Essays on Huntington's

Neurodegenerative Disorder

Introduction Neurodegenerative disorders refer to debilitating health care complications that occur because of slow degeneration of nerves cells. Neurodegeneration process is the progressive deterioration of structure and functionality of neurons in human body systems (Kovacs, 2016, 189). Ideally, neurodegenerative disorders represent the long-standing challenges in the field of basic science and clinical medicine. This is because of the persistence showed by the illnesses despite the unending attempts to adopt solutions to mitigate their health effects and severity on patients. The diseases affect the neurons in the human brain. As a result, it causes instabilities in the brain and spinal ...

Introduction

The clash of ignorance by Edward Said is a response to Samuel Huntington's article The Clash of Civilizations that was published in 1993. The latter sparked tremendous controversy and diverse reactions from scholars and the civilizations discussed in the article. Said in his article that appeared in the Nation in October 2001, vehemently refutes Huntington’s perception of civilizations and identities claiming the latter had no right to do.

Article Summary

The article by Said rejects the Huntington’s belief that the current conflict in the world relies heavily on two major entities; Islam and the West. Said further dismisses Huntington's ...

In 1872, the 22-year-old George Huntington presented a paper describing an elaborately outlined inheritance pattern of a disease, which during the time was referred to as "chorea." In his paper, which was presented at the Meigs and Mason Academy of Medicine at Ohio, George described all the features of the adult-onset form of the disorder and outlined the disease’s autosomal-dominant pattern of inheritance. Although the mechanism underlying the inheritance pattern of the disease was not understood until the rediscovery of Mendel’s works, his paper was so comprehensive that George Huntington quickly became widely acclaimed. In fact, he ...

Introduction

Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inheritable and neurodegenerative disease. It is characterized by progressive psychiatric, cognitive, and motor symptoms. It is significant to familiarize with the phenotypes since patients can present with one or more symptoms of the disease. Loss of balance and chorea are the first symptoms recognized by the patients. However, the families always notice personality or cognitive changes before first symptoms. The disease is most common in races from northern Europe. This paper is set to discuss the etiology and risk factors, pathophysiological processes, clinical manifestations, complications, as well as diagnosis of Huntington’s disease.

Etiology and Risk Factors

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Introduction

In his book, “Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity,” Huntington attempts to define America's identity starting from the beginning of its history and working through to modern day America. Huntington dries to examine the history of Americas' settlers, immigrants, natives and others who make the population of this cast countries. Huntington dispels various misconceptions that are often held on the national identity of America. He also assesses the challenges that have characterized national identity and offers possible solutions to the problems. There are many critics of Huntington, including Fonte John, Rose Douthat, Martha Nussbaum, and Luis ...