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    Thump-thump, thump-thump. The beautiful sound of one's heart beating, serving as both a reminder of the vitality, as well as the fragility, of life. However, this thumping was not my heart beating and was not a symbol of my life's vibrancy. Rather, it was the sound of my head pulsating and aching with excruciating pain, debilitating me from living my life to the fullest. Every time I took a breath, read a book, watched television, or participated in any activity, it was always present. Like a person

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    Percherons and Quarter horses have copious similarities and differences. The physical features of the Quarter horse and the Percheron contrast dramatically. Both breeds of horses have several similar jobs and a few different jobs. The weight, height and life expectancy of the Percheron versus the Quarter horse vary. While Quarter horses come in bounteous colors, Percherons come in a several eye-catching colors, and each breed also has a different blood type, or in other words, temperament. Both Percherons

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    In 2005, my husband was forced to retire from a job at Georgia Pacific. This was a job that he had been working at for thirty-three years. The muscles in his arms were tearing for no reason that we knew of and he was having some other health problems. It was very upsetting to both of us not knowing the outcome about his health and now no income as well. We had seen many doctors on many different occasions. We kept hitting a dead end. Finally, we were able to see a new doctor, a neurologist, and after

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    the blood and discharge as urine through the urethra. If nephrons are damaged it cannot regenerate, resulting functional failure of the renal, leading to accumulation of waste products in the body, causing serious number of complications such as Rhabdomyolysis and Somatalgia. Not only that, but uremic poisoning. One of the main renal failures is known as chronic kidney disorder (CKD). This disease is non-reversible and has no cure. CKD have this stages that definite the progression of a the kidneys

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    Clinical Features Pneumonia is the cardinal clinical manifestation of Legionella infection. Legionella is typically rated among the most commonly identifiable pathogens in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in immunocompetent individuals and is also a frequent cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia. Suspicion should be increased in patients who are smokers, those with chronic lung disease and immunocompromised individuals. [1,2 I] Extrapulmonary manifestations are extremely rare, though in immunosuppressed

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    consequently had more of a prevalence of SCD while they were compared to those who did not undergo a hemodialysis (Derebail et al, 2014). Concluding from this one study that dealt mainly with African-Americans, the results show how prevalent sickle-cell disease can be in black people. The higher rate of the trait can again be linked back to the monetary elements but it may not be limited only be limited to that as family ties are an important genetic factor of this disease. A study

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    Wrestling is one of the more difficult sports when it comes to being in high school or college. It is not for everyone the sport is very demanding physically and mentally. To the point where it could seriously injure someone. In wrestling at the beginning of the season you will choose a weight class that you will wrestle for the season. On the day of the meet you have to weigh in and weigh the weight class you chose. Some wrestlers would do just about anything to make weight even if it meant making

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    Exercise-induced muscle damage and cytokines Previously, we have found that peak IL-6 is associated with muscle damage using an eccentric exercise model in which the CK level peaked at day 4 after the exercise.25 However, later studies from our group using exercise models in which CK peaked one day after exercise have failed to show an association between peak IL-6 and peak CK levels.13,14 In addition, a recent communication has failed to find an association between increases in IL-6 and muscle damage

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    The Roman poet Horace once said, “Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.” To an extent this is true. However, everyone knows that adversity is a double edged sword that takes a special type of person to wield it properly. Whether adversity harms or helps is based on the individual. Their character and their response determine if they will benefit or be buried by adversity. Looking to statistics, some doubters of adversity may reference

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    Introduction: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is one of the most common severe monogenetic disorders in the world. (1).SCA is an inherited blood disorder caused by a single point mutation in one of the genes encoding hemoglobin (2).Hemoglobin (Hb) it is an oxygen transporting molecule, carrying oxygen from the lungs to the tissues and takinge carbon dioxide away from the cell. Hb, made of four globin protein chains two alpha and two beata chains (pic).http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org/images/hemoglobin

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