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Assessment of the Biological Effects of Smoking Cigarettes by Jessie Kuehler
By CPR St. Louis at January 17, 2012 | 7:32 am | 0 Comment
Cigarette smoking can have major negative biological effects on the human body. It is common knowledge that smoking can cause lung cancer, but it can also cause many other types of cancer as well. Along with cancer, smoking can also cause disease. The poisons from cigarette smoke can most commonly cause cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease. The reproductive more...
Rheumatoid Arthritis by Lisa Jimas
By CPR St. Louis at January 16, 2012 | 10:26 am | 0 Comment
My mother was diagnosed at age 40, they sat me down in a room and said she would be crippled by the time she was 50. I must say, this year she is turning 62 and is not crippled. She does have rheumatic nodules on her elbows and the deformation of her hands and feet BUT she is still able to walk and get around. Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease. It is very painful and can more...
Shingles by Chelsea Godwin
By CPR St. Louis at January 15, 2012 | 8:35 am | 0 Comment
Shingles are caused by the varicella-zoster virus; which is the same virus that causes chicken pox. This viral infection causes an extremely painful skin rash that can appear anywhere on the body; although, it most commonly appears on either side of the torso. After one gets chicken pox, this virus remains inactive in the body for many years (Harms). This is not a deadly more...
CONGENITAL HEART DISORDER: AORTIC STENOSIS by SHEENA PATEL
By CPR St. Louis at January 14, 2012 | 7:54 am | 0 Comment
Eight out of every 1000 newborns arrive with mild to severe congenital heart defects. These defects are abnormalities in the heart’s structure that are present at birth, which develops during the earlier weeks of pregnancy. Some are related to genetic disorders such as Down syndrome, but the cause of most congenital disorders is unknown. These disorders cannot be more...
Sickle Cell Anemia by Tiffany Hawkins
By CPR St. Louis at January 12, 2012 | 7:22 am | 0 Comment
The National Institutes of Health explains that Sickle Cell Anemia is a genetic disease where the sickle hemoglobin gene is passed down from both parents to the child. According to the Mayo Clinic, the abnormal gene that is passed down from each parent creates a “condition in which there aren’t enough healthy red blood cells to carry adequate oxygen throughout your more...
