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Organ Donation Organ Donor
1,191 wordsHolistic Care Are we Treating the Patient or the Condition? Holistic Care Are we Treating the Patient or the Condition? In today's fast-paced world where technology rules, the medical profession is also advancing. In 1991, 2, 900 liver transplants were performed in the United States while there were 30, 000 candidates for the procedure in the United States alone (Heffron, T. G. , 1993). Due to shortages of available organs for donation / transplantation , specifically livers, once again Although...
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Treating Disease With Stem Cells
1,019 wordsThis article was written by Dr. Gregory Hale, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, in response to questions posed by Scientific American Magazine regarding the treatment of certain diseases with cord blood stem cells. There is some additional information provided by Viacord, a medical service company that provides private family cord blood banking, processing, and research. Dr. Hale discussed the advantages of cord blood stem cell transplants, the results of...
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Autoimmune Diseases Organ Transplantation
2,135 wordsINTRODUCTION In order to provide a detailed analysis of recent pharmacological developments involving the human immune system, it is firstly necessary to introduce the innate and adaptive immune responses. Immunosuppressants and immuno modulators will be differentiated between and a selection of new and often experimental drugs belonging to each category will be provided. Specific drugs will be described including the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic's involved with each type. The possible c...
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Stem Cell Research Period Of Time
1,158 wordsOne of the most popular clinical studies being researched these days is stem cell transplantation. Until recently, moral issues of states and countries haven't allowed research to expound deeply into the unknowns. Within the last ten years though, scientists have made leaps and bounds in finding out concrete facts that this stem cell research has supplied. Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health Services states, "I believe it will open up a world of opportunity for scientists, not only at the NIH...
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Parent Child Relationship Parkinsons Disease
1,668 wordsIs the transplantation of neutral tissue considered an ethical procedure? The transplantation of human fetal neural tissue into the brains of humans suffering from progressive neurodegenerative disorders is one of the hottest arguments currently being debated. Fetal neural tissue is being used as a possible treatment for some diseases. The treatment and possible cure for many of these diseases falls upon the successful transplantation of fetal neural tissue from the brain, spinal chord and perip...
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Organ Transplantation Organ Donation
2,417 wordsHolistic Care Are we Treating the Patient or the Condition? Alesha M. Johnson, R. N. Jewish Hospital College of Nursing and Allied Health Nursing 4600 Conceptual Approach to Acute Care October 8, 1996 Holistic Care Are we Treating the Patient or the Condition? In todays fast-paced world where technology rules, the medical profession is also advancing. In 1991, 2, 900 liver transplants were performed in the United States while there were 30, 000 candidates for the procedure in the United States a...
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Heavy Drinking Alcohol Abuse
2,496 wordsHow Should The Medical Field Handle Patients How Should The Medical Field Handle Patients With Esld Caused By Alcohol Abuse In Regards To Liver Transplants? How should the medical field handle patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) caused by alcohol abuse in regards to liver transplants? This is the issue at hand within the writing of Alvin H. Moss and Mark Siegler, and the collective work of Carol Cohen and Martin Benjamin. Due to the scarcity of livers, the fact that they are a nonrenewa...
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White Blood Cells Types Of Leukemia
2,451 wordsAccording to the Cancer Book from the American Cancer Society, Leukemia is a cancer of the blood. It was first identified as a new disease in around 1830 in Germany. The scientific term, " leukemia, " comes from the Greek words that mean " white blood. " The disease is described as a cancerous disorder not just of the blood itself, but also of the organs that produce the blood cells in the body. The organs are mainly the bone marrow and the lymph system, where normal red and ...
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