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Is Obesity a Disease? by Rachel Yu
By CPR Memphis at August 21, 2013 | 11:33 am | 0 Comment
Millions of Americans each day are in a battle. They fight to keep the pounds off. Sadly, this is a war that many Americans are losing. Over 190 million Americans are overweight or obese, equaling almost two-thirds of the American population (Doane). Despite the abundance of resources available to American, obesity, a preventable and curable disorder, is an epidemic more...
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Enterobacter aerogenes | Microbiology Tennessee
By CPR Memphis at August 20, 2013 | 11:40 am | 0 Comment
UNKNOWN LAB REPORT, Microbiology Unknown Number 121 Laura Puckett Spring 2013 INTRODUCTION Microbiology is an important field of study. Understanding how microbes work within the body leads to understanding how to decrease the chance of contracting a harmful one. This is very important knowledge for medical professionals to have to keep patients safe and healthy. more...
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Understanding Rabies by Melody Bier
By CPR Memphis at August 19, 2013 | 1:55 pm | 0 Comment
Rabies is a unique medical condition in that it is zoonotic in nature, meaning that it is normally found in animals, but can also be transmitted to humans via infected saliva. Another aspect of its uniqueness is that it has one of the highest case to fatality rates as far as viruses are concerned. In the United States we take this horrifying disease for granite because of more...
What is Paranoid Schizophrenia? by Megan Poley
By CPR Memphis at August 18, 2013 | 1:06 pm | 0 Comment
Paranoid Schizophrenia is one of many types of schizophrenia. With this type of schizophrenia, people can usually function better and may not have as many difficulties with memory, dulled emotions, or concentration as people with other types tend to have. Paranoid Schizophrenia is a mental illness where a person loses touch with reality. This is known as psychosis. more...
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Spinal Muscular Atrophy by Loretta Hughes
By CPR Memphis at August 17, 2013 | 12:35 pm | 0 Comment
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a degenerative disease that is the number one genetic killer among infants and toddlers; and one in every fifty people are carriers of the disease. SMA causes muscles to weaken because of a loss of motor neurons. Many activities are affected by the muscles wasting away, including the ability to craw, walk, sit and control head more...
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