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Leukemia by Amy Kaiser
By CPR St. Louis at March 16, 2012 | 9:41 am | 0 Comment
Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells in the bone marrow. When someone has leukemia, abnormal white blood cells, called leukemia cells, are created. The leukemia cells do not die off fast enough resulting in too many bad cells crowding the normal cells. Acute leukemia is when the cancer progresses quickly and chronic leukemia worsens slower. more...
Down Syndrome By Stephanie Addison
By CPR St. Louis at March 13, 2012 | 6:47 am | 0 Comment
Down syndrome is a trait that occurs from troubles with genetic information in an unborn child. This lifelong condition causes delays in the way which a child develops, mentally and physically. Children with Down syndrome take on similar physical characteristics, such as a flattened face, an upward slant in the eyes and smaller ears. Mentally, Down syndrome affects the more...
Mumps by Taisiya Redka
By CPR St. Louis at March 5, 2012 | 7:17 am | 0 Comment
Mumps is a viral infection that causes swelling of the salivary glands. The parotid glands are most affected by mumps. Also, other salivary glands in and around the face may get infected. Symptoms of mumps are: high fever, headache, loss of appetite, swelling of parotid/ salivary glands or under the tongue, aches, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, convulsions, more...
Lymphoma by Tabitha Short
By CPR St. Louis at March 4, 2012 | 8:16 am | 0 Comment
Lymphoma is a cancer that directly affects the lymphatic system. Most cases are usually noticed with swelling or pain and tenderness of the lymph nodes. Other indicators are; mysterious weight loss, a very high body temperature, severe night sweats, or an itchiness caused by nodules under the skin There are five to seven hundred lymph nodes in the body but they do vary in more...
Human Papillomavirus By Kiley Vujnich
By CPR St. Louis at March 3, 2012 | 9:09 am | 0 Comment
Human Papillomavirus, or HPV, is the most common form of sexually transmitted infection and at least 50% of the sexually active population will be infected at some point in their lives. Of these people, many never know they’ve had it because oftentimes they show no symptoms and the infection tends to clear up on its own. There are about 100 different strains of HPV more...
