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Alzheimer’s by Lina Palazzolo
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 9, 2012 | 8:54 am | 0 Comment
Alzheimer’s is a debilitating disease that affects the brain and is a form of dementia. The symptoms of Alzheimer’s start slow and then progress to more severe symptoms over time. The cause of this disease is nerve cells in the brain that begin to slowly shrink and eventually die, causing damage to the memory and mental status of a person suffering from the more...
Abnormal Bone Development by Jordan Pfaff
By CPR Nashville, TN at November 8, 2012 | 7:08 am | 0 Comment
From birth to death, the Human body undergoes many changes, especially during childhood. One of the many changes that are most visible has to deal with bone growth. In addition to supporting the heart and other vital organs, bones govern how tall an individual is and the shape of certain facial features such as cheeks and chin. Thus, when abnormal bone growth occurs, its more...
Group B Strep in Infants Katrina Maurath
By CPR Nashville, TN at September 25, 2012 | 7:41 am | 1 Comments
Group B Strep, or GBS, is a bacterium that is found in the intestines or genital tract of 25% of healthy pregnant women. The risk of babies getting GBS is lower now than it was years ago because of the tests that can detect GBS during pregnancy. Women should be tested at 35-37 weeks of pregnancy in case they are carriers of GBS. A swab is taken from the vagina to more...
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder by Lauren Seers
By CPR Nashville, TN at September 23, 2012 | 7:14 am | 2 Comments
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that affects individuals who witnessed or experienced a traumatic event. For someone to be diagnosed with PTSD, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV) requires a person to have experienced, witnessed, or be confronted with an event that involves actual or threatened death, serious more...
Alzheimer’s disease By Claire Perry
By CPR Nashville, TN at September 20, 2012 | 8:00 am | 2 Comments
Alzheimer’s disease more commonly spoken just as Alzheimer’s is defined as a disease that causes brain degeneration and death of brain cells causing mental breakdown and memory loss. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia which is defined as the progressive deterioration of intellectual functions such as memory that can occur while other brain more...
