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Overview of Tuberculosis

only logical that they would pass it along to the humans who ingest their milk. Attempts to quell the organism by way of laborato...

Overview of Leukemia

children (Steen and Mirro 14). This suggests different causes of adult and childhood cancer, something that could in fact be a s...

Mad Cow Disease

of CJD, variant CJD (vCJD). Mad Cow Disease is spread when cows and other ruminants are fed protein of other mammals. Many cattl...

Case Study Analysis of Disease and Heredity

which would have put him at greater risk for dying of heart disease, regardless of his genetic makeup. Smoking is considered the ...

Epidemiology of Tay Sachs Disease

peripheral vision and eventual blindness, mental retardation, paralysis, and non-responsiveness (National Tay-Sachs and Allied Dis...

Disease and Various Factors to be Considered

by severe degeneration of the Central Nervous System, a degeneration which most often manifests prior to the age of three but whic...

Overview of Taxco, Mexico

in the silver mines. Catholic clergy protested, but to no avail. The agricultural economy suffered, as did much commerce other t...

Infectious Disease Control and Precautions That Are Standard Based

are theoretically viable, but there is actually no evidence to support the claim that UPs will actually reduce the number of expos...

Spinal Tuberculosis Management and Prevention Literature Review

is actually a form of tuberculosis. The story of Alexander Pope is just an anecdote and by no means signifies its origin. Skeleton...

Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Management

to the health care system, or that everyone should be screened just in case, but rather, that the testing can be uncomfortable, an...

Medical Evaluation Steps Regarding Coexisting Conditions and Chest Pain

professional must carefully evaluate this patient using all that is known about each of these conditions. Pain such as that being...

Type 2 Diabetes

Kolatkar, 2005). For instance, a lack of exercise and obesity are believed to contribute to diabetes (American Diabetes Associatio...

Transgenic Genetically Engineered Plant Applications

need to apply harmful pesticides. One of the precepts of transgenetics is that it will better the human condition. Today...

Overview of Rosacea

in other parts of the body (NAIMS/NIH, 2002). Significant Statistics Rosacea appears most commonly in older adults, especially ...

Avian Flu 2

include HPAI in a local bird population and contact with another patient with an unexplained repository disease and a positive res...

Graves Disease/Proposed Research

variety of immunologic features that are similar to autoimmune hypotheroidism, such as "high serum concentrations of antibodies ag...

Late Onset Alzheimer's Development Risks and APOE

but questions still remain regarding the accuracy of the argument that the presence of APOE is a substantial predictor for late-on...

Overview of Existing Research on Nitric Oxide Induced Apoptosis

apoptosis in particular cell types (RCDRG, 2004). "Nitric oxide has been demonstrated to inhibit apoptosis in a number of cell ty...

Enzyme Replacement Therapy Modes of Administration

to replace missing or defective enzymes, and some have argued that treatment options can often cause problems that hinder the effe...

An Overview of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

etiology of the disease is not well understood, but substantive research suggests that individuals who suffer from ALS have mutati...

An Examination of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

etiology of the disease is not well understood, but substantive research suggests that individuals who suffer from ALS have mutati...

Literature Review on Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units and th Effects of Improved Oral Care

that inadequate understanding of the impact of oral health in the hospital setting can be evidenced, and Holmes (1996) further con...

EU and British Cattle Products

course of preventing panic (and a potential market collapse of commodities) was to ban British beef from the EU. One main ...

Australia Focus on Breast Cancer

carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...

Heart Disease and Serum Cholesterol

contends that conflicting results occurred in such studies because of "inadequate sample size". The article references the World ...

A look at the Herpes Viruses

subfamily have longer reproductive cycles and a more narrow host range. In this group, infected "cells often become enlarged. Lat...

The Diverse Disease of Dengue, Plague, Malaria, and the West Nile Virus

malaria first received widespread attention when it began to affect returning servicemen that had contracted the disease while se...

Codebook for Social Research and a Research Prospectus for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Among African Americans

5. Poor INDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVE CODING Inductive coding, which is represented most by the more open questions regarding t...

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

a consequence rather than a cause (NursingLink, 2007). There has also been some evidence that the Epstein-Barr virus may cause Ho...

STDs and Pregnancy

It wreaks its toll on 100,000 pregnancies per year (CDC, 2009). Gonorrhea and Hepatitis B are less common culprits among pregnant...