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    you to regulate your breathing. In the article Stay Happy, from the magazine, Swimmer, Jim Thornton says, “It can even promote so-called “hippocampal neurogenesis” - the growth of new brain cells in a part of the brain that atrophies under chronic stress” (Thornton). Atrophy means to progressively decline, so basically under chronic stress your brain cells don’t usually grow. When you swim it acts as a stress reliever because it produces new brain cells. The concentration of working on a…

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    : Expansion of CAG trinucleotide repeats encoding poly glutamine (poly Q) tract in other wise unrelated proteins are responsible to atleast nine diseases . These diseases include Huntington’s disease (HD), spinobulbar muscular atrophy, dentatorubral pallidoluysian atrophy, and spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA) types 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 17.(1) Clinical features include ataxia and other movement disorders, loss of cognitive ability, and psychiatric disabilities(2). A characteristic feature of polyQ…

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    Mrs Moor Dementia Summary

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    blood analysis (9). Besides biomarker-based tests in CSF analysis and brain imaging using CT scan or MRI, Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination (ACE) are commonly used as cognitive screening (9). Hippocampus atrophy serves a predictor for the conversion of mild cognitive impairment to AD dementia (3). Wood et al. (2016) suggest an additional test that relies on the role of hippocampus in allocentric spatial memory called 4 Mountains Test (4MT) (11). The…

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    True Hydration Advantages

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    and increases power throughout strenuous activity, giving you maximum physical benefits. The addition of Branched Chain Amino Acids supports muscle function, growth and recovery. BCAA loading while training keeps muscles primed and avoids muscle atrophy that comes from overexertion without proper feeding. Amino Hydrates unique combination assists athletes in performing at their peak longer, without post training exhaustion. it's a lower concentrated solution- This helps with hydration,…

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    For Lena Dunham, the new year doesn't necessarily mean "a new you." The Girls star embraced 2016 with the same body-positive efforts she's always had. Except this time around, she's doing it with a bikini selfie. On Sunday, the Tiny Furniture director posted the Instagram pic, which featured Dunham in a black bikini seemingly lounging with some striped towels. The caption reads, "Not her natural habitat but she's trying her darndest!!!" Not her natural habitat but she's trying her darnedest!!…

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    increased expression of the IL-15, HLA-E, AND MIC antigens/cytokines. This increased expression causes and increase in the susceptibility of the CTL attack. Thus, causing epithelial cell killing, which is also known as the damaging of the villious atrophy. Also, the CD4+T tries to help the killing of the CTL so that the villi doesnt get damaged but most time it is not successful at killing the…

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    Steroids In Sports

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    Steroids Could affect the coming generation.My opinion steroid in sports is people should win with their own strength instead of external energy. because a competition is measured by our own strength, not by other external elements. Most of the time steroid is used for winning a competition in different fields like Athletics, Wrestling and e.t.c. for a distance Tyson Gay was one of the biggest stars in sprinting. But BBC reported that he tested positive for a banned substance(steroids) in 2013…

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    What is a hero? Almost everyone has thought about this once in their life. Everyone has their own definition and criteria of a hero and not everyone meets that person's criteria. When people hear the word hero most of them suddenly think of superman, batman, or the hulk. As we get older we appreciate everyday heroes like firefighters, police officers, army men and maybe a person who does a random act of kindness just because. When I think of the word hero, what comes to my mind is my sister.…

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    How do computers, video games, and watching television affect the mind and body? All three of these have some positive and negative effects on the mind and body. They can range from being as positive as increasing cognitive skills, to as harmful as atrophy of a person’s social skills and muscles. However, there are also ways to counterbalance the negative effects that playing on the computer, playing video games, and watching television may have on the mind and body while still being able to…

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    Hepatozoon

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    The symptoms are periodic or persistent fever, muscle atrophy, weakness, generalized pain, mucous discharge from the eyes, not wanting to move, and they will slowly deteriorate. Nonregenerative anemia, and elevation in serum alkaline phosphatase along with neutrophilic leukocytosis is seen in lab results. Dogs…

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