Essays Tagged: "Alzheimer"

Positive Arguments for Euthanasia: Touching on ethical views and the views of terminally ill patients

known cure. These diseases include those such as Multiple Sclerosis, AIDS, Huntington's Disease, or Alzheimer's Disease. There are three things that motivate terminally ill patients to end their life. ...

(2 pages) 155 0 3.0 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Euthenasia

Alzheimer's Disease, includes a .bmp diagram not visible in ansii

,1991,p.13). This increase has brought with it a large increase in diseasesassociated with old age. Alzheimer's dementia (AD) is one of the most common and feareddiseases afflicting the elderly commun ... ome other types of dementia are curableor effectively treatable, there is currently no cure for the Alzheimer variety.A general overview of Alzheimer's disease including the clinical description, diag ...

(10 pages) 203 1 2.5 Feb/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

A Massive Project for the Benefit of Mankind. A Look at the Human Genome Project

derstand the basis of, and maybe even develop methods of treating certain genetic diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Muscular Dystrophy. They plan to do this by identifying the DNA sequence of an abnor ... duction of effective drugs on diseases which may have different strands of defective genes, such as Alzheimer's. Locating these genes would be crucial to synthesizing a product to affect that specific ...

(6 pages) 186 0 2.4 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Alzheimer's disease

erson does not know who or where they are the concerns are quite grave. Although it is realize that Alzheimer's disease destroys the brain memory function, many do not realize precisely how the memory ... re are millions of healthy ones left for our intellectual endeavors. . . However, a disease such as Alzheimer's can take away a person's memory, leaving them with no past, present, or future of any ty ...

(11 pages) 169 0 3.3 Feb/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The Results Of Aging

.2Cellular.............2Physiological........2PHYSICAL CHANGES..........2MENTAL CHANGES............5Alzheimer's Disease..5Senile Dementia......5CARING FOR THE OLD........6Retirement Communities..6Life ... l and mental changes that are the resultof aging. Specific mental changes that will be explored are Alzheimer's Disease and SenileDementia. The final aspect to be looked at will be the care of the eld ...

(7 pages) 513 0 4.5 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease, including care, nursing diagnosis, signs and symptoms.

osed, and leading to recognized and measurable behavioral changes in an individual. Dementia of the Alzheimer's type is a chronic cognitive disorder that is manifested in impairment of either short-te ... . The number of neurotransmitters have been found in the brain tissue of patients with dementia and Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's disease accounts for about 70% of dementia cases. Over 4 million people are ...

(3 pages) 296 2 3.9 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Is Cloning Benificial for the Society?

m cells, which can be grown to produce organs or tissues to repair damaged ones. Conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and other problems may be made curable by cloning. Infertile parents ...

(2 pages) 63 0 4.8 May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Cell Biology Notes Alzheimers disease.

Alzheimer's disease1) Primary Source - "FAD Mutations in Presenilin-1 or Amyloid Precursor Protein D ... a y-Secretase Inhibitor: Evidence for Direct Involvement of PS1 in the y-Secretase Cleavage Complex"Alzheimer's disease (AD) causes mutations in presenilin-1 (PS1) and presenilin -2 (PS2) that increas ... he inhibitors and the active site of y-secretase.It was found in this experiment that FAD (familial Alzheimer's disease) causing mutations in APP or PS1 decreased the capacity of compound 1 to inhibit ...

(3 pages) 40 0 2.6 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

"The Fortune Teller" by Kenneth S. Kosik, The Sciences, Jul/Aug 1999, pp.13-17.

Lopera in a search for the gene mutation responsible for what they were to find was a rare from of Alzheimer's. As they do their research this disease, Kosik finds himself in a position where he is a ... itions, Kosik found it difficult to find a deceased individual to examine. The only way to diagnose Alzheimer's definitively is to do a microscopic study of brain tissue. They were finally able to get ...

(3 pages) 33 0 4.3 Jun/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Alternative Medicine: Is it Effective?

e medical technicians and doctors search for the cures for such life-altering diseases as leukemia, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, and asthma, others claim to have derived a safe, effective treatment ... ve abilities. Music therapy has proven to help overcome the severe symptoms of such disabilities as Alzheimer's disease, substance abuse, brain injuries, minor physical ailments, and acute/chronic pai ...

(6 pages) 396 4 4.3 Jul/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

What is Dementia?

esult of a variety of neurological diseases. Some of the more well known dementing diseases include Alzheimer's disease (AD), multi-infarct dementia (MID), and Huntington's disease (HD). Throughout th ... isease (HD). Throughout this essay the emphasis will be placed on AD (also known as dementia of the Alzheimer's type, and primary degenerative dementia), because statistically it is the most significa ...

(30 pages) 311 2 3.9 Oct/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

A persuasive essay for the use of stem cells for research.

avor the use of existing stem cells in research to cure ot treat dozens of serious diseases such as Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease, and Parkinson's disease?" Don't you think that it would good i ...

(5 pages) 576 3 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Euthanasia.

Coma. Paralysis. Inoperable cancer. Alzheimer's disease. Permanent brain damage. Severely handicapped newborn. Terminal condition. Some ...

(3 pages) 380 11 4.4 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Euthenasia

What is the theme of John Cheever's short story, "The Swimmer"?

e a tale of the effects of alcohol abuse or maybe even a characterization of a mental disorder like Alzheimer's. Upon closer scrutiny, however, one discerns that it is denial that allows for the supre ...

(3 pages) 92 1 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

My sickness, your saviour!!!- creative short story for my biology class explaining the Alzheimer's disease.

hat can happen to you.Unfortunately I am one of the people who got a mental illness.I got the Alzheimer's disease, which is one of the most mysterious mental diseases. It is a progressive brain ... my place!I mean, I was so young to die and the worst thing was that there was no known cure for Alzheimer's disease! (How I hate this word!)I often became irritable or withdrawn as I was strugg ...

(3 pages) 52 2 4.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Should cloning be legalized? Arguments pro-cloning and anti-cloning.

of thousands of Canadians suffer from incapacitating illnesses and conditions such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. We have been searching for cures for these diseases ...

(4 pages) 166 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Euthanasia: Debating both sides of the story, along with the Jack Kevorkian incident.

e, in all good conscience, assist you?In the face of painful and crippling diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's, Lou Gerihg's Disease, and AIDS, a debate is rising about a patient's right to control d ...

(3 pages) 202 1 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Euthenasia

The causes and effects of alzheimer's disease

The cause of Alzheimer's is the slowly progressing destruction of nerve cells in the brain. In reality it is natu ... number of nerve cells during ageing but this loss occurs much more rapidly in people suffering from Alzheimer's disease. As a result the brain of the patient does not function normally. In some cases ... lipoprotein E that encourages the deposit of the destructive protein. The probability of developing Alzheimer's disease increases with age. Alzheimer's is a disease that affects your brain causing you ...

(4 pages) 113 0 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Alzeimer's and memory

is easy for most of us, but unfortunately not everyone has the capability to remember. People with Alzheimer's disease have no judgment of whether they will lose their ability to remember or not, it ... sease have no judgment of whether they will lose their ability to remember or not, it just happens. Alzheimer's is one of the most socially destructive diseases. It not only affects the ability to rem ...

(12 pages) 105 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Dementia

esult of a variety of neurological diseases. Some of the more well known dementing diseases include Alzheimer's disease (AD), multi-infarct dementia (MID), and Huntington's disease (HD). Throughout th ... isease (HD). Throughout this essay the emphasis will be placed on AD (also known as dementia of the Alzheimer's type, and primary degenerative dementia), because statistically it is the most significa ...

(32 pages) 321 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology