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Washington D C U S Department
1,811 wordsLyme disease is an illness caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, a member of the spirochete or spiral-shaped bacteria family. It was first officially recognized in the United States in 1975, after an unusual cluster of arthritis cases broke out in children from Lyme, Connecticut. What we now know as Lyme disease was reported in a grouse hunter from Taylor County, Wisconsin in 1969. It wasnt until 1979 that additional cases of Lyme disease were reported in Wisconsin. The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi ...
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Sense Of Smell Man Named
1,586 wordsThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat The brain has been a curiosity to man since the beginning of science. Even though the actual term neuroscience only dates back to the 1970 s, the study of the brain is as old as science itself. As time and technology progresses neuroscience has undergone significant changes to become what it is today. New findings, new discoveries are always changing what we know, or think we know, about the brain. In a collection of narratives by Oliver Sacks entitled, The...
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Cutting Edge Medical School
673 wordsDisorders of the brain, spine and nerves commonly treated by neurosurgeons include: Carotid Artery Disease, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Cervical Spine Disorders, Chronic Pain, Craniosynostosis, Epilepsy, Head Injury, Herniated Disk, Hydrocephalus, Intracranial Aneurysm, Lumbar Spinal, Stenosis, Meningomyelocele, Parkinson's Disease, Spina Bifida, Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke (Brain Attack), Trigeminal Neuralgia, Tumors. After four years of medical school and an internship program, the doctor enters a ...
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Frontal Lobe Prefrontal Cortex
1,936 wordsRunning head: SEXUAL PREDATORS BRAIN DAMAGE AND CHILD ABUSE Sexual Predators - Brain Damage and Child Abuse August 04, 2008 Sexual Predators Brain Damage and Child Abuse Introduction Despite numerous theories of sex offending, there is no generally accepted scientific substantiation of why sexual predators behave so. It is very likely that there are a number of independent and different causes, including those caused by brain impairment and brain damage. In case it is true, it suggests that a va...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Adhd
4,751 wordsDifferential Diagnosis Today the full-blown case of TS is unlikely to be confused with any other disorder. However, only a decade ago TS was frequently misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Sydenhams chorea, epilepsy, or nervous habits. The differentiation of TS from other tic syndromes may be no more than semantic, especially since recent genetic evidence links TS with multiple tics. Transient tics of childhood are best defined in retrospect. At times it may be difficult...
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Concept Of The Mind Neurological Deficits Brain
773 wordsMen ought to know that from nothing else but the brain come joys, delights, laughter and sports, and sorrows, griefs despondency, and lamentations. And by this, in an especial manner, we acquire wisdom and knowledge, and see and hear and know what are foul and what are fair, what are bad and what are good, what are sweet and what are unsavory And by the same organ we become mad and delirious, and fears and terrors assail us All these things we endure from the brain when it is not healthy In thes...
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Ku Klux Klan Pick Up Truck
2,216 wordsOver the past few decades many parts of the world have undergone changes that are working towards equality of all. Even with these many accomplishments, there is still a long way to go. This is shown by the criminal case I have chosen to talk about. On the morning of June 7 th, 1998 in the town of Jasper, Texas the people of this town were shocked to find the dismembered body of 49 year old James Byrd propped up against the fence of a cemetery. There has always been a history of racial hatred in...
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