Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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    In the 21st century we have entered an era where there has been human and machine interfaces.We envision that the human brain takes in data and running the data to unknown process to tell us are action or well beings. In order for our brain to process information , it must be stored. There are multiple memory of the brain including sensory, working, and long term. Once the memory is stored then the information has to be retrieved. The sensors can use that information either transfer the information

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    The Woman Who Sweats Blood From Her Palms and Her Face A twenty-one-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital in Italy after noticing blood in her sweat. Ds. Roberto Maglie and Dr. Marzia Caproni, dermatologists at the University of Florence, reported the case on October 23, 2017. The patient had no signs of lesions on her body, however, the bleeding occurred whenever she would exert enough energy to sweat. Due to the symptoms, the young woman isolated herself and is diagnosed with severe depression

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    Firstly, it can be used to locate diseases that damage muscle tissue, nerves, or the junctions between the two. These problems may include a herniated disc, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or myasthenia gravis (MG). Secondly, it can be used to detect the origin of weakness, paralysis, or muscle twitching. Problems in a muscle, the nerves supplying a muscle, the spinal cord, or the area of the brain that controls a

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    dying of poverty while we continue faking our value with credit cards. People care more about trending “hashtags” than actual events that affect everyone. For example the ice bucket challenge was supposed to help promote awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis disease but very few people that did the challenge actually

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    feelings get hurt. Society discriminates disabled people because of their looks (not all).Society thinks they aren't capable of working. A perfect example for people who are disabled and are not dumb are Stephen Hawking, he is diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (AL'S) and is the world's smartest man. He is a Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology. This proves wrong all people who say disabled people are dumb, they don't know what they are

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    separation of soul and body where the body is destroyed and the soul remains. Another argument is that even if our bodies deteriorate, our minds remain sturdy. A perfect example of that is the physicist Stephen Hawking who suffers from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis disease. In the same way, even if the mind fails the body remains strong. An example of that is a person with Alzheimer disease. However, Dualism comes with a problem called Interactionism. For example, if we hit our thumb with a hammer

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    helped around 120 to 130 patients kill themselves, many of which were not said to have a terminable illness but did have severe suffering. In 1998, Kevorkian received a letter from Thomas Youk, a 52-year-old male who was suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease (Press, 1993, p. 1). He suffered from the disease for two years, and decided he did not want to live in that condition anymore. Kevorkian completed an in-depth interview on Thomas and recorded

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    Model Neurons

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    One MND you might recognize is Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease). ALS is caused by the death of neurons; the nerve cells break down which reduces the ability to function. Because the motor neuron has died, the brain cannot initiate and control the muscles. With voluntary muscle action progressively affected, people may lose the ability to speak, eat, move and breathe. There are many more MNDs like primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy, progressive

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