Articles, tagged with "genetic conditions", page 4
18th February 2009
One in every three adults in the United States today is overweight, a trend that has been on the rise for the past two decades. Too many people resort to fad diets and over-the-counter weight loss aids when the bottom line is simple: our bodies need a bal...
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Author:
Daniel Berry
11th November 2008
However most types of cancers can be beaten, if you catch it up soon enough, and even if you don't there are new treatments coming out by the minute everyday that will help you fight and successfully beat cancer. There are however some types of cancers th...
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Author:
stbotanica
17th October 2008
Metabolic disorders are genetic conditions where enzymes used to digest food do not function properly. They can lead to mild to severe brain damage, physical disability, organ failure and even death. Metabolism is the process your body uses to get or make...
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Author:
Juliet Cohen
23rd September 2008
Glue Ear
Glue Ear is a condition in which fluid accumulates in the middle ear behind the eardrum. It is the most common cause of partial deafness in children and it is estimated that one in four children are affected at some stage in their childhood. I...
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Author:
Arazoo
09th September 2008
Fragile X is a family of genetic conditions. Fragile X syndrome also known Martin-Bell syndrome. It is caused by an abnormality in a single gene. Fragile X syndrome caused by mutation of the FMR1 gene on the X chromosome. It affects approximately 1 in eve...
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Author:
Juliet Cohen
25th June 2008
Colpocephaly is the type forehead is chaotic. This is has the occipital horn one kind of unusual expansion - lateral ventricle behind either rear area the part is chaotic (hole or chamber) the brain. This kind of expansion occurs when has the development ...
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Author:
Juliet Cohen
19th June 2008
Whether you are following a rapid weight loss diet plan or trying to lose weight slowly, you are facing a life style change that is based totally on how your working week goes. Attitude and poor habits are the biggest downfall of all of us and in particul...
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Author:
Allen
26th May 2008
Cephalic disorders are congenital conditions that stem from damage to or abnormal development of the budding nervous system. Most cephalic disorders are caused by a disturbance that occurs very early in the development of the fetal nervous system. Damag...
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Author:
Corwin Brown
21st May 2008
Aortic coarctation is a narrowing of region of the aorta. The aorta carries blood from the eye to the vessels that provide the system with blood and nutrients. If region of the aorta is narrowed, it is difficult for blood to give through the artery. Coarc...
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Author:
Juliet Cohen
20th May 2008
Recognised in Japan in the 1960s, this is a progressive occlusive cerebral arteritis affecting the distal internal carotid arteries near the Circle of Willis. Moyamoya is Japanese for "puff of smoke" and describes the appearance of the resultant network...
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Author:
Corwin Brown
01st May 2008
Weight loss programs vary and whether you have decided on a rapid weight loss plan or one where you lose weight more slowly and steadily, your other weekly commitments will have a bearing on how successful you are. Attitude and poor habits are the biggest...
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Author:
Gerald Montgomery
28th April 2008
Dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is an autosomal predominant neurodegenerative disease. It is characterized by respective combinations of ataxia, choreoathetosis, myoclonus, epilepsy, and dementia as easily as a broad scope of ages at onslaugh...
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Author:
Juliet Cohen
28th April 2008
Alexander disease is a set of genetic conditions called the leukodystrophies that affect development of the myelin sheath, the fatty covering, which acts as an insulator-on nerve fibers in the brain. Alexander disease is considered an autosomal dominant d...
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Author:
Juliet Cohen
03rd March 2008
Epilepsy (seizure disorder, fits) is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent instances of seizure or tremors. These are due to abnormal excitation from brain. Epilepsy treatment methods are aimed at controlling the disease. Most cases of juveni...
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Author:
Dev Sri
26th February 2008
DNA testing is by far the most effective and accurate means by which a biological relationship can be said to exist between one person and another. Whether that be through traditional paternity testing or alternatively testing some more distant relationsh...
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Author:
Kevin Camilleri