Diseases

____________ players are three to four times more likely to contract Alzheimer’s disease than an average American.

• National Basketball Association

• National Football League

• USA Team Handball

• National Hockey League

After needing 13 liters of blood for a surgery at the age of 13, this man pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has saved 2,000,000 lives. Who is he?

• Jimmy carter

• Ben simmons

• James Harrison

• James Wilson

(Anti-NMDAR) encephalitis is a disease which mimics the symptoms of demonic possession. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, hallucinations and paranoia. What could be the cause?

• Autoimmune

• Bacteria

• Virus

• protozoan

There exists a treatment for cystic fibrosis that involves actually inhaling genes to attempt to repair the disease.

• True

• False

After being diagnosed, doctors at that time gave Stephan Hawking a life expectancy of two years. What was he diagnosed with?

• Huntington's chorea

• Parkinson's disease

• Progressive supranuclear palsy

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A rare medical condition that affects the inner ear and amplifies all internal sounds. It gets to the point where the sound of the eyeballs moving in their sockets sounds like “sandpaper on wood.”

• Superior canal dehiscence

• Menier's disease

• Ear barotrauma

• Laron Syndrome

The LRP5 gene controls the body’s bone density. Mutations to this gene can cause degenerative diseases like osteoporosis, which leave the bones brittle and fragile. But, in some rare cases, this gene can jack up bone density to the point that its unbreakable. A movie was made inspired by this. Who was the lead actor?

• Luc Merenda

• Kyrie Irving

• Pablo Escobar

• Bruce Willis

Lupus, an autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissue in many parts of the body, was first discovered by ?

• Gregory House

• Robert William

• Thomas Bateman

• Stephan Strange

This disease makes people feel like they're rapidly shrinking or expanding, and often believe objects appear smaller than they actually are. The disease is named after a movie. What movie?

• Bigfoot

• Alice in Wonderland

• James and the giant Coconut

• Tom and Jerry

A genetic disease that results in short stature, longer life expectancy, and near immunity to cancer and diabetes, amongst other things.

• Rheumatoid arthritis

• Pattinson's disease

• Laron Syndrome

• Big Nose Syndrome