Leukemia

Over the past years the funding for stem cell research has been dismal. This new field of medicine can save life and can even be the cure to cancer that we all have been looking for. This relatively new field in science has been limited due to the fact that former President George Bush eliminated most funds for this field. He ordered that only select lines of these stem cells be used, however scientists inquired that these lines of stem cells were old making them unfitting for advancement. This…

Holden’s younger brother, Allie, has died of leukemia. There is no “right” way of coping with such a tragic reality within a family, but Holden takes an unhealthy approach, by breaking things and using his fists rather than his words. “I slept in the garage the night he died and I broke all the goddamn…

Decision to drop the A-Bomb – justified or not? This question has been debated by historians since 1945, when Harry Truman, the president of the United States at the time, made the decision to drop two atomic bombs on the major Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. A lot of questions have arisen from this attack, but there is one question, bigger than all of these, that is still argued to this day: was the decision justified? It can be said that it is not justified due…

Have you ever seen someone disturbed about something? For example, disturbed that something awful happened to them or someone they knew? When people are disturbed or hurt, they usually go through the five stages of grief-denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. People eventually become relieved and accept that something atrocious happened. In order to deal with it, they usually do things that help them cope with whatever dreadful happened. Steven, a character from the novel Drums,…

and I continue to gain experience, it has become evident that my desire to become a professional nurse stems from my childhood best friend’s diagnosis. In May of my sophomore year of highschool, my best friend Jill was unexpectedly diagnosed with Leukemia. Visiting Jill at Hasbro Children’s Hospital for the first time just a week…

Why is it that some people don’t appreciate what they have until they lose it? To have the ability to use your arms, legs or even brain are unappreciated until a person loses that ability. Despite the fact that, what if there is a way to restore those parts of the body, including deadly illnesses. What would you do then? In this essay, I will try to persuade you into supporting stem cell research. I’ll do so by explaining the benefits of this research that treat the lives of the individuals with…

“He’s dead now. He got Leukemia and died when we where up in Maine, on July 18, 1946. You would have liked him” (Salinger 43). In the novel, The Catcher In the Rye, by J.D. Salinger: Holden’s younger brother dies of Leukemia. Holden never full recovers from the family loss and is affected by this through the rest of his childhood and as he continues to grow up. In the novel, the death of Allie, Holden’s brother, causes Holden expresses multiple symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.…

Most animals and plants live on water as well, and can be easily affected by it as human beings will. They are susceptible to the chemicals in the water, which can either drastically change their lifestyles due to changing food supplies and the like to such dire consequences such as death. On the Office of Response and Restoration’s website, they state that light oils display two hazards. Some can ignite and explode, but are mainly toxic. It can kill animals and plants upon touch, even…

The First Therapeutic Vaccine VG-1000 is especially beneficial in patients with carcinoma or the typical types of cancer such as prostate, lung and breast cancer. The vaccine is also helpful in treating melanomas, sarcomas and leukemia. However, patients who underwent radiation and chemotherapy have slow progress when using VG-1000 since they have a depressed immune system compared to those who don’t have either of the two treatments. Hence VG-1000 is apparently should be a fist-line treatment…

A test that doctors perform to check for skin cancer, infection, or other skin problems is skin biopsy. A doctor may want to have your blood tested to look for a bleeding disorder. Bruising can lead to the diagnosis of platelet function disorder, leukemia, chronic kidney failure, or celiac…