Dr. Bennet Omalu is a Pathologist in Pittsburgh who studies the brain. While working here‚ Dr.Omalu discovered a new disorder that he named Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy‚ also known as CTE. Omalu did not discover this disorder until he did an autopsy on a former NFL Pittsburgh Steeler Football player‚ Mike Webster‚ who died at the age of Fifty. Webster was living out of his car‚ he would tase himself with a taser just to go to sleep. He was suffering from severe back pain‚ dementia‚depression
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Former Pittsburg Steeler‚ Mike Webster‚ suffers from CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy) This is brought on by two or more decades of brain battery in the field. Mike Webster played the center for the Pittsburg Steelers. Some side effects former players claim they feel are numbness and tingling‚ neck or cervical spine arthritis and
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Doctors have done research and discovered that CTE‚ or chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ is one of the major brain diseases caused from concussions. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is harmful because it can cause a build up of a protein called tau‚ which slowly kills brain cells. Brain Injury Research Institute states that‚ “20 percent of this country’s high school football
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ACUTE-ON-CHRONIC LIVER FAILURE: APPLYING THE PIRO CONCEPT Danielle Adebayo‚ Vincenzo Morabito‚ Rajiv Jalan Liver Failure Group‚ UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health‚ UCL Medical School‚ Royal Free Hospital‚ London‚ UK Disclosure: No potential conflict of interest Citation: EMJ Hepatol. 2013;1:38-43. ABSTRACT Acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF)‚ a clinical syndrome associated with a dismal prognosis‚ occurs acutely in previously stable cirrhotic patients. An important feature
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attacking the lungs and also other parts of the body. It can be spread throughout the air from a cough or sneeze of an infected person or through respiration fluids through the air. It has been evidence that the disease originated 17‚000 years ago in bovines‚ but then transferred to humans. Scientist discovers skeletons from Egyptian mummies dated from 3000-2400 B.C. with tubercular decay in the spines. Hippocrates from 460 B.C. identified the consumption of the most widespread disease during the time
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at previous studies(Ghafarifar and et al‚ in press) by Calcium phosphate and non- tranfected cells was used as negative control. briefly‚ Hek-293 cells were grown at 37°C in Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium (DMEM‚ Gibco) supplemented with 10% Fetal Bovine Serum (FBS‚ Gibco) and 5% CO2. Log-phase cells were employed for transfection experiments. Briefly‚ 24 h before transfection‚ cells were trypsinated and spilited into a 6-well plate (about 3 × 104 cells/well). The cells reached 40-60% confluence the
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portrays a humble man who seems to be experiencing defeat due to constant failure with getting his discovery recognized by the NFL. The movie Concussion shows Dr. Omalus struggle with the National Football League to recognize Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) as a result of playing football for a long period of time. Concussion is based on a true story‚ and the things that Dr. Omalu went through for the truth to be known.
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HOST FACTORS FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY It is not every individual exposed to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis that gets infected with the infection. Susceptibility to disease after infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is influenced by environmental and host factors (nature and nurture) A primary infection may heal‚ the host acquiring immunity in the process while in other cases‚ the primary infection may progress to produce extensive disease locally‚ or infection may be promulgated or disseminated to
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scarcely envision such an occurrence. As my neighbor ejected me from their domicile‚ the sky‚ though shrouded in clouds‚ seemed suffused with a sanguine tint‚ reminiscent of bovine hide. My eyes brimmed with tears‚ yet the edict of my community dictated that boys must not betray their emotions. On that very thoroughfare‚ the same bovine creature assailed me with a forceful thrust of its head‚ toppling me to the ground. It was at that juncture that my affections for the cow likely dissipated‚ and I surmise
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stimulus changes in the female reproductive organs during the oestrus cycle‚ and promote development of female secondary sexual characteristics. 6.) Carcinogen- any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer. 7.) rBGH- recombinant bovine growth hormone. 8.) Food and drug Administration(FDA)- a federal agency responsible or monitoring trading and safety standards in the food and drug industries. | Bibliography | * Perotti‚ Kathryn. "Food Democracy." Food Democracy. Health
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