Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a central nervous system disease in which the immune system attacks its own cells. It affects between 250,000 to 350,000 people in the United States. It can cause inflammation and damage to the tissues that surround the brain leading to dysfunctional nerve impulses (Curtin et al., “Clinical Development” 265; Goldenberg 175; “White Matter Matters”). The symptoms of MS include loss of body movements, some visual loss, and numbness and tingling and about 50% of patients will
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Nadya Suleman, or otherwise known as Octomom, opted to have an in vitro fertilization operation done. She had 12 embryos planted into her uterus and all but four survived. She gave birth to octuplets. Suleman, already a mother of six and on government assistance, opted to have the procedure done and this raised many red flags throughout the media. Desperate for money to put food on the table she started stripping and performing in adult movies. Only after she saw her oldest daughter in her
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VI. How is multiple sclerosis diagnosed?: Multiple sclerosis, similar to ALS, cannot be diagnosed by simply one test. The doctor will need to run multiple tests and thoroughly evaluate their patient to determine a diagnosis. First, a doctor will examine the patient to check for some of the common symptoms of multiple sclerosis. These symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, muscle weakness, muscle stiffness, balance problems, numbness or tingling, vision problems, bladder or bowel problems, cognitive
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I. INTRODUCTION Multiple sclerosis, also known as MS, is a disease of the central nervous system that occurs when the myelin surrounding the axon that is responsible for communication between the brain and the body. The disease is idiopathic, meaning there is not a known cause. There are variables that seem to suggest an increased likelihood of a person having MS. Also because of the idiopathic nature of MS, diagnosis and therefor treatment is also a challenge. There is a large push to fund research
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Multiple Sclerosis Cancer or not MS is still a very serious subject and 2.3 million people are diagnosed with MS worldwide. According to the National MS Society, “MS is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body.” MS is a very serious disease affecting the immune system. MS can make people disabled in many ways, for example MS can affect your sight, speech, walking and cognitive ability
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This paper will be discussing the signs, symptoms and treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a disease that is affecting millions of people in the United States and worldwide. According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, “Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body” (2015). In the United States there are currently 350,000 to 500
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In Gardner’s theory, he outlined that there are seven different areas of intelligence that human beings demonstrate strengths in. All of these areas of intelligence have their own developmental sequence. Gardner believes that the human intelligence is more complex than just the verbal and math. He believes that these seven areas are tools for learning, problem solving and creating, and often are influenced by the culture in which one person is around. The seven intelligences are logical-mathematical
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| ARE THERE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES? | |The topic that I have chosen is Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. The theory of multiple intelligences was proposed by Howard Gardner in 1983 as a model of intelligence that differentiates intelligence in to various specific modalities, rather than seeing it as dominated by a single general ability. Gardner argues that there is a wide range of cognitive abilities, and that there are only very weak correlations among them. For example, the theory
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useful within my setting for work, which is an elementary school special education class, the aims, goals and objectives and how this theory supports my teaching. The theory most useful to my teaching is Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligences. Howard Gardner has postulated multiple intelligences. He contends that there are different mental operations associated with intelligence, and there are many different types of intelligence. Too often our society overem¬phasizes verbal ability. Gardner outlines
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Characteristics of innovative intelligence • Innovation identifies that a primary way to close the innovation gap is to enhance the ability of the leaders to resolve big problems and make their teams more innovative • Innovation explains how leaders need to have IQ based way of thinking and intelligence. Leaders need to have access to innovative intelligence, emotional intelligence and analytical intelligence to succeed. • It emphasizes that primary role of leaders in the knowledge economy is
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