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    fertilized egg can not be taken and implanted into the uterus the only solution there is is to terminate the pregnancy. In the website of BabyCenter”If the pregnancy is clearly ectopic and the embryo is still relatively small, you may be given the drug methotrexate. The drug is injected into a muscle and reaches the embryo through your bloodstream, where it ends the pregnancy by stopping the cells of the placenta from growing. (Over time, the tiny embryo is reabsorbed into your…

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    Jane Wright, The One and Only Inventor of Chemotherapy Jakob Young and Taylor Holmes Jane Wright has changed our society. “She was one of the first researchers to test chemotherapeutic drugs in humans, which produced effective dosing levels and helped save lives” (“Changing the Face of Medicine”). She helped people with cancer by using a new treatment called chemotherapeutic drugs, which helped terminate the odds of having cancer. She mostly worked on patients by giving them chemotherapy, which…

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    uses a special drug called methotrexate (“Treatment of Children” 7). After the induction phase is complete, the patient moves into the consolidation phase of chemotherapy, which is “more intense than the induction phase” (“Treatment of Children” 10). The goal of this phase in chemotherapy is to decrease the number of leukemia cells (“Treatment of Children” 10). During this phase, patients with a standard risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia receive the drugs methotrexate and…

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    Legalization of Marijuana Great strides have been made in marijuana research since the 1970’s movie Up in Smoke was made; however, the lazy, stoner stigma played by hippies Cheech and Chong still exists in society today. Marijuana doesn’t just come with a buzz though; it comes with many other uses and benefits. It should be legalized not only for its health benefits, but for the money it would generate to our economy and for its benefits that cut down on crime rates related to policing it from…

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    Psoriatic Arthritis Essay

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    Psoriatic arthritis: There are several treatments which treat symptoms of both psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis. Generally, safest medication has been used firstly in psoriatic arthritis, using aggressive treatment only if the first treatment failed. Physician will suggest the drugs based on type of psoriatic arthritis, its severity and patient’s reaction to prescribed medication. Some drugs used to treat psoriatic arthritis are listed below: NSAIDS, corticosteroids, topical treatment, light…

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    human fetal risk based on adverse reaction data from investigational or marketing experience, and the risks involved in use of the drug in pregnant women clearly outweigh potential benefits. Example drugs: atorvastatin, simvastatin, warfarin, methotrexate, finasteride Class ( N): FDA has not classified the drug. Example drugs: aspirin, oxycodone, hydroxyzine, acetaminophen,…

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    Many unborn babies have been killed and many others emotionally affected by abortion. Except in the case of rape or incest, abortion must become illegal. Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy and the death of a fetus. If induced, abortion is equivalent to murder. Abortion can be very harmful to both the mother and, of course, the unborn baby. Abortion is a procedure that kills unborn babies, and usually performed because the mother does not want her child. A pregnancy usually lasts…

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    T-Cell Lymphoma Case Study

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    STUDY TITLE A Randomized, Phase 2, Two-Arm, Open-Label, Multicenter, Study of Folotyn® (Pralatrexate Injection) with and without Oral Leucovorin to Prevent or Reduce Mucositis in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory (R/R) Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma (PTCL) BACKGROUND 1.a Defining Peripheral T-Cell Lymphomas (PTCL) Peripheral or mature T-cell lymphomas are subset of aggressive non-Hodgkin lymphomas (NHL) that comprise approximately 10-15% of all newly diagnosed cases of NHL in the United State.…

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    Abortion is a very popular topic in today 's world. Abortion is defined as a removal of a fetus or embryo from the uterus in order to end a pregnancy. In today 's world there are two side to the topic. We have pro-choice and pro-life. Pro-choice is supporting legalization of abortion and Pro-life is against legalization of abortion. Pro-life believes human life begin at conception and that a fetus life is more important than a woman 's right to kill a baby. The pro-choice believe that women’s…

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    In the United states society lacks the rights to life, liberty , and pursuit of happiness ; however due to harmful laws that have been gently crafted by. Modern day laws take away our rights by allowing abortions, sentencing prisoners to death, and prohibiting ones purist of happiness over all we no longer posse our rights Abortions are bad because we are taking away a defenseless child's life without his , or her consent even thought they are not considered an American citizen. Every day 125…

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