Depression is among most common illnesses worldwide today. As the growing population of an estimated 350 million people suffer from it‚ many of them are struggling to find a simple yet effective solution to their problem. Recently‚ an idea of using electrical current to stimulate the brain has emerged on a popular social news and discussion website. Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)‚ now popularly called “brain hacking”‚ is said to not only help those battling depression‚ epilepsy and
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Ménière’s disease‚ also known as endolymphatic hydrops‚ is a disease that causes problems with hearing and balance. It most commonly starts between the age of forty and sixty and people suffering from Ménière’s disease may encounter problems such as vertigo‚ tinnitus‚ which is hearing a buzz in you ear at all time‚ and hearing loss. Fifteen to one hundred and fifty seven cases of Ménière’s disease are seen per hundred thousand people and 10% of these patients will have Ménière’s disease in both
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Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder of the nervous system that affect many parts of the body. The disorder affects the development of nerve cell tissue as well as the brain and spinal cord. Although the tumors are usually noncancerous‚ some can become malignant. Neurofibromatosis can range from mild to severe‚ which can lead to complications such as‚ "hearing loss‚ learning impairment‚ heart and blood vessel (cardiovascular) problems‚ loss of vision‚ and severe pain‚" (Mayo Clinic). There are
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Alzheimer’s disease The aim of this paper is to educate the community about Alzheimer’s disease and to raise awareness in order to prevent deaths and better prepare Alzheimer’s disease victims and their families. Therefore‚ in order to better understand this disease one must first know that is Alzheimer’s disease defined based on its causes‚ symptoms‚ and treatments. Alzheimer’s is one of the most common causes of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease is the atrophy in the brain’s healthy cells that lead
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Hadlee Gibson November 13th‚ 2017 4th period Disease Diary Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy is the disorder of movement‚ posture or muscle tone. Some people diagnosed with this disease have a loss of hearing and vision. Cerebral palsy doesn’t a ffect the life expectancy of some people. Some of the symptoms are: stiff muscles‚ exaggerated or jerky reflexes‚ problems with movement on one side of the body‚ involuntary movements or tremors‚ lack of coordination and balance‚ problems swallowing or sucking
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Ageing can cause many problems for people as they get older. A particular problem‚ Alzheimer’s disease‚ can cause a person to have bad cases of memory loss. It is known that age leads to the deterioration of the brain‚ but the processes that lead to the decline of brain structures and function is unknown. To conduct an experiment on the ageing process‚ a group of scientists used Apolipoprotein E on mice. The question of the experiment is‚ “Does APOE Stabilization by exercise prevent Aging Neurovascular
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Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) is a rare but severe inflammatory process of the central nervous system. NMO “is characterized by longitudinally extensive transverse myelitis‚ which can leave one quite debilitated at presentation‚ and unilateral or bilateral optic neuritis (TMA‚ 2015).” The condition “attacks on the optic nerves and spinal cord. Patients may experience these attacks at the same time or at different times (Cleveland Clinic‚ 2015).” NMO can affect children as young as 3 years old and
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“You have Alzheimer’s”. Anyone would fear ever having to hear those words. But would you want to know if you carried the Alzheimer’s gene? “Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions” (Mayo Clinic). Although Alzheimer’s mostly occurs in the elderly‚ it can sometimes arise in a person’s 30s. When a person is being tested for Alzheimer’s: “There is a blood test for APOE-e4‚ the strongest risk gene for Alzheimer’s‚ this test is mainly used
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A signs and symptoms of a Parkinson’s disease differ from each individual. At the beginning‚ a sign will be mild and unobserved. Normally‚ a sign starts from one side individual’s body and it stays bad even though when it affect both sides. A tremor is one of the main symptoms‚ it starts to shakes in a hand or arm beside a slow motion and stiffness. An individual may be aware of their backwards and forward of the thumb and forefinger which is known as a pill- rolling tremor. The slowness of the movement
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The first stage is normally stage which named as Mild Alzheimer’s. Alzheimer’s develops slowly. The first thing that damaged by Alzheimer’s is cerebral parts and it leads to problems in language and pronunciation. Usually Alzheimer’s infects people after sixty years old. In this stage‚ the patient starts to blame hard work. Mild Alzheimer’s patients often suffer depression. Alzheimer’s in first stage takes two to four years to develop to the next stage. The other thing that damaged by Alzheimer’s
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