FASD. This type of disease involves many different types of learning‚ behavioral‚ and physical problems. Fetal alcohol syndrome just happens to be the severe type of them all. As most people know pregnant people should not drink any type of alcohol and no
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Metabolic Syndrome: A Precursor of Heart Disease In 1988‚ Dr. Gerald Reaven was awarded the Banting Medal for Scientific Research by the American Diabetes Association and introduced the term Syndrome X to the medical community. According to Dr. Reaven‚ “Syndrome X is a simple way to refer to a cluster of changes that encourage the onset and development of heart disease.” (Reaven‚ 2000‚ pg. 40) The medical terms Syndrome X‚ Insulin Resistance (IR)‚ or Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) have been used interchangeably
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Stockholm syndrome and posttraumatic stress disorder. And‚ you know‚ I had no free will. I had virtually no free will until I was separated from them for about two weeks” (Patty Hearst). In 1974‚ Patty Hearst developed Stockholm syndrome after being kidnapped by an American communist group. She was dependent on her kidnappers and felt secure with them. Because of this‚ she followed the beliefs of the group and performed terrible tasks with her kidnappers. By definition‚ “Stockholm syndrome is a condition
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MISSING WHITE WOMAN SYNDROME Missing white woman syndrome‚ also known as missing pretty girl syndrome‚ is a tongue-in-cheek term coined by some media critics to reference a form of media hype in which excessive news coverage is devoted to a specific missing or murdered white women and girls‚ while virtually ignoring missing men‚ non-white women‚ or other news stories. According to these critics‚ reporting of these stories often lasts for several days or weeks‚ sometimes even months‚ and
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Tourette Syndrome When people hear Tourette Syndrome‚ some people become confused about what it actually is. This condition puts the patient in an uncomfortable position. It sets them as a target and puts their lives at more risk of bullying‚ health issues and socio-emotional walls that are put up because of interference by the condition. Tourette Syndrome is a disability that is found in the nervous system pertaining to the brain. Being familiar with and aware of certain things that occur within
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heart condition known as‚ Long QT Syndrome. Long QT Syndrome is a condition that causes the heart to have fast or chaotic heartbeats. The fast and chaotic heartbeats can trigger fainting spells and seizures. If the heart beats erratically for too long it can cause sudden death. Dana Vollmer began swimming at very young age. At age twelve‚ Dana became the youngest person to be in the Olympic swimming trials. She was taken to the doctor and diagnosed with Long QT Syndrome at age fourteen after experiencing
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Abstract Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) is a rare congenital condition characterized by the abnormal fusion of two or more vertebrae in the cervical spine. This results from a failed division in the vertebrae during the early weeks of fetal development. Although KFS is present at birth‚ milder cases can go undetected for years until symptoms worsen. The various symptoms that accompany KFS can vary from slight to extreme due to the wide possible range of severity of the fusion. For those who suffer from
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{draw:g} {draw:g} {draw:g} Tourette syndrome‚ (TS)‚ named after Gilles de la Tourette who discovered the condition‚ is a disorder that causes motor and vocal tics due to a chemical imbalance in the brain. Neurotransmitters constantly misfire in the brain of a TS sufferer releasing a chemical‚ known as dopamine‚ which transmits signals to many parts of the body causing these uncontrollable tics. Lange‚ Olivier and Meyer (2003) states‚ “This neuropsychiatric disorder is‚ in all likelihood
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Research Paper Abstract Sudden Infant Death Syndrome remains the leading cause of post-neonatal mortality (under the age of one) in developed countries. The causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have been puzzling and research is being conducted to solve this catastrophic problem. Having a child under the age of one makes me very concerned‚ along with any other parent(s) that the possibility of SIDS could affect any infant at anytime‚ SIDS does not discriminate
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