With science there are many branches, one of these branches is Microbiology and within this specific branch theories have been created. It may not be obvious theories are ever evolving and go through changes and previous theories are falsified and new ones emerge. For instance, the theory of biogenesis was first introduced by a man …
Globalization is characterized by liberalization of international trade, increased travel between countries and migration, and more exposure to the dominant Western media. Knowledge and technology are now shared at great speeds among people of different nationalities because of the wider availability of Internet connection. Governments around the world have more opportunities to work together …
Ever since the beginning of time, rulers and dictators have tried to control the so-called lesser beings into doing anything they want them to do and made them slaves for their own pleasure. These lords of leadership have cruelly made their peasants scrub the toilet full of putrid smelling feces, lay there crying while they …
Breast Disease ABSTRACT Breast disease is a leading women’s health issue. It is now the most common form of cancer among women in the United States, affecting 1 out of 8 in their lifetime. With such a disease a change or cure must be found to protect the health of millions of women. The aspects …
A C T I V I T Y 2 Plasma Glucose, Insulin, and Diabetes Mellitus 1. What is a glucose standard curve, and why did you need to obtain one for this experiment? Did you correctly predict how you would measure the amount of plasma glucose in a patient sample using the glucose standard curve? …
Pulmonary embolism is a blockage in a lung artery. The blockage usually is caused by a blood clot that travels to the lung from a vein in the leg. In most cases, the clots are small and are not deadly, but they can cause serious damage to the lungs. However, If the clot is quite …
ENCEPHALITISEncephalitis literally means an inflammation of the brain, but it usually refers to brain inflammation caused by a virus. It may also be called “acute viral encephalitis or aseptic encephalitis”. Encephalitis is an infectious disease of the Central Nervous System characterized by pathologic changes in both the gray and white matter of the spinal cord …
Introduction At the beginning of my written assignment I have been asked to make a research about catching and non- catching disease and to take one communicable and one non-communicable disease by explicating the similarities and the difference between both. My chosen diseases are malaria which is catching and skin malignant neoplastic disease which is …
Graves’ disease is an autoimmune status impacting the thyroid secretory organ that consequences in abnormally high degrees of thyroid endocrine to be released into the organic structure doing thyrotoxicosis. There is no remedy for Graves’ but patterned advance of the disease can be halted by taking the thyroid secretory organ. Mild to chair instances may …
Common Diseases of Late Adulthood The elderly (those aged above 60 years) makes up a part of the general population and – thanks to advancements in the healthcare sciences and technology – has begun to occupy a larger share of the population pie due to the resulting increased life-expectancy. It is even estimated that …
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is a killer. What we know is that it wastes no time. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease will kill a person within one year of contraction. It is yet unknown how Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease chooses its victims, but it does seem to have accomplices, known as the spongiform encephalopathies, in the rest of the animal kingdom. It …
Osteoporosis is the disease marked by weak, brittle bones mostly found in women. The medical significance of this disease is that the bones lose both calcium for strength and matrix for support. Osteoporosis is the scientific name of the disease, but another term for it is osteopenia. The common name for it is osteoporosis. One …
When I first think about Dementia and Alzheimer’s, I typically think that these terms relate more to the elderly. What really is the difference between the two? According to our text, dementia is a permanent loss of mental ability that is serious enough to impair daily living tasks. People who have one of the many …
Prostate gland diseases, including cancer are estimated to be one of the leading cause of male death worldwide and its management is based on guidelines regarding diagnosis, evaluation, treatment and continuing care. Prostate cancer is the most common noncutaneous cancer among males [1]. The diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer continue to evolve. With the …
Abstract Kuru is a fatal, non-treatable prion disease. Consuming the diseased tissues will result in transfer of the disease. Kuru affects the brain and nervous tissue in humans and lays latent for a long period of time. Growing medical awareness has helped in the decline of the cycle of the disease. History According to Bidon, …
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs), formerly known as venereal diseases, infectious diseases passed from one person to another during sexual contact. STDs are among the most common infections known. More than 12 million people in the United States, including 3 million teenagers, are infected with STDs every year. The United States has the highest STD rate …
Word Count: 1596SUNDOWNING AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASESundowning, or sundown syndrome are terms that have been used for over 20 years to describe the reversal of day and night which often occurs in Alzheimer’s and other dementing illnesses. (2) Those who are impacted are often called Sundowners and they act as if their biological clocks have reversed …
Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spiral bacteria called Treponema pallidum. Syphilis consists of three main stages, primary stage, secondary stage, and latent stage. The latent stage may lead to a final stage called the tertiary stage. There are many cures to syphilis, and it is virtually eliminated from today’s society. There …
Introduction Cardiovascular disease is a broad term used to refer to any and all diseases related to the vascular system or the cardiac muscle. These include diseases include coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease (CVD), Hypertension, rheumatic disease of the heart, congenital diseases, congestive cardiac failure etc. “Atherosclerosis is the root cause of the biggest killer …
In Somalia, a mosquito bite that consequences in diseases and infections are really common. One of the mosquito-borne infections that occur frequently in Somalia consequences from Dengue Virus. The Dengue virus is an arborvirus that is transmitted to worlds and non-human Primatess by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The Dengue virus is a mosquito-borne infection that …
Living with a Virus When most people think about the Herpes Simplex Virus, most believe that is categorized only as a sexually transmitted disease that affects areas of the male and female genitalia. In that case it would be a sexually transmitted disease however, Herpes Simplex Virus can be transmitted in several ways and affect …
Eye Problems and Diseases Eye condition Acanthamoeba eye infections in contact lens wearers are rare but serious, and they often start because of improper lens handling and poor hygiene. Amblyopia also known as lazy eye, affects just two to three percent of the population. But, if left uncorrected, this vision problem can have a very …
Huntingtons Disease is caused by the genetically programmed degeneration of brain cells, called neurons. Symptoms of this include clumsiness, forgetfulness, mood swings, lack of coordination, depression, and involuntary twitching. It causes emotional disturbance, uncontrolled movements like the head, trunk and limbs, and loss of intellectual faculties. Also slowly diminishes ability to walk, think, talk, and …
1.1.1 Foodborne Pathogenic diseases Foodborne unwellnesss are defined as diseases, which are caused by agents that entered the organic structure from the consumption of nutrient by World Health Organization ( WHO ) . They are normally infective or toxic in nature: the unwellnesss caused by presence of infective bacteriums or other species of bugs are …
