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21 St Chromosome Extra Chromosome
583 wordsDown Syndrome or Trisomy 21 as it is also commonly known, is a genetic condition that for many years has been shrouded in fear, darkness & shame. There is absolutely nothing to fear, and there never should be any feelings of shame, it is not the persons fault. The only darkness associated with down syndrome is the ignorance many people have towards it. Basically down syndrome means that a person has one extra chromosome in each of the million of cells in their body. Instead of 46 chromosomes per...
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Genetic Disorder Severe Mental
1,175 wordsTo the Parents or Legal Guardians of Patient XC 902 -V 42 In our extensive testing it was revealed to us that your son suffers from a genetic disorder called Trisomy 13 or Patau's Syndrome. Trisomy 13 is a syndrome caused by an extra 13 th chromosome. As you may be aware that humans have 23 chromosomes in pairs of two. In your son's case the 13 chromosome has and extra pair. Normally it is thought that a Trisomy occurs when, at conception, either the father's sperm or the mother's egg contained ...
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cystic Fibrosis
2,111 wordsWithin the first few hours after conception a phenomenon takes place in the one-cell human embryo that has awed scientists and philosophers for more then a century. The genes of the mother, carried by the ovum, and the genes of the father, carried by the sperm pair up. At that moment, when the paring is completed, the genetic fate of the person-to-be is sealed. The sex, color of eyes and hair, the height, blood type fingerprints, shoe size- indeed all physical and chemical characteristic are irr...
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Gulf War Syndrome U S Government
1,618 wordsIn 1990 the United States deployed 700, 000 soldiers into and around the region of the middle east known as the Persian Gulf. The U. S. wanted to stop the progression of Iraqi forces who were invading the oil-rich neighboring country of Kuwait. When Iraq Surrendered to the Allied forces on March 5 th they had been completely swept out of Kuwait. The United States only lost one-hundred-forty-eight men while Iraq's losses where estimated around 100, 000 men. Little did the United States know that ...
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Children With Down Syndrome One Of The Most Common
598 wordsSometimes when meiosis (the division of reproductive cells) occurs, chromosomes may be lost, left behind, or too many may be passed on, resulting in the birth of a child with a genetic or congenital defect or disease. One of the most common of these genetic disorders is Down syndrome. This disorder takes its name from Dr. Langdon Down, who was the first to describe it formally, in 1866. Down syndrome is a condition marked by abnormal physical and mental development that is caused by a genetic de...
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National Cancer Institute Teenage Pregnancies
1,529 wordsThe Aftermath of an Abortion To have abortion or not is a very difficult choice to make. The final choice comes from religious and ethical beliefs. However, to have an abortion means to participate in a horrendous crime against humanity, God, and oneself. Abortion can also have deleterious effects on the mothers health and well being. Many of the couples, mainly the mothers, that have an abortion tend to go into a state of depression known as Post-abortion syndrome. Negative effects on the mothe...
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Running Head Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
1,623 wordsRunning head: FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (name of student) (school or institution) Outline Introduction The Research Findings & Critique Data Causes Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Discussion Conclusion Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Although effects of prenatal alcohol use are clearly mentioned even in the Bible, the term fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) has only been known for three decades approximately, after emergence of the first description of a pattern of birth defects foun...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
1,952 wordsSudden Infant Death Syndrome Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is an incident of sudden and absolutely unpredictable death, mostly during sleep, of an apparently healthy infant under one year. SIDS is also called as crib death or cot death, and it may become a subject of real fear for parents of a little baby. SIDS happens with one baby per 500 and remains the leading reason of infant death in many developed countries. Every year 5, 000 6, 000 babies in the U. S. die because of it: that means ...
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Gross Motor York Cambridge
1,719 words... normally developing peers. This is sometimes attributed to the lethargy caused by being obese; children with DS just do not have the energy to pursue motor tasks as rigorously. The main conclusion Block comes to is that "while a child with DS may exhibit a somewhat normal but delayed course of motor development, there is evidence that such a child has many unique motor problems" (p. 206). Most measures used to assess children with DS are the same ones used to assess normally developing child...
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Double Bind Social Theory
2,063 wordsBateson's and Luhmann's Approaches In my paper, I would like to analyze movie: Want Women Want. It is a romantic story about a man, named Nick Marshall, who was given the superficial abilities to hear what women think. In its turn, it gave him an opportunity to learn what women want. This way, he possesses unpredictable and unique power, that he successfully executes on women. We will hold our discussion about such power and other philosophical issues elaborated by Bateson and Luhmann. Niklas Lu...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Smoking During Pregnancy
3,954 wordsSudden Infant Death Syndrome Sudden infant death syndrome, better known as S. I. D. S. , is one of the leading causes for the inflated infant mortality rate in this country today. It is often misunderstood or unrecognizable. For the most part, the causes of SIDS are unknown to the general public. This is changing, however, as public awareness is ever increasing. Thus, the purpose of this paper will be to explain sudden infant death syndrome and its known or suggested causes. Also, the history of...
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Extra Chromosome Trisomy 21
494 wordsDown Syndrome: An Informative Essay Down Syndrome is the name for babies born with a disorder related to their chromosomes. It is caused when meiosis occurs and an error occurs in the cells development. The reason for this defect is often because the parent is over 40 or for some other reason their meiosis is not Up to par. The actual defect is an extra chromosome is developed during cell development. The abnormal development results in 47 chromosomes rather than the usual 46 (23 from each paren...
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Extra Chromosome Chromosome 21
527 wordsDown Down Syndrome Down Syndrome Down Syndrome, which used to be called mongolism, is a congenital malformation accompanied by moderate to severe mental retardation, is caused by a chromosomal abnormality. People with Down syndrome are often short in height and have a small, round head with a high, flattened forehead and split, dry lips and tongue. A typical feature is a fold of skin, the epicanthus fold, on either side of the bridge of the nose. The palms show a single transverse crease and the...
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Children With Down Syndrome Extra Chromosome
446 wordsDown Syndrome Report by: SCHOOL SUX The chromosomal abnormality involved in most cases of Down syndrome is trisomy- 21, or the presence of three copies of the 21 st chromosome. As a result, the affected person has 47 chromosomes in all body cells instead of the normal 46, although how this causes the conditions symptoms is not yet known. Scientists assume that the reason for the abnormal chromosomal assortment is the fertilization of an ovum having 24 chromosomes by a sperm with a normal assortm...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
1,625 wordsPrenatal alcohol exposure is a preventable cause of birth defects, including mental retardation and neurodevelopmental deficits. Since the initial recognition in 1968 of the multiple effects that alcohol can have on the developing fetus [ 1 ] and the subsequent delineation in 1973 of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), [ 2 ] it has become clear that prenatal alcohol exposure can be associated with a wide range of abnormalities. [ 3 ] More than 80 % of children with FAS demonstrate prenatal and postnat...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
1,615 wordsFetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects Prenatal alcohol exposure is a preventable cause of birth defects, including mental retardation and neurodevelopmental deficits. Since the initial recognition in 1968 of the multiple effects that alcohol can have on the developing fetus [ 1 ] and the subsequent delineation in 1973 of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), [ 2 ] it has become clear that prenatal alcohol exposure can be associated with a wide range of abnormalities. [ 3 ] More than 80 % of c...
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Birth Defects Blood Pressure
687 wordsMarfan Syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder, affecting approximately one in ten-thousand people. Its affects both males and females equally, and is equally prevalent in all races. About one in four affected individuals are the result of new mutations, however in most cases the syndrome is inherited from one parent with the disorder. In 1991 the cause of Marfan Syndrome was traced to a defective gene on chromosome 15. This gene, with normal functioning, tells the body to produce fibrilla, a...
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Prenatal Diagnosis
2,186 wordsPrenatal DianosisHeredity Disorders, Other Biochemical Diseases, and Disfiguring Birth Defects There are over 250 recognized sex-linked diseases, affecting every organ system. Of these, 95 % affect males, (Emery, 1968). Despite these many sex-linked diseases, at present prenatal diagnosis can specifically be made in fewer than 40 diseases. (Emery, 1968). These sex-linked diseases are individual rare and some are named after physicians who described them, for example, Hemophilia A and B, Duchenne...
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Adverse Reactions Side Effects
1,832 wordsProzac: Harmful or Helpful? Many people suffer from depression at some point in their lives. Among women in western countries, major depression is by far the most common illness (Shorter 43). Treatment for depression varies among health care providers, but the prescription of antidepressants seems to be the most common remedy. Prozac and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are being used to treat depression, panic disorder, bulimia, obsessive-compulsive behavior, and many other...
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Spinal Cord
806 wordsGuillain-Barre Syndrome, (also called acute idiopathic polyneuritis, and Landry s ascending paralysis) is a disorder in which the body s immune system attacks part of the peripheral nerves, those outside the brain and spinal cord. Symptoms of this disorder include weakness or tingling in the legs, sometimes the weakness or tingling spread to the arms and upper body. These symptom s then increase in intensity, until the muscles cannot be used at all and the patient is almost totally paralyzed, mo...
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