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Throughout recent history, humans have been told that they are given basic human rights. But do those rights really exist? In the novel The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks written by Rebecca Skloot, the main topics are consent to treatment and privacy. The government and people of higher power feel they are capable of revoking one’s rights, and this novel displays a perfect example of that. Social justice issues have been present in history for a very long time, and failure to provide someone…

The human body has many systems that work together to help us stay alive and function. Body systems are the group of functions that work together for a common purpose. Any malfunction or delay from any of these systems can affect the whole system. There are eleven body systems in all. These include the integumentary, cardiovascular, lymphatic, digestive, respiratory, urinary, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, and reproductive system. Each of these systems are made up of organs with…

The portal venous system is very important in that it collects blood from the spleen, the stomach, pancreas, and the small and large intestine. All the veins from the portal venous system will come together to form the portal vein which then carries substrate-rich venous blood to the liver. The blood in the liver will then be drained by the hepatic veins. Portal hypertension is associated with chronic liver diseases and is a result of an increase in blood pressure in the portal vein. There is a…

To be human is to be susceptible to the ever reaching power of the human mind. This seemingly insignificant organ is the direct catalyst for all the behaviors, actions, and interactions of everyday life. Within Shakespeare’s works, he examines the conditions of this fragile infrastructure and the subsequent consequences of it. Within the play King Lear, Shakespeare conveys the lethal power of becoming a prisoner of their own mind. Through the idea of madness, and its variations within the…

Liver Failure: Liver Disease (Autoimmune Hepatitis) According to research, Liver failure patients experience chronic problems and accrue long term problems. Liver failure is an inflammation or a very un-normal function that occurs within weeks or days. (Clinic 15) There are various symptoms of this disease. Some symptoms can be known as swelling in your body such as in your feet, and hands. Another symptom is very unusual dark urine, loss of appetite, abdominal pain. The main symptom is known to…

Heart failure is when the heart is too weak to pump blood efficiently, and cannot provide proper cardiac output that the body needs to maintain the body’s metabolic needs. Also, heart failure is when the heart muscle has become damaged and cannot contract and pump blood up and through the valves and out through both sides of the heart or the heart muscle has become too stiff. This process mainly relates to the heart muscles of the ventricle chambers. The ventricles are the main problem within…

Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that is found in the Central Nervous System. The cause for the disease is still unknown, but there have been suggestions and theories that MS can come from genetic and environment factors that maybe involved. No cure has been found to eliminate the disease from a patient’s body, however there is treatment available to alleviate the immense pain of the symptoms and reduce the spread of the disease in the body. Dr. Sandeep Chhabra from the Monash Institute of…

Krystian Kopec Professor Kessler/Grove FSEM 132 1 December 2016 Paper 3 There are always controversies being developed over specific topics that have many different opinions and outlooks on them. One topic that receives a lot of recognition is “Are genetically modified foods safe to eat” because people lack knowledge of what genetically modified organisms are and how they can affect an individual 's health. A GMO is a plant, microorganism or other organism whose genetic makeup…

Fifteen to twenty-five percent of patients have a skin condition known as dermatitis herpetiformis or as others may call it “…celiac disease of the skin.” (“Celiac Disease and” 1). People that experience dermatitis herpetiformis usually do not experience and of the classic digestive symptoms associated with celiac disease. (“Celiac Disease and” 2). This condition is in the form of an itchy, blistering, skin rash and is normally found on a person’s elbows, knees, or lower back. (“Celiac Disease…

deaths were happening in holding room F. A veterinarian was called to look at the monkeys and he noticed that there were two monkeys with droopy eyelids. Those monkeys died that night. The monkeys were dissected and it was noted that the monkeys spleens were enlarged. There was also blood in the monkeys intestines. The vet suspected that the monkeys died from a simian hemorrhagic fever. Samples of the dead monkey tissues were sent USAMRIID (Where Nancy Jaax works). An intern named Tom…