Diabetes, heart disease, and cancer are prevalent diseases in our country at this time. According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death in this country, followed closely by cancer.1 Diabetes is on the list as well as the seventh leading cause of death in America.1 While many people are aware of the relationship between heart disease and diabetes, not as many people are aware that diabetes and heart disease can increase a person’s risk for cancer. Risk factors and symptoms
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A battle never won: 40 years after president Nixon waged war against cancer, we have reached the era of targeted chemotherapy. Imatinib, the miracle drug now cures CML by inhibiting tyrosine kinase specifically and has increased five year survival from 30% to 89%. Are we at the verge of winning the war? Lets count the number of bodies this cancer has claimed in the battlefield. According to WHO it is the leading cause of mortality worldwide with 8.2 million cancer deaths(1). 1 in 2 men
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Have you ever thought that your body would turn against you? The hypochondriac is actually correct for once thinking that they have a serious disease. Lupus is commonly misdiagnosed as signs and symptoms of other illnesses. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that is unpreventable, incurable and affects many people worldwide every year. Antibodies attack healthy cells opens the opportunity for infection, causing strain on the body which causes the body to show signs and symptoms trying to correct the
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The Zipper has been used all throughout the United States and the world since 1893. It has become a part of our everyday lives and has impacted our way of life. We have used the zipper on a multiple number of clothing and on objects. It will progress over the years making the zipper easier and more accessible in the future. The zipper has been part of our world for many years and will continue to be used in everyday life. On August 19, 1893; Whitcomb Judson invented the zipper. At first he called
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“scrapie,” the disease was only found in sheep. After 200 years, a human discovery of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, now known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was found in a human by German scientists in 1920. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, also known as the human transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, is a degenerative disease in humans that affects the nervous system and results in rapidly progressive dementia, loss of motor control, paralysis, and death. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is caused
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Ovarian cancer Overview: The ovarian cancer, also known as ovarian cancer is a malignancy that affects the ovaries, that is, the female gonads. A provoke are genetic mutations that alter the normal DNA content in the ovary. Ovarian cancer. The origin of these genetic changes It is at present still unclear; about, doctors have formulated some theories, but have blind spots. Causes: It's not clear what causes ovarian cancer. In general, cancer begins when a genetic mutation turns normal cells
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The doctors of the Elizabethan era were not as educated as to today’s doctors. A large amount of their work was based on philosophies of Aristotle and Hippocrates. Most people accepted the beliefs that the doctors shared. The doctors got their training at the College of Physicians. The college was established in 1518. A doctor were required to have a certificate saying that they graduated from University. The college was given the right to dissect corpses in 1565. The bodies of dead convicts and
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Discuss the View That Hiv/Aids Is a Disease of Poverty Social Problems Chupical Shollah Manuel HIV is a long term social problem in most underdeveloped countries. This takes us directly beyond the epidemiological aspects of the disease to the social and economic dimensions. Many social studies have revealed that HIV and AIDS is fast becoming a social cancer and it can be understood if one was to assess the social structure and the availability of resources in the society. The most affected persons
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Case Memo: PatientsLikeMe Background: PatientsLikeMe (PLM) is an online community where patients share their personal experiences with a disease, find other patients like them, and learn from each other. Similar to TripAdvisor, it has large UGC information and get paid by the 3rd party ( partnership w/ pharma company) But the difference lies in 1) it focus on more professional area(health-care), requiring more specific and deep-diving knowledge 2)has closer user bond, a sense of belonging in
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Should DNA be used to screen embryos? For couples haunted by a family history of genetic disease, there are few reproductive choices. Aside from adopting a child or using IVF with donated eggs or sperm, they can either take the risk of conceiving a child with the disease, or not have children at all. PGD has changed this, and it is now possible to have a child without passing down an inherited disease. Mark Hughes, now a professor at the Center of Molecular Medicine and Genetics at Wayne State
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