Alzheimer’s Disease is a disease that affects the brain. It is a degenerative, incurable terminal disease. It is mostly defined or referred to as a progressive and fatal brain disease. Alzheimer’s Disease is a common form for dementia that affects memory and eventually leads to disturbances with regard to using language, reasoning, planning and perception. [...]
Alzheimer’s Disease
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Mitochondrial Disease
Mitochondrial diseases comprise those disorders that in one way or another affect the function of the mitochondria or are due to mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial diseases take on unique characteristics both because of the way the diseases are often inherited and because mitochondria are so critical to cell function. The subclass of these diseases that have [...]
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Cardiovascular Disease
Definition of Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular disease is identified as any disease that affects the heart or blood vessels (veins or arteries). It is often specifically associated with atherosclerosis (arterial disease) despite the fact that the term in and of itself suggests any disease that affects the cardiovascular system. The incidence of this type of disease [...]
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Graves’ Disease
Graves’ disease is an autoimmune disease. In other words, the immune system of the body begins to affect its own cells and tissues and leads to an aberrant immune response. In the case of Graves’ disease, the thyroid gets affected. The thyroid will become overactive and will display the associated symptoms of hyperthyroidism. It may [...]
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Kidney Disease
Definition of Kidney Disease Kidney disease refers to any disease that impairs kidney function. It is the ninth leading cause of death in the United States and is often associated with diabetes and high blood pressure.
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