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Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. There are very few people who have not been affected, directly or indirectly, by cancer. It is a disease that has plagued the world for as as far back as history can track, and today, takes the lives of over fifteen hundred people each day. (Canary Foundation) (World Cancer Clock). Cancer is also one of the medical field’s greatest mysteries. Although there have been many therapies developed to eliminate the effects of cancer in the

Cancer is one of the most growing concern disease in most of developed countries. Especially here in USA. According to many study there are more 2 people out of five which are affected by cancer. Colon cancer is one of the most common cancer in the USA. According to study it is the third most common colon pathogenies in USA according American Cancer Society. The risk of exposing and developing colon cancer is very small and still the problem is very big. Every year several people lose their life

INTRODUCTION Heart disease is the number one killer of women in the world1. Hypertension (HTN) also known as high blood pressure (HBP) is a major risk factor for heart disease2. African Americans have the highest incidence of high blood pressure in the United States3, by controlling hypertension African Americans can lower their risk for heart disease. Heart Disease is preventable. African American Health Dilemma African Americans in 2009 had the largest death rates from heart disease and stroke compared

Wondering what is Cystic Fibrosis is? Ever hear of Cystic Fibrosis? Me either! I was lost when I heard of it. So I did a little research on cystic fibrosis. I found the who discovered it, the etiology, signs, and treatment. While people have surely passed on from CF for a huge number of years, the first clear references to the ailment reach out back just a couple of hundreds of years. European old stories from the Middle Ages cautioned "burden is the type who tastes salty from a kiss on the forehead

Contact with germs is a concern for people with cystic fibrosis. Sticky mucus build up in the lung allow these germs to thrive and multiple (About Cystic Fibrosis, 2013). Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative bacteria very commonly carried around by healthy individuals without any symptoms. But for people who are ill and have weak immune systems, this bacteria can cause a deadly infection. Infection is hard to treat because Pseudomonas aeruginosa can resist many antibiotics. Pseudomonas aeruginosa

men and women equally (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney, 2008). Acromegaly was first described by Andrea Verga in 1868. Pierre Marie, in 1886, coined the term “acromegaly” and characterized the clinical features of this rare disease. Marie's first case was that of a thirty seven-year-old

Abstract A rare disease can be classified by the small number of cases, the disease process, symptoms, a diagnosis and the treatment options. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a rare, degenerative and possibly fatal brain disease. Written in The New England Journal of Medicine, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has approximately 1 case per million people and about 1/10,000 that of Alzheimer’s disease (Tyler, 2003). This research essay will discuss the ways an individual can become infected, the symptoms an infected

Since the introduction of imaging modalities and procedures a slow headway has been made towards new and interesting studies to further understand disease and discover certain pathologies. One such pathology that has multiple studies throughout multiple imaging modalities in order to be diagnosed is the pathology of palpable abdominal masses. An abdominal mass is a lump inside the abdomen which can be in different quadrants of the abdomen based on which structure it is attached to (Tidy, 2018).

when another child three doors down did not is not a good feeling. The first question they think of is “Why me?”. It's only natural for people who go through similar experiences to compare themselves to each other, however, when the outcomes of the disease affects the patients in different ways this guilt can be triggered (“Moving Beyond”). For outsiders, putting themselves in the shoes of the survivor can be hard. Some believe that it’s fake and easy to get over. “The feeling of guilt is real, but

The doors and the windows and all of the openings were boarded up, like they had been for so long. No natural daylight came into our home. It lured in the mosquitoes, after all, not to mention all of the other foul creatures. Other precautions had been taken long ago, and we drank milk instead of water. Many said that the milk didn’t lure in mosquitoes, and the rats were (usually) easily dealt with. . . Wooden poles were not far from fireplaces, so that we could burn the flesh of the virus-affected