Every college students mind‚ body‚ spirit‚ and to be free from illness‚ injury or pain is described as being healthy. Being healthy in college is one of the most important things in a person’s life because it controls the way our bodies function and it also determines how long you will live on this earth. Those responsibilities fall on the student’s lap as they find it difficult to balance it. There are many different methods and routes we can take to become healthy especially by exercising‚ eating
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A vaccine is a biological preparation intended to improve an individual’s immunity to a specific illness or disease. Most vaccines are composed of weakened or killed forms of an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism. A typically safe version of the pathogen‚ which is unable to cause the disease‚ is then produced by the altered or inactivated state. Once the vaccine is administered into the blood stream‚ the agent is recognized as a foreign body‚ which then triggers the process of
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Medical Issues of WWI During World War I‚ there were many issues that surrounded the health of troops. The lack of medical advancement and the knowledge of it‚ then the struggle of keeping ones self-healthy throughout combat were key points to survival. During World War I in less than a year‚ American troops suffered more than 318‚000 injuries 120‚000 were counted as casualties. The front line soldiers are always at the highest risk in any war. With World War I though‚ trench warfare was a dangerous
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June). Modulation of Dengue Virus Infection in Human Cells by Alpha‚ Beta‚ and Gamma Interface. Journal of Virology‚ 74(11)‚ 4957-4966. Retrieved from http://jvi.asm.org National Institute of Health. (2013‚ January). NIH- Developed Candidate Dengue Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Stage Trial.. Retrieved from http://www.niaid.nih.gov World Health Organization. (2012‚ November). Dengue and Severe Dengue. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/mediacenter/factsheets/fs/117en/
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A vaccine is a substance used as a preventive inoculation to obtain immunity from a specific disease‚ commonly using an innocuous form of the disease as an inactive pathogen to stimulate antibody production. Even though the first vaccine was created 215 years ago in 1796‚ many people today are still apprehensive about vaccines due to fear of vaccines’ negative side effects. This investigation studies whether vaccinations should be made mandatory or otherwise‚ considering both the negative and positive
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vaccinations. Vaccines are normally given to healthy individuals for the prevention of diseases. Vaccines work by using a human host to provide a stimulus to the immune system. Immunization is used for viral and bacterial diseases. Rappuolli reports and predicts‚ "Vaccines will not only be used to prevent infections‚ but also to cure chronic infectious diseases‚ tumors‚ diseases and allergies." (1999) Even though there are risks involved with being vaccinated‚ there is no doubt that vaccines have been
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health advances in medical history…a vaccine. A vaccine is a treatment which makes the body stronger against a particular infection. The body fights infection using the immune system‚ which is made up of millions
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Christopher Columbus also had many other voyages to Africa. The technologies that we have today would have been very helpful to Columbus is the GPS‚ the microwave‚ and medical vaccines. Therefore‚ even though there are many new technologies that would have helped Christopher Columbus‚ the three main ones are the GPS‚ the microwave‚ and vaccines. On his many voyages Christopher Columbus used a quadrant to navigate and see his location. This was a device
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Flu. By Gina Kolata. New York‚ NY: Touchstone. 1999. pp. 1 to 306. As is summarized on the front cover of the book‚ Flu by Gina Kolata is a book describing the “Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918”. The book starts out with a quote from a molecular pathologist that definitely grabs the reader’s attention. Kolata continues throughout the first chapter describing the virus as a notorious and mysterious murderer‚ turning the masses into victims. Kolata’s writing style is very interesting; she seems
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Introduction: Attention getter: The most deadly killers on this earth are too small to see with the naked eye. These microscopic predators are viruses. Some viruses have no cure or not even a simple treatment. The unfortunate ones lay on their deathbed‚ crying out for mercy or pray for a miracle to happen. Their bodies slowly deteriorate and eventually die. The Ebola Virus is held responsible for the lives of thousands of people. Audience motivation: The Ebola virus is the T-Rex of microbes. I
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