Perhaps your family has a medical history of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, or Huntington's disease. ... In either situations, there is no guarantee that because Alzheimer's may run in your family, that you will automatically inherit the disease. There is also no guarantee that just because there is no known history for a genetic disease in the family, that you may not be a carrier for a certain type of genetic disease. And what about the percentage of affecting your future children or existing children? ... Everyone has a right to know about what is going on ins...

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Now it is one of the rarest diseases in the world. ... Kidney disease requires a patient to excess water and waste removed from the body by kidney dialysis. ... In-Vitro or "in glass" studies are those performed with biological molecules or cells outside of their normal setting, compared to animal testing where you take the whole organ out of the animal or the whole animal and experiment on it. Chemical testing is exactly what it sounds like, testing while using chemicals in beauty products and in medicines to make sure they work, compared to testing on animals or even humans. ... ...

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The rise of anorexia and obesity in the western world has resulted in what can be called a serious health and psychological epidemic. ... However, I do understand how these sub-cultures could provide support and help fight discrimination, or be a healthy outlet to express thoughts and emotions with those similar to you. ... For example, "Since the body burns water all through the night, it's a good idea to drink a glass before going to bed and one when you rise in the morning. ... It will make you feel full. Devour anything that helps you lose weight, for example, cough drops, hoodia or f...

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Galactosemia lacks an enzyme that helps the body break down galactose which causes the metabolic part of the disease. ... For the exception of galactose, children with Galactosemia disease need the same kinds and amount of nutrients as any other child without this disease so that they can grow and develop normally. ... A personal knowledge of your family history of Galactosemia is helpful if you consider having children. The disease can be treated with several treatments. Patients with Galactosemia should find it easier to manage what he or she may include in their diet so that they can live l...

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Levin says that "when [a company sells] something to a client, they have a right to believe that you want that security to work for them " (Reuters 2010). ... Goldman Sachs lied to their clients by not telling them that the prices of Timberwolf stocks were expected to drop because they wanted to make more money, but what they did is considered fraud and deception. ... That is what the results of his data and testing suggested, but this was not the case. ... With diseases like cancer and AIDS, some people need as much medication as possible. ... If nothing is done, the disease will not get bett...

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Imagine your head feels full of wet sand and when you try to read, words swim on the page. ... People severely ill with CFS have a functional level that is significantly lower than that of someone with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, someone with heart disease or multiple sclerosis. ... As you can see, the symptoms are very much like many other conditions. ... Research has shown that the illness is 3 times more common in women, a rate similar to that of many autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and lupus. ... Today, it is still unknown as to what is the true cause of CFS. ...

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The people in question include those who are currently diagnosed with disease and others who can potentially be exposed in their lifetimes. ... While that seems like a worrying statistic at first, the chances of an average person getting it are close to 0 when you consider the population of the United States is above 300 million people. ... The disease is most commonly found in adults, but it can occur at any age. ... The very nature of the disease was so complex and hard to pinpoint and attack, that a drug like Gleevec was a pipe dream. ... Now we know that Gleevec cures most patients, but a...

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Genetic Testing Genetic testing uses a variety of techniques to determine if a person has a genetic disease or condition or is likely to get the disease. ... The use of this testing brings about widespread concerns of discrimination against individuals with genetic predisposition to disease, and the fear of an underclass of unemployable people could emerge. ... To others, privacy is the right to decide what information others can know about you. ... Nazi Germany practiced the worst examples of eugenics through forcible sterilization and in some cases extermination of people with inherited dis...

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Nowadays, anyone has chances of developing this disease; there is no distinction between social classes and ages. ... This condition occurs when the body stores energy as fat, gained over the time by consuming more calories than what are actually needed. ... What we do together, how we spend our time together, what we eat and how we organize ourselves as family matters". ... One possibility is that repeated exposure to food ads stimulates specific parts of the brain causing anxiety, what eventually contribute to weight gain. ... Basically, it consists of a chronic and irreversible metab...

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