Prions are neither fungal nor viral and they contain no genetic material, but they have been held responsible for a number of degenerative brain diseases including CJD. The harmless and infectious forms of prion protein are nearly identical making it nearly impossible to tell the difference, but the infectious prion takes a folded shape compared to the normal protein. For many reasons still unknown this prion, when altered, can destroy nervous system tissues like the brain and the spinal cord. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and its variants belong to a broad group of human and animal diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or TSEs. The name is derived from the spongy holes that are only visible under a microscope that develop in the affected brain tissue.
Another key problem was that there were was no direct manipulation of the independent variable so the study doesn’t tell us which element of the stress index is most important and related to the decrease in immune function. Therefore a cause and effect relationship cannot be entirely confirmed, yet a strong correlation between the life stress and the common cold occurred, and for that reason it can be assumed that they were associated with one another. On the other hand the study measured the health outcomes of the participants which proved that there was a relationship between the variables. The results show that the higher the stress index it scored, the more susceptible the participants were to the common cold which subsequently supports Cohen’s theory. Also the study was covered by rigorous ethical considerations as all
Duplicate the pyramid from the Maslow sample below onto a poster board. Label the various stages. For each chapter, post the two properly cited quotations that support Richard's placement on the hierarchy. Questions: Email: kshea@manchesterct.gov; b11bwarr@manchesterct.gov What motivates behavior? According to humanist psychologist Abraham Maslow, our actions are motivated in order achieve certain needs.
1 – The Biological approach treats mental illnesses as any other illness by labelling it, normally by using the DSM IV or ICD 10 then using drugs to treat the illness (or psychosurgery). This approach has little room for free will as it believes that
Unit 1 – Health & Human Development MEDIA ANALYSIS – Determinants of Health & Development 1. What was the impact that biological determinants had on “Big Mike’s” health and development? Consider genetic inheritance (such as body type, sex, and hormones). How does this compare with the biological determinants that SJ inherited? There was a huge impact that biological determinants had on Big Mike’s health and development.
All About Crohn’s Disease According to Brenda Ruthruff, author of Clinical Review of Crohn’s Disease, approximately 1.5 million people in the United States and more than 2 million people in Europe suffer from Crohn’s Disease (Ruthruff, 2007). Crohn’s Disease was first described by Dalziel from the Western Infirmary in Glasgow, but then named after Dr. Burrill Crohn’s and collegues in 1932 (Wang, 2011). Crohn’s Disease of CD as it may be mentioned throughout the paper, is an inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract (Ruthruff, 2007). The etiology, symptoms, treatments and complications will be discussed in this paper. The cause of Crohn’s disease is unknown.
These diseases are seen not only in the adult population but in our children as well. With the obese and overweight child population the disease processes lead to early adult mortality as well as childhood hypertension, diabetes, and psychological health problems (World health Organization, 2011). These diseases are non-communicable yet have mortality rates that parallel those of communicable status. Research from the U.N Global Health Decade states that these same diseases were responsible for 36 million death across the globe, with hypertension being responsible for 13% of early mortality, physical inactivity being six percent, and overweight and obesity five percent. According to the numbers reported in the 2011 Global Health profiles 73.5% of all males, and 68.2% of all females in the United States were overweight, whereas 31.1 and 34.8% prospectively were
Jack The Ripper Who doesn’t recognize Jack the Ripper as one of the most notorious killers of all time? He was never caught and was one of the first serial killers to prey on innocent citizens. I don’t believe that it was the fault of the police for not capturing Jack the Ripper for many reasons. Apart from the lack of technology which limited the police to witnesses there are many other significant reasons for never finding and stopping the Whitechapel murderer. Although there is overwhelming evidence to say that the police did their best there are still two sides to the argument.
Dementia is a psychological construct defined as serious mental impairment in old age caused by physical deterioration of the brain. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia. Alzheimer’s disease causes brain cells to degenerate and die which causes a steady decline in memory loss and mental function. Alzheimer’s is classified as the DSM-IV-TR code 294.10 without behavioral disturbance, 294.11 with behavioral disturbance and 331.0 on Axis III. According to the Alzheimer’s Association research, an estimated 5.4 million people are living with Alzheimer’s disease and it is the sixth leading cause of death in the country and the only cause of death in the top ten that cannot be prevented, cured or slowed down.
Martin M. Matzuk, Michael R. McKeown, Panagis Filippakopoulos, Qinglei Li, Lang Ma, Julio E. Agno, Madeleine E. Lemieux, Sarah Picaud, Richard N. Yu, Jun Qi, Stefan Knapp, James E. Bradner. Small-Molecule Inhibition of BRDT for Male Contraception. Cell, 2012; 150 (4): 673 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2012.06.045 2. William J. Bremner. Contraception for Men: A Breakthrough New Approach.