How diseases affect the lives of humans A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors‚ Pathogens such as infectious disease‚ or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions‚ such as autoimmune diseases. In humans‚ "disease" is often used more broadly to refer to any condition that causes pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress‚ social problems‚ or death to the
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finding out new things on how the human brain works each and everyday. However there is a disease that affects the human brain that even today
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“Celiac Disease & A Gluten Free Diet” Celiac disease is a condition that damages the lining of the small intestine and prevents it from absorbing nutrients from food that are necessary in order for an individual to stay healthy. This disease is triggered when a protein called gluten is consumed. This disease is also known as an autoimmune digestive disease. Every time an individual with celiac consumes gluten; the body starts to attack itself. Gluten is found in wheat‚ barley‚ rye and possibly
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affected different regions in a positive and negative way. The geographic features always impact the region‚ For example monsoons‚ desserts‚ and cold climates can affect a region in different ways. It can change the way people in that region live. It could differentiate what they eat and the climate so how they dress. The geography is a very big impact when dealing with how to live in regards to geography. In particular deserts and monsoons have had a variety of impacts on different regions around
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There are serious diseases that can develop early in pregnancy. One of these very life-threatening diseases is known as congenital heart disease. There are several diseases all linked to one muscle in the body. Congenital heart diseases can be major or minor factors to a person’s life. The disease can affect a baby as soon as the first ultrasound visit. How could this affect the baby that could be growing inside of you at this very moment? What if your baby has a congenital heart disease? Thump‚ thump
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Celiac disease is starting to become more common to people. Although it is becoming more common most people mistaken it for a food allergy to gluten which it is not. It is a genetic autoimmune disorder. The difference between an allergy and an autoimmune disorder is that an allergic reaction can most often be taken care of with medicine or an epi pen of some sort and within a few hours you are fine or feeling a lot better. With an autoimmune disorder the effects last for days and up to years depending
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How Cancer Cells Differ From Normal‚ Healthy Cells Cancer cells are very different from healthy cells. Healthy cells grow and divide like they are suppose to‚ whereas cancer cells do not grow and divide in a healthy way. So instead of acting in healthy ways as the body needs to function the cells begin to grow in unhealthy ways and affect all other cells. (http://biology.about.com/od/cellbiology/ss/normal-cells-cancer-cells.htm) There are many things that can happen to us that can cause our healthy
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listening to music on Ipods and looking at computer screens for lengthy times. Many of them have today evolved from sitting in front of screens to using handheld devices to send e mails‚ text messages and send instant messages. Some of them even talk to each other in bytes. In fact this generation is called the digital generation. Students of today live in a very different world from the world previous generations lived in. They communicate with their peers and teachers via computers‚ i.e. social
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How far do the two representations differ? Representation one and representation two differ but also agree with each other too. Representation one is a historical‚ factual‚ formal commentary produced by Clive Emsley‚ whereas representation two is a satirical critique published in Punch Magazine. Furthermore‚ representation one’s purpose is to inform the readers briefly of the job’s strengths and weaknesses in terms of how effective the police were in the late 20th century. On the other hand‚ representation
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There are two types of Alzheimer’s disease; the first is called early-onset and appear in people from 30 to 60 years old. The first type is little common. The second type is called late-onset and it appears in people after 60 years old. The most common is the second type. The causes are not really clear‚ but these include a mixture of genetic‚ environmental and lifestyle factors. Factors genetics and age cannot be controlled. In contrast‚ other factor like socialize can be changed. Besides lifestyle
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