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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Hiv Infected Women
1,671 wordsThe number of newborns infected by vertical transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus is increasing as the number of HIV-positive women increases within the United States. It is estimated that while seven thousand of the HIV-positive women become pregnant each year, between one thousand and two thousand of their newborns will be HIV-positive. The transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus from mother to child, the benefits of drugs intervention, and whether or not the HIV-screening ...
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Bone Marrow Adverse Effects
705 wordsChronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) is one of the four most common types of leukemia and is responsible for 15 to 20 percent of all adult leukemias. CML is a deadly cancer of the bone marrow cells that causes white blood cells to increase to more than twelve times their limit, at an uncontrollable rate. Normally, this can lead to fatigue, fever, and a fatal 5 -year survival rate. Novartis Oncology Pharmaceuticals, the second largest drug company in the world, with headquarters in Switzerland, is ...
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Optic Nerve Nerve Fibers
1,351 wordsThis research paper examines glaucoma over the age of 40 in the United States, in the last 10 years. Knowing the fact that glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the United States leads us to choose this subject for research. Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that gradually steals sight without warning and often without symptoms. Vision loss is caused by damage to the optic nerve. This nerve acts like an electric cable with over a million wires and is responsible for carrying the...
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Visually Impaired Optic Nerve
1,359 words... s what lessons were learned from these three particular studies? The answer lies with lowering the IOP. The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study evaluated whether "lowering IOP was effective in delaying or preventing glaucoma in patients with ocular hypertension" (Johnson & Brandt, 2005). This study was designed to identify the characteristics in progression of disease in patients. Also identified as major predictive factors for development of glaucoma was optic nerve anatomy and central ...
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Clinical Trials Baby Boomers
1,366 wordsKimberly Goolsby (949) 464 - 0187 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FDA APPROVES REFRACTEC's (R) CKSM (Conductive Keratoplasty SM) NON-LASER PROCEDURE FOR FARSIGHTEDNESS CK Uses Radiofrequency Energy, Instead of a Laser, to Reshape the Cornea Without Cutting or Removing Tissue IRVINE, Calif. , April 16, 2002 - Ophthalmic device manufacturer Refractec Inc. today announced that the U. S. Food and Drug Administration has approved CK (Conductive Keratoplasty), a procedure for farsightedness (hyperopia) in peopl...
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Coronary Heart Disease World Health Organization
2,243 words... to make the vessels stronger. But the number of calories must depend on the amount of the physical activity. These fats may be either burnt or gone to the tissues of the body. It is necessary in order to avoid the CHD to minimize the amount of animal fats in the ration, not to eat fried foods. Nerve and psychological factors are also important means of causing the CHD. And thus good emotional background and lack of stresses is an excellent preventive measure in terms of the CHD and other car...
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