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- 6381: Birth Defects
- ... of FAS fall into four categories: a) Growth retardation: The average birth weight of 71b is reduced to 41b. b) Facial features: the eyes may be small and the mid face poorly formed with a short upturned noise. flattened nasal bridge and prominent nostrils. c) neuro-developmental abnormalities: The average IQ of a person ranges greatly. However, the mean average is about 70 and follow up studies indicate that no great ...
- 6382: Anabolic Steroids
- ... vital to the patient. So doctors give patients anabolic steroids in this stage till the patient gets back to his or her normal stage. Throughout my research of this topic I read alot of diffferent stories about anabolic steroids. I read from the researchers that anabolic steroids show few if any effects at all and I read from athletes that there is a very large effect on muscle gain and endurance ...
- 6383: Color Blindless
- ... vision tend to confuse red, green, and gray, but can easily distinguish blue and yellow. Some cannot even see the longest wavelengths of light -- the red end. Though it is rare, others cannot see the short wavelengths, near the violet end. These people tend to confuse blue, yellow, and gray, but not red and green. Normal vision is called trichromatism. Most color blind people have a version of trichro-matism called ...
- 6384: Needle Exchange Programs
- ... tracking each needle distributed and testing it later for HIV contamination. The professor, Edward Kaplan says the biggest surprise that "a project like this could have such a big impact on HIV in a relatively short period of time" (Knox A1). Kaplan says that at the start of the program 68 % of the needle collected by the vans were infected with HIV. That figure has dropped to 40 %. Also, the amount ...
- 6385: The Human Brain
- ... brain. The cortex is a sheet of greyish matter which produces our thoughts, language and plans. It also controls our sensations and voluntary movements, stores our memories and gives us the ability to imagine, in short it's what makes humans, humans. IN THE FUTURE Today many experiments are being conducted that may be break through's for the future. For instance "brain grafting" is one procedure that may be used ...
- 6386: Billy Budd
- ... was symbolic of the enemies Christ had in either the demonic realm or less supernatural powers like the Jewish leaders who wanted to get rid of him and get him in trouble. Thus, in both stories, the main character is brought to trial. Melville uses this event in his writing to yet again produce striking similarities between Billy and Christ's behavior during their trials. According to New Testament scripture, Christ ...
- 6387: The Criminalization of Knowingly Transmitting AIDS
- ... Criminalizing AIDS would divert millions of dollars to legal fees that could be better spent on AIDS programs such as prevention, education, and research and development in terms of finding a cure. "Criminalization is a short cut taken when not enough energy is given to prevention." Instead of helping erradicate the epidemic, criminalization would instill more fear among the people living with HIV. "It would create a witch hunt atmosphere," stated ...
- 6388: Turner's Syndrome
- ... about one per 3,000 live female births. Occurs when a sperm carrying no sex chromosomes fertilizes a normal ovum, resulting in a female that has only one X chromosome, producing a male body type: short, with a broad neck, and usually lacking female internal reproductive organs and secondary sex characteristics. The patient is usually sterile and pregnancy is rare. Other signs and symptoms include a low hairline, webbed neck, shield ...
- 6389: Deliverance: The Establishment of "Masculinity"
- ... been floating along now with no brains and no blood, and so would Lewis. (Dickey, 201-2) Ed is different from the rest in that he recognizes the golden eye. The "golden-eyes" is the short-lived glimpse of the Platonic Ideal; it is the beauty of life. Ed is also different in that he is the only one who proves himself; proves his "masculinity." He does this by adapting to ...
- 6390: Leukemia
- ... other is chronic. Acute leukemia is found most in children. It progresses rapidly. Acute leukemia causes red blood cells to decrease, the cells are then replaced by abnormal ones. This causes anemia. Life expectancy is short without proper treatment. Chronic leukemia is most common in adults. It progresses slowly. Chronic leukemia is less severe than acute. Leukemia has many symptoms. These symptoms include: bruising easily, constant fever, swollen lymph glands, enlarged ...
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