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    Overview Systematic lupus erythematosus, usually shortened to SLE or simply “lupus,” is a chronic inflammatory condition of the immune system. The blood produces unusual antibodies, and this causes the body to attack healthy tissues. It affects women more often than men, and it generally does not appear until the individual reaches adulthood. Exact causes are unknown. However, it seems that certain factors like UV light exposure, heredity, medications, and viruses may play a role. It also…

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    a. In the early 1700’s rice became known as a delicacy and was grown overseas in Africa b. Because of the horrible working conditions the slaves became immune to Malaria, on the downside the malaria caused a genetic trait that created sickle-cell anemia. VI. North Carolina and Rhode Island became known as a wild and northern expanse of the huge Carolina grant bordered on…

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    Author of Eggs for sale, M.A Garcia, unlocks her quest, and goes into the technicalities of her journey in which changes the aspects of her views on life. She no longer glares on the monetary acceptance, from donating her eggs, but also the new appreciation and value on everything in life, life itself and fertility more than she has ever had before. When we define the meaning of love in the dictionary we learn the meaning to be defined as, A feeling of warm attachment or deep affection, as for a…

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    Under normal physiological conditions, the function of the colon and the rectum is responsible for the very last phase of digestion. Water is absorbed from the digested material (mostly liquid at this point) by the colon to form stool. Subsequently, the dehydrated stool then moves into the rectum for storage until signals are sent for its expulsion from the anus (Silverthorn, 2012). When carcinomas occur in either the colon or the rectum, they are collectively labeled as colorectal cancer.…

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    In 1922, young Grace Fryer was drawn to her dentist by a raising concern when her teeth, for no apparent reason, began to loosen and crumble in her mouth. Her jaw was a honeycomb of holes. It did not take long to track Fryer’s mysterious ailment to her employer, the US Radium Corporation, which had employed 4,000 other women to paint dials on watches. Soon after, many other women began to fall ill to the same diseases. This is, the Radium Girls. From 1917 to 1926, the US Radium Corporation in…

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    genomes, as well as animals. Gene therapy gives researchers a reason to support genetic engineering. Gene therapy is a technique that treats and prevents diseases. This type of therapy can be treatment for illnesses such as: heart attacks, sickle-cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, and Alzheimer’s disease. Genetic engineering can also determine the genotypes of humans. This helps with the early detection of diseases to possibly prevent them from progressing. The process of genetic engineering is not…

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    do not allow you to fast comfortably without endangering your life.|Conditions like diabetes, ulcers, anemia, etc. can threaten your life when you fast.|Medical conditions like diabetes, ulcers, anemia, etc. have the…

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    10-15%. There are 3 treatment options for melanoma, chemotherapy, radiation, interleukin 2. These three treatment options come with multiple side effects. Side effects of chemotherapy are are fatigue, hair loss, easy bruising and bleeding, infection, anemia, vomiting, nausea, constipation, and diarrhea, etc. The main side effects of radiation are fatigue and skin changes. Other early side effects are hair loss and mouth problems when treated in this area. The side effects of interleukin 2 are…

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    Subjective and objective data are significant to support the diagnosis of CD and rule out other likely gastrointestinal conditions. Detailed information should be collected from the patient regarding their symptoms. This information should include: the patient’s ability to tolerate well-balanced meals, significant weight loss, family members with similar symptoms or gastrointestinal diseases, remedies that have been tried to alleviate symptoms and its response, the presence of abscesses,…

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    Diseases can affect a pregnancy by transforming the birthing process into a horrible experience. Foraging the elements fear and shame. Some cultures would consider a deformed or diseased newborn shameful to the family. So, the mother would abandon her child for the pride of the family. Fear of the unknown has filter through every cultures since the dawn of time. What we cannot comprehend drives us to tragic things to our relatives or the people around us. Helminths is a parasitic worm, which…

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