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Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer’s disease is the disease of the century. This disease is affecting many lives, families, and caregivers. This research presented is to help educate on the topic of Alzheimer’s disease, which many people aren’t aware enough about. Statistics are given to show how extreme this disease is, and how many people it’s affecting in society. Also statistics are presented that give the amount of money being spent relating to Alzheimer’s disease. This research explains

1.3.10 Assessment of patients with suspected stable angina Chest pain is a very common symptom, and around 20% to 40% of the general population will experience chest pain in their lives(149). In the UK, up to 2 % of visits to a general practitioner are due to new onset chest pain (150). Approximately 5% of visits to the emergency department are due to a complaint of chest pain, and up to 40% of emergency hospital admissions are the result of chest pain(149, 151). Approximately 52,000 new cases of

Severe dentofacial/crainiofacial deformities affecting children can have an adverse effect on their function (eg, mastication, swallowing, breathing, or speech). Such deformities may require early surgical interventions in order to improve their quality of life. Despite going through these early surgeries, those patients and their parents must be made aware that additional surgery will probably be necessary later. Children with severely progressive congenital deficiencies affecting function/health

Nanotechnology for prostate cancer Ming Gao NEU ID: 001983161 NNMD 5270 Introduction to Nanomedicine Science and Technology Professor Srinivas Sridhar Dr. Anne L. van de Ven Northeastern University 12/08/2014   Introduction Prostate cancer (PCa), the development of cancer in the prostate, is one of the most mortal diseases that threaten men’s lives in current world. It is the most commonly diagnosed non-skin cancer in the United States, and it is second leading cause of cancer deaths in

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a striatal dopamine deficiency disorder as a consequence of neuronal loss in the substania nigra. It is named after James Parkinson, a British apothecary, who first fully documented its physical signs in 1817. Since then, significant advances have been made in our understanding of characteristic pathophysiology as well as in the medical treatment of different stages of PD. An overview of condition features in terms of epidemiology, manifestations, diagnosis and disease

Epidemiologically, there are multiplicities of potential causes for depression ranging from – Psychological, , socio-environmental and biological factors Psychologically, unresolved issues from childhood, constant fear of death, low self esteem , extreme dependence and chronic pessimism could cause depression. for example the object relation theory by Kern berg, looking at relationship people have with love object and how these relationship could cause depression when there is real or symbolic loss

TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY Diagnostic and Surgical Techniques INTRODUCTION Epilepsy was conceptually defined in 2005 as a disorder of the brain characterised by enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures (1). This disorder is approached with such fear and trepidation by the medical and lay person alike, due to it expression of violent muscular activity in most cases. Much work and study has been done to understand that pathological process, and one etiology that is of surgical importance

Why do some parents still have the limited biased experiences of their daughters not being able to take on the full plate of both pink and blue? Being the only daughter, I had to deal with not being able to do what my brothers can do because I’m a girl. My brother and I go out every other weekend with our own friends. As soon as it’s midnight I start getting phone calls from my parents asking where am I at, and what time am I getting home. If I say I’ll be home in an hour or so they flip out and

Brain is highly metabolic and important organ of the body. Even though it weighs only 2% body weight, however, requires disproportionate amount (~20 %) of the total blood flow. Unprecedented fall in cerebral blood flow (CBF) would quickly lead to unconsciousness and, if sustained for longer period of time would result in brain damage and death. Therefore, CBF is tightly regulated in the brain, as it facilitates the delivery of essential substrates required for metabolism and removal of metabolic

Abstract Adolescents are considered maladjusted experimental subjects towards drug addiction and its psychological approach. The relationships between the two subjects were taken under investigation from ages ranging from preschool to adulthood. It appears that those who were frequently engaged in drug use showed signs of irregular personality, poor impulse control and emotional agitation. Neurobiological processes relevant to drug addiction focused significantly upon limbic subcortical structures