No-Calorie Powder May Substitute For Food's Fat
.... getting intestinal disorders.
But there are some people who argue with Inglett's theory on his new
substitute. "I wouldn't expect Z-Trim to have the same kinds of problems as
olestra," says Margo Wootan, a senior scientist at the Center for Science in the
Public Interest in Washington, D.C. "Fiber is already found in our diet, while
olestra is a synthetic chemical. There is also concern for the "microbial
stability" of foods containing Z-Trim. "Whenever you remove the lipid material
and replace it with water," says Thomas H. Parliment, a flavor chemist for Kraft
Foods in White Plains, New York, "microbes are to grow, and you c .....
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Ebola
.... and
from the surrounding huts of the villages. So far 36,000specimens have been
collected. Once they have been gathered, the specimens are put into liquid
nitrogen and flown back to theUnited States, where they are studied at the
Centers for DiseaseControl in Atlanta Georgia and the Army Medical Research
Instituteof Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick Md.,(6). Researchers have
discovered the source of human infection for all level fourorganisms except
ebola(7). This means that all organisns that cause deadly viruses have been
contained and studied, and have had antibodies created to ward of the illnesses
that are caused. .....
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Eczema
.... there is
more than one gene that can cause eczema. Also, a maternal pattern of
inheritance has been discovered. Doctors and researchers believe that this
maternal inheritance pattern is due to modification in the immune responses in
utero, or via breast milk.
CAN ECZEMA BE CURED?
There is no way to absolutely “cure” eczema although, many treatments
have been found to be effective. Now, with the wonderful discovery of one of
the genes that may cause eczema, who knows what will happen. They are working
on ways to permanently rid people of eczema all the time, but knowing exactly
where the “instructions” on how to create the d .....
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Sleep Apnea
.... level, which would
prevented the animal from awakening; showing that brain structures below the
level of the cut were responsible for awakening the lab animal.
The American Sleep Disorders Association (ASDA), Association for the
Psychophysiological Study of Sleep (APSS), Association of Sleep Disorder Centers
(ASDC), and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) has studied sleep and
sleep disorders since the early 1970's. Out of all the sleep disorders
currently being studied, sleep apnea has gain world wide attention, affecting
over 15 million people. Apnea, derived from the Greek word "want to breath."
Sleep Apnea (cess .....
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Excretion And Elimination Of Toxicants And Their Metabolites
.... Loop of Henley and collecting duct are used to establish these osmolar
gradients. The tubule has a brush border that will absorb proteins and
polypeptides through pinocytosis. These molecules are sometimes catabolised and
converted into amino acids. and returned to the blood. Sometimes the
accumulation of these proteins can lead to renal toxicity
A second process that occurs in the tubules is tubular secretion. This is
another mechanism used to excrete solutes. Secretion may be either passive or
active. Secretions include organic bases, which occur in the pars recta of the
proximal tubule. Secretions of weak bases and two .....
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Aspirin
.... salicylates, but his superiors incorrectly stated that ASA weakens the
heart and that physicians would not subscribe it. Hoffmann's employer,
Friedrich Bayer and Company, gave ASA its now famous name, aspirin.
It is not yet fully known how aspirin works, but most authorities agree
that it achieves some of its effects by hindering the flow of prostaglandins.
Prostaglandins are hormone-like substances that influence the elasticity of
blood vessels. John Vane, Ph. D., noted that many forms of tissue injury were
followed by the release of prostaglandins. It was proved that prostaglndins
caused redness and fever, common signs of .....
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Autism: False Words And False Hope
.... mental handicap, genetic causes, infections, and even
difficulties in pregnancy.
Even though autism is thought of as a disease or disorder, autistic
children can demonstrate special skills. These skills are referred to as
"isolated islets of intelligence" (Baron-Cohen 53). Some examples of these are
found in an autistic child's ability to draw, play music, or recall a certain
date. Nadia, an autistic child, has the ability to draw in an "almost
photographic way" (Baron-Cohen 54). Autistic children can also play instruments,
accurately sing songs, recognize structures of music, etc. A problem that
arises when autisti .....
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Pre-Eclampsia And Eclampsia Disorders In Pregnant Women
.... of oxygenation
and other proteins to fetus.
A term that must be known is chronic hypertension due to increased
pressure in the arteries and often associated with atherosclerosis (collections
of fatty substances on the inside wall of the arteries). It is not caused by
pregnancy, but may cause problems if a woman with chronic hypertension becomes
pregnant. It has an unknown cause. 15% of the time chronic hypertension is
secondary to a primary problem-that is a renal disorder, heart disease,
endocrine disorder or some other condition is the cause of the hypertensive
disease. Women with chronic hypertension who become pregnant a .....
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Reversing The Aging Process, Should We?
.... canvas, to play the role of
the omnipotent.
Research into the process of aging began in 1961(Rose, Technology Review:64).
Since then a great deal of time, money and effort have been appropriated into
discovering the causes of aging, it can therefore be inferred that humanity has
an almost "personal" interest in aging. Of course the culmination of discovering
how we age, is discovering how to stop it. An intrinsic characteristic of Man is
His obsession with superficiality. Superficiality is equated with appearance.
The appearance of beauty can be equated with youth. Therein lies man’s obsession
with age, ceasing to age means b .....
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Stress And How To Manage It
.... I lost him my life changed
forever. The death of a loved one is usually considered a life change, but in
my case it was much more drastic than that.
My life change that has caused me a lot of stress would be my problems with my
parents. As I've gotten older we've been arguing about who I am hand how I am
supposed to act. It puts a lot of stress on my because I want their respect but
I still want to be my own person. This stress is pretty hard on me because I
see my parents a lot and the stressor is always around. It doesn't worry me too
bad because I know I'll be out of the house in a year. The final type of stress
is a s .....
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The Future Of Human Evolution
.... as a whole can change, sometimes even
resulting in the formation of a new species. Humans have survived for thousands
of years and will most like survive thousands of more. Throughout the history
of the Huminoid species man has evolved from Homo Erectus to what we today call
Homo Sapiens, or what we know today as modern man.. The topic of this paper is
what does the future have in store for the evolution of Homo Sapiens. Of course,
human beings will continue to change culturally; therefore cultural evolution
will always continue; but what of physiological evolution? The cultural
evolution of man will continue as long as .....
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An American Crisis: Gulf War Syndrome
.... belief by
the number of ailing vets and Saddam's stockpile of chemical and biological
weapons.
The use of chemical warfare in the Gulf is a reality. First there was the Iraqi
Arsenal, they possessed several weapons of the death. They were building
nuclear weapons and already had chemical and biological weapons. Iraq owned
1500 gallons of anthrax which were in 50 bombs and 10 missiles, and 100 bombs
and 15 missiles were loaded with the toxin agent Botulinum that destroys the
nerves and eventually chokes the inflicted to a horrible death. Also Iraq
possessed a nerve agent called Ricin that could kill with only a single drop
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