Multiple myeloma

Immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), is a blood disorder that is characterized by the destruction of the blood platelets caused by the presence of antiplatelet antibodies. This bleeding disorder is not associated with a systemic disease. It’s typically chronic in adults, but self-limited in children. The trouble with this there is not defining diagnostic that presents this disease clearly, instead the diagnosis is presented through the exclusion of other variables. Typically, patients have…

Preventative Care and Follow-up: The current updated recommended guidelines for preventive care and follow up in Hematopoietic Cell Transplant (HCT) focus on the risks faced by HCT survivors (autologous and allogeneic) who have survived 6 months or more post- transplant (Majhail et al., 2012). Adherence to care guidelines for HCT survivors has many challenges because of the lack of a standardized patient care plans specific to HCT survivors (Majhil et al., 2012). Also, long-term HCT survivors…

Chandler Bridges May 14, 2015 Agent Orange “One Significate Ghost" In war, the first prerogative is that you must be able to find the enemy. During the Vietnam war, the United States utilized a group of herbicides which became known as the “Rainbow Herbicides" (Murray 2005) These chemicals, prefixed with "agent" named for their color, were stored in 55 gallon metal barrels with a simple, color-coded strip to designate the contents, of all the "agents", Agent Orange was the most extensively…

The United States Armed Forces and veterans have sacrificed their entire lives to protect those of civilians, and because of that they deserve to be treated with dignity, respect, and care. Unfortunately, many veterans never fully recover from their military careers, and are left either partially or completely disabled due to physical and/or mental injury. This leaves them unable to work and provide for themselves and their families. An even smaller portion of these veterans were left disabled…

, 6) Cancer drugs in general because these drugs were/are created to extend life, 7) Rheumatoid Arthritis Part B drugs (e.g. TNF Inhibitors such as Remicade) and 8) Multiple Myeloma Part B drugs – bortezomib, carfilzomib,…

Stem cells are the body’s raw material; they have the ability to develop into various cell types in the body, during the early stages of life. They also provide internal repair for many tissues. Stem cells can divide to replenish other cells. As the stem cell divides, it has the potential to remain a stem cell or morph into another type of cell that has a more specialized function, like a muscle cell, red blood cell, or brain cell. Stem cells can be guided into specific cells in order to…

The Vietnam War, spanning three decades, has continued to impact American lives. Many Vietnam veterans have suffered cancers, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and even birth defects in their offspring as a result of their experience in Southeast Asia. In war, gruesome battle tactics played a key role. This was known as guerrilla warfare. This type of warfare was a tactic used by the Vietcong against the United States in order to receive information about the United States plotting schemes,…

This may cause accumulation of errors rapidly in the cell and its progeny. * Those in signaling (endocrine) machinery of the cell. This leads transmission of the error signals to nearby healthy cells as well. * Those that allow the cells to migrate and disrupt more healthy cells away from the primary site of origin. * Those that make the cell immortal so that the abnormal cell refuses to die. Hormonal changes Notable among these are changes in the female hormone levels estrogen. Excess…