Capitalization+-+Diseases+&+Breeds

= Diseases =

This is one that gives many people problems especially for technical writing papers. When does a disease get capitalized? When it is named after a person.
 * Lyme disease
 * Alzheimer's disease
 * type 1 diabetes
 * cancer
 * Lou Gehrig's disease

All of the terms that are capitalized are ones that happen to be names of either the discover of the disease or someone who suffered from it. How would you like to have a disease named after you?

= Breeds =

Although few people write about dogs or other animals in my English classes, this is a good time to go over breeds of animals. Breeds are capitalized when named after specific countries and regions.
 * German shepherd
 * English setter
 * beagle
 * Jersey cow
 * Belgian horse
 * Labrador retrievers
 * Bengal tiger