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Activity 4: Human Illnesses Eliminated or Controlled through Medical Research OBJECTIVES: At the completion of this exercise, the students will be able to: List some of the diseases eliminated or controlled through medical research. State that some of this progress was achieved in recent times; that individuals who had the illness are still around to tell their story. Describe some of the ways in which our society today can utilize techniques developed to control the spread of these illnesses (i.e., vaccines, chest x-rays, blood tests to determine genetic predisposition or disease detection). TOPICS: Polio Rheumatic Fever Congenital Heart Defects Cleft Palate Diphtheria Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Malaria Arthritis Cataracts High blood pressure Heart attacks Stroke Schistosomiasis Epilepsy Atherosclerosis Diabetes Kidney failure River Blindness Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C EXERCISE: The student, in a written or oral report, should: Briefly describe the disease state. Identify the researcher (s) who helped to bring the disease under control. Determine how widespread the outbreak of the illness was. (If regionalized, where was the largest occurrence?) State the cause and how it was discovered. Name the animal model (s) used to study the disease state in humans. Describe the status of the disease now. (Does it still exist? How widespread is it? Where is it? How is it controlled today (vaccines, etc.)?)