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Males And Females Men And Women
1,091 wordsWomen's Health and Tropical Diseases: A focus on Africa Over one-quarter of the world's population are at risk from parasitic infections and the majority of these infections are confined to the world's poverty belt of the tropics and sub-tropics -- largely in Sub-Saharan Africa. Women constitute nearly 67 per cent of the total population of Africa, and to achieve better global health condition, a focus on African women is thus necessary. Low income levels are associated with debilitating disease...
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,983 wordsInflammation is the bodies normal response to injured tissues, although it can sometimes lead to further tissue damage. It was first described around 30 BC by Celsius, as tumour (swelling), rumor (redness), calor (heat) and door (pain); although excess secretion and loss of function are now commonly added. Inflammation is a response which has evolved to try and put things right in a damaged tissue, for example the pain and loss of function allow the tissue to heal easier whilst the heat and redn...
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Biological Study Of Gotu Kola Plant
832 wordsGotu Kola is a slender, creeping plant that grows commonly in swampy areas of India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, South Africa and the tropics. Its fan shaped leaves are about the size of an old British penny - hence its common names Indian pennyworth, marsh penny and water pennyworth. It is regarded as one of the most spiritual and rejuvenating herbs in Ayurveda and is used to improve meditation. It is said to develop the crown chakra, the energy center at the top of the head, and to balance the righ...
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Medieval Period Fifteenth Century
841 wordsFROM HOTEL TO HOSPITAL Hospitality, shelter, foreigners, strangers; all these words bring the meaning hotel to mind. At first, that is exactly what a hospital was. The word hospital derives from the Latin word hope meaning guest. Gradually these places catered to the aged and sick, and a variety of institutions came into being. During the Medieval period people started to realize the need for social assistance for sickness or other mishaps. From the Muslim East, to the Christian West, hospitals ...
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Blessed Mothers Instrument Beloved Apostle Bosco
1,020 wordsOne of the more recognizable saints in the Bible, Christianity's holiest teachings, is John the Beloved Apostle of Christ. He was the chosen one of the twelve who would recieve Mary as his Mother, and the only apostle to die a non-track death. Marys beloved apostle in the 1800 s was St. John Bosco, or Don Bosco as he is familiarly called. Throughout his life, John was the Blessed Mothers instrument, he brought thousands upon thousands to his Mothers service, repaying them with the loving knowled...
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Three Antibiotics Leprosy Skin
351 wordsOut of Leprosy Disease Project-Leprosy Out of all the diseases that exist today, one of them has always been considered a curse of the damned. It did not kill people, nor did it seem to end. In biblical times, the people with this disease were forsaken from the community and required to call out? unclean, unclean? . This disease, Leprosy, also known as Hansen? s Disease is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium Leprae which is an acid-fast rod. Leprosy? s main mode of transmission is from contact ...
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Todays World Leprosy Disease
357 wordsLeprosy or Hansen's Disease, is a disease that affects primarily the skin and nerves. It was discovered in 1874 by a Norwegian physician Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen. The disease was thought to have started somewhere in India and then was past on to Africa and Europe. In the late 1800 s leprosy was very common throughout Europe. It became less and less through Europe and spread to areas of Africa that had bad nutrition and unhealthy living environments. Today the disease is not very common. Wor...
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World Health Organization Hands And Feet
492 wordsLeprosy has Leprosy Leprosy Report Leprosy has been around for thousands of years, since the biblical times. It was first identified by Gerhard A. Hansen in 1873. It was the first bacterium to be identified as disease causing in humans. It should be known that the word leper has connotations of immorality and uncleanness and is considered very offensive. Leprosy is a chronic bacterial disease of the upper respiratory tract, skin, nerves in the hands and feet, and the lining of the nose. Leprosy ...
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