Did you know that the human heart pumps about 182 million liters of blood throughout your whole lifetime? (99 Quick and Fascinating Facts) The human body is full of mysteries that most of the world doesn’t know about. Your body does very strange things that you would never think could happen‚ while others are totally believable. This paper is about three of those facts that I found interesting and unbelievable myself. Lightning can give you skin designs? Who would have thought! The designs that
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22 people die each day waiting for transplants that can’t take place. A patient in urgent need of an organ can easily be saved but the transplant does not take place because of a wait list. Patients who urgently need an organ transplant who meet the criteria should get the organ(s) first. The reasons behind this is‚ if a patient is on their death-bed and in need of an organ not getting this organ can lead to potential death. Another reason is the chance of survival that the patient has urgent or
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Laparoscopic vagotomy Overview: Laparoscopic vagotomy is the surgical cutting of the vagus nerve to reduce acid secretion in the stomach. Causes: A laparoscopic vagotomy is performed when acid production in the stomach can not be reduced by other means. The purpose of the procedure is to disable the acid-producing capacity of the stomach. It is used when ulcers in the stomach and duodenum do not respond to medication and changes in diet. Diagnosis: A gastroscopy and x rays of the gastrointestinal
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What is diverticulosis (or diverticular disease)? It is a digestive disease in which small pouches form and bulge through the thin or weak points in the colon. Typically‚ this will occur it the area the colon called the sigmoid colon‚ located on the abdomen;s left side. However‚ most individuals with diverticulosis will suffer no or very few symptoms. Nonetheless‚ when symptoms do happen the include abdominal pain‚ constipation‚ and diarrhea. Researchers have yet to confidently discover what causes
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reteric colic represent one of the common medical problem encountered by urologists in the emergency room‚ they are usually caused by ureteral stones. Management of such condition is usually conservative at first‚ if the stone fail to pass a more prompt action is needed‚ which is usually by one of the minimally invasive procedures like extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL)‚ ureteroscopy‚ or percutaneous nephrolithotomy‚ depending on the stone size‚ location and the presence and degree of associated
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Arsenic is a group-I toxicant and a co-carcinogen which has been shown to increase the cognitive dysfunction even at a lower concentration [1]. It has been shown to have more intense effect in children [2]. Chronic arsenic exposure induces a significant deficits in the long term memory in children [3]. Inorganic arsenic modulates locomotor activity and behavioral task suggesting the impairment of sensory and motor nerves [4]. Epidemiological studies reveal that chronic arsenic exposure through drinking
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Running Head: ORGAN TRANSPLANTS Organ Transplants October 16‚ 2011 Organ Transplants Marketing of organs arose many other ethical issues. Authorities will not be bought and sold legally in the U.S.‚ though‚ there is evidence that the "black market" for organs actually live in countries such as China and other countries as well. Allegations were made that the persons actually traveling to China to buy organs for transplantation. There was evidence that many of these organs come from the
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Cystic Fibrosis: What is Cystic Fibrosis: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a lifelong hereditary/genetic disorder‚ meaning the disease can be passed on from parent to child and can be inherited. CF is not contagious. Both parents must be either a carrier or suffer from CF for the disease to be passed on however carriers show no symptoms that a suffer does. CF affects the respiratory system; mainly the lungs and some parts of the digestive and reproductive systems including the pancreas‚ liver and the vas
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Fluids The amount of fluids in the body is extremely large. There are many different forms of fluid throughout the body‚ such as blood‚ urine‚ hormones‚ cerebral spinal fluid‚ water‚ albumin‚ and bile. The fluids that make up the body are required for homeostasis. There are many different functions of body fluids such as transporting nutrients‚ waste and gases‚ transforming food into energy and generate electrical activity to power body functions. Physiologic Fluid Compartments The major fluid
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When as a society we reflect back on the earliest forms of transplantations and the procedures‚ in the current day‚ one might conclude that it was extremely brutal. In the article History of deceased organ donation‚ transplantation‚ and organ procurement organizations (Howard‚ Cornell & Cochran‚ 2012)‚ they cite a Chinese physician named Pien Chiao that transplanted a heart from a man of strong spirit but weak will and a man of weak spirit and strong will to achieve a proper balance in each man
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