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Eczema
Number of Words: 896 / Number of Pages: 4
... causes eczema,
but since it is not present in all cases of eczema, they believe that there is
more than one gene that can cause eczema. Also, a maternal pattern of
inheritance has been discovered. Doctors and researchers believe that this
maternal inheritance pattern is due to modification in the immune responses in
utero, or via breast milk.
CAN ECZEMA BE CURED?
There is no way to absolutely “cure” eczema although, many treatments
have been found to be effective. Now, with the wonderful discovery of one of
the genes that may cause eczema, who knows what will happen. They are working
on ways to ...
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The Black Plague
Number of Words: 1113 / Number of Pages: 5
... know the direct cause of the Plague, they believed without doubt that God was responsible, judging human behavior and ready to punish the wicked. They concluded that this Black Plague was punishment from an angry God (Corzine 27-31).
had several different names. Bubonic Plague received its name because of the painful swellings it produced called buboes. The Black Death is another name which was given to the Plague because of the appearance of black blood beneath the skin. This disease became associated with the term "plague" because of the widespread fatalities that it caused throughout history ...
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The Dangers Of Cigarettes
Number of Words: 327 / Number of Pages: 2
... mad. My garbage would be filled with ashes and cigarettes. The ash tray would get filled up and get knocked over and cause a mess.
Cigarettes would also cause an inconvenience since all the time I would have a cigarette my throat would get dry. The dryness would cause me to get up for a drink or if I was out somewhere, I would have to buy something to drink. I also hated the thought of wealthy, greedy cigarette companies making money off my sweat and blood. It is estimated that the average smoker spends the average of $1300 a year on cigarettes.
The rich may keep getting richer, but--at least as ...
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AZT
Number of Words: 1540 / Number of Pages: 6
... 3'-azido-3'-
deoxythymidine. AZT works by inhibiting the process of copying DNA in cells.
More specifically, AZT, inhibits the reverse transcriptase enzyme, which is
involved in the DNA replication process. When DNA is replicating in a cell,
there is a specific enzyme that works along one side of the original DNA strand
as the DNA is split into two strands, copying each individual nucleotide. This
enzyme is only able to work in one direction along the nucleotide string,
therefore a different enzyme, or rather a series of different enzymes is
required to work in the opposite direction. Reverse transcr ...
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Tuberculosis
Number of Words: 742 / Number of Pages: 3
... symptoms:
a cough that hangs on, fevers, weight loss, night sweats, constant fatigue, and
loss of appetite. A person with the TB disease in the late stages will cough up
blood streaked sputum. People who have Active TB disease usually only have mild
symptoms. There are three tests to diagnose TB disease. One is the Tuberculin
Mantoux PPD skin test; two is a Chest X-ray which is given after the Skin test
is positive; three Sputum Test reveals if TB germs are in thick liquid a person
coughs up. The Tuberculin Mantoux PPD skin test is given by placing a substance
called PPD Tuberculin under the ...
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Definition Of The Oedipus Complex
Number of Words: 2140 / Number of Pages: 8
... the death of his father.
Freud says it is only the male child that we find the fateful
combination of love for the one parent and simultaneous hatred for the other as
a rival. Freud believed Oedipal was a normal part of human psychological growth
and it is during this stage children produce emotional conflicts.
Other psychoanalysts believed that girls experience a parallel called
the "Electra Complex". This comes from a Greek legend of a women named Electra
who helped plan the murder of her mother.
The Oedipus Complex originates from a myth about a Greek hero named
Oedipus, written by Sophocles. ...
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Abortion And American Legal System
Number of Words: 446 / Number of Pages: 2
... further restricting the earlier Roe v. Wade decision.
The law is contradicting because it does in fact place obstacles in the way of a woman’s obtaining an abortion.
From the readings in the Mahler text, one can assume that Nigeria does not have a stable democracy. After reading this passage I was asked to analyze and access the Nigerian regime in terms of state autonomy and whether it has state capacity in terms of infrastructural power. The final result of my theory will result in finding out if Nigeria can achieve rapid economic growth.
The term state autonomy is defined by the ability of a stat ...
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Ebola
Number of Words: 1207 / Number of Pages: 5
... type of is not believed to cause health poblems in humans. The most recent strain discovered is the Tai. It was identified by Dr. Bernard Le Guenno in 1995. It was discovered in the Ivory Coast of west Africa in the Tai Forest. A Swiss researcher was the first to contract this strain he survived the infection.
There are many differences betweent these strains. Reston does not cause illness in humans but does in monkeys it is also suspected to be airborn whee other strains are not transmitted by air. Their structures are quite similar in shape but have different gene sequences in places ...
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Pro Choice: Letter To The Editor
Number of Words: 294 / Number of Pages: 2
... that we live by
everyday. When this right is denied to someone by the government, undoubtedly
something very wrong.
It is such the case with making abortions illegal. By outlawing abortions,
you are outlawing a woman's choice for how she will live her life. The
government has in a sense become a "big brother" and has decided what is good
for her and what is not. When government goes beyond foreign affair and the
protection of it's citizens, into the controlling of lives and decisions that we
make, it is no longer a government. It becomes something that goes against every
single principle and ...
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A Look At Abortion
Number of Words: 951 / Number of Pages: 4
... is not a right
granted by the constitution. Instead Roe vs. Wade had been a continuing
reminder to the conscience of this nation. The nation reflects today that
we can't diminish the value of human life(the unborn child) without
diminishing the value of all human life including each and everyone of us.
Mother Teresa once said “Abortion is the greatest moral crisis that faces
the world today.
What is the real issue – how can we call a mother a mother if she aborts
her child, she is no longer a mother. If you don't know a body is alive
you don't bury it and for medical reasons, the doctor treats the ...
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