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- 11181: Rabies
- ... of any direct contact with these animals reduces the risk of being bitten quite dramatically. Raccoons that are wandering in the daylight hours, or any animal that seems friendly' should be avoided as well. Other high-risk animals include skunks, foxes, jackals, wolves, as well as an odd association with bats.
- 11182: Memory
- ... Most people can remember six or seven digits while others only four or five and some up to nine or ten. This is measured by a technique called the digit span, developed by a London school teacher, J. Jacobs, in 1887. Jacobs took subjects (people), presented them with a sequence of digits and required them to repeat the numbers back in the same order. The length of the sequence is steadily ...
- 11183: Mad Cow Disease
- ... cases after 1991[ Patterson p.265]. Since there in not enough information on how BSE can transfer from one cow to another the number of infectious cattle eaten by the year 2001 might be as high as eight million[Kent p.10]. If the ban on affected cattle food was applied one year eaearlier,he number of affected cattle would have been less than half of the number of cows that ...
- 11184: Lucid Dreaming
- ... to an immediate REM period. The basic definition of lucid dreaming requires nothing more than the dreamer becoming aware that they are dreaming. However, the quality of lucidity varies greatly. When lucidity is at a high level, the dreamer is aware that everything experienced in the dream is occurring in their mind, that there is no real danger, and that they are asleep in bed and will awaken eventually. With low ...
- 11185: Huntington's Disease
- ... hundred or more. The gene for the disease is dominant, giving children of victims of Huntington's disease a 50% chance of obtaining the disease. Several other symptoms of the disease exist other than chorea. High levels of lactic acid have been detected in patients of Huntington's disease as a bi- product of the brain cells working too hard. Also, up to six times above the normal level of an ...
- 11186: The Future of Human Evolution
- ... taken Mother Nature millions of years of natural selection to develop. Isolating and removing a desired gene from a DNA strand involves many different tools. DNA can be broken up by exposing it to ultra-high-frequency sound waves, but this is an extremely inaccurate way of isolating a desirable DNA section (Stableford 26). A more accurate way of DNA splicing is the use of "restriction enzymes, which are produced by ...
- 11187: Ebola
- ... and changes the chemicals makeup to fit its own so that itcan reproduce(15). Ebola is a hemorrhagic virus that has a short incubation period of about two days to two weeks(16). It causes high fever,chills, internal and external bleeding, vomiting, the eyes turnred and the skin becomes blotchy and bruises appear. The surfaceveins and arteries erode. Organs liquify and blood flows from every opening in the body including ...
- 11188: Down Syndrome: An Informative Essay
- ... to prevent it. Once faced with the fact you have a Down Syndrome baby however, the baby will need various kinds of checks and treatment to help it live. Down Syndrome babies have a very high rate of congenital heart defects. In fact 30% to 50% have these defects. An endocardiogram is a way to check babies for any signs of defect and start the child on treatment. Down Syndrome babies ...
- 11189: Discovering Sicke Cell Anemia
- ... is low, it is manifested by fatigue and weakness. Currently, there is no cure for Sickle Cell Anemia. But the doctors do offer a treatment that helps control this disease. Pain medication, antibiotics, rest and high fluid intakes are all treatments for aspects of sickle cell anemia. There are also experimental therapies that are available to some patients. The drug hydroxyurea is a treatment that reduced 50% the frequency of painful ...
- 11190: Diabetes
- Diabetes Diabetes is a disease in which your body is unable to properly use and store glucose. Glucose backs up in the bloodstream causing your blood glucose or "sugar" to rise too high. There are two major types of diabetes, Type I and Type II. In Type I diabetes, your body completely stops producing any insulin, a hormone that lets your body use glucose found in foods for ...
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