was the advent of 99Mo/99mTc generator at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) in 1957[22], which truly heralded the birth of modern nuclear medicine[23-25]. Wedded to molecular medicine and biochemistry, ‘omics’ technologies and clinical PET for cancer diagnosis, novel radiotracers can be developed which uniquely hone in on the pathology e.g. of carcinogenesis. Around the same time, modern radioimmunochemistry was used to detect and measure the levels of insulin in whole human plasma. The premise
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Problem Cancer is a momentous issue today and drawbacks of current treatments include that they are relatively ineffective, highly toxic to healthy cells, have adverse side effects and can lead to the development of multidrug resistance. This has pushed for research into novel phytochemicals for cancer treatment. Rationale I determined that EOs would be effective anticancer compounds because: It has been suggested that EOs display antioxidant and antiinflammatory effects which are valuable in cancer
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For many years obesity has been a growing problem in Canada. Many people don’t have the resources for proper nutrition and exercise. Adults should be getting around 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per week (citation). However, adults that work from nine to five and have families or other important … can’t find the time or money to join a gym or fitness class. Obesity has negative consequences on the health and lifestyle of an overweight person. Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and
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Chronic Liver Failure Alcohol Abuse & Cirrhosis Alcohol abuse is one of the most common causes of cirrhosis, and one of the leading causes of severe liver damage worldwide (Doig & Huether, 2010). It is interesting to note that alcoholic cirrhosis is responsible for 50-70% of all underlying liver pathologies in ACLF in the Western countries and only 15% in Asian countries (Kim & Kim, 2013). Strong alcohol odor, significantly high blood alcohol levels, lethargy, peripheral edema, ascites and abnormal
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On August 20th, 2017 at approximately 9:18 PM, one month old "C.J." was presented to Saint Francis Hospital Emergency Room in Muskogee by his parents, Emma Whitehead (biological mother) and Robert Jones Jr. (biological father). "C.J." was brought to the emergency room for seizures caused by head trauma within the past few days. Saint Francis Muskogee performed a CT scan on "C.J." which revealed a small right temporal skull fracture, a left temporal skull fracture, and a large subdural hematoma
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chemotherapy, with successful remission. Last month, she presented at her primary care provider with increased fatigue and shortness of breath. Initial blood tests showed reduced WBC and platelet count. Her PCP referred LV to the Colorado Blood Cancer Institute for further evaluation. The CBCI completed a bone marrow biopsy. The results were consistent with relapse. Their blood tests showed the following: WBC count, 2200 cells/mm3; Hgb, 6 g/dL; Platelets, 60,000/L; Albumin, 2.0 g/dL; Creatinine
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brain tumor is an extremely fast growing cancer that not only just spreads to the specific part of the brain but also can spread to the spine in any place. A malignant tumor is scaled/graded from a three to four off of a one to four grading system for cancers. The reasoning for this grading is because of how likely it is to grow back after treatment or after more than one treatment. This malignant tumor is also a secondary cancer which shows that this cancer had to have started in another part of the
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Every year 300,000 Americans die from an obesity-related disease or disorder. Of course, this is not a surprise considering the unhealthy diets and lack of physical activity Americans are so accustomed to but what if there was a way to reduce the number of people dying from these avoidable diseases and disorders? How much money and food could the U.S government save if we just got rid of all the couch potatoes taking up most of the space in the United States? Obesity is very much a common problem
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Childhood Obesity in the San Joaquin Valley Obesity as a whole is a major cause of disease and health risks, including death, in America. As a nation we need to work together to solve this epidemic. It is important to begin shifting our focus on childhood obesity, which is now considered an epidemic in the United States. It is affecting many children, causing high blood pressure, diabetes and death all of which can be prevented (Salbe, A.D., Weyer, C., Lindsay, R.S., Ravussin, E., & Tataranni, P
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majority of deaths being in that age group, most research would be directed towards trying to find curative treatments for them. Considering all of the research is being targeted toward the health of older adults, not as much is being done on childhood cancers and diseases. Another thought would be that children were thought to tolerate pain better than adults and, therefore, do not need as much management for their pain. Thankfully, there has been more research done in recent years that proves that children
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