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Polio
Polio or more correctly Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus which attacks the nervous system. This category is for questions about the disease, its history, its symptoms, its treatments, the vaccine created to combat/eradicate it and the continuing studies of not only the virus,and its treatment, but its sociological impact and the people who survived it.
489 Questions
What is that painting with the polio girl on a hillside in a pink dress?
I think you are referring to a painting titled 'Christina's World' by American painter Andrew Wyeth. The style of the painting is called magical realism, in which everyday scenes are imbued with poetic mystery. The challenge in this painting, according to Wyeth, was to do justice to her extraordinary conquest of a life which most people would consider hopeless.
Yes, she is, she died peacefull around 2003 in her home in La Joya, Ca.
Why do people suffered from polio before 1955 than they do today?
Scientists were able to create a vaccine that protects people from the polio virus.
Did Dwight D. Eisenhower have polio?
No, but President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was stricken with polio while in office.
A band and a TV Show on Disney Channel... With the three Jonas brothers (Kevin, Joe and Nick) who form a band and play Disney music.
How did roosevelt attempt to overcome the effects of polio?
Vigorous exercise program to restore muscle control
When are the Jonas brothers filming JONAS?
they should start filming between the end of this tour, the Burnin' Up tour, and the start of their World Tour. About mid September i think.
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Actually they said they started filming at the beginning of 2009. They are going to film Season 2 in February. -- That's what one of them said.
Season 2 is finished as of now :-)
How do you spell polio in spanish?
You spell it the exact same way as it is spelled in English. polio
Why are polio affected bones deformed?
It is an after-affect of the muscles being destroyed. Bones need exercise, too. When they aren't exercised normally, they atrophy, like any other body tissue, especially in young people.
Yes. Originally discoverd almost 100 years ago and named "Neisseria intracellularis" or "diplococcus intracellularis Meningitidis" and "micrococcus meningitidis." From early on "science" experimented, cultivated, harvested & mutated many parasites creating numerous "presentations." In the 1940's parasites & their diseases were "reclassified" as a simply "disease" and given various names: virus, fungus, bacteria, microorganism, etc.
Did Dorothea Lange have handicaps?
Yes, Dorothea Lange did have handicaps. When she was seven, Lange contracted polio. Polio left Lange with a weakened right leg and a permanent limp.
How many children caught polio from nc in 1954?
where are the officical records of children who caught polio back before 1954 ? Because my beloved grandma died of it and I wanna no what happened to her.
Did Abraham Lincoln have polio?
Abraham Lincoln had problems with depression. He may have had Marfan syndrome. He did not have polio.
http://www.clinicalcorrelations.org/?p=6110
Respiratory polio is a variation of the different kinds of polio where whoever has it has trouble breathing and could be placed in an oxygen tent or an iron lung.
Where did president Franklin D. Roosevelt go for polio treatment?
Franklin D. Roosevelt received treatment for Polio in Hot Springs, Georgia before the discovery of the vacination made by Jonas Salk
Three time gold medalist Wilma Rudolph was diagnosed with polio at the age of 7. She was 'cured' at the age of 12 and went on the become the fastest woman in the world, winning three gold medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
When was president Rosevelt D Frankin dianos with polio?
what year was president Rosevelt D. Frankin president
