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- 2451: Leukemia
- ... Interpretation of these results in relation with human Leukemia is very cautious at this time. Studies have also suggested that family history, race, genetic factors, and geography may all play some part in determining the rates of growth of these Leukemias. Stewart Alsop is an example of Acute Myeoblastic Leukemia, or AML. On the day of July 21, 1971 Stewart was made aware of some of the doctors suspicions due to ...
- 2452: Huntington's Disease
- ... became a famous folk singer, this time from the Seventies. He became extremely famous, but had to live with the fact that he has a 50% chance of having the disorder. That aroused huge public interest and made the disease well-known. Now that you know about Huntington's disease, you can imagine how it works, and the probability of getting it. But, can you imagine how it feels to have ...
- 2453: How Nutrients Get in, and Wastes Out.
- ... of activity is the parasympathetic system. Both systems are unconscious, only chewing, swallowing and the anal and uretheral sphincters are under conscious control. Endocrine System The endocrine system deals with hormones, which regulate the metabolic rates of cells and organs. They are much like nerves, but target only certain parts of the body. They are essential to maintain homeostasis. The gastrin hormone is found in the stomach, and controls the amount ...
- 2454: Reversing The Aging Process, Should We?
- ... 1961(Rose, Technology Review:64). Since then a great deal of time, money and effort have been appropriated into discovering the causes of aging, it can therefore be inferred that humanity has an almost "personal" interest in aging. Of course the culmination of discovering how we age, is discovering how to stop it. An intrinsic characteristic of Man is His obsession with superficiality. Superficiality is equated with appearance. The appearance of ...
- 2455: No-Calorie Powder May Substitute for Food's Fat
- ... s theory on his new substitute. "I wouldn't expect Z-Trim to have the same kinds of problems as olestra," says Margo Wootan, a senior scientist at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, D.C. "Fiber is already found in our diet, while olestra is a synthetic chemical. There is also concern for the "microbial stability" of foods containing Z-Trim. "Whenever you remove the lipid ...
- 2456: Current Status of Malaria Vaccinology
- ... more complex approach. He spent his time designing a vaccine against the more complex blood stage of the parasite - stopping the disease not the infection. His decision to try and create synthetic peptides raised much interest. At the time peptides were thought capable of stimulating only one part of the immune system; the antibody producing B cells whereas the prevailing wisdom required T cells as well in order to achieve protective ...
- 2457: Needle Exchange Programs
- ... hand are many treatment and law enforcement specialists, who argue that providing sterile needles to IV drug users is not likely to prevent them from sharing needles, thus not likely to have much effect on rates of HIV infection. (Godlaski 1). Most US states have paraphernalia laws that make it a crime to posses or distribute drug paraphernalia not for a "legitimate medical purpose" (Schwartz A3), which subjects drug injectors to ...
- 2458: Cancer
- ... if they had a mutation or not because of fear of losing their coverage. Not only do the people fear knowing they will get a debilitating disease, they fear being discriminated against. This lack of interest will definitely cause a lack of scientific progress because they cannot find people to help them with their studies. For example, in the University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center, only one- fourth of the women who ...
- 2459: Teenage Years
- ... of poems floating around written by bitter or depressed teenagers that are never recognised as works of art. Another form of escape for teenagers is, unfortunately, suicide. It is alarming how high the teen suicide rates have risen over the past decade. Yet, it is comforting that there are support groups and counsellors available now to aid teens through their troubles. Because no one wants to see a life full of ...
- 2460: The Ebola Virus
- ... onset of the fever and other clinical manifestations (Ornstein, Matthews and Johnson 7). In most outbreaks, transmission from patient to patient within hospitals has been associated within the reuse of unsterile needles and syringes. High rates of transmission in outbreaks have occurred from patients to heath-care workers and to family members who provide nursing care without appropriate precautions to prevent exposure to blood, other body fluids, vomitus, urine and stool ...
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