Essays About Disease

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. IBD is classified into two major types, Crohn’s disease (CD) and Ulcerative colitis (UC). The prevalence of CD and UC is the highest in Europe with 322 and 505 per 100,000 persons respectively...

Literature Review: Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age, affecting 6%–10% of women worldwide (Kumarnarendran et al 2018). The PCOS represents a major health burden for women with economic costs in America estimated at $US4.36 billion per...

INTRODUCTION The vulva is not a common site of injuries due to its location and the protective effects of the spontaneous adduction of the thighs which prevents direct trauma to the vulva. Howbeit some cases of both obstetric and non obstetric vulva haematomas have been...

Introduction: Cardiac arrest is characterized by an inability of the heart to function which leads to loss of breathing and consciousness. The incidence of cardiac arrest is more common in infants while compare to other pediatric age groups. Since there is an increase in mortality...

Nearly more than a million cancer cases are being diagnosed worldwide annually, among which colorectal cancer is highly prevalent. Oxaliplatin (OXP) is a third generation platinum based anti-neoplastic agent mainly employed for colorectal cancer, marketed as FOLFOX- a combination drug of Oxaliplatin, 5-Fluorouracil and folinic...

The nervous system has numerous disorders. Though one order heard of today is a neurological disorder named epilepsy. When brain activity becomes unusual and causes a seizure that is the disorder known as epilepsy. These seizures happen unexpectedly and are different for each case or...

Earlier this year the National Football League community was left in awe with the news of Aaron Hernandez committing suicide in prison, who was serving a life sentence from a 2012 case when he was charged with double murder and unlawful possession of a firearm....

The role of soft-tissue position and its activity in the etiology of malocclusion has been well documented in literature. Lingual frenulum is a type of soft tissue which often gets overlooked in routine examination (Kleim R, 2009). A frenulum is a small muscle which covers...

More than 90% of of cancer related mortality is caused by metastasis. To develop new therapeutic strategies it is vital to understand the initiation and progression of metastasis. To identify and isolate metastasis initiating tumour-cells scientists developed a fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS)-based array. There are...

Globally, for more than 30 years, women throughout the world have been using the IUD as their primary method of contraception. It is that fact, the most commonly used reversible method among married women of reproductive age worldwide. The recent statistics estimates almost one in...

Musculoskeletal elements that face the heat of aging the most are the joints. As a result of years of overuse, joints forming the knees, hips, and hands begin showing signs of inflammation that often indicates an onset of Osteoarthritis. While it is incurable, Osteoarthritis can...

Deaf children face extra challenges when it comes to starting school. Most students come in with language deprivation—in American Sign Language (ASL). More than ninety percent of deaf children are born to hearing parents according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders....

In multiple studies, at both transcript and protein levels, increased expression of biomarkers Rrm1, Rrm2 as well as Tyms were observed in NSCLC patients and suggested for their implications in cancer therapy (Grossi F et al. 2015, PMID: 26663950, Maus MK et al. 2013, PMID:...

Sickle cell is hereditary, cures are difficult to discover. By the time a person is diagnosed with the disease it’s too late, the harm has already been done. The complicated task at hand required even more depth research described in this paper. The ideal solution...

Rabies case study Rabies is a very interesting disease to research as it is such a complex virus. It is a zoonotic disease spread through bites or saliva of an infected animal. It is usually fatal as it does not show definitive signs of the...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease is a disease. This disease attacks nerve cell and pathways to the brain and the spain cord. The nerve cells that are being attacked control muscle function that control the body mean all motor...

Intellectual disability (I.D.) is not an uncommon condition and it may be present from birth or childhood. Some significant conditions that are seen in those individuals that have I.D. are lower intellectual functioning than an average person of the same age, having significant delays in...

Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and has been predicted to reach about 24 million in the next two decades (Are et al., 2017). A major part of cancer treatment involves cytotoxic drug therapies, which may lead to secondary health problems such...

Introduction The most recent report from the Centers for Disease Control estimates that 1 in 59 children have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (Centers for Disease Control, 2018). This is a 15% increase from their last estimation two years ago, which highlights the importance...