Research Proposal Psych/610 Kristina England University of Phoenix Janice McMurray August 30, 2013 Research Proposal I. Introduction “Alzheimer’s disease causes 50% to 60% of all dementias and is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and is the fifth leading cause among persons age 65 and older” (Heron, 2009). II. Seniors with dementia A. “Dementia is the progressive deterioration in cognitive function - the ability to process thought
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before they are 65 years of age. There is, as of yet, no cure for Alzheimer’s disease (dementia), and the progressive range of organic brain diseases which are categorized by difficulties of short-term memory and other cognitive insufficiencies. There is very little in the way of treatment at this time, while scientists have been studying this disease for many years, and have started getting a better idea of the disease with constant successes. As dementia becomes more prevalent worldwide, proper
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that focuses on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland (depending on the availability of head and neck surgery specialists). They also deal with diseases involving the skin, breast, soft tissue, and hernias. Services Offered : Trauma surgery – Often they are the first port of call to critically ill or gravely injured patients, and must perform a variety of procedures to stabilize such patients,
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Smith Demetria February 28, 2012 Water Pollution Capstone/8-2 Water Pollution Over the past few weeks, we have been learning about water pollution. Water pollution is a main cause of what’s killing our animals and other creatures in the lake, ocean or even rivers. Did you know that soap from car when you wash them at home it rolls into the drains and pollutes the water. There are many sources that cause water pollution. Some reasons like chemicals, trash and even oil. Water is
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Chamberlain College of Nursing NR443 Community Health Nursing Summer Semester 2010 Nursing Interventions and Evaluation: Human Immunodeficiency Virus: (HIV) HIV infection remains a significant problem in Duval County, Florida. This disease significantly affects many communities and Duval County shares one of the highest HIV rates in America. One reason why Duval County faces higher rates of infection is because of the high minority population. Also, high levels of poverty and unemployment
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Community Outbreak Community Outbreak The outbreak of measles is at an all time high in 2011 with a confirmed 223 cases, up from 2008 with only a 140 confirmed cases (Iannelli, 2011). In 1989 with the last big measles out break the introduction of the MMR , measles outbreaks were scarce in the United States (Iannelli, 2011). The rise in outbreaks were linked back to foreign travel in the 2008 outbreaks (Iannelli, 2011). Another link in the rise in measles outbreak is the choice not to
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LOCAL, AND NON-GOVERNMENT WEBSITE REVIEW Vaccinations are a vital component for public health. Vaccinations prevent the effects of infectious disease such as pertussis. Pertussis or whooping cough is a highly contagious bacteria spread by coughs and sneezes. Small droplets containing the bacteria are transmitted through airborne methods, which cause the disease to be spread from person to person. In this website, review will inform and provide information over different aspects of government and non-government
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE >pathogens (bacterium, virus, parasites) invades the body and multiplirs in its cells and tissues >ex. flu, malaria, tb, measles *Bacteria >single-celled organisms that multiply rapidly on their own >most are harmless and beneficial >some are infectious ~bacterial disease - results from infection as bacteria multiply and spread throughout the body *Viruses >smaller bacteria working by invading a cell and taking over genetic machinery to copy themselves ~viral disease ex
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Hashimoto’s Disease Hashimoto’s disease is an autoimmune disease that affects the production of hormones that are produced in thyroid gland. The thyroid is responsible for making the hormones called T3 and T4. These hormones are needed so that your body knows how to use energy. When a person has this autoimmune disease, their immune system has sent out the wrong information to the body. The body then produces antibodies that attack the thyroid. This can cause long term damage to the thyroid causing
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Andrea Harris Alzheimer’s Dementia Rasmussen College Authors Note This paper is being submitted on September 13, 2012 for Abnormal Psychology summer 2012 by Andrea Harris. Alzheimer’s Disorder is a disease that severely affects not only the person, but the family as well. There is no cure, only ways to slow down the progression. This disorder is not known by a lot of people or understood. The only way to do that is by educating. In this paper I hope to go over symptoms, treatments, diagnosis
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