diseases such as nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism‚ a condition involving the muscles and bones of dogs that is associated with an all-meat diet. Large‚ rapidly growing puppies that consume too many calories and too much calcium can develop hypertrophic osteodystrophy‚ a disease resulting in lameness. Cats need sufficient amounts of an essential amino acid called taurine in their diets. Without it‚ they may develop eye problems. Not enough iodine intake can cause a goiter‚ or enlargement of the
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Age Related Changes that Occur in the Cardiovascular System Age Related Changes that Occur in the Cardiovascular System In the normal conduction of the heart the electrical impulse starts in the SA node‚ also called the pacemaker of the heart. The electrical impulse travels through the right atrium and through the Bachmann’s bundle into the left atrium. This stimulates the atria to contract. Next the signal travel to the AV node. The AV node slightly delays the signal. This delay is needed
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Rheumatoid arthritis is an inflammatory disease‚ primarily of the joints‚ with autoimmune features and a complex genetic component. INHERITANCE Occasional families show a considerable number of cases of this common disorder. A simple Mendelian mechanism could not be proved‚ however. Indeed‚ some (Burch et al.‚ 1964) could not demonstrate significant familial aggregation. Lynn et al. (1995) conducted family studies and segregation analyses of RA based on consecutive patients with RA ascertained
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Embryonic Stem Cell Research?" 26 July 2001. Pregnant Pause. 22 February 2011 <http://www.pregnantpause.org/ethics/whystem.htm>. Medicine‚ Mount Sinai School of. "Stem Cells For First Time Used to Create Abnormal Heart Cells For Study of Cardiomyopathy." 9 June 2010. HealthNewsDigest.com. 22 February 2011 <http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/stem%20cell%20issues0/Stem_Cells_For_First_Time_Used_to_Create_Abnormal_Heart_Cells_For_Study_of_Cardiomyopathy.shtml>. White‚ Deborah. "Pros &
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Scarring is a natural process within humans that can often create fibrotic tissue formed primary connective tissue fibres made of collagen. The extent to which each scar will occur is highly unpredictable and varies amongst the population. Scars that form within joint areas may seem to become stretched; this is due to the wound constantly being mobile during the healing process. There are several categories of scars‚ these will affect the amount of post wound care required alongside with the extend
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Q1: Causes of atrial fibrillation A 58-year-old woman comes to the emergency department with a-3-days history of difficulty breathing and unpleasant feeling of rapid and irregular heartbeats. Additional history taking reveals that she has a 7- week-history of unintentional weight loss‚ anxiety‚ and difficulty sleeping at night. She smokes 10 cigarettes per day for the past 15 years. Her blood pressure is 100/55 mmHg‚ temperature is 36.5 °C and her pulse is irregular at a rate of 140 to 150 beats
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Steroids in the United States One of the biggest controversies in the United States is the uses of steroids. Steroids have been a great benefit to people in need with medical condition‚ but as many other drugs steroids have been greatly abused. This abuse has turned in an ongoing problem with athletes at the college and professional levels. This performance enhancing drug has caused athletes that have used it to have their careers ended or greatly changed. Take for instance Berry Bonds. A professional
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part of the natural healing process of wounds in which the dermis is damaged. The dermis is the deeper layer of skin. When there are wounds on the surface layer or epidermis‚ scars usually do not form. There are two main types of scars‚ including hypertrophic or keloid scars that form because of an over production of collagen and atrophic scars that develop because of a loss of tissue. Acne scars are most often atrophic. When a pore in your skin becomes clogged with oil and dead skin cells‚ bacteria
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Upper airway obstruction condition in which sites of anatomic narrowing such as the hypo pharynx at the base of the tongue and the false and true vocal cords at the laryngeal opening are obstructed. Vasogenic edema an accumulation of fluid in the cerebrum that is typically caused by an increase in capillary endothelial cell permeability and usually occurs near a tumor. Ventilation-perfusion ratio (V/Q) the relationship between ventilation and blood flow in the lung that is measure by calculating
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Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery English/101 February 13‚ 2011 Teenagers and Cosmetic Surgery With the number of teenagers choosing to have cosmetic surgery increasing‚ teenagers are not always emotionally mature enough to make an educated decision about the surgery. They do not always understand the limitations of cosmetic surgery‚ nor do they consider the complications after the surgery or the long term effects. In 2009 there were nearly 210‚000 cosmetic surgery procedures performed
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