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Mutations In Nature Evolution Of Man
1,562 words... iru's is replicated millions of times over, the cell bursts and the new viruses are released to continue the cycle. The body's natural defense against such cell invasion is to release certain proteins, called antigens, which "plug up" the receptor sites on healthy cells. This causes the foreign virus to not have a docking point on the cell. This process, however, is slow and not effective against a new viral attack. Genetic engineering is improving the body's defenses by creating pure antige...
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Seasonal Affective Disorder B
1,036 wordsScientists Shed Light on the Winter Blues When a case of the winter blues feels more like depression, you may be suffering from SAD. SAD stands for Seasonal Affective Disorder. SAD is a seasonal disruption of mood that occurs during the winter months and ceases with the beginning of spring. Symptoms usually begin in September when days begin to shorten, and last through the winter into March when the days begin to lengthen again. The symptoms of SAD usually include episodes of depression, hypers...
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Male Hormone Testosterone Dangerous Side Effects
1,812 wordsShould Steroids be banned from society? Research Paper Should Steroids Be Banned From Society? Its amazing what athletes will do to achieve higher levels of performance and to get an edge on the rivaled competition. Often people do not realize the long-term effects that result from the decisions they make early in life. This resembles the obvious phenomenon with steroids. Steroids became a spreading exposure to athletes in the Olympics and other major sporting events during the 1950 s. This use ...
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Vitro Fertilization Artificial Insemination
1,115 wordsIVF is the name for in-vitro fertilization, a procedure that involves retrieving eggs and sperm from the bodies of the male and female partners and placing them together in a laboratory dish for fertilization. The fertilized eggs are then transferred two to six days later into the female partner's uterus. After the fertilized eggs are set into the uterus embryo development will hopefully occur as in a normal pregnancy. IVF is actually a four stage practice that begins with ovarian stimulation an...
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Anabolic Steroids Muscle Mass
1,425 wordsIf someone guaranteed you amazing results in the weight room with minimal effort by just taking a pill would you take it? You probably would! But, if you knew that these pills could potentially knock 20 years off your life. Would you take it then? You would be suprised to find out how many people would answer yes to that question. In the past three decades, steroids have become a serious problem, more than ever in the athletic field. It is reported that over 3 million athletes and bodybuilders a...
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Chemical Castration Birth Control
1,115 wordsWhat if our nation where to take a true no tolerance approach to sex offenders? What if the old adage the devil made me do it was no longer an excuse, thrown out along with I could not help it and I am sick, its not my fault? Whether it is due to media exposure, new community outrage aimed at the offender rather than the victim OR that our nation is truly going to hell in a hand basket, we are bombarded on a daily basis with shocking stories of children being molested, their innocence stolen, th...
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Symptoms Of Stress Adrenal Glands
1,624 wordsIn 1936 an endocrinologist, Hans Site, discovered stress. Stress is present in everybody. It occurs daily in peoples lives. Stress is a body condition that occurs in response to actual or anticipated difficulties in life (Rice, 1987). Stress can also be defined as the sum of physical and mental responses our bodies experience in relationship to any change. There are many causes of stress and many different ways to handle stress. Stress can also be harmful to ones health, both physically and ment...
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Kill Cancer Cells Cancer Has Spread
1,042 words... are than 2 centimeters but it has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. The cancer is 2 to 5 centimeters but has not spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. B) The cancer is 2 to 5 centimeters and has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. The cancer is larger than 5 centimeters but has not spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. Stage 3 A) The cancer is smaller than 5 centimeters and has spread to the lymph nodes, and the lymph nodes are attached to each other or other structures. Th...
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Breast Cancer Lymph Nodes
1,241 words... read cancer, in order for an early treatment. STAGES OF BREAST CANCER There are mainly four stages of breast cancer. The Stage 0 is noninvasive breast cancer, that is, carcinoma in situ with no affected lymph nodes or metastasis. This is the most favorable stage of breast cancer. The next, Stage 1 breast cancer that is less than three quarters of an inch in diameter and has not spread from the breast. The Stage 2 is the breast cancer that is fairly small in size but has spread to lymph nodes...
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Fatty Acids Blood Glucose
1,749 words... C, and under goes the reactions as described above. The oxidation of FAs yields significantly more energy per carbon than carbohydrates; b-oxidation of one mole of oleic acid (18 -carbon FA) yields 146 moles of ATP; ~ 441 molecules, compared with 114 moles from 18 glucose carbon atoms. Net reaction: Each reaction is specific to the length of the carbon backbone of the fat involved; the overall reaction for the b-oxidation of politic acid (palmitoyl-CoA) may be written as follows: C 16 -S CoA...
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Fight Or Flight Response Effects Of Stress
834 wordsA person who is stressed typically has anxious thoughts and difficulty concentrating or remembering. Stress can also change outward behaviors. Teeth clenching, hand wringing, pacing, nail biting, and heavy breathing are common signs of stress. People also feel physically different when they are stressed. Butterflies in the stomach, cold hands and feet, dry mouth, and increased heart rate are all physiological effects of stress that we associate with the emotion of anxiety. Stress is caused when ...
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Risk Of Heart Heart Attack
1,390 wordsMothers milk is a matchless compound created by Allah to meet the babys nutritional needs and protect it against possible infections. The balance of the nutriments in mothers milk is at ideal levels and the milk is in the ideal form for the babys immature body. At the same time, the mothers milk is also very rich in nutrients which accelerate the growth of brain cells and the development of the nervous system. 1 Artificial baby foods prepared with present-day technology cannot replace this mirac...
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Type I Diabetes Insulin Injections
1,472 wordsAbstract Diabetes is a disease that affects 18. 2 million people in the United States alone. This disease results when there is a high level of sugar in the blood for an extended period of time. It can be controlled by diet, exercise, pills and insulin injections. There are three main types of diabetes -- Type I, which affects primarily the younger population; Type II, which primarily affects the population above 40; and gestational diabetes, which affects women during the third trimester of the...
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Anabolic Steroids Hormone Testosterone
1,064 wordsMany people have had their lives ruined by the use of illegal steroids, yet the desired effects are so overwhelming that people tend to overlook the consequences. Steroid users believe taking anabolic steroids will enhance their performance, strength, size, etc. They regard the use of them as legitimate as any other aspect of training. To begin with, the term 'anabolic ' means 'to build tissue, ' therefore anabolic steroids tend to increase constructive metabolic pathways within the body. Also, ...
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Risk Factors Bone Tissue
1,672 wordsMASSAGE THERAPY DESCRIPTION OF THE DISEASE Osteoporosis is a disorder related to aging, which is characterized by loss of enough bone minerals so that, even with little force, one or more bones can be broken. The more bone material that is lost, the greater is the risk of breaking ones bones. Such a break is known as a fracture. Fractures due to osteoporosis are most common in the wrists, the backbone, and the hips, but they can occur in almost any bone in the body. Victims of this disease are n...
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Type Ii Diabetes Ays
1,404 wordsDiabetes Type II Half of the 16 million people walking around with type II diabetes don't even know they have it. That's because the symptoms they " re experiencing are easily attributed to something else. When an older woman complains of clouded eyesight, it's likely her doctor will think of cataracts instead of type III (or non insulin-dependent) diabetes. And when an older man starts taking too many trips to the bathroom in the middle of the night, a prostate problem -- not diabetes -- is oft...
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Control Of Blood Glucose Levels
1,253 wordsControl of Blood Glucose Levels Homeostasis is the mechanism for keeping your internal conditions constant. Homeostatic control of blood glucose can be made using insulin. It decreases blood sugar concentration making it about 80 - 120 mg of glucose per 100 ml of blood during fasting Insulin is the only hormone that decreases blood sugar level. The presence of insulin causes a cells membrane to be more permeable to glucose; this causes blood sugar level to drop in the blood. Homeostatic control ...
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Outweigh The Risks Anabolic Steroids
1,210 wordsSteroids and Their Affects On The Human Body Drugs have been used in sports almost as long as sports themselves have been around. The ancient Incas discovered that the ashes from burned leaves of the Coca tree gave the people great stores of energy, and made sleep unnecessary for hours or even days, it was later discovered to be the stimulant cocaine. They would take it before long hunts, battles, and even found it useful in ancient sport competitions. It wasnt until 1886 that the first drug-rel...
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Kill Cancer Cells Lymph Nodes
1,000 wordsClass Prostate Cancer More Bhinderwala Class A, Mr. Haight What is cancer of the prostate? Cancer of the prostate, a common form of cancer, is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the prostate. The prostate is one of the male sex glands and is located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The prostate is about the size of a walnut. It surrounds part of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. The prostate makes fluid t...
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Thyroid Gland Pituitary Gland
733 wordsIodine is an essential macro mineral. Almost half the iodine is found in the thyroid gland which is located in the throat. Iodine is an important component of thyroid hormones, which control energy, metabolism in the body as well as the body? s temperature, reproduction, and growth. It is not found in the body so it is very important that you get about. 15 mg. daily. Some foods such as vegetables, grains, table salt, dairy products, and especially seafood are the best sources of iodine. Breathin...
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