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Alzheimer's Q&A
Number of words: 958 - Number of pages: 4.... The spaces
in the center of the brain become enlarged, also reducing surface area
in the brain.
What are the symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease?
Alzheimer's Disease is a dementing illness which leads to loss of
intellectual capacity. Symptoms usually occur in older adults (although
people in their 40s and 5Os may also be affected) and include loss of
language skills -- such as trouble finding words, problems with abstract
thinking, poor or decreased judgment, disorientation in place and time,
changes in mood or behavior and changes in personality. The overall res .....
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Biologic Nutrition And Nutrients
Number of words: 938 - Number of pages: 4.... Vitamins do not contain calories and do not supply energy. In other words, they do not contribute to weight gain. They are, however, most important as constituents of enzymes, those organic catalysts which enable biological processes to take place.
It is totally impossible to imagine life without vitamins and enzymes. Through enzymes, vitamins stimulate metabolic processes, converting food to energy and accelerating biological functions. They are truly vital or “life-giving” as the first part of their name implies. They create blood, skin and bone, release energy, and enable rep .....
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AIDS Is A Killer
Number of words: 709 - Number of pages: 3.... on the surface of T-cells and microphages, they are used to "talk" to, arouse, and attract cells. There are two variants of chemokines, alpha and beta chemokines. Among these there are many different chemokines from CCR5, CCR3, CXCR4, etc… Now AIDS needs the CD4 molecule and the CCR5 protein to be present on a T-cell to successfully infect the cell. It needs the CD4 molecule to latch on to the cell. Once this is accomplished it needs the CCR5 protein to be able to get inside of the cell in order to infect it.
Both of these two factors are essential in order for AIDS to infect a perso .....
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The Dangers Of Smoking
Number of words: 712 - Number of pages: 3.... the bladder, kidney, and pancreas are
attributed to smoking as well.
Lung cancer has become the leading killer among cancers in the
United States. More than eight of every ten cases of lung cancer are caused
by smoking, and nine out of every ten victims die within five years.
Emphysema is a progressive respiratory disease characterized by
coughing, shortness of breath, and wheezing, developing into extreme
difficulty in breathing, and sometimes resulting in disability and death.
In recent years, emphysema has become a serious public health problem.
Second hand smoke is also a serious probl .....
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The Meaning Of Abortion
Number of words: 1722 - Number of pages: 7.... of the mother. Because of this decision almost every
third baby conceived in America is killed by abortion, over one and a half
million babies a year (Willke vii). Many countries have followed our
decision on the abortion issue and some of these include Canada, England,
and France. Other countries still believe abortion should be illegal, they
include Germany, Ireland, and New Zealand. Although many believe that
abortion is a women's choice, abortion should be banned because its immoral
and life begins at conception.
Abortion is the choice of a women whether or not she want's to
receive o .....
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Abortion: Pro Choice
Number of words: 1727 - Number of pages: 7.... be the property of the mother. Because of this decision almost every
third baby conceived in America is killed by abortion, over one and a half
million babies a year (Willke vii). Many countries have followed our
decision on the abortion issue and some of these include Canada, England,
and France. Other countries still believe abortion should be illegal, they
include Germany, Ireland, and New Zealand. Although many believe that
abortion is a women's choice, abortion should be banned because its immoral
and life begins at conception. Abortion is the choice of a women whether or
not sh .....
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Development Of The Human Zygote
Number of words: 2396 - Number of pages: 9.... part of the fetus (Leese, Conaghan,
Martin, and Hardy, April 1993). As the blastomeres continue to divide, a solid
ball of cells develops to form the morula (Fig. 1). The accumulation of fluid
inside the morula, transforms it into a hollow sphere called a blastula, which
implants itself into the inner lining of the uterus, the endometrium (Fig. 1).
The inner mass of the blastula will produce the embryo, while the outer layer of
cells will form the trophoblast, which eventually will provide nourishment to
the ovum (Pritchard, MacDonald, and Gant, 1985).
Figure 1:Implantation process and de .....
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Cancer In American
Number of words: 330 - Number of pages: 2.... United States in the mid-1980s, more than one-fifth of
all deaths were caused by cancer; only the cardiovascular diseases
accounted for a higher percentage. In 1990 the American Cancer Society
predicted that about 30 percent of Americans will eventually develop some
form of the disease. In the United States skin cancer is the most
prevalent cancer in both men and women. Lung cancer, however, causes the
most deaths in both men and women. LEUKEMIA, or cancer of the blood, is
the most common type seen in children. An increasing incidence of cancer
has been clearly observable over the pa .....
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Anorexia Nervosa
Number of words: 486 - Number of pages: 2.... a very close, constricted families, having a special relationship with one of the parents. Anorectics are often highly conforming people an anxious to please, even obsession in their habits.
There are also many problems caused by . Girls with stop having their menstrual periods, which is also called amenorrhea People with anorexia have excessively dry skin, and have thinning hair on their heads. They may have a growth of fine hair all over their body, which is usually light-colored. They may feel cold all the time, and may also get sick often. There is also a problem with concentration, .....
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Anabolic Steroids
Number of words: 922 - Number of pages: 4.... adolescents, use black market steroids (Schrof,
54).
Anabolic steroids are synthetic compounds that resemble the natural male
sex hormone testosterone. Male hormones have two different effects in the body.
Hormones have an anabolic effect, which stimulates growth, and they have an
androgenic effect, which increases male sexual characteristics. Anabolic
steroids are constructed synthetically to maximize the anabolic (growth) effect
and minimize the androgenic (male characteristic) effect. Steroids are
molecules that occur naturally in the body and are carried in the bloodstream
and act a .....
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