which normal liver cells are damaged and are then replaced by scar tissue. Cirrhosis changes the structure of the liver and the blood vessels that nourish it. The disease reduces the liver’s ability to manufacture proteins and process hormones‚ nutrients‚ medications‚ and poisons. Cirrhosis gets worse over time and can become potentially life threatening. This disease can cause: excessive bleeding (hemorrhage)‚ impotence‚ liver cancer‚ coma due to accumulated ammonia and body wastes (liver failure)
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08/31/2012 Critical Summary 3 ("Alcoholics and Liver Transplantation") Many moral‚ ethical‚ and medical issues are raised in “Alcoholics and Liver Transplants” (JAMA‚ March 13‚ 1991‚ Vol. 265‚ pp. 1299-1301). The authors‚ Carl Cohen and Martin Benjamin dissect the many arguments against giving liver transplants to those who abuse alcohol. Alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver‚ severe scarring due to the heavy use of alcohol is by far the major cause of end-stage liver disease. Cohen and Martin do not believe
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Ode to Buffalo Chicken A succulent puddle of sauce‚ Tangy to the tongue‚ Yet‚ burning spice that runs down my throat. With my weapons to fight the flames‚ My fork and knife‚ I slice through the juicy‚ tender White meat‚ Like an axe chopping through An old oak tree. To cool my mouth from the Fire‚ I dunk my boneless‚ soft‚ orange meat Into a pool of ranch‚ Ranch‚ quenching my throat. Balancing the sharp flavor with the Refreshing dressing. This is obviously a gift from the devil
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Doreen Garber Week 6 The first and most important step in any crime scene investigation is to secure the scene. It sounds easier than it really is. The scene includes possible witnesses‚ victims and suspects. Securing the scene includes keeping unauthorized personnel from walking through the scene. The most common contamination results from police‚ ems‚ victims and witnesses. The best thing that can happen to a crime scene once it has been secured is nothing. Once the scene has been secured
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The film ’The Cube’ directed by Vincenzo Natali‚ explores many of the key and fundamental concepts of Society and Culture. These concepts include society & culture‚ environment & time and power & authority. The characters in the film (Leaven‚ Quentin‚ Worth‚ Holloway and Kazan) experience each of these concepts and they each play a role in the outcome of the film. The concepts of society and cuture both play a major role in the characters interactions and therefore in the films outcome. When the
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AP PSYCHOLOGY CASE STUDY 5: GREEN RIVER KILLER I. DISCOVERY OF THE CRIMINAL On August 15‚ 1982‚ Robert Ainsworth stepped into his rubber raft and began his descent south down the Green River toward the outer edge of Seattle’s city limits. It was a trip he had made on many occasions. As he drifted slowly downstream‚ he noticed a middle-aged balding man standing by the riverbank and a second‚ younger man sitting in a nearby pickup truck. Ainsworth assumed that the men were out for a day’s
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Cold to Liver Damage For anyone‚ taking or administration drugs of any kind‚ they should read the label for directions. The directions clearly explain exactly what is appropriate to take in what amount of time‚ and sometimes even multiple times. For instance‚ Benadryl® Maximum Strength Severe Allergy and Sinus‚ says‚ “do not take more than 8 caplets in 24 hours” and “adults and children 12 years of age and over: 2 caplets every 6 hours while symptoms persist”. (Benadryl) So what happened in this
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variables are the potato and onions. The dependent variable is the variable whose value is measured to determine the extent of the effect of another variable to it‚ as in an experiment. In osmosis lab‚ the dependent variable is the length of the potato. The controlled variables are the amount of water‚ amount of salt‚ and the size of the potato. If the potato is placed in a higher salt concentration‚ then the potato will decrease its size. We started the lab by cutting the potato core length (44
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Osmosis in Potato Tissue Experiment Background Information Osmosis can be defined as the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane from a region of high water concentration to a region of low water concentration. The semi-permeable membrane allows small particles through it but does not allow large particles such as sodium chloride. Osmosis will continue until a state of equilibrium is reached i.e. there is no area with a higher or lower concentration than another area
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What Am I‚ Chopped Liver? In modern day American culture‚ variety meats are rarely found on the menu. If a variety meat such as cow tongue or chicken liver does find its way onto the table‚ most people refuse to touch it. Americans miss out on a large portion of valuable meat because they eat mainly the lean muscle. When we process a hog or a cow‚ we usually harvest the internal organs to be packaged and sold to other countries that consume variety meats. Other cultures prepare variety meats such
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