Homework Help: Health: Diseases & Disorders

Recent Homework Questions About Diseases & Disorders

Biology
Researchers working on Alzheimers disease identify a gene which may help treat the condition., but use a shortened version of the gene ..which codes for all necessary amino acids .. can anyone explain how the shortened version may be obtained .. If any could flag the main ...
Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 4:31pm

Public Health
Can you help me with these questions and explain why the answers are chosen. I think I have the answers but not quite sure how to write why I chose those answers. Different measures of disease are useful to evaluate and assess public health programs and needs in different ...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 10:05pm

english
I am writing a persursive essay on unclean nail salons....These are my refrences How do i list my sources In a (APA) Refrence list format. REFFRENCES Elite CME 5-Hour Continuing Education For Illinois Nail Professionals MMA Update For Nail Technicians Sec1: 7, (2008) Deadly ...
Monday, June 9, 2008 at 11:04pm

statics
If a court acquits every defendant, they will never commit a Type I error. A) True B) False 2. The probability of rejecting a true null hypothesis increases as the sample size increases. A) True B) False 3. For a given level of significance, the critical value of Student's...
Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 2:20am

English
How do you paraphrase this statement? A brain aneurysm is a ballooning-out of the wall of an artery in the brain. Often this wall is weakened by disease, injury or an abnormality present at birth. Aneurysms are often caused or made worse by high blood pressure. They aren't...
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at 2:05pm

Epidemiology
Can some one please check this for me. I am not sure if I am on the right track. Complete the problem below. Disease X is one that often results in severe illness, but never is fatal. On March 21, 1990, 30 students developed disease X among all students in an introductory ...
Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 3:34pm

English: final revision - Ms. Sue
Thesis: The pathetic and alarming need for education of HIV/AIDS in Africa is overwhelming and the great need is to protect and educate people to reduce the disease. The author uses his wisdom to research statistics that are so compelling; the world has to take notice. The ...
Monday, April 28, 2008 at 9:02pm

English- Ms. Sue
Identify the thesis statement in the article AIDS in Africa: Dying by the numbers. What strategies does the author use to formulate his argument? What makes the argument so compelling? Answer: Thesis: The pathetic and alarming need for education of HIV/AIDS in Africa is ...
Monday, April 28, 2008 at 8:48pm

science
i have to write something about a specific kidney disease. Is acute renal failure specific enough to write about?
Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 10:53pm

Biology
In regards to color-blindness, I have a question! (Please make sure to note how the trait is passed on first.) If a woman is affected by colorblindness are both of her parents carriers or just one? What if a man is affected - do both of his parents have to be carriers for the ...
Friday, April 25, 2008 at 3:44pm

psy - please revise
Question? What are some of the characteristics of a Type A personality? How could having a Type A personality affect a person’s reaction to stress? What would you view as some advantages or disadvantages of a Type A personality? Answer! A person with a type A personality ...
Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:44pm

psy - revised
Question: By the time people reach young adulthood, they have an idea of what causes them stress. The text discusses several sources of stress. What sources of stress did the text identify of which you were previously unaware? Has your reading helped you identify any new ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 8:14pm

psy - final rev.
Question: By the time people reach young adulthood, they have an idea of what causes them stress. The text discusses several sources of stress. What sources of stress did the text identify of which you were previously unaware? Has your reading helped you identify any new ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 7:49pm

psy- revise please
Question: By the time people reach young adulthood, they have an idea of what causes them stress. The text discusses several sources of stress. What sources of stress did the text identify of which you were previously unaware? Has your reading helped you identify any new ...
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 6:37pm

psy - revise please
By the time people reach young adulthood, they have an idea of what causes them stress. The text discusses several sources of stress. What sources of stress did the text identify of which you were previously unaware? Has your reading helped you identify any new sources of ...
Monday, April 21, 2008 at 11:04pm

Health/ Basic Clinical Procedures
please check my answer thanks An objective sign is one that A can be observed by another person B precedes a disease C is felt by the patient and can not be obsserved by another person D causes the pt the most trouble I picked A
Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 7:45pm

english
Is this a good body paragraph? Did I include a topic sentence? Please let me know as I have to turn it in tonite!!! Thanks. Healthful eating encourages Americans to adopt a healthier lifestyle which will help society avoid the number one killer of Americans: Diabetes. ...
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 9:52pm

Biology-Bacteria
What are the two basic ways that bacteria cause disease? Thanks
Monday, April 14, 2008 at 6:16pm

Epidemiology
Can someone please check this for me to see if I am on the right track thanks? In a population-based cohort study, an entire community was interviewed regarding smoking habits and then followed for one year. All lung cancer deaths were ascertained and the following data were ...
Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 10:09am

disease
is trisomy x sex-linked
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 6:59pm

biology / CELEISTINE
describe the genetics of the huntigton disease a. what chromosomes are affected? b. is it a result on translocation/ c. is it a sex-linked? d. does it skip a generation 3. waht are the cause of huntington disaese? how does it occur ? is it preventable ? how ? 4. waht are the ...
Friday, April 11, 2008 at 12:52pm

biology
What are the cause of sickle cell disease?how does it occur?is it preventable?how?
Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at 10:18pm

Epidemiology
Which of the following six study design types most appropriately characterizes the studies described below (#1-6)? DESIGN TYPES a. Cross-sectional b. Case-control c. Prospective cohort d. Retrospective (historical) cohort e. Clinical trial f. Community trial STUDY DESCRIPTIONS...
Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 2:08am

English
Animals have been used in medical research for centuries. Most of the animals used for research are rodents such as rats, mice, hamsters and gerbils. Some dogs, cats and a variety of goats, ferrets, pigeons, monkeys and rabbits are also used .The struggle against this tyranny...
Friday, April 4, 2008 at 1:29pm

Science 8th grade
A 73 year old woman suffers a severe cerebral hemorrhageafter a minoe trauma. Blood work reveals that her clotting ablity is imparied. Disease of which abdominal organ may contriute to this ? My answer is the spleen
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 6:40pm

spell
What would be a good title for this essay? Also, what is wrong about this essay? Essay: Animals have been used in medical research for centuries. Most of the animals used for research are rodents such as rats, mice, hamsters and gerbils. Some dogs, cats and a variety of goats...
Monday, March 31, 2008 at 1:26pm

spell
Animals have been used in medical research for centuries. Most of the animals used for research are rodents such as rats, mice, hamsters and gerbils. Some dogs, cats and a variety of goats, ferrets, pigeons, monkeys and rabbits are also used .The struggle against this tyranny...
Monday, March 31, 2008 at 10:35am

biology
is the Tay-Sachs disease fatal?when/what is the life expectancy of an individual with the disorder?
Friday, March 28, 2008 at 6:05pm

11th Grade A&P
What is GERD? Is it the same as acid reflux disease?
Monday, March 24, 2008 at 11:27pm

Sociology
I have a paper I have to turn in on punishment in the United States. The assignment calls for Researching the effects of the four types of punishment (Retribution, Deterrence, Rehabilitation, and Societal Protection) in relation to today’s American society. • Write a...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 3:51pm

Biology
What is a founder effect? How do you determine the age of a mutation? How is a dispersion route determined? How founder effect, determining the age of a mutations, and dispersion route link with ethnicity and disease risk?
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 11:05pm

Public HEALTH
Different measures of disease are useful to evaluate and assess public health programs and needs in different situations. For each of the following situations indicate (1) which measure (from the list below) would best be used, and (2) explain why you chose that measure. ...
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 4:01pm

biology
Genetic problem Schilder's disease, which causes a progressive degeneration of the nervous system leading to death at about two years of age, behaves as a simple autosomal recessive trait. If a couple loses their first two children due to Schilder's disease, what is ...
Saturday, March 15, 2008 at 3:24pm

Geometric formulas
Contagious diseases can spread very quickly. Supposed five people are ill during the first week of an epidemic and that each person who is ill spreads the disease to four people by the end of the next week. By the end of the tenth week how many people have been affected by the...
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 5:52pm

algebra
Cystic fibrosis is inherited from parents only if both have the abnormal CF gene. Children of two parents with the CF gene will either be affected with the disease, a carrier but not affected or not have the gene. -Write an expression for the genitec makeup of children of two ...
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 9:00pm

HCA 230
I am having difficulty finding the implications to health care providers considering cultural views on the following topics, health as organic, health as harmony and disease as a curse or stigma. I tried the school library and I am hitting a brick wall. Can someone please help?
Monday, March 3, 2008 at 7:30pm

Genetics
Describe the inheritance and expression of cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs disease and sickle-cell anemia. I didn't understand what the question meant by "expression." Please help!
Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 10:46pm

math/probability
204 / 205 - EXERCISES FOR SECTION 4.2 18- WHAT ARE EQUALY LIKELY OUTCOMES? 19- DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN IMPOSSIBLE EVENT AND A CERTAIN EVENT IN PROBABILITY. BE SURE TO PROVIDE EXAMPLES. 26- ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. THE BAR GRAPH IN FIGURE 4.3 SHOWS THE PERCENTAGE OF ...
Monday, February 18, 2008 at 1:32pm

year 7 history
i need to write a 2000 word essay about the black death [1348]. i need to include how it started ,the attempted cures , syptoms and what people of the time thought caused the disease. any help would be gratefully appreciated .
Saturday, February 16, 2008 at 5:41am

Biology
okay, were supposed to answer the following question, i have the basic idea ( i think) and i was just wondering if someone would read over it and what i put and then help out with what im missing Describe humoral immune response in humans. Include the kind of cells involved ...
Monday, February 11, 2008 at 9:35pm

English Composition
Hi, can someone proofread this and let me know what my weaknesses are on my thoughts or sentence structure. Based on the article I read I believe that the bases of wars are a result of people’s lack of understanding, appreciation, and respect for other people’s ...
Sunday, February 3, 2008 at 7:57pm

Psychology
I have to do a paper and am looking for some links for the following question:) Explain what role psychology has played in understanding and managing these health problems: cancer, cornorary heart disease, and headaches I only have to choose two.
Monday, January 28, 2008 at 6:39pm

com 215
Rewrite the following sentences, focusing on the grammar area specified in the left column. To enter your answer, click next to the number and begin typing. If the sentence is already correct, write No Change. Dangling Modifiers If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it ...
Friday, January 25, 2008 at 10:58am

Biology
Following my previous question: jiskha/display.cgi?id=1200944514 use the Galapagos Islands as an example try to produce an action plan of at least 5 points that could reduce the risk of manmade extinctions occurring in vulnerable habitats. Give a brief explanation of each ...
Monday, January 21, 2008 at 5:44pm

French
En 1939, des militaires globaux étaient en conflit et la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale commence. Elle a divisé plusieurs nations du monde en deux alliances militaires : les Alliés et les puissances d'Axe. La Deuxième Guerre Mondiale a é...
Sunday, January 13, 2008 at 8:01pm

English for previous french question
It won't work for some reason. Hopefully it will work this time. In 1939, a global military conflict named World War 2 started. It divided many of the world nations into two military alliances: the Allies and the Axis Powers. World War 2 was known as the deadliest conflict...
Monday, January 7, 2008 at 10:38pm

French
I'm writing an essay on World War 2 in French and I was wondering if I have to change words like World War 2, Total War, and Allies and the Axis Powers to French. If so, what should I change them to? Here's my first paragraph for my essay. Can you please any mistakes ...
Monday, January 7, 2008 at 10:36pm

Biology
Why is the ability to develop collateral circulation important in a person prone to heart disease?
Monday, January 7, 2008 at 12:56pm

math
Consider yourself a genetic counselor. Megan and Eric come to you for your services. They are planning on having their first child. Megan’s father died from Huntington’s disease. Eric’s family has no history of Huntington’s disease. They would like to have ...
Monday, November 26, 2007 at 12:14pm

introduction to quantitaive methods
the following model is often used to measure the spread of an infectious disease. suppose that at the beginning of period 1 the population consists of 5 diseased people. during any period, there is a 0.05 chance that a given infective person will encounter a particular ...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 11:29pm

Microeconomics
Indicate how you think each of the following would shift demand in the indicated market: a.Incomes of buyers in the market for Adirondack vacations increase. b.Buyers in the market for pizza read a study linking hamburgers consumptions to heart disease. c.Buyers in the market ...
Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 7:05pm

science, biology
Hemophilia is a hereditary disease that prevents a persons blood from clotting correct;y. The gene responsible for blood clotting is located on the X chromosome of the sex chromosome pair (X and Y. This is called x-linked inheritance. The dominant gene is H and the recessive ...
Sunday, October 21, 2007 at 2:49pm

Science, Biology
One parent is heterozygous and one is homozygous dominant for a gene that causes DIDS. These two parents have children (F1) The alleles for this gene are S (dominant) and s(recessive). To have this disease, the child has to be homozygous recessive (ss). What are the chances of...
Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 9:22am

Grammer
Dangling Modifiers If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated. Your answer: 1. If your baby does not like cold apple juice you should heat it. Dangling Modifiers When they are fresh, eating oranges can often keep away the cold virus. Your answer: 2. When ...
Monday, September 24, 2007 at 7:20pm

math
This is a statistics problem. A laboratory test for the detection of a certain disease give a positive result 5 percent of the time for people who do not have the disease. The test gives a negative result 0.3 percent of the time for people who have the disease. Large-scale ...
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 11:20pm

grammar
Dangling Modifiers If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated. Your answer: 1. Dangling Modifiers When they are fresh, eating oranges can often keep away the cold virus. Your answer: 2. Predication Our plans for tomorrow should begin today. Your answer: 3...
Sunday, September 23, 2007 at 12:39pm

english
Alzheimer's Something i became more aware of was Alzheimr's Disease.This disease gradually destorys a person's memory and ability to learn and carry behavior . There aren't any cures for the Alzherimer diease and researchers can't predivt how fast somewill ...
Friday, August 31, 2007 at 8:28pm

english
edit this paper Alzheimer’s Something I became more aware of was Alzheimer’s Disease. This disease gradually destroys a person ’s memory and ability to learn and carry out daily activities . In the long term it ,effectively changes your personality and behavior...
Friday, August 31, 2007 at 6:21pm

Grammar
I would like for someone to check this and make sure that I have this right. I had to rewrite the sentence that was not righ. Dangling Modifiers: If your baby dow not like cold apple juice, it should be heated. Your answer: If your baby does not like cold apple juice, the ...
Friday, August 31, 2007 at 5:06pm

Englins /Fallacies
What type of fallacy is this? In February 1992, a preresentative of the Catholic Church in Puerto Rico gave a radio interview (broadcase on National Public Radio) in which he said that the Church was against the use of condoms. Even though the rate of AIDS infection in Puerto ...
Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at 3:18pm

re- check
5.punctuating sentences- Wiithout a doubt, cramming for the test. Answer - Without a doubt cramming for a test is stressful, when it is done at the last minute. 6. Same - He took the curvr too sharply, it caused and accident. Answer: He took the curve too sharply, and it ...
Friday, August 24, 2007 at 1:43pm

math
The probability that a person has immunity to a particular disease is 0.3. Find the mean and standard deviation for the random variable x, the number of people who have immunity in samples of size 28. This is a binomial distribution. mean= 28*.3 standard deviation= sqrt (28*.3...
Saturday, August 18, 2007 at 12:29pm

Medical
What is the best treatment for interstitial lung disease? No one here is competent to answer best: Even a medical doctor would cringe on that one without looking a the patient. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/interstitial-lung-disease/DS00592 If you have this condition...
Sunday, August 12, 2007 at 3:37pm

Information on Cambodia
Hey everyone, At the advice of the Grand Abbot of the Buddhist monestary I have been studying at, I am considering a trip to Cambodia this summer to study under the renown Buddhist teacher Sidhu-Darmya Parakesh. The Grand Abbot believes that Mr. Parakesh may be able to help me...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at 7:05pm

english
i need help coming up with a question that could be the basis for a research essay. I don't know what topic you have in mind, but here are a few ideas to get you started. If there's nothing here, maybe one of these will trigger another idea in your mind. What do Corrie...
Monday, May 21, 2007 at 3:21pm

anatomy
Tonsillitis, Hepatitis B, Reyes Syndrome, and chicken pox, Which one of these if left untreated can lead to heart disease and kidney failure Hepatitis B devistates the kidneys, and at the end, congestive heart failure is not uncommon.
Saturday, May 19, 2007 at 11:25pm

Human Services Administrator
I have to complete an internet search to find 3 examples of mission statements for human services organizations. Then I have to write 1050-1400 word paper evaluating the mission statements. Show how each one of the mission statements does or does not meet the requirements of a...
Thursday, May 10, 2007 at 11:05am

health services
What has been the impact of deinstitutionalization in a local community? How is the local community dealing the with problem ,when arises due to deinstitutionalization such as homeless,crime, and spread of communicable disease? What services do you think can be added to ...
Friday, May 4, 2007 at 1:00pm

english
unscrabble ceednimi jumrelbakc I am going to give you the defintion: 1) The science of diagnosing, treating, or preventing disease and other damage to the body or mind. hint: first two letters: me 2) One who fells trees and transports the timber to a mill hint:lu telll me what...
Monday, April 30, 2007 at 10:11am

science...plz help
What happens to the circulatory system when the red blood cells malfunction? and is there a disease with hemoglobin not taking carbon dioxide out of the body correctly or fast enough....plz plz help me..i really need this http://members.aol.com/profchm/saba.html
Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 3:11pm

help, bobpursely
Please take a look at DEVON's trig equation at 9:14 I must be missing something obvious. If the second had been 3sin 2x it would be a straight forward question. The way it stands I was able to "reduce" it to the equation 8sin^4 x - 8sin^2 x + 3sin x + 2 = 0 I ...
Monday, April 16, 2007 at 10:54pm

Health questions
We both asked these questions yesterday but we are both confused. 1.Giardiaqsis is a communicable illness transmitted: A. through direct and indirect contact with infected fecal material. (or) B. by touching the moist lining of the eyes and nose. 2. Lyme disease is caused by: ...
Monday, April 16, 2007 at 7:50am

Disease Question
Can you help with this question? Giardiasis is a communicable illness that is transmitted: 1. through direct and indirect contact with infected fecal matter or 2. by touching the moist lining of the eyes and nose. I want to say the correct answer is (A) but can giardiasis be ...
Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 6:13pm

Health
My text book says Lyme Disease is a bacterial illness. So,is Lyme disease caused by a virus or a parasite? I'm thinking its caused by a parasite. Right. The ticks that carry the bacteria are parasites. http://arthritis.webmd.com/tc/Lyme-Disease-Cause
Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 6:03pm

Health question
Is Lyme disease caused by a virus,parasite,or a fungus? Isn't it caused by a parasite? http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/lyme/ I know lyme disease is caused by a bacteria,but would that be a virus,or a parasite? Wouldn't it be a parasite? http://www.mayoclinic.com/health...
Sunday, April 15, 2007 at 12:00am

Biology help
please can someone help i need to know the difference at telophase 2 of meiosis if their had been a crossing over at a postision halfway between the huntingtons disease genes please im finding this last question hard
Thursday, April 12, 2007 at 3:44pm

biology s103
Has anyone got any clues on tma 7 q3? I have posted the question regarding meiosis and Huntington disease but im still stuck.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 3:38pm

Biology
what differences would there be in the product cells at telephose II of meiosis if there had been one crossing over at a position halfway between the Huntington disease gene and the centromere.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 12:48pm

sociology
The United Nations predicts that by 2025 wealthy societies will grow by 57 million people, while poor societies will grow by 1.7 billion people. What are the possible reasons for this growth pattern? What are the consequences of this growth pattern? disease, general medical ...
Monday, April 9, 2007 at 8:23pm

Biology
I have to draw a labelled diagram to show the chromatids of a diploid cell at the end of anaphase I of meiosis for a person who is heterozygous for both characters. (both characters being Huntingdon disease(H) on the short arm and red hair gene(R) on the long arm.) I know that...
Monday, April 9, 2007 at 2:47pm

meiosis
In humans, one pair of autosomes (chromosome 4) has a short arm and a long arm. On the short arm is a gene for Huntington disease(H) and on the long arm is a gene for red hair(R). I have to draw a labelled diagram to show the chromatids of a diploid cell at the end of anaphase...
Sunday, April 8, 2007 at 1:31pm

sceince
what difference would there be in the product cells at telophase II of the meiosis if there had been one crossing over at a position half way betwwen the huntington disease gene and the centromere from one pair of autosomes (chromosome 4)has a short arm and a long arm on the ...
Saturday, April 7, 2007 at 7:18pm

American Customs Question
Is it illegal to eat dog meat in America? My American friend says that you cannot buy dog in American grocery stores, that it would be against the law. Is it against the law to sell dog meat, or to eat it also? If my Korean grandparents send me dog meat by mail, can I get in ...
Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 12:25am

biology
what difference would there be in the product cells at telophase II of the meiosis if there had been one crossing over at a position half way betwwen the huntington disease gene and the centromere from one pair of autosomes (chromosome 4)has a short arm and a long arm on the ...
Monday, March 26, 2007 at 4:05am

biology
Help required, Gametes are produced in the process of meiosis. In humans, one pair of autosmes (chromosome 4) has a short arm and a long arm. On the short arm is a gene for Huntington disease (H) and on the long arm is a gene for red hair(R). Draw a labelled diagram to show ...
Saturday, March 24, 2007 at 12:07pm

PLEASE HELP SOLVE RIDDLE
I jump I run, I am one of four, you can find me hanging around your door. What am I? Please help I'm usually great at answering these. But I am lost on this one. PLEASE tell us if you get the answer :) what weighs a lot going forward but not backwards? Two men occupy ...
Friday, March 23, 2007 at 7:44am

science
i need awebsite for middle schoolers all about plant population density (overcrowded plants) Check out these sites. http://extension.oregonstate.edu/catalog/html/grow/grow/disease.html http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/ygbriefs/h140perennialdivide.html
Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 3:11pm

Biology
1. In an experiment, a man drank a litre of water, his urine output increases so that after hours he had eliminated the extra water. When he drank a litre of 0.9% of sodium chloride (common salt), there was little or no increase in his urine production. Explain the difference ...
Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 8:54am

Biology
Please could someone help me been trying to make sense of a question in my assignment, really struggling at the moment. question is Gametes are produced in the process of meiosis. In humans, one pair of autosmes (chromosome 4) has a short arm and a long arm. On the short arm ...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 3:59am

Science
I need help finding the missing word heres what i wrote. But i'm not to sure this word goes with it. An adequate supply of fuelwood helps to prevent disease by allowing water to be boiled to ____________ it. [Protect???] sterilize
Monday, March 19, 2007 at 8:16pm

Biology
do you know if there are any good websites on population distrubution patterns and relevant adaptations of organisms? You need to choose a population. A species of orchids? A species of animals (kangaroo, etc)? A type of bird? A disease vector ? Make a list of desired ...
Monday, March 19, 2007 at 3:48am

Science
An adequate supply of fuelwood helps to pevent disease by allowing water to be boiled to ______________ it. Please check your assigned reading and post your answer. We'll be glad to help you when we see your thoughts about this subject. help? Come on, Mack. How does ...
Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 8:03pm

Science
[I choose c.] It is often difficult to save individual species because a.small populations are more prone to disease b.inbreeding may result in genetic disorders c.captive species may not reproduce in the wild. d.all the above. I would say (d)
Sunday, March 18, 2007 at 5:49pm

gym
what is a characteristics of the disease std's By STD I am assuming you mean sexually transmitted disease. An STD is a disease or infection that can be spread between humans having sex. For more information, I think Wikipedia has a good article: http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Wednesday, March 7, 2007 at 4:32pm

English
Just wanted to know if my answers are correct. Dangling Modifiers If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated. My answer: 1. If your baby does not like cold apple juice, the apple juice should be heated. When they are fresh, eating oranges can often keep ...
Thursday, March 1, 2007 at 4:06pm

Bacteria
What structural features of bacteria do you think help them to survive? Name four characteristics of bacteria that aid them in producting disease. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria please read the link and then think about these statements: fast reproductive rate tough ...
Friday, February 23, 2007 at 8:18pm

Biology
how many pints of blood is in an average adults body? 9 to 12 I believe 56 Facts About Blood and Blood Donation One for each day between your blood donation! 4.5 million Americans would die each year without life saving blood transfusions. Approximately 32,000 pints of blood ...
Friday, February 23, 2007 at 12:28am

AP U.S. History Foreign Policy
What were the essential principles of the Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy, and how did he apply them to specific situations? he believed in the more developed nations helping those that were more underdeveloped. He used the army to help countries like Cuba and Puerto ...
Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 7:53pm

HELP
Dangling Modifiers If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated. Your answer: 1. Dangling Modifiers When they are fresh, eating oranges can often keep away the cold virus. Your answer: 2. Predication Our plans for tomorrow should begin today. Your answer: 3...
Monday, February 19, 2007 at 12:02am

health/English
Please check my Health/English to see if it is better or need to do more work on it. Thank YOU Please post your essay and someone will happily proofread it for you. Please check if its better and could you suggest a Title, Thank YOU Need an introductory sentence. From 1950 to ...
Friday, February 16, 2007 at 8:50am

health/English
Could someone check if Health research is well written, Please See below or this: http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1171501206 Please check if its better and could you suggest a Title, Thank YOU From 1950 to 1959 scientific researches were studing Hepatitis B (HB) ...
Thursday, February 15, 2007 at 9:20am

health
This a research on HIV/AIDS It is believed that in 1959 is the earliest known case of AIDS and the discovery suggest that AIDS virus has a common African ancestor. Later on (1981), men (gay) were getting sick with pneumonia and dying and discovered that all had the same ...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 at 8:00pm

Help with my Grammar Exercise ? if its all correct
-Nonracist and nonagist language - *The woman who earned the award was Negro from Lousiana. *It seems that every Golden Ager is on the bus trip to Laughlin, Nevada. -Talking about people with disabilites and disease- *The blind people were downtown for a National Conference. -...
Wednesday, January 31, 2007 at 4:49pm

LawQ uestion-- Please Help!!
Which of the following groups has the best chance of bringing a class action lawsuit? 1. Everyone who developed a severe sunburn on the same day in Miami, despite using one of the leading brands of sunblock. 2. Elderly patients who complain of back problems and who all live in...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 3:06pm

Biology
Why is milk vitamin fortified? What disease might this prevent? Pasteurizing milk destroys many vitamins. The have to be re added. One of the added vitamins, Vitamin D, prevents Rickets. What happens when the pH of milk is adjusted to 4.7?
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 at 12:31am

Law
Which one of the following groups has the best chance of bringing a class action lawsuit? A. Everyone who developed a severe sunburn on the same day in Miami, despite using one of the leading brands of sun block. B. Elderly patients who complain of back problems and who all ...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 at 9:28pm

down syndrom
My 18 months old only daughter is having Down Syndrom with Cynotic Heart Disease with Bilateral catarct With Bilateral Deafness.Since her birth I have got severre depression.I am unable to accept tye fact of life.The words that people are saying that our baby is mantally ...
Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 12:51pm

Pathophysiology
What is the difference between Disbetes Mellitus and Diabetes Insipidus? I know what diabetes mellitus is but i am having some difficulties with the insipidus part. I know that there is type 1 and type 2 but that is all part of mellitus; isn't it? HELP!! PLEASE!! YEs, type...
Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at 12:16am

science
Can a cellphone place near a pacemaker patient heart change the pacemaker patient heart rate and how? Can I use my cell phone if I have a pacemaker? The types of cell phones used in the United States are less than 3 watts and do not seem to affect pacemakers. But to be safe, ...
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 at 12:57pm

Science CSAP practice
Which of the following is not an example ofa communicable disease? influenza A.I.D.S. chicken pox or cancer Cancer is not communicable N2 + H2----> NH3 N2 + H2----> NH3_______________________
Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 11:46am

english
Good suggestion from Bob Pursley. Also, if you want someone to check your work, please be sure to re-post with the answers you've come up with. =) words that begin with IN a narrow strip ofwater which goes from a sea or lake into the land-I N _ _ T food or drink that is I ...
Sunday, December 17, 2006 at 11:06am

emergency due before midnight please!!!
Dangling Modifiers If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated. Your answer: 1. Dangling Modifiers When they are fresh, eating oranges can often keep away the cold virus. Your answer: 2. Predication Our plans for tomorrow should begin today. Your answer: 3...
Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 10:29pm

help!!!
Dangling Modifiers If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated. Your answer: 1. Dangling Modifiers When they are fresh, eating oranges can often keep away the cold virus. Your answer: 2. Predication Our plans for tomorrow should begin today. Your answer: 3...
Friday, December 15, 2006 at 9:12pm

microbiology
A patient was seropositive for HIV experieced abdominal pain, fatigue, and low-grade fever for 2 weeks. A chest x-ray showed lung infultrates. Gram and acid fast stains were negative. Viral culture showed a large enveloped polyhedral virus with double stranded DNA. Im not sure...
Monday, December 11, 2006 at 9:00pm

Microbiology
A patient had a biopsy of a lesion which showed a cysticercus. What parasite would have caused her disease and how is it treated. How could it be prevented http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysticercosis
Monday, December 11, 2006 at 8:02pm

Health
Can anybody give me the name of a liver disease that may be caused by smoking? It has 9 letters, and the fifth one is "h". Search 'liver disease' and smoking on google and you'll find it. I'm sorry, I couldn't find it. well, just searching '...
Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 5:44pm

biology II
why do rabbi shots have to be injected through the abdominal?? At one time, the rabies vaccine (and by the way, rabies is the only disease in which the vaccine is administered post-exposure) required slow absorption and prolonged activity, so it needed to be injected in an ...
Monday, November 27, 2006 at 9:15pm

history
i need to invent a terrible disease myself that has been detected in another part of the world .. the people are unhappy because the government are not helping them to treat the disease..please help me find a terrible disease but it has to be invented..!!hellpp With so many ...
Monday, November 20, 2006 at 4:40pm

grammer
Dangling Modifiers If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated. Your answer: 1. Dangling Modifiers When they are fresh, eating oranges can often keep away the cold virus. Your answer: 2. Predication Our plans for tomorrow should begin today. Your answer: 3...
Sunday, November 19, 2006 at 5:11pm

Alzheimer's Disease...help please!
Are there any websites where I can go too for treatments there are for Alzheimier's?PLease help!(It can not be a . com webpage) This is the website for the Alzheimer's organization. www.alz.org/
Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 5:21pm

Writing
I have spent 2 weeks writing a paper and I am trying to perfect the introduction. Below I will paste the introduction tell me what I can do to better and what questions you have and what it make you think of... “The disease of jealously is so malignant that it converts ...
Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 9:20pm

disease/mitosis
What disease is caused when cells in body divide too rapidly by mitosis? It has been suggested that both certain types of cancer and Alzheimers have a relationship to mitotic disease. 1. Cancer 2. Elephantiosis (spelling?)The Elephant Man Is a good example, and movie. 3. ...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 2:17pm

science
Suppose that the wolves on Isle Royale die off because of disease or genetic defects from inbreeding. Should we (a) intervene and import new wolves to help control the moose population or (b) let the moose population grow until it exceeds its carrying capacity and suffers ...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006 at 7:20am

English
Can you read and correct my two paragraphs? Thanks. In John Smith’s The General History, he writes to dispel myths about the New World and to convince others to come there. He tells the reader how he was able to outwit the Indians in three ways. First, he uses an Indian ...
Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 7:51pm

BIOLOGY
HOW DOES THE NEW HPV VACCINE RELATE TO BIOLOGY? Vaccine Questions and Answers HPV Vaccine Questions and Answers Content reviewed August 2006 Print version Requires Adobe Reader High-resolution print version Requires Adobe Reader (3MB) Photos of women. The vaccine, Gardasil®...
Thursday, October 19, 2006 at 1:04pm

writing
Based on what I have so far, what direction do you think I should go--what do you feel the thesis is about? This will eventually end up 10 pages long. I am concerned that I will not find enough to write about. The assignment is, "What, if anything, is significant about an...
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at 6:24pm

artificial sweeteners
Do artificial sweeteners have any bad side effects? Yes. Read it all here, this article goes over the weakensses of the sweeterners. http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/sugarfree_blues.html Artificial sweeteners have no bad side effects, except for a very small ...
Sunday, October 15, 2006 at 8:38am

english
Just wanted to see if someone would review my answers and tell me if they are correct. Dangling Modifiers If your baby does not like cold apple juice, it should be heated. Your answer: 1. If your baby does not like cold apple juice, the apple juice should be heated. Dangling ...
Friday, October 13, 2006 at 10:18am

Newspaper Article Review
What generalizations can you make from this article? Can you help me please????????????? 'It's a whole new day for lung transplantation' New nationwide system has saved lives of patients who are in sudden desperate need By DENISE GRADY New York Times A quiet ...
Sunday, September 24, 2006 at 2:29pm

HEALTH AGAIN!! THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO ANSWERED ME!
DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH OBESITY?? MY HEALTH TEACHER IS WAY HARSH!! HE ASSINGED A ESSAY THE THIRD DAY BACK!! HOW CRUEL RIGHT? I WILL GIVE A THANKS IN ADVANCE TO ANYONE WHO ANSWERS MY QUESTION!! ] THANKS!!!!!;) :? Heart disease, diabetes, hernia, if the ...
Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at 4:53pm

Education
I need help with this assignment or some ideas please, I need to come up with an example of how two domains affect each other like physical, social, and emotional with children. I was trying to figure out how I can give an example of a 2 year old girl can't swallow food ...
Friday, September 1, 2006 at 11:18pm

civil war- true/false
Please check these true/false civil war questions. 1. More soldiers died of gunshot wounds than disease. False. 2. By the summer of 1862, the North had control of most of the Southern territory west of the Appalachian Mountains. False. 3. The objective of the Pennisular ...
Monday, August 28, 2006 at 8:07am

help!
What are two situations in which mechanism can be detrimental You have to define what type of mechanisms you mean: biochemical, physical, etc. It is dangerous to stand in front of an automobile while it is running... sorry if I did not make myself clear! the question before ...
Thursday, August 10, 2006 at 12:01pm

attack (check)!!!!!
Bobby: Blood pressure: 120/70 Cardiac output 5.0 Hemoglobin: 5.0 Urine output 5.0 Ken: Blood pressure: 130/80 Cardiac output 5.5 Hemoglobin: 5.5 Urine output 5.5 Penny: Blood pressure: 110/70 Cardiac output 4.9 Hemoglobin: 4.9 Urine output 4.9 Hanna: Blood pressure: 90/65 ...
Saturday, August 5, 2006 at 6:42pm

problem!
Atherosclerosis is a condition also called "hardening of the arteries", resulting in reduced elasticity of the arteries. Identify two circulatory problems that might arise from this effect on the vessels. I have no idea Atherosclerosis causes two main problems. First...
Saturday, August 5, 2006 at 1:01pm

Communication/English
Rewrite the sentences focusing on grammar: Inclusive Language—Quoting from Biased Material Back in the 1400s, the laws governing the people were quite specific: “All men shall tithe 10% to the church and pay taxes every six months. All men can attend school until ...
Friday, July 28, 2006 at 9:07pm

Psychology -- anyone
Please read the entire thing. My Assignment: Describe neurotransmitters, their function, and impact on behavior. Discuss one neurotransmitter in detail describing the effect it has on our bodies and connection with disease. Discuss the importance of biology for understanding ...
Wednesday, July 19, 2006 at 4:06pm

Microeconomics
Suppose rampant fears of Mad Cow disease cause a decrease in demand for beef. What will be the short-run effects of the declining demand for beef on the firm and the market? What will be the long-run effects? Explain in words and graphs. ---Try this first assuming the beef ...
Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 5:03pm

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