blood clot in blood vessel‚ usually caused by slow blood circulation‚ immobility‚ or changes in vessel walls. Hematoma: localized clotted mass of blood usually from traumatic injury causing blood vessel to rupture. Contusion: bruise-minor hematoma Hemophilia: hereditary disease where the blood clots slowly or abnormally (they have little to no clotting factor)‚ causing prolonged bleeding even with minor cuts and bumps. It occurs more often in males from female to their
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Genzyme Corp. Genzyme Corporation operates as a biotechnology company worldwide. It focuses on rare genetic disease disorders‚ renal diseases‚ orthopedics‚ cancers‚ transplant and immune diseases‚ and diagnostic and predictive testing areas. Its leading drugs are Cerezyme‚ Fabrazyme‚ Myozyme‚ Aldurazyme‚ Elaprase‚ Renagel and Renvela‚ and many others. It has about 7‚000 employees. The current Chairman‚ President‚ & CEO is Henri A. Termeer. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Cambridge
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HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT Progressive series of change that occur as a result of maturation and experience. Qualitative change is the sequential and continuous process of change in any direction. Progressive Growth Changes are directional‚ leading to something positive. Quantitative change in size and structure-an increase in magnitude-in body size‚ intellectual ability or even social traits Types of Changes in Development Change in size – there is a change in physical and mental
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Tsar Nicholas the second abdicated from the throne at the end of the February Revolution; his heir‚ Tsesarevich Alexei‚ would never be the Tsar of all the Russias. It was a wonder that Alexei lived as long as he did‚ his death coming not from his hemophilia type B but rather from execution at the hands of the Bolsheviks. Tsarina Alexandra turned to many mystics and holy men in Russia after many doctors had given Alexei treatment and all had failed. One Staret‚ would be requested to pay a visit to the
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Question Sheet B Sharon Jackson 1. The septum separates the heart into a right and left side. If there was a hole in the septum there would be a mix of oxygen right blood and oxygen poor blood and some oxygen right blood can enter the lungs instead of the body. 2. Capillaries exchange materials with the cells of the body there veins return blood to the heart and arteries take blood away from the heart 3. The SA node‚ or sinoatrial node initiates the heartbeat and automatically sends out a signal
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Early Adulthood Glenn Johnson CNSL/504 Elizabeth Still April 17‚ 2012 Early Adulthood Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial human development is one of the best known theories (Cherry‚ 2011). Erikson’s theory explains eight stages of human development‚ and in each stage an individual experiences a series of challenges and lessons. The eight stages of development includes infancy‚ early childhood‚ play age‚ school age‚ adolescence‚ early‚ middle‚ and late adulthood. A strong case can
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today‚ are scientifically unfounded.{ 1 } Second‚ gender selection is widely used in the medical field. There seems to be little concern when gender selection is used to prevent the risk of sex-linked genetic disorders such as certain types of hemophilia‚ muscular dystrophy‚ and Hunter syndrome. { 2 }The question frequently asked with gender selection is; is it possible that‚ medically‚ it could be a gateway to other forms of selection. Third‚ and the most debated issue‚ is the aborting of
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Christopher Smith Miss Chiu AP Bio CF Case Study March 19‚ 2015 Questions: 1. Currently‚ scientists believe that Cystic Fibrosis is caused by a defect in the CFTR gene causes cystic fibrosis (CF). This gene makes a protein that controls the movement of salt and water in and out of your body’s cells. In people who have CF‚ the gene makes a protein that doesn’t work well. This causes thick‚ sticky mucus and very salty sweat. Every person inherits two CFTR genes—one from each parent. Children
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after a physician named Erik von Willebrand in the 1920s. It was first discovered in a five-year old girl in 1924. He assessed members of her family and reported in 1926 that this was a previously undescribed bleeding disorder that differed from hemophilia. He recognized the inheritance pattern‚ and noted that the bleeding symptoms were greater in children and in women of childbearing age. This disorder also effects animals‚ mostly dogs. There are three main types of VWD‚ the fourth type‚ acquired
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Heparin Heparin Heparin‚ otherwise known as Hep-Lock‚ Hep-Lock U/P‚ or Monoject Prefill‚ is an anticoagulant and an antithrombotic drug. According to Linda Skidmore-Roth’s book entitled Mosby’s Drug Guide for Nursing Students (2013)‚ heparin is used to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary emboli (PE)‚ myocardial infarction‚ open heart surgery‚ disseminated intravascular clotting syndrome‚ and atrial fibrillation with embolization. It is also used as an anticoagulant
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