Have you ever heard of sickle cell disease? Do you have any idea where it came from? Do you have any idea how long it will last? Well, Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited disease, passed down from bot…
Illness
Norovirus is one of many foodborne illnesses that causes people to vomit and have diarrhea. Other symptoms include "nausea, stomach pain, fever, headache, and body aches" (Norovirus, 2021). Norovirus …
Psoriasis is a chronic life-long autoimmune and skin disease that affects 125 million people worldwide. Skin cells normally regenerate every 10-30 days, but the skin cells of someone with psoriasis wi…
One and a half million deaths within a single year has made diabetes one of the leading causes of death globally. Currently, there are over 400 million diabetics across the globe, with future projecti…
Imagine playing professional baseball for seventeen years, hitting four hundred ninety three home runs, having the record for most grand slams in a career, and being the first athlete to have their je…
Description of disease: Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that changes how you think, feel, and act. The person experiencing the symptoms may notice hallucinations, delusions, disorganized speech, an…
Autism spectrum disorder is a lifelong complex neurodevelopmental disorder. The most common features of the disorder are low ability to perceive the emotions and intentions of others, low ability to s…
Juvenile diabetes is an incurable, however treatable disorder which can happen at any age but is frequently discovered in children due to greater levels of glucose in the blood. Juvenile diabetes …
Breast Cancer is a dangerous disease where cells in the breast grow out of control (cdc.gov). Breast cancer is very common in the United States. Every year, more than 200,000 people are diagnosed with…
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the leading cause of death in the United States is cardiovascular disease. What is the root behind these numerous heart conditions? Si…
The 1918 Influenza pandemic, otherwise known as "the Spanish flu", mirrors many of the same trends we are currently experiencing amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Although they have occurred nearly 100 year…
