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Cystic Fibrosis Of The Pancreas
410 Words - 2 Pages.... rise to most of the symptoms and anatomical findings in the disease.
The sweat glands are affected in a different way. They produce sweat that
has an abnormally high salt content.
Cystic fibrosis is due to an inborn error of metabolism that is
inherited as a recessive trait. In families where both parents ae carriers,
approximately 25% of all the offspring will have the diswase, although the
incidence may vary from one family to the next. The disease is relatively
common to Caucasions, usually among Negroes, and very rare in Mongolians.
In the United States, about 1 in every 2000 children is born with the
disease, and 5% of the population are carriers. In the days befor ....
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Alzheimer's Disease
736 Words - 3 Pages.... nerve
cells from the Cerebral Cortex in the Alzheimer's victim. Approximately ten
percent of the neurons in this region were lost. But a ten percent loss is
relatively minor, and cannot account for the severe impairment suffered by
Alzheimer's victims. Neurofibrillary Tangles are also found in the brains of
Alzheimer's victims. They are found within the cell bodies of nerve cells in
the cerebral cortex, and take on the structure of a paired helix. Other
diseases that have "paired helixes" include Parkinson's disease, Down's
Syndrome, and Dementia Pugilistica. Scientists are not sure how the paired
helixes are related in these very different diseases. Neuritic Plaque ....
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Excretion And Elimination Of Toxicants And Their Metabolites
1076 Words - 4 Pages.... by the size of the
larger molecule.
Reabsorbtion of the many ions, minerals and other nutrients that escaped in
the glomerular filtrate will need to be recovered.. Reabsorbtion begins in the
tubules of the nephron. Anywhere from 65% to 90% of reabsorbtion occurs in
these structures. Active reabsortion is used to recapture glucose, proteins,
amino acids and other nutrients. Water and chloride ions are passively
reabsorbed by the establishment of osmotic and electrochemical gradients. Both
the Loop of Henley and collecting duct are used to establish these osmolar
gradients. The tubule has a brush border that will absorb proteins and
polypeptides through pinocytosis. These ....
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Dioxins
850 Words - 4 Pages.... linked to Agent Orange. Agent Orange was a herbicide used by the United States Army used for its abilities to kill large plants and trees very efficiently. It was sprayed liberally during the Vietnam War where came in to contact with American soldiers. Some time after the war, many veterans of Vietnam reported rashes, mental conditions, and were found to have cancer. After much research it was found that Agent Orange which contained , specifically 2,3,7,8, TCDD, was responsible for these medical conditions. After the Agent Orange controversy lost their space in the spot light for some time until the mid-eighties up to now.
are released in four major ways. One is the i ....
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Abstinence And STD Prevention
539 Words - 2 Pages.... pregnancy. One-tenth of young women between the ages of 15
and 19 get pregnant every year, 83 percent of these pregnancies are
unwanted or unplanned. Half of the unmarried teens who get pregnant do so
within six months of their first sexual experience. In fact, between 1986
and 1990, teen childbearing increased by 16 percent. What’s worse,
pregnant teenagers often don’t see a doctor until the time of delivery.
Another serious problem surrounding teen sexual intercourse is the
probability of AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Each year,
three million teens are infected with STDs. Among 14- to 20-year-olds,
chlamydia is the most common. It has no obvious ....
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AIDS And HIV
2286 Words - 9 Pages.... transmitted through sharing of non sterilize
needles and syringes, sexual intercourse, blood transfusion, and through most
bodily fluids, it is not transmitted through casual contact or by biting or
blood sucking insects.
Development of the AIDS Epidemic
The first case of AIDS were reported in 1982, epidemiologists at the
Center of Disease Control immediately began tracking the disease back wards in
time as well as forward. They determined that the first cases of AIDS in the
United States probably occurred in 1977.
By early 1982, 15 states, the District of Columbia, and 2 foreign
countries had reports of AIDS cases, however the total remained low: 158 men and
1 woman. ....
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Alcoholism
487 Words - 2 Pages.... or imitation of the alcoholic parent, but also because the social and family conditions associated with are among those believed to contribute to the development of . These include family conflict, divorce, and job security. Other problems reported in children of alcoholic parents include hyperactivity, school problems, antisocial behavior, and drug use. Studies indicate that children of alcoholics have an increased risk of even when they have no exposure to drinking parents.
Next, the effects of alcohol on the human body depend on the amount of alcohol in the blood. The higher the alcohol content of the beverage, the more alcohol will enter the bloodstream. The amount and ....
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Abortion
1430 Words - 6 Pages.... and disposed of by a small tube. This process
takes but about 10 minutes, and the mother experiences very little or no
physical discomfort. Pro-lifers immediately say that emotional trauma and
guilt haunts every woman after she has an abortion. However, during my
research, I found numerous women who led (and continue to lead) prominent
and scot-free lives after their abortions. I think that the mental state of
the mother depends very much on her personal feelings toward abortion, and
the actual experience the had before and during the abortion.
Pro-life propaganda
In my study of pro-lifers, I have found that most of the time, they
employ the use of a few strategie ....
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