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Blood Sugar Levels Kill Cancer Cells
1,114 words... x-rays are taken. These pictures aid the surgeon by helping he or she plan the operation. The final test is a laparoscopy. A surgeon guides a small camera through a half-inch incision in the abdomen. The organs in the abdomen can then be examined directly. This is done to find out if the pancreatic tumor has spread to other organs or structures. But what happens if your tumor cannot be surgically removed? There are three other forms of treatment other than surgery for pancreatic cancer. One ...
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Sex Education In The Public School System
1,192 wordsSex Education in the Public School System. The topic of sex education in public schools has been a hot one for some time. Those in favor of it argue that education is the answer to the rising rate of teen pregnancies and STD's. They are afraid that the youth of today are not receiving the proper information at home to protect themselves. Supporters feel that if kids are provided with accurate information in school they will be equipped with the tools to make wise, healthy decisions. There are ma...
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Shortness Of Breath Cigarette Smoke
663 wordsBronchitis is when the line the bronchial tubes become inflamed. As with the common cold, virtually everyone has had bronchitis at some time. It usually is caused by a viral infection that spreads to the bronchi. There are several types of bronchitis; the most common types are acute and chronic. Acute bronchitis is the inflammation of mucous membranes of the bronchial tubes, it usually only lasts a few days. Chronic bronchitis is when acute bronchitis lasts for months at a time and returns every...
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Polio Vaccine Nervous System
381 wordsJonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine. As a student, Salk became interested in vaccines. At the time it had been believed that bacterial vaccines could be made from a preparation of dead bacteria, which would immunize without inducing an infection. But scientists believed that a live vaccine had to be used in order to immunize against a virus. Salk was unsure of this and, after his internship he joined Dr. Thomas Francis's influenza vaccine project at the University of Michigan. As a resu...
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases Genital Warts
534 wordsKim, Steve Final Exam Essay Psy 120 Sexually Transmitted Diseases It is almost inevitable not to find an illustration or a magazine depicting the human body sexually and quite provocatively. Almost every magazine out on the newsstand has the potential to communicate explicit images of the body of both genders sensually or sexually. Although, the media and popular culture encourage us to express ourselves sexually, Americans continue to experience a great deal of embarrassment, shame, and guilt o...
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Homosexual Behavior Dysfunctional Families
1,121 wordsOver the phone, I could hear quiet anguish in the mothers gentle contralto voice: We found out in late August. He sat us both down and told us his secret. Deep inside, I already knew. I guess Ive known for a long time, but I could not accept it. Hes my baby boy. How could he be a freak of nature? We couldnt talk about it. When he came home for Christmas, We talked about his job, his new home, and his new car. He and his brother talked about golf, and basketball, and everything else except that. ...
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Person To Person Blood Transfusion
655 wordsThe purpose of this paper will be too show how AIDS is a serious disease in the world today. AIDS, (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a complicated illness, caused by a virus that is passed from person to person. "The disease was first recognized in 1980 among homosexual men and injection drug users in New York and California. " Several years after it was recognized, AIDS has become a worldwide epidemic. "By 1995, 477, 900 Americans had developed the disease, of whom 295, 500 had died, and...
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Guinea Pigs Animal Research
761 wordscures await discovery. Although the list is pretty much endless, here are some examples, by decade, including the main species used that were crucial to the discovery: Pre- 1900: Treatment for rabies (dogs, rabbits), smallpox (cows), anthrax (sheep). 1900 s: Cardiac catheterization techniques (dogs, rabbits), treatment for rickets (dogs). 1920 s: Discovery of insulin (dogs). 1930 s: Development of modern anesthesia (dogs), prevention of tetanus (horses), development of anticoagulants (cats). 194...
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Infected With Hiv Hiv Virus
1,001 wordsThe AIDS and HIV virus is a very dangerous disease that sees no race, no color, no gender, no economic background and not even a specific age group. It can affect anyone, at any time if they put themselves in a situation where they could be at risk. AIDS stands for what is called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The virus causes the bodys immune system to break down and become useless in fighting illness and bacteria. Even a common cold could lead to the death of a person affected with the AI...
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Twenty Four Hours Critical Care
1,038 wordsThe Purpose of this paper is to review the fever protocol used in the consulting nurse office as compared to the protocol suggested by the nursing research articles. In the consulting nurse office, we use a protocol for fever in which we assess the symptoms of patients who call us and we triage then with the protocol. The first thing we do is make sure they are not in need of emergency medical attention, then we go over their symptoms carefully to make sure they can safely take care of themselve...
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Percent Of The Cases Genetic Disorders
1,268 wordsDown syndrome, the most common genetic birth defect associated with mental retardation, occurs equally across all races and levels of society. The effects of the disorder on physical and mental development are severe and are expressed throughout the life span. The individual's family is also affected emotionally, economically, and socially (Bellenir 1996). Characteristics associated with Down syndrome include: epicanthus folds, unilateral squints, a flat saddle nose, flat jaw bones, large fissur...
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D S Six Months
1,433 wordsThe Worse Epidemic Ever To Hit America: AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, the number one killer among Sexually Transmitted Diseases in North America, all because of the lack of intelligence about the disease. There are a lot of ways to contract the virus HIV, homosexuality is not the only way, but, Im sure thats the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions A. I. D. S. The reason people are so unaware of the virus or just dont care about it is because people have the thought w...
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The Mysterious Infection Of Kimberly Bergalis
743 wordsThe Mysterious Infection of Kimberly Bergalis Was Kimberly telling the truth about her lack of sexual relations? How did she really contract the AIDS virus? Were Dr. Acer's patients in dangers while under his care? These are the questions that I will be addressing in this paper. There a few items in the article that try to get us to believe that the patients may have been lying. The story by CBS news program Sixty Minutes is probably the most persuasive. In their findings, the six people thought...
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Beginning Of The End Polio Vaccine
730 wordsBefore the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines, polio was a serious infection that affected the central nervous system; however with proper vaccinations it can be eradicated in the United States today. There are different kinds of polio. They include spinal polio, non-paralytic form, and paralytic polio. Spinal polio is the most common form that occurs when polio viruses attack nerve cells and control the muscles of the legs, arms, trunk, diaphragm, abdomen, and pelvis. Stiffness in the n...
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Penicillin G Types Syphilis Gonorrhea Antibiotic
559 wordsAntibiotics was created to kill the growth of infectious organisms, produced by bacteria or molds that are toxic to other micro- organisms. Antibiotic refers to antibacterials all antibiotics are more toxic to an organism than they are to an animal or human. How they made antibiotics was not understood until the late 20 th century. the principle of using organic compounds to fight infection has been known since ancient times. Plant extracts were used for medicine for centuries and still used tod...
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Men And Women Scar Tissue
1,151 wordsMan kinds essential nature entails self-improvement and perfection. Because human beings have always sought out self-fulfillment through self-improvement, plastic surgery may be one of the worlds oldest hearing arts. According to the Plastic Surgery Information Service, there is written medical evidence that cites medical treatment for facial injuries for over 4000 years. Physicians n ancient India were utilizing skin grafts for reconstructive work as early as 800 BC. Furthermore, the driving fo...
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Spina Bifida Spinal Cord
489 wordsSpina Bifida is a Latin term meaning split spine. It is the name given to a group of birth defects, which interfere with the development of the central nervous system: the brain, the spinal cord and the nerve tissues. It results from the failure of the spine to close properly during the first month of pregnancy. In severe cases, the spinal cord protrudes through the back and may be covered by skin or a thin membrane. Surgery to close a newborn's back is generally performed within 24 hours after ...
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White Blood Cells Aids Disease
381 wordsAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, better known as AIDS, is caused by the incurable HIV virus. AIDS is a deadly disease that deteriorates the immune system. There are two groups of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), HIV- 1 that occurs throughout the world and HIV- 2 that mainly occurs in Africa. The HIV virus enters the white blood cells and takes over the reproductive system of that cell and uses the system to reproduce itself. The white blood cell dies and the new HIV cells infect other whi...
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People Who Live Nile River
415 wordsThe Comparing and Contrasting of Snails of the The Nile River is a river that winds through Africa into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile River is considered to be the river of life for both people and wildlife. People who live along the river have the highest rate of bladder cancer. The Schistosoma Haematobium or blood fluke, which is carried by a snail called the Bulinus Truncatus, infects many people who live along the river. There is a parasitic worm which burrows into blood vessels of the hum...
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Food And Shelter Stream Of Consciousness
1,695 wordsJose Saramago received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998. Although several of his books were available in English translation, not many people in the United States had read his novels prior to the award. Saramago is one of the great masters of storytelling and fiction of our time. His language is unimpeachable and he plays with it often, calling attention to it, even interrupting the story to reflect on words and modes of expressing thoughts. Blindness is a powerful and disquieting allegory...
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