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    The Cause of Endometrial Cancer Essay

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    Uterine cancer, sometimes referred to as endometrial cancer, is the most commonly diagnosed gynecologic cancer in the United States (ACS, 2013; CDC, 2012). Each year about 45,000 women get uterine cancer and about 8,400 women die from it (CDC, 2012). It is a cancer caused by abnormal cells growing in the lining of the uterus, or endometrium (ACS, 2013; CDC, 2012). The two major types of uterine cancer are adenocarcinoma and sarcoma. Adenocarcinoma develops from the endometrium, which make up

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    introduced in 2002. It’s highly effective — less than 1 percent of women who use the patch according to its directions get pregnant while they use it. How does it work? The birth control patch contains two man-made versions of the hormones estrogen and progestin. These are the same types of hormones found in most birth control pills. Your body absorbs the hormones from the patch. Then, the hormones start preventing pregnancy

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    THE PRO’S AND CON’S OF HORMONAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY The Pro’s and Con’s of Hormonal Replacement Therapy LaSalle University      In this paper I will be focusing on the positive and negative aspects of hormonal replacement therapy. To understand replacement therapy we first need to look at what occurs in a women’s body during menopause. As a woman is my 40’s like so many others, I will be in need of this information in the not so distant future, and as such this topic

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    policies are the opposite of what America stands for. For instance, Luis E. Miramontes, a man with an ethnicity that is affected by your harshness, became a prominent and innovative Mexican-American. He was a chemist that was the co-inventor of the progestin norethindrone used in one of the first three contraceptives. In 1964, the U.S. Department of Patents chose his contraceptive pill as one of the forty registered most important inventions between 1794 and 1964, and the pill was included in the USA

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    Blood clots are a serious side effect when it comes to taking the pill. Certain pills may cause or increase the risk even more. According to Planner Parenthood "The progestin in YAZ, Gianvi, YASMIN, Ocella, Syeda, and Zarah, Beyaz, and Safyral may be linked to a higher risk for blood clots than other birth control pills" It is a good chance doctors will advice women to stay away from these. Anything that can increase the risk of blood clots should be avoided because blood clots are very serious and

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    Abstract: The immune system has a way of detecting and destroying cells that are abnormal, which can cause cancer in the human body. In most rare cases some cancers are able to avoid the detection in the immune system. Colorectal cancer (CRC) is also known as colon cancer, it is part of the digestive system that is called the gastrointestinal system. It occurs in the large intestines that are located in the lower part of digestive system. Colon cancer usually starts small adenomatous polyps, which

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    Losing bone is common of the ageing process, but for some individuals it can lead to osteoporosis and a multiplied risk of fractures. Osteoporosis ("porous bone"), is a disease that intensifies the loss of bone mass and strength. It often advances without any symptoms or pain. Thus, osteoporosis is not detected until weakened bones cause painful fractures typically in the back or hips. These brittle fractures result in serious morbidity and may have lasting effects through associated depression,

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    Muscle Increase Pills: Facts About Steroids You're at appropriate area, if you are searching for some fine truth about steroids. However, prior to beginning with all the fast facts about steroids, you need to understand what steroids are. Fast facts about steroids artificial hormone drugs in many cases are used for muscle building, performance enhancing, and improving look. Steroids are used as treatment for skin conditions, chronic lung disease, asthma and allergies. Steroid Terms frequently called

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    Activity (Moderate) Trenbolone is a highly androgenic steroid and is available in multiple preperations as a fast acting compound Trenbolone acetate and long acting ester Trenbolone Enanthate This powerful anabolic is 19 Nor derived steroid or progestin with a strong affinity for binding to the Androgen Receptor (AR) as much as three times as high as testosterone. It does not aromatise and so is not subject to estrogenic side effects. The high androgenicity of Trenbolone , and also the extremely

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    Be that as it may, it can't really change over to estrogen (by means of the aromatase chemical). It's additionally not a progestin or a compound with progenestic action – which implies the estrogenic reactions connected to Anadrol are strange in nature. It's been thought the reactions are caused by the way that Anadrol may animate the estrogen receptor without really being changed

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