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Skin is the body’s largest organ; it’s all over us and yet we fail to appreciate the many tasks it must do to keep us safe and disease-free. But our skin is more special and more complex than one thinks. Made up of the epidermis and dermis, our skin can resist and repair cuts and burns and many other traumas. Our skin, however, is not invincible and can sometimes fall susceptible to many different diseases and cancers, like melanoma. Melanoma Per Adam Riker, one of the authors of The…

my alarm. The time reads three o’clock. I enter a brief state of confusion before realizing what day it is. I remember, and my heart skips a beat. It’s the day I’ve been waiting for all year; I am going to the beach for the week. I rise from my bed with a grin on my face and get ready for the long trek ahead. My family travels to Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina every year during the second-to-last week of August. The island is minutes from the North and South Carolina border, which…

Skin Cancer Skin cancer is caused by damage to DNA. DNA gets damaged by ultraviolet rays, the sun. Skin cancer forms when cells divide quickly and unevenly. Skin cancer risks get higher when you have exposure to ultraviolet rays. There are 3 types of cancer: Basal Cell Carcinoma which is the most common type of skin cancer, it is the least harmful of the three. Squamous Cell Carcinoma is a more serious cancer than Basal Cell Carcinoma, this types of cancer can grow and spread all over the…

College life after high school After I graduated form high School, the first thing on my to do list after High School was to attend to college. So I thought a I’m ready for College life now that I graduated? So after having days of thinking about my future. I decided to attend college in the fall to major in liberal arts of business and then go to a four-year school in the state. People often say that once you get into college your life changes in a better way. Once in College you start to…

Children beauty pageants have been a big issue for a while. There are some people who will fight to keep beauty pageants. They think it’s good for the young girls and will help them later on in life. There are those who think it’s wrong to showcase children as if they were dolls. For me, I feel like there should be some kind of middle ground to settle in. Every year there are about 5,000 shows and 250,000 children that participate in those shows. Those participants are all between the ages of 2…

First, gel polishes set by exposure to UV, or ultraviolet light, hence the special lamps. This is the same damaging light used in tanning beds that we all know have been known to cause cancer and premature aging of the skin. Although these lamps produce low levels of UV light, it’s not clear whether or not it’s enough to cause significant damage or cancer. Then there are the chemicals…

even spent months recovering from a simple procedure, and doctors are concerned that young people have not done enough research on the bad sides of plastic surgery. Teenagers have already disregarded the simple risks of smoking or laying in the tanning bed so why should they be trusted with something as huge as plastic surgery?…

On Tuesday, 03/22/2016, at approximately 16:56 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 was dispatched to the Murphysboro Police Department lobby to speak to a victim reporting a battery. I arrived on scene at 16:58 hours. I met with the victim, Janie L. Brown (F/W, DOB: 02/03/1975). Janie stated she wanted to report that she was battered by her husband, Joseph D. Brown (M/B, DOB: 08/10/1961) yesterday evening. Janie said the incident occurred at the parking lot of the All Hours Auto Repair…

Introduction Vincrestine is a plant alkaloid, obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle cathanthus roeus. Before it was used for cancer treatment, the natives of Madagascar used it for the treatment of diabetes and high blood pressure. Structure of Vincrestine: Vincristine has two monomer alkaloid parts, catharanthrine and vindoline, with a formyl group on the indole nitrogen of the vindoline skeleton. Formula C46H56N4O10 Disease it Targets: Vincristine is used to treat various types of cancer.…

Lung cancer, the leading cause of death in the United States, can easily be prevented by abstaining from smoking, inhaling second-hand smoke, and by exercising regularly. Skin cancer can also be easily prevented by applying sunscreen, avoiding tanning beds, wearing wide-brimmed hats, and UV-blocking sunglasses. Chemotherapy is another tool used to help cure cancer. Chemotherapy is the treatment of cancer by using toxic chemicals that target healthy cells and cancer cells in attempt to rid the…