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- 961: Laziness
- ... cell-mediated immune responses in the skin, which is an important point because a recent study has shown that CD8+ lymphocytes also play an important role in the pathogenesis of this disease. Several orally administered drugs are also used in the treatment of psoriasis. Methotrexate, a folic acid antagonist, has been shown to be effective. It had been proposed that methotrexate may work by causing a blockage of DNA synthesis, but ...
- 962: Larnyx Cancer
- ... in the trachea to allow air to pass through into the lungs. The stoma may be permanent or temporary but it helps the patient to breathe while the larynx heals. Chemotherapy is a process where drugs are injected into the bloodstream. Doctors are still unable to fully explain why one person gets larynx cancer and another does not. Although they cannot explain why a person gets cancer they have found some ...
- 963: Interview With An Alien
- ... been the experimental trial-and-error stage of the Ufolk mind invasions, our young people will be next. With their thinking powers numbed by constant frenetic entertainments, aided and abetted for some by alcohol or drugs, their minds could become so numbed and bewildered that any type of mind invasion, alien or Earthiank would be a cinch. Kooks like myself and my live-in companion, Hweig, should be the subject of ...
- 964: Human Genome Project
- ... entire genome will be completed by 2003 (Begley 3). The government issues thousands of grants a year to the HGP effort, 6500 in 1989 and 4700 in 1990 (Lee 247). Traditionally drug companies have developed drugs by looking at function i.e. the illness, and then going back to discover the molecular structures. Now we are drowning in structures, i.e. genes, and trying to find their function (Branfman 2). This ...
- 965: Hiv
- ... Unleash Power (ACT UP). Those groups have lobbied the federal government for funding and favorable policies. ACT UP was formed in 1987 to urge speed in drug approval and to protest high prices for AIDS drugs. By successfully promoting reforms, ACT UP and other advocates have provided a model for other disease groups, particularly breast cancer advocates. During the 1980s, AIDS groups accused the government of neglecting its duty in responding ...
- 966: History Of The Prostate Gland
- ... Swedish approach to treatment, which is watchful waiting. This approach, as the name would suggest, means keeping a close eye on any signs of the disease progressing, but holding off on extreme treatment, such as drugs, surgery, and chemotherapy, unless absolutely necessary.
- 967: History And Development Of The Internet
- ... of the usenet backbone computers had to create a different hierarchy to house the controversial newsgroups (until this point net. had held everything). Some systems had refused to carry the controversial newsgroups like net.rec.drugs so the ".alt" (alternative) hierarchy was created. (Diamond, 12) After the development and merger of APRAnet and usenet the internet began to grow exponentially. (Diamond, 11). The internet evolved from a small government project to ...
- 968: Hepatitis B
- ... fetoprotein (a tumor marker that is elevated in about 85% of individuals with hepatocellular carcinoma) and ultrasound examination. The optimal frequency of such screening examinations has not been determined. Treatment Alpha-interferons were the first drugs approved in the United States for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. Interferon treatment is recommended for individuals who have "replicative disease" (HBeAg positive). About 40% of such individuals will lose serum HBeAg after 16 ...
- 969: Hantavirus
- ... is not effective when the disease is advanced. There is one adverse side effect of the treatment; a person can possibly develop of anemia. This side effect is reversible once a person stops taking the drugs. Scientists do not believe that this treatment is successful for the other type of infection caused by hantavirus: hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS). Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) was first detected in the United States in 1993 ...
- 970: Gonorrhea
- ... Gonorrhea can be transmitted to newborns. Approximately 2% of persons with untreated gonorrhea may develop Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (DGI). This develops into a fever, skin lesions and arthritis type pain. Gonorrhea is treated with antibiotic drugs taken orally or by an injection. All partners must be treated. Treatment during the early stages is usually 100 percent effective. It is important that all of the antibiotics are taken as prescribed, and that ...
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