symptomfind.com/health/preventing-kidney-stones/ http://www.medicinenet.com/polycystic_kidney_disease/page2.htm 10 Important Tips For Preventing Kidney Stones By MaryAnn DePietroΙ March 13‚ 2012 AA Kidney stones are hard‚ small masses‚ which can develop inside the kidneys. Risk factors include family history‚ dehydration‚ obesity‚ taking certain types of medications and eating a diet high in protein and salt. Stones can become very painful as they travel from the kidney and move into the ureter. In
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something you really‚ really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? Well‚ my cousin was five years old when he found out he needed a new kidney. He went on the organ waiting list right away. He was called twice during a six moth span that they had a kidney available only to find out that the kidney wasn’t a good match. He had to wait again. The third time was a charm. A small adult was in an accident and his kidney was a good match. This story had a happy ending but so many do not.
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1. The text "I’m donating my kidney to a stranger" is about a Scottish woman named Paula MacKinnon who wants to donate her kidney to a stranger. It all began when her mother needed a kidney transplant‚ and Paula decided to put herself forward as a potential donor‚ but their blood groups were not compatible‚ but that didn’t stop Paula‚ in fact she decided to give donate her kidney anyway‚ to someone who might need it. Paula is meet with skepticism from her parents and her friends‚ but Paula doesn’t
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Refutation Outline Topic: Organ donation General Purpose: To Persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to consider becoming organ donors after death Central Idea: Becoming an organ donor after death is not only an important decision for yourself‚ but it is also an important decision for the life that you may have the power to save. ------------------------------------------------- Organizational Pattern: Refutation (chapter 17‚ pp. 387-388). Delivery Outline: Keywords
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person in the world. It can save other people when there is existing of patient’s condition is serious until organ transplant is the last resort of medicine. There is 2.3 million of population in Malaysia‚ and 15‚000 of Malaysian are waiting for organ donation. However‚ how many people will volunteer themselves to become an organ donor? II. Reveal Topic Today‚ I would like to talk about the benefits of an organ donor and why we should become an organ donor. III. Relevance Statement According
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Kidney Transplant COM/150 June 6‚ 2010 Axia College of University of Phoenix Kidney disease has become more prevalent over the years‚ one in nine Americans has chronic kidney disease‚ resulting in the need for a kidney transplant. Kidney failure is caused by variety of factors resulting in damage of the nephrons‚ which are the most important functioning unit of the kidneys. Kidney failure can be broken down into three groups: acute‚ chronic‚ end-stage. Once kidney failure is irreversible
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2008 Are You Opt-in or Opt-out? Great advances in the science of organ transplantation have made it possible for many lives to be saved from conditions that would have otherwise been considered fatal. Anyone between the ages of 18 and 60 and in good general health can be organ donors. Thanks to these scientific advances‚ living donors are now able to donate entire kidneys and portions of other regenerative organs such as the intestine‚ liver‚ lung‚ and pancreas. Full portions of these organs
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ORGAN DONATION Ladies and gentlemen‚ today I am here to share with you my views on organ donation‚ in the hope that you will take them on board and give someone the ultimate gift after you have left this earth - the gift of life. How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really‚ really want? What if it was something you couldn’t live without? Well‚ my cousin was five years old when he found out he needed a new kidney. He went on the organ waiting list right away. He was called twice
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will save a life.” Organ donation is a selfless way to give back to others‚ and to be able to make a huge difference by giving another person a second chance at life. Unfortunately‚ the number of patients waiting for organs far exceeds the number of people who have registered to become organ donors. Patients are forced to wait months‚ even years for a match‚ and far too many die before they are provided with a suitable organ. There are many shames related to organ donation‚ but most of them are quite
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Should it be legal to buy a kidney? Kidneys are organs in the body‚ shaped like beans which are almost as big as a persons fist. Every person has two kidney’s‚ one near the middle of the back‚ below the rib cage and the other on each side of the back spine. The kidney’s job is to clear waste from the bodies blood and use the extra water and waste to turn to urine‚ releasing it from the ureters through urination. Each day‚ the kidney cleans around two-hundred quarts of blood‚ finally gathering two
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