Lyme disease or Lyme Borreliosis is a serious infectious disease that is reported in many countries in the world. In 2013, the disease is claimed to be the fastest growing infectious disease in the United States with more than 300,000 cases reported from forty-nine states (CDC). This disease also afflicts 65,000 Europeans each year. Recent years’ reports show that there has been an dramatically increase in the number or Lyme disease incidences in both the United States and Europe (CDC, Pearson 88)
Plum Island is a 840-acre island, located off the coast of New York. The entire island was bought by the United States Government in 1899, after the Spanish American War. Plum Island was not developed into the Animal Disease Center that it is known as today, until 1954, by the United States Department of Agriculture. Neighboring the eastern end of Long Island, in Gardiners Bay; plum island may seem like quite the vacation spot, but it is far from it. It is not represented on some maps, and
clinical depression. The hormones regulate emotions, stress reactions, sleep, appetite, and sexuality. Although we know that neurotransmitters are related to depression in some way, we don’t know exactly how, since they are hard to study and keep track of. This is the case because neurotransmitters show in small amounts, they are only found in particular places in the brain, and they vanish rapidly once used. It is difficult to tell whether the changes in amounts of neurotransmitters cause depression
In the United States, studies have showed the annual incidence of optic neuritis to be as high as 6.4 per 100,000. In the United States, optic neuritis happens more often in whites than blacks (osbome). It is the most common cause of optic neuropathy in young adults. (Mackay) Optic neuritis is the presenting feature of multiple sclerosis in 15 to 20 percent of patients and presents in 50 percent at some time during the time of their illness (Uptodate). Most cases of acute demyelinating optic
“But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better.” This quote is from Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club. Amy Tan had many downfalls in her life, yet she still accomplished many achievements. She was, and still is, a famous successful writer. Through the quote above, Tan is saying that no matter the hard times that come into life, there is always something better in the future. Amy Tan affected American history and literature by showing her audience through