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ovarian cancer. Ovarian cancer begins when a genetic mutation turns normal cells into abnormal cancer cells. Cancer cells can quickly multiply and forming a tumor. Risk factors that can increase the risk of ovarian cancer: Age Inherited gene mutation Estrogen hormone replacement therapy Smoking Fertility treatments Signs and Symptoms: Early stage ovarian cancer rarely has any symptoms. Advanced stage ovarian cancer can cause few and nonspecific symptoms that may include: Abdominal bloating or…

for me that this was not the case in Ashley’s case. The blog that Ashley’s’ parents dedicated to support for all “Pillow Angles”, presented data about the case and why the parents chose to remove her tiny uterus, appendectomy, breast bud removal, estrogen therapy and appendectomy. It fact the primary justification was to improve her QoL Then, it seems after this case, many phydicains who believed that this should be an option for other kids how born with sever physical and cognitive disability,…

of the aorta.  Hypertension results from increased peripheral vascular smooth muscle tone, which leads to increased arteriolar resistance and reduced capacitance of the venous system.  Some drugs that may increase BP include corticosteroids, estrogens, nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), amphetamines, sibutramine, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, erythropoietin, and venlafaxine .  It has also been suggested that endothelial dysfunction and vascular inflammation may also…

Should a woman get to give birth when she wants or should nature decide? Nations across the world struggle with this topic. In the early twentieth, birth control was a very sensitive issue all around the world. Couples were not allowed to have sex before marriage and married couples were only allowed to have sex if they wanted to have children. Although birth control pills are believed to be the best way to prevent pregnancy; they have been found to have many side effects than the medical…

Turner syndrome is a genetic condition caused by the absence of all or parts of the second sex chromosome. This condition only affects women and girls because the X-chromosome is missing or partially missing or rearranged. X-chromosome monosomy, X-chromosome mosaicism, and X-chromosome defects are common causes of the absence or alterations of the X-chromosome. Monosomy X occurs in about half of the girls with Turner syndrome. This means that each cell in each of their bodies has only one copy…

Fertility is the ability to produce children whereas infertility is the inability to produce children or to be able to carry a child to the end of the pregnancy or to delivery. Infertility is a very big problem amongst couples. According to The Columbia Encyclopedia, there are about forty percent of cases of infertility in men that have been reported and forty percent of cases of infertility in women that have been reported as well. There are some cases, about twenty percent, who have unknown…

Yes, boys receive “mixed messages.” Though they are not identical to the ones girls receive, boys still get them. “Sociologist Michael Messner (2002) goes further and showed that sports are a primary vehicle in which boys and men learn, reinforce, and perform a form of masculinity that is based on compulsive, competitive, heterosexuality” (DeMello 143). In the locker rooms, boys are encouraged for multiple conquests (DeMello143). However, polygamy is not accepted in the eyes of the law or…

The first mechanism is neuromuscular factors, the loss of neural input to the muscles is ongoing and a lifelong process that is irreversible. When the body loses motor units that innervate several muscle fibers, the neurons that survived attempt to “adopt” muscle fibers. The lower number of motor units functional means the individual has decreased strength and muscle atrophy. The vastus lateralis in 43 male cadavers aged 15 to 83, this study showed total number of muscle fibers was reduced…

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. People go through certain extent in order to achieve certain standards of society’s version of beauty. One gets addicted to the beauty products and starts to believe that it really works. A lot of these products give false advertisements and exaggerate it just to get you to buy it. Many of these beauty products are expensive and can cause damage to your skin, hair, nails, etc. In Source A it states that “Some of the ingredients in beauty products aren't…

Uterine prolapse is when the uterus dribs down into the vagina, and in severe circumstances, outside the vagina. It is one of the more upsetting gynecologic conditions and spares no age group. The experience of your uterus dangling outside your vagina is a rather bizarre one, to say the least. Females who have uterine prolapse normally have other organs that are displaced. A cystocele results when a prolapsed bladder lumps through the vaginal roof; a rectocele befalls when the rectum bulges…