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Answers About Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis by Emilie Arl
By CPR St. Louis at July 3, 2014 | 7:16 am | 0 Comment
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that affects the brain and spinal cord that progress over time. This disease causes motor neurons that gradually break down and die. Motor neurons are important because they send impulses to the spinal cord which then sends the impulses to the rest of the body to tell it what it should do. Once the motor neurons die, more...
What is an Appendicitis by Anna Rosikhina
By CPR St. Louis at July 1, 2014 | 12:51 pm | 0 Comment
Appendicitis is the inflammation and swelling of the appendix. The appendix is a tube–shaped sac that is located at the end of the large intestine and one can feel it on the lower right side of the abdomen. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: "ca-pub-4816419112981891", enable_page_level_ads: true more...
What is Asthma by Kristeel Suleiman
By CPR St. Louis at June 30, 2014 | 8:24 am | 0 Comment
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the lung's bronchioles, in other words, the airways of the lungs. When asthma affects someone they call it an asthma attack, when someone has an attack they feel as though they cannot breathe. The person will start to have shortness of breath, their chest will start to tighten, and they will start to cough, and wheeze. The more...
Anatomic Truth About Aging by Vanessa Ferie
By CPR St. Louis at June 29, 2014 | 7:40 am | 0 Comment
It is estimated that people in the United States spend around 33 billion dollars a year on cosmetic products. A large chunk of this profit is dedicated to facial creams, cleansers, and moisturizers. One of the main reasons why we spend all this money on these products is to look more attractive or to look younger. You can’t turn on a TV or open a magazine without seeing more...
What is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis BY RUDOLF R MIJACEVIC
By CPR St. Louis at June 28, 2014 | 6:44 am | 0 Comment
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a neurological disease that attacks the nerve cells responsible for controlling voluntary muscles. ALS commonly strikes people between 40-70-years-old and it also affects both younger and older. However, men are affected more than women. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({ google_ad_client: more...
