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a component of agriculture for centuries. This practice has become even more refined in the last few years, however. The selecti...
thought to be viruses rather than bacteria. Suspicion as to their true classification grew out of the fact that, unlike viruses, ...
of dioxins on the levels of specific genes in humans exposed long term to both high and low levels of dioxins. These studies will...
the hobbyist grower, however, rather than the grower attempting to produce miniature roses as a commercial crop. The growth...
Margaret Bourke-White was born in The Bronx, New York on June 14, 1904, although some sources place her year of birth as 1906....
children (Steen and Mirro 14). This suggests different causes of adult and childhood cancer, something that could in fact be a s...
is interesting to note that the increase of smoking in America has steadily correlated with the increasing incidence of lung cance...
epidemic in January 1993 (Center for Disease Control, 1996). By 1996 the outbreak had slowed to only an approximate three hundred...
restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything s...
past three decades (Freeman, 1997), the idea of one vaccine to address three strains of meningitis is nothing short of phenomenal....
on the other hand are the event or situation which leads to certain physiological changes or reactions. Stressors can be ...
known to manifest various peculiarities or disorders of thinking and behavior. Correctly speaking, however, these are diseases of ...
rest and sleep to the heightened conditions experienced during maximal exercise (Turner, 1994). In other words:...
results in the slow loss of memory, personality, and eventually all cognitive function (Lemonick and Park-Mankato, 2001). Scienti...
peripheral vision and eventual blindness, mental retardation, paralysis, and non-responsiveness (National Tay-Sachs and Allied Dis...
and Baron Josef von Mering removed the pancreas of a dog in 1889 to see if it were an essential organ. Their early attempts to fe...
and strokes. Heart disease became commonplace. The rate of heart disease increased so sharply between the 1940 and 1967 that the W...
help each other and empowers them to become their own health care advocates" (Anonymous, 2002), all of which requires the shelter ...
a new, inexpensive test, called the Fox test, is now in circulation, and is available to help screen clinic patients. The test cos...
of CJD, variant CJD (vCJD). Mad Cow Disease is spread when cows and other ruminants are fed protein of other mammals. Many cattl...
in the silver mines. Catholic clergy protested, but to no avail. The agricultural economy suffered, as did much commerce other t...
damaging kidney function, eyesight and having the very real potential of causing limb amputation. Genetically determined, diabete...
author notes that "On the night that the Aztecs drove Cortez out of Mexico City, in their retreat the Spaniards left behind an inv...
2002). In addition, dietary practices in Asia are often associated with religious practices and customs (Gifford, 2002). R...
condition, maintaining his extended metaphor. "My reason, the physician to my love,/ Angry that his prescriptions are not kept, / ...
with normal hormone production, causing a kind of drug-induced sex change -- men can become feminized, with shrunken testicles and...
However, as the disease progresses, it may cause a low-grade fever as well as night sweats and fatigue (1996). Also, leukemia may ...
are given the opportunity to buy condoms at greatly reduced prices. Even so, "Only 48% of heterosexuals and 36% of gays claim to ...
can progress from initial symptoms: "to coma and death as quickly as 12 to 48...
how it was initiated. This means that contacting partners, or figuring out who might have given one the disease, can become rather...