Cystic Fibrosis is one of the most common and fatal genetic diseases in the United States. Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that causes the body to produce a thick, sticky mucus that clogs the lungs. This can lead to infection and blocks in the pancreas, which stops digestive enzymes from reaching the intestine where they are required in order to digest(“Learning About Cystic Fibrosis,” 2013). Cystic Fibrosis can go undiagnosed for a long period of time. For example, Mackenzie Dondanville 11 years old
Cancer is one of the most destructive and scariest diseases that anyone could develop. According to statistics, there is approximately a 38.5% chance of getting cancer in one’s lifetime. Even if you personally do not get cancer you will live through the destructiveness of cancer from someone close to you because cancer does not discriminate; cancer kills young, old, weak and strong. I myself have lived through this horrible experience and have seen how it completely destroys and tears a family apart
There are many symptoms of NF1 such as, Neurofibromas that are common tumors in NF that develop on or just under the skin but can appear deeper in the body, also neurofibromas are composed of nervous system tissue and fibrous tissue. However lisch nodules are clumps of pigment in the iris, and can confirm a case of NF. Most serious symptoms of NF are shown at birth or early in life, one of these symptoms is known as scoliosis. Scoliosis is curvature of the spine. Often children with NF also have
Cancer continues to be the number one leading cause of death by disease in children. It is imperative that more work be done in order to improve survival rates for children with cancer. The importance behind this health issue is that major advances in medicine haven’t significantly improved survivor rates nor have medical advances reduced the number of cancer cases per year in children under 18 years of age (Curtin, Minino, Anderson, 2016).“Congressman McCaul is a father of five and knows that every
SITUATION ANALYSIS Heart disease has been commonly deemed as a “man’s plague”. However, according to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the no. 1 killer of women. In fact, studies show that one in three women die from heart disease each year ("Heart disease statistics,”). Recognizing the misunderstanding and lack of knowledge women had regarding this problem, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) collaborated with Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide to develop an integrated
Cancer is a type of disease that is caused by uncontrolled division of abnormal cells found in the body. There are many types of cancers that people deal with in this society and here are some examples: bone cancer, breast cancer, kidney cancer, and lung cancer, etc. In my following paragraphs I will be talking about lung cancer. Lung cancer is common in females and males. Lung cancer is a type of cancer that occurs when cells in the body undergoes a mutation that causes them to grow rapidly and
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in men and women. Approximately 47% of Americans have one of the three leading factors of heart disease which are high blood pressure, high cholesterol and smoking (Heart Disease Facts, 2015). Although high cholesterol is not a modifiable risk, high blood pressure and smoking as well as being overweight, obese, having a poor diet, physical inactivity and excessive alcohol use are modifiable. The consequences of obesity with secondary diabetes
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a motile, rod-shaped, gram-negative organism. It is an opportunistic, nosocomial pathogen. P. aeruginosa is reported to affect around 3700 to 4000 people per year. Although P. aeruginosa is ubiquitous in the environment in things such as soil, water, and plants, it is also commonly acquired in hospitals; especially in intensive care units. It rarely occurs in a healthy person. The infection occurs in people who are already hospitalized or have a weak immune system. An example
In the United States (U.S.), chronic diseases are the leading cause of death and disability. Chronic disease activities are sparsely delivered in the U.S. despite the fact that 7 out of 10 deaths are caused by chronic diseases, every year; and 75% of our health care costs 75% of health care costs are attributable to preventable diseases.1,2 One main reason for this imbalance is that funding for chronic disease prevention activities is limited. In fact, only 3% of the U.S. total health expenditure
Document A is mainly about how people are getting cancer and it also shows the rate of people that getting cancer and the number of rates that dying from cancer. Document B is mainly about whats causes cancer and things that can cause cancer would be food, drink, habit such as smoking tobacco and basking in the sun Document C. mainly talks about how you can prevent from getting cancer id by making sure proto oncogenes dont turn on by keep a healthy growth. Document D mainly talks about how employees