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Animals There Is A Good Epilepsy Drug Brain
383 wordsEverybody knows cocaine is bad for you. So why do so many people take it? It gets you high. You feel good for a little while. Then youre sad again. Teenagers have this problem a lot. Scientists have found a way to maybe prevent highs when using cocaine. Actually, they found a way in animals, and they are hoping to use it on humans. The team showed that the epilepsy drug gamma vinyl-GABA, or GVG, blocked cocaine's effect in the brains of primates, including the process that causes a "high" feelin...
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Nobel Prize British Columbia
634 wordsI was born on April 26 th, 1932 in Blackpool, England. My childhood went by quickly. I was very bright in elementary school. My family wasnt to rich, so I didnt have the option to go to a private school. Luckily I earned a Scholarship to Arnold School. And although I didnt like my peers, I tried hard at school and I did well. I was not proficient in Latin and so was not able to go to Oxford or Cambridge. However, I did enter the first-rate chemistry honours program at the University of Mancheste...
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Western Medicine Chinese Medicine
711 wordsTraditional Chinese medicine is today the second largest health-care system in the world, after modern Western medicine. Traditional Chinese Medicine holds that the causes of most diseases originate from spiritual, emotional, behavioral, dietary, and climatic factors, in contrast to the biological and biochemical basis seen by practitioners of modern Western medicine. Chinese medical treatment is aimed at adjusting the environmental and human influences through lifestyle adjustments the use of m...
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Plasma Membrane Permeable Membrane
777 wordsThe plasma membrane is the boundary of life; this selectively permeable membrane allows the cell to maintain a unique internal environment and to control the movement of materials into and out of the cell. The phospholipid bilayer (fluid music model) with specific membrane proteins accounts for he selective permeability of the membrane and passive and active transport mechanisms. Membrane phospholipids are amphipathic. Cell membranes are phospholipid bilayers with the hydrophobic hydrocarbon tai...
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Fruits And Vegetables Loss Of Appetite
669 wordsOct. 24, 2001 -- Medical experts have been saying for years that a diet low in fat and high in fruits and vegetables is a good way to prevent certain cancers. But now a study from Denmark suggests that too many patients who actually have cancer are confused by the advice. And they may be endangering their recoveries by following it. Most cancer patients participating in a nationwide survey believed that vegetables and low-calorie foods were better choices than foods that are high in calories, ac...
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Parts Of The Body Fertilized Ovum
955 wordsThe theory of being able to make a genetic copy (a clone) of another animal has been around for quite a while. But animal cloning has been a scientific breakthrough only in recent years. Through cloning and genetic engineering, scientists have been able to perform incredible medical procedures that could one day help diseased people all over the world. There are many steps involved in cloning, and many precautions must be used. Scientists have found many useful benefits to animal cloning in many...
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Fish That Can Be Mass Beef And Chicken High
372 wordsAquaculture is a great benefit to the population. Protein filled fish arent consumed by humans half as much as beef and chicken (fish 7 kg, beef 31 kg and 29 kg of chicken). With a shortage of fish due to dams, pollution, and habitat lose fish are a high expense so many people are optioning for the less expensive beef and chicken. Fish is an excellent source of nutrition and a healthier source of protein than beef and chicken. Being lower in cholesterol, and having fewer calories than beef it is...
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Starter Cultures Enzymes Skimmed Cow Milk Cheese
626 wordsPlace of Origin: Although snack-size sticks of mozzarella are now sold under this name, true string cheese originated in Syria, and often comes in a braided rope. The flavor is similar to mozzarella, but saltier. Ingredients: String cheese is usually made from Mozzarella cheese. The ingredients used to make Mozzarella cheese consists of: pasteurized part-skimmed cow's milk with starter cultures, enzymes, and salt. It can also come in smoked and unmoved versions, often with garlic and onion added...
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Complex Carbohydrates Fruits Vegetables
549 wordsCarbohydrates For my health project I did carbohydrates. They are the bodies energy source. Carbohydrates supply the body with the energy it needs to function. They are found almost exclusively in plant foods, such as fruits, vegetables, peas, and beans. Milk and milk products are the only foods derived from animals that contain a significant amount of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates are divided into two groups, simple carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates. Simple carbohydrates, sometimes called ...
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Amounts Of Food Complex Carbohydrates
899 wordsThe best way to control body fat is by proper nutrition and regular exercise. I started by calculating how many calories your body needs based on your current weight and activity level. The weight that is right for you depends on many factors including your sex, height, age and heredity. To improve eating habits, I first had to know what is wrong with them. It is useful to write down everything you eat for three days. Then after analyzing the diet it becomes possible to see where you are eating ...
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Stanford Prevention Research Stanford Prevention Research Center Diet
371 wordsThe Atkins Diet Many of us are interested in good nutrition and a healthy diet. The data reported answers the questions concerning the effectiveness of the Atkins diet compared with other popular diet plans. The report presents a summary account of the diet study conducted at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. Yet, the study is not a much more thorough analysis on the ground as far as the quantity of participants was limited. The report provided a snapshot over a twelve-month period and us...
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National Institute Of Health Period Of Time
801 wordsPressure Ulcers One to three million people develop pressure ulcers in the U. S. each year. Pressure ulcers reduce overall quality of life through pain, suffering, morbidity, and mortality and are a major burden on the health care system increasing staff time and cost. The skin is a waterproof protective physical barrier with a blood reservoir and bacterial defense. The skin absorbs light and synthesizes vitamin D. Dermal cells contain a precursor of vitamin D, which when activated by sunlight, ...
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Fruits And Vegetables Fruits Vegetables
1,131 wordsSpecific Purpose: To persuade my audience to eat a healthy diet I. Introduction 1. Attention Getter: When you think of someone happy, successful, beautiful which image comes to your mind? An image of someone tired, overweight, sweaty, who is sitting in front of TV with a bowl of potato chips and a large glass of cola? Probably not. Most of us visualize a healthy person as someone who is active, spends much time outside, does sports, is slim, energetic and who eats healthy foods. People want to b...
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Muscle Mass Important Factor
553 wordsBurning Fat and Gaining Muscle Despite what people may say, every person would improve his or her body composition if he or she could do so easily. However, as I know from personal experience, making even minimal improvements in your athleticism requires great effort and dedication. Many people spend over an hour out of their day to either maintaining their physique or improving it. Since this is a fair amount of time, the three basic keys to improving a physique should be learned. These keys ar...
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Carbon Dioxide And Water Organic Compounds
1,157 wordsI. Introduction A. The Carbon Carbon I. Introduction A. The History of Carbon II. Occurrences in Nature A. Diamond B. Graphite C. Coal and Charcoal D. Amorphous Carbon III. Carbon Compounds A. Inorganic B. Organic IV. The Carbon Cycle V. Conclusion Carbon, an element discovered before history itself, is one of the most abundant elements in the universe. It can be found in the sun, the stars, comets, and the atmospheres of most planets. There are close to ten million known carbon compounds, many ...
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418 wordsThe Hormones and Development of Ones Sex The objectives of this article as I saw them were, (1) to show how fetal gonads acquire the ability to function as endocrine organs, and (2), to show the mechanisms by which the endocrine secretions modulate male development. The researchers went through an extremely extensive explanation of the formation of the sexual phenotypes by detailing the development of germ cells. They explained how womens and mens gonads appear identical until Leading cells, whi...
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Tay Sachs Disease Autosomal Recessive
812 wordsThis condition, Tay-sachs TAY-SACHS DISEASE This condition, Tay-Sachs Disease, is due to the reduction of a key enzyme. This missing enzyme is hexosominidase and is commonly referred to as Hex A. When this enzyme is missing in lipids (fats), GMZ ganglioside accumulates in inert cells. Hex A is key and is needed to break up and regulate lipids. When GMZ builds up in the neurons, the functions of the nervous system are affected. This leads to mental retardation, damages in the nervous system, and ...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Genetic Disorders
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African American Males Prostate Cancer
328 wordsweb September, 2000 Gene Identified for Cardiomyopathy The Director of the Heart Failure and Transplantation Unit at Texas Childrens Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine Professor of Pediatrics was extremely excited with the news of a gene recently identified. Baylor College of Medicine researchers have identified a new gene that is responsible for dilated cardiomyopathy. Cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of heart failure in children and adults. It is a common heart muscle disease. Baylor C...
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