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| Associated Press | Amanda Dunaway |
| Enquirer | Due: Sept. 30‚ 2005 |
| Sept. 22‚ 2005 | Submitted: 28-Sep-2005 |
| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| The destructuve hurricane‚ Katrina‚ not only tore apart and destroyed everything in her path‚ she left the houses and buisnesses still standing with another huge problem; mold. From the outside of buildings to clothing‚ the abundant waters have left all of New Orleans covered with mold. After weeks with no air conditioning‚ houses spared by the water are paying the price too. Families and buisness owners are hard at work trying to clean and remove the mold. However‚ the restoration process won’t be easy. It will take a lot of time and money to fully repair all the damage. | |
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| Olivia Miller | |
| Submitted: 13-Oct-2005 | |
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| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| I feel that Amanda makes a very good point. In these cities that were riped apart by Katrna there are many other aspcts that that are taking hold. Not only is mold forming in all of these buildings‚ but these people are also incountering poor water supplies‚ and disease that are being transported in it. | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 18-Oct-2005 | |
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| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| The victims of hurricane Katrina have so much devestation in their lives already it’s hard to comprehend the enormity of the mold situation. The mold can cause respritory illness and the contaminated water holds so many bacterial diseases it will surely take a long time and be a hard battle to clean it up. My heart goes out to all the victims. | |
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| Rhonda Hicks | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 | |
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| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| I think it is awful that these people not only have lost everything‚ but now they have to go in whats left of thier homes and clean up mold‚ which may cause health problems to them and thier families. I hope that thier homes can be repaired from the mold. Usually once mold has set in you basically have to tear everything out and start over to prevent future problems with mold. I wounder how many homes are going to have to be torn down because of the mold damage. Most people might be better off totally rebuilding if possible rather than fixing everything. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 30-Oct-2005 | |
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| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| It is very sad to think that these people have to endure more after that terrible huricane‚ but they face a whole lot of clean up and rebuilding now. I wonder if those people had insurance that should be paying for there cleanup costs? Mold is terrible to get rid of once it has set in‚ the only way is to basically start all over. | |
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| Brandon Barnes | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| This article shows a good point‚ that it not only devistates at the time of the tragedy‚ but also leaves behind other things that can cause different types of tragedies in the long run. | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-2005 | |
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| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| The costly rebuilding of hurricane continues to mount. It seems there should be better technology for removing mold from homes in New Orleans and other places affected by flood waters‚ I guess the only way is bleach‚ air and time. I am amazed at the tenancity of the hurricane victims and I am not sure if I would go through all of this to rebuild. God Speed to all of them. | |
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| Amanda Sapp | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 | |
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| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| It sucks that Katrina left them with more damage then i thought possible. After rebuilding the destruction they will have to worry about getting out all of the mold out of the city. Breating in a lot of mold everyday can lead to a lot of health probblems if not taken care of. | |
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| Jill Snap | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| Hurricane Katrina has been very hard on these people and its terrible that they know have to deal with the mold problem. I will be curious as to what the health effects of that will be on their health? I am sure it couldn’t be good physically or emotionally. | |
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| Katie Plummer | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| Dry out the building. The heavily contaminated flood waters resulting from Hurricane Katrina contain micro-organisms and other contaminants that can penetrate deep into soaked‚ porous materials and later be released into air or water. Completely drying out a building that has been immersed in contaminated flood waters will take time and may require the extensive removal of ceiling‚ wall‚ insulation‚ flooring and other materials as well as‚ in some cases‚ extensive disinfection. The growth of micro-organisms will continue as long as materials remain wet and humidity is high. If a house or build | |
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| Joe Boyd | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Mold overtakes flooded city in a foul flourish | |
| Amanda does make a very good point. The city now has to worry about something else other than just rebuilding the damage. They now have to worry about houses that could be saved to be covered in mold. That just is a lot to deal with at once. | |
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| Parenting Magazine | Moranda Boles |
| Parenting Magazine June 2005 | Due: Sept. 30‚ 2005 |
| June 2005 | Submitted: 27-Sep-2005 |
| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| The article I chose to review discussed the new federal dietary guidelines. The author points out that our consumption of daily foods should include 4 cups of fruits and vegetables‚ 3 cups low-fat or fat-free milk products‚ three 1-ounce servings of whole grain foods‚ and very little high fat or sugar foods! In addition to exercising 30 to 90 minutes each day. Perhaps more attainable nutritional and physical activity goals are needed before Americans are asked to eat like Buddhist monks and workout like Olympic athletes in training. | |
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| Tiffany Alsept | |
| Submitted: 11-Oct-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| I agree with this article. It is humorous that the federal guidelines are so strict. First of all‚ not everyone has enough time everyday to eat well-balanced meals. It is a joke that there are new guidelines because it will probably not have very much effect on people anyway. If I could just manage to get myself out the door on time without being late here-and-there and suffering from not taking a shower‚ then maybe I would be able to put more effort into eating better. True‚ sometimes I do try to put a little thought into what I’m going to eat and if it has vitamins but reality is that n | |
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| Jennifer Varick | |
| Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| I believe the new dietary guidlines make alot of sense. People are able to find ample time to sit in front of the television. Exercising just isn’t a high enough priority for most people. If they skipped a show a couple of times a week and instead exercised it would make a big difference health wise. Or‚ instead of skipping the show‚ they could do some stretches or jog in place while watching the tv. They could even exercise on commercials! If it is a high enough priority you could make time to exercise. | |
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| Amy Franklin | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| I agree with the article for dietary guidelines.Not enough people are paying attention to what they eat.Americans eat exteremely too much junk food.It is just as easy to grab a piece of fruit as to a candy bar.Instead of taking the elevator take the steps.I try to pay attention to what I eat so hopefully later in life I will benefit. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 30-Oct-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| I think she had made a good point that its pretty impossible to eat right and exercise according to what they say is right and that’s probably why Americans are so overweight and obese. On the other hand‚ if you don’t want to be overweight or obese and its that important to you then you should eat right and exercise everyday! | |
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| Amber Potis | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| I agree with the article in the way that they are expecting Americans‚ which are a fat lazy society in general‚ to suddenly become perfect examples of a good eater and suddenly start to have good exercise habits. Although I do think that we as a society need to do something about the way we eat and work out.The average American is over-weight and I agree that is a problem. But maybe we need to start with less high fat food commercials and more emphisis on exercise. In the end though it is up to the individual. | |
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| Brandon Barnes | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| If you take a good look this article shows that hardly anyone takes the time to eat healthy. The guidelines are strict but everyone needs to take the time to eat healthy. | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| I think that if the federal government tells us one more way to get healthy I’m going to scream. The guidelines they use seem impossible in todays world. I know more excersise is needed and our intake of fat and sugar is so high we would go into withdrawl if we stopped cold turkey. I’m no scientist‚ but I don’t think I need one to tell me what I already know. | |
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| Gina Yacchari | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| I agree with this article. There is no way the general public would be willing to even try to adhere to these guidelines. Personally‚ I think education about good foods‚ bad foods‚ and moderation is the only way we are going to change the way Americans eat. Also‚ until we make healthy food as accessible and affordable as junk and fast food nothing will change. | |
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| Katie Plummer | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| eating 3 healthy meals a day will help you loose the pounds. They say if you can just walk 15minutes a day to get your heart beating faster which will further make your matabolism speed up. Therefor you dont have to train for the Olympic or starve yourself you just need to take a little step to a healthier life. | |
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| Joe Boyd | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| I agree and disagree with the federal guidelines. Yes‚ we do have a lot of overweight people in our country and some could change. I also disagree with it because I don’t believe many people could make sure they get a certain amount of each food group each day. Not that many people at all could do that. | |
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| Jessika Moores | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| I agree. As college students‚ we hardly have time to study‚ work‚ and sleep‚ much less eat a healty meal every day. I know I don’t have time to excercise 60 to 90 minutes a day. Nutritionists should come up with a diet that fits college students needs. | |
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| Lisa Fryman | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Dietary Guidelines Need a Reality Check | |
| I agree with this. Our dietary guidelines are so stricked about the foods that we should consume. It is hard to keep track of everything we should eat and the right amount of each food we should intake everyday. I think myself it is hard to consume the right amount of proteins‚ carbohydrates‚ etc. Either everyone is trying to be a stick model or too many people are obese. Can’t the government do something about food regtulations? | |
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| DISCOVER | Rhonda Hicks |
| VOL.26‚NO.10 | Due: 9/29/05 |
| OCTOBER 2005 | Submitted: 27-Sep-2005 |
| READY WHEN YOU ARE | |
| New studies show that women no longer have to rush to have children in thier early twenties‚ instead they are now waiting until their thirties and fourties to have chilren. It has recently been discovered that doctors are now able to thaw frozen eggs and have sucessful result. In the past when eggs were thawed ice crystals were forming preventing meioses (the process in which eggs chromosomes split up and reunite). Now women that have had trouble concieving‚ or have had cancer treatment would be able to use eggs that had been frozen years before‚ and have a sucessfull result. | |
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| Jeanette Mcgee | |
| Submitted: 13-Oct-2005 | |
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| READY WHEN YOU ARE | |
| Ready When You Are.Even if the science is available to have children in your 40’s is it okay to change the course of nature? Children take a lot of energy and time. The new parents I know in there 40’s are ready to parent at 40 but in their later years have had a hard time. Just because science is able to do something doesn’t mean it is in the best interest of all of the people involved. Cultural changes and knowledge of them is lost on older parents. This comes from someone that was raised by older parents. | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 18-Oct-2005 | |
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| I think it’s wonderful that technology has allowed women the “choice” to save their eggs for childbearing at a later time in their lives. We as women are put under so much pressure to have children earlier in life and were once called old maids if we were single in our thirties. It is great to know that the norm is starting to change and women who decide to have children later in life are being given this opportunity. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 30-Oct-2005 | |
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| This is interesting to me being that i am in my mid twenties and married and have no plans to have children any time soon. Its also interesting that pepole who have had cancer would be able to have the children they always wanted. It provides a saftey line in the sense that you don’t have to rush into it now or its lost forever‚ you can just come back to it when you are ready. | |
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| Gina Yacchari | |
| Submitted: 2-Nov-2005 | |
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| READY WHEN YOU ARE | |
| This technology will be a godsend to cancer patients. In the past‚ for these women to not only deal with the cancer and chemo side effects but also the fact that they probably would not be able to conceive was just salt in a wound. This will allow these women‚ who are able to beat cancer go on and live the normal lives they had hoped for. | |
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| Amber Potis | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| I personally think this is a wonderful breakthrough. I am 24 years old and have no children. I have not had them because I feel it is important to have alittle bit of a life before I start poping out kids. Not that I am saying that children are a bad thing or you are stupid for having them at an early age‚ but I pesonally want o wait. It is good to know that I can without running the risk of not being able to. I personally am going to check into having some of my egggs frozen. | |
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| Brandon Barnes | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Tis aricle gives hope to all the woman who have had trouble concieving and also those who have had cancer treatment of some sort. There is hope for succesful results. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| Its amazing how technology has changed over the last couple of decades. It will be amazing to see what will happen in the rest of our life times. Its great that there is new hope for women who do want to wait to have children or come down with something that may make the unable to conceive. I know that men‚ who have come down with cancer‚ are able to have their sperm frozen‚ so they could have children some day‚ also. | |
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| Amanda Sapp | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 | |
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| It is unbelievable with all of the technology that they have theese days. They can freeze an egg and use it to make a baby twenty years later‚ it is unbelievable. i think that this type of thing is too close to cloning. I think that it should only be used if the mother defanetely cannot concieve a baby. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| This breakthrough will be very valuable to women that have had cancer because they will now be able to have children just as they imagined. Before they could only dream of their dream to have children. This is very valuable to women who wish to wait to have children or thought their chance was gone. | |
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| Joe Boyd | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| I think technology has come a long way and it is cool that women can get their eggs frozen. You never know what could happen in life. Something could happen to you and you not be able to have kids‚ this would be great to do. The only limit to it is people have to remember what raising a kid is like. It is hard work. There is an age where women just shouldn’t have kids. | |
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| Jessika Moores | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| I have different feelings on this article. While its great that women now have the chance to have a child after they find out they can not conceive or have an illness that keeps them from having a baby‚ but how would those women know that they can not bear a child until it is too late. Are all women supposed to freeze eggs just in case something happens in the future? That seems like a lot of extra work and money for something that MAY happen and if it doesnt that work and money is lost. | |
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| Lisa Fryman | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| I totally agree with this comment. I do not think people or science should mess with the course of nature. When it comes to women in their 40’s having babies‚ are they really going to have the energy they need as the child grows up? Not to mention that when the child graduates from highschool they will be 58 years old. Everyone at the graduation who doesn’t already know you would think the parents were actually grandma and grandpa. I also think that with this procedure it is not advanced enough and there could still be later complications with the mother and child. If a woman wants to have | |
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| Discover | Paula Charles |
| 26 | Due: 09/09-05 |
| October 2005 | Submitted: 27-Sep-2005 |
| Just Say “ahhhh” | |
| I did not anticipate that my first News Notes article would be about saliva. However‚ i did not realize not only how important saliva is but how much medical information can be obtained from it. In fact‚ according to the article‚ it is “critical to our existence.” Not only does it “heal wounds and disable pathogens‚” but it could prove useful in diagnosing disease.In terms of usefulness to humans‚ saliva prevents dry mouth‚ tooth decay‚ and keeps you from getting an infection when you bite the inside of your mouth. According to the article‚ saliva has antibodies and antimic | |
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| Lisa Fryman | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Just Say “ahhhh” | |
| Wow!! I honeslty just learned something. I did not know that saliva was that critical for us to have. I did not realize that saliva helped to heal wounds and kept us from getting infections in our mouths. My jaw honestly hit the floor when I read this newsnote. I am completely floored. I don’t even know what to write about it. | |
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| Paula Charles | |
| Submitted: 27-Sep-2005 | |
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| Is high cost to treat infertility worth it? | |
| I really do not see how prenatal care can be compared to fertitlity treatments. With prenatal care you are treating an embryo/fetus and its mother. In prenatal care you are trying to bring that life into existence in the first place. | |
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| Rhonda Hicks | |
| Submitted: 27-Sep-2005 | |
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| Smoke linked to learning troubles | |
| I feel that this study is probably right. Most people do not realize the effect that second hand smoke has on their children. As a child that had parents that both smoked in the home around their three children‚ I think that you are putting your kids health at risk. As kids my brothers and I were always sick and I think the smoking had a lot to do with our health. Being around second hand smoke all of the time has influenced me to not smoke. In fact I can’t stand to be in the same room with someone who issmoking‚ but a lot of times I just deal with it like when I was a kid. | |
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| Katie Plummer | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Smoke linked to learning troubles | |
| second hand smoke effects babies lungs so they are not getting the oxygen to the brain they need to fully develop their brain. second hand smoke to infants can also cause serious problems or even sids. | |
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| Lisa Fryman | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Smoke linked to learning troubles | |
| I agree with this study. There are many things that are caused by smoking and it would not surprise me if a learning disability was part of it. Neither one of my parents smoked but I had aunts and uncles that did and still do. I have never been able to handle the smell of cigarettes because neither my parents nor I smoke. It is such a nasty smell and I honestly can not figure out why people would want to put all that nasty harmful stuff into their bodies. Let alone smoke in front of other people and maybe potentially causing them to have health problems or health issues. | |
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| American Journal of Nursing “AJN” | Angelena Johnson |
| page 43 | Due: 9/29/05 |
| September 2005 | Submitted: 27-Sep-2005 |
| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| Lung cancer kills 160‚000 Americans each year. 65% of people diagnosed‚ die within a year. 85% die within 5 years. Lung cancer is linked to family history. In a new study out of U.C. Medical Center‚ there is evidence of high risk factors in the human chromosome 6 region. If they could pinpoint the susceptibility genes‚ like breast cancer‚ then there would be earlier screenings and treatments. 87% of all lung cancer cases are linked to smoking. No matter what your age‚ race‚ sex or family history‚ the one sure way to protect yourself is to not smoke. | |
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| Jeanette Mcgee | |
| Submitted: 13-Oct-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| The deadliest cancer is also the most preventable. Like the article said‚ Don’t smoke. Why do so many people smoke? They start when they are young. How many people know someone within the last 15 years that started smoking after age 25. I know of none‚ and infact most of the people I know started in their teens. Tobacco Companies would go out of business in the US if young people didn’t smoke because they kill their customers. The stats don’t lie. | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 18-Oct-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| There is no such thing as a “safe cigarette". I believe that we need to be much more pro-active as adults to warn children of the health risks of smoking and dipping and chewing tobacco. Just as we need to be more pro-active and honest in the discussions about drinking and sex. Kids need to know what can happen when they engage in any of these risky behaviors and they need the truth there really needs to be more education . | |
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| Rhonda Hicks | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| I agree that there is no safe ciggarette. As a person who has been around second hand smoke all of my life I am scared that one day I might get cancer. They now say that second hand smoke is worse than actually smoking a ciggarette. I try to avoid being around anyone that is smoking‚ but it’s very hared when half your family smokes. I don’t want to be rude and ask my own family not to smoke in thier own home when I’m there‚ so I just deal with it like I always have. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 30-Oct-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| Angelena has said that lung cancer is the deadlest cancer and I beleive her statitics. My grandma died from cancer and she smoked for forty years. I can’t stand when I see kids smoking or worse parents who let their kids smoke. Even if the parents smoke its no exuse to let your children‚ I can;t believe that parents actually watch their children kill themselves with each puff knowing in this day of age the risk factors and diagnosis of smoking! | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| I believe we need to focus on other types of cancers as well as lung cancer. Breast cancer and ovarian cancer kill thousands of women who have never smoked a cigarette in their lifetimes. Smoking is a precursor to many types of cancers‚ I agree‚ but we need to spend more money on other types as well. As a smoker I am aware of the dangers and I believe other smokers are too. It needs to be said that a lot of other people die of cancer who have never smoked a day in their life. | |
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| Amber Potis | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| This was a peticularly interwesting read for me because I happen to be a heavy smoker. I smoke about a pack of cigarettes a day and have never really thought about the consequence to much. I had heard early in childhood that lung cancer was a mainly genitic cancer‚ and since no one in my family has ever gotten it I felt no need to worry about it. My grandfater smoked cuban cigars‚ and inhaled them‚ for 65 years and died at the age of 97 from brain cancer. Although after reding this I am seriously rethinking being a smoker. | |
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| Brandon Barnes | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| This arrticle shows facts and percentages of the effects of lung cancer‚ but it does not show how the effects of secondhand smoke effects us. Isn’t it more dangerous than smoking the cigarette yourself? | |
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| Katie Plummer | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| Most people know that smoking is bad for the health and causes lung cancer and heart attacks. What they may not know is that smoking causes many other diseases and illnesses. It is also the single most preventable cause of death in the U.S. Tobacco causes about 435‚000 deaths or 1 outof 6 deaths intheU.S. each year. 20‚000 flu and pneumonia deaths are tied to smoking. Every year 174‚000 smokers will die from heart disease.Smoking increases the risk of dying of a heart attack by 60%.Every year 143‚000 smokers will die from different cancers‚ 83‚000fromlung cancer alone‚ and 26‚000 from stroke | |
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| Chris Kidwell | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| Ya I agree with him. That second hand smoke kills just as much as directly smoking a cigarette. You always see those commercials about second hand smoke and everything. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| I was quite surprise at how high death rate was in the first year and five years of being diagnosis. I wasnt surprise how high the percentage was for people who smoked that are linked to having lung cancer. I agree the best preventive measure would be not to smoke or stay away from people who do smoke. | |
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| Gina Yacchari | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| While smoking could be a factor in lung cancer‚ it is important to note that there are many people diagnosed with lung cancer who have never smoked a day in their lives. I personally had a friend die of lung cancer 2 years ago...she never smoked‚ nor did her family. Smokers need to be made more aware about mouth‚ throat and tongue cancer which is directly accredited to smoking. | |
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| Roni Stevens | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| I am so glad that I never took up the habit of smoking. I am the only one out my family not to‚ and currently tring to convince my husband that he NEEDS to quit. It amazes me that facts as strong as these have not had better results for people to quit smoking. Lung cancer may not be 100% preventable‚ but I feel that there would be a significant decline in the number of cancers if more people were able to stop smoking. Even second hand smoke is starting show its effects‚ lets hope something can be done before it gets any worse. | |
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| Joe Boyd | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| The Deadliest Cancer | |
| I agree with this article. There are a lot of Americans that die each year that can’t put down the cigarettes. My grandma did die of lung cancer and other lung problems. She smoked for years and finally quit. It still stuck with her and finally killed her. In high school I started smoking and I am just now starting to quit. I wish I never started. | |
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| How a zebra lost it’s stripes | Kristen Bailey |
| 1 | Due: 9/30/05 |
| 9/26/05 | Submitted: 28-Sep-2005 |
| How a Zebra lost its stripes: Rapid Evolution of the quagga | |
| Scientist at Yale University are using DNA samples from extinct animals to provide information on the effect of the Ice Age & the path of species evolution. Quagga a S.African relative of horses & zebras having half the body with zebra-like stripes and the other with no markings‚became extinct 100 years ago. 20 years ago the exact species opened the field of DNA studies on extinct animals.Now thanks to technological advances in the field they found the ice age was important in Africa. Studies showed that quagga descended from plains zebras that become isolated‚the body type & coloring evolved. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | April Ratliff |
| Section 1 (A) page 7 | Due: September 30‚ 2005 |
| September 28‚ 2005 | Submitted: 28-Sep-2005 |
| Space Shuttle‚ space station were mistakes NASA cheif says | |
| Michael Griffin said that the space shuttle and the International Space Station for the past three years was a wrong thing. The shuttle has costed way to much money and has killed many lives(14)‚ since 1982. The cost could extend to 100 billion dollars by 2010. At this time they are working on sending astronaustsin a space craft to the mooon in 2018. I totally agree with Mr. Griffin. Why send these people out into space and put their life on the line‚ waste money because something breaks‚ and possible not find what they are on the moon looking for. They need to take in consideration that m | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 18-Oct-2005 | |
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| Space Shuttle‚ space station were mistakes NASA cheif says | |
| If we can spend so much money on sending people into outerspace why are there children going without health care in this country. To me it doesn’t make sense to spent billions of dollars exploring outerspace when we could begin exploring the conditions here on earth. That money could be used to make sure no child goes hungry and all children get immunized against preventable diseases. To me it’s a waste of time right now. | |
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| Popular Science | Lori Minor |
| Sept. 2005‚ p. 64 | Due: 9/28/05 |
| 9/2005 | Submitted: 28-Sep-2005 |
| Will Drugs Make Us Smarter and Happier? | |
| This article is about doctors that prescribe medications to patients for reasons other than ones that are recognized by the Food and Drug Administration. For example‚ doctors are perscribing the drug‚ Provigil‚ which is a sleep disorder medication for people with addiction to caffiene and stimulants. Thre are also new vaccines being used in Great Briton to treat cocaine and nicotene addictions. These vaccines will aid addicts in quitting‚ however it will not stop the users withdrawl symtoms or cravings. | |
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| Jeanette Mcgee | |
| Submitted: 13-Oct-2005 | |
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| Will Drugs Make Us Smarter and Happier? | |
| It sounds like that article has a good point. If we misuse meds that haven’t been approved for other reasons who is watching out for the average person. There is a reason the FDA has a process in place and that is to protect us. Personally I would be very careful about taking meds for a reason that isn’t approved. Meds are not a magic pill but a tool to use. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 30-Oct-2005 | |
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| Will Drugs Make Us Smarter and Happier? | |
| I see the point your trying to make but I would have to say that if there was a vaccine or presription drug that would aid you in being able to stop smoking then I would have to say that should make you happier‚ since the down side of smoking is an early death. I think a lot more people would be able to quit if this were true and there would be a lot less fatalities. | |
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| Amber Potis | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Will Drugs Make Us Smarter and Happier? | |
| I think it is wonderful that we have medications to help us with addicitions and health problems. In this article I felt a resentment for the drugs that doctors are perscibing. I also didn’t read anything on how they make us smarter. My the person reviewing the article has never had someone they loved severly addicted to drugs. I have one of my very dear friends was addicted to herion and if it wasn’t for methodone I don’t think she would be living the almost normal life that she is today. So my answer is yes drugs did make her a happy person that is able to lead a fully functional life. | |
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| Brandon Barnes | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Will Drugs Make Us Smarter and Happier? | |
| This article is interesting‚ but in my personal opinion‚ i feel that we should concentrate more on finding medications to prevent and also cure cancer‚ A.I.D.s‚ and other potential deadly illnesses. | |
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| Lisa Fryman | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Will Drugs Make Us Smarter and Happier? | |
| If a drug is being used as a stimulant to make you stop a habbit such as drugs‚ would you hope that it would stop the cravings too? What would be the purpose of a drug that made you quit‚ but yet you always had the craving to want it? That to me would be like being starved to death to the point where you are so hungary your mouth is watering and you can’t move because it hurts so bad‚ and there is someone there tormenting you with a big fat juicy steak but you can’t have it because it is theirs and it was the last steak in the package. It makes no sense to me. | |
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| Discover | Ryan Acres |
| vol.26‚ no.10 | Due: sept. 29 |
| october 2005 | Submitted: 28-Sep-2005 |
| The Promise Of Pond Scum | |
| The article states that biologists have found an effective way to produce hydrogen energy useing green algae. Experiments show that the biologists have produced hydrogen continuosly for six months strait through photosynthesis. The process the biologists use to create hydrogen useing photosynthesis is: Water plus corbon dioxide plus light energy produces carbohydrates. The result is an altered photosynthetic process that produces less oxygen and more hydrogen. | |
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| Amber Potis | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Promise Of Pond Scum | |
| I think that is wonderful‚ we can always use a clean way to produce energy. Especially since most of the current ways pollute the atmosphere in which we live. I would never have thought that algae could be used in such a productive way. The only question that I have is how much energy can be produced by algae? Is it enough to light up a house or run a machine for an extended period of time? In any case energy is energy and I wold reather get it from a enviroment friendly way than nuclear power that could distroy the planet that we live in. | |
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| Katie Plummer | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Promise Of Pond Scum | |
| Of the algae most likely to coat the waters of Lake Champlain during the summer‚ one group is particularly intriguing. This group‚ the blue-green algae‚ or cyanobacteria‚ are similar to bacteria in that they have very small cells with no separate structures inside their cells. However‚ like plants and other algae they have chlorophyll and make their own food. Indeed‚ they were the first organisms on earth to use the energy of sunlight to combine water and carbon dioxide to produce sugars for energy. | |
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| The Cincinnati Enquirer | Sharlyn Walriven |
| Page A9 | Due: September 29‚ 2005 |
| Sunday‚ September 18‚ 2005 | Submitted: 28-Sep-2005 |
| Plans advance for first-ever face transplant | |
| Are doctors going too far in medicine‚ or is this a medical miracle? Remember the movie Face Off‚ well‚ Dr. Maria Siemionow‚ practicing in a Cleveland Clinic‚ is now ready to make that attempt on a recipient. She will actually take the facial skin & nerve endings off a recent deceased donor who matches the recipient. The recipient’s surgery will take approximately 11-14 hours‚ with a hospital stay of 10-14 days for recovery. This surgery will save a burnt or major skin damage victim many hours in the surgery room & countless hours of recovery. | |
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| Brandon Barnes | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Plans advance for first-ever face transplant | |
| This is an impressive article to show how advanced technology has become. To take the face of a donor and replace in its entirety to a burn victim is amazing. | |
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| Amanda Sapp | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 | |
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| Plans advance for first-ever face transplant | |
| This is indeed an impressive essay. It shows that medical technology is great and that it keeps getting better. I think that it is awesome if a burn victim doesn’t have to look in the mirror and be reminded of this occurance everyday. This make me wonder what kind of stuff they will be able to do in twenty years with all of the awesome stuff that they can allready achieve. | |
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| Joe Boyd | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Plans advance for first-ever face transplant | |
| Like I said in another comment I made to another article‚ technology has come a long way. It is unbelievable what you can do now. I would never want to be a face donor. Organ donor maybe‚ but not a face donor. | |
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| Associated Press | Adam Jodrey |
| 1 | Due: Sept.29 |
| September.27 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Arctic Ice Melts Faster As It Gets Warmer | |
| Recent satellite images show that the ice in the Arctic is melting at a higher rate while temperatures are getting warmer. The article claims that the melting is coming earlier than usual and has changed the Arctic sea ice area dramatically over the last few decades. Obviously these changes will eventually effect the entire ecosystem surrounding the ice area endangering many species. | |
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| Amanda Sapp | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 | |
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| Arctic Ice Melts Faster As It Gets Warmer | |
| This is defanetely not good for all of the animals that live there. Glocial warming has always been talked about in the past. People always worry of what might happen‚ but will this occurance even happen anytime soon? | |
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| Joe Boyd | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Arctic Ice Melts Faster As It Gets Warmer | |
| I do believe that us humans have hurt this earth a lot. Now people are starting to find out that we could cause some real damage if we don’t watch ourselves. It is good to see some starting to help out though. We are just starting to get hydrogen cars. Maybe one or two but it is a start. | |
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| Scientific American | Natasha Waits |
| Page 78-85 | Due: 9/29/05 |
| October 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Founder Mutations by:Dennis Drayna | |
| Mutations arise by random changes to our DNA. Founder mutations are a special class of genetic mutations. They‚ unlike genetic diseases‚ often let live the carriers and get passed to their decendants. An inhereted mutation is spread by different genes‚ but founder mutations are observed many times in the genes. The ability to identify founder mutations has had an extreme impact on the practice of medicine. This ability helps doctors test for certain diseases and trace the founder especially if they know the ethnicity or DNA of that person. This is a work in progress showing great results. | |
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| MSNBC-Science news | Brittany Spiller |
| Due: 9/29/05 | |
| May 5‚ 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| King rat and the brilliant squibbon | |
| Peter Ward believes that rodents will out live us all. Even though in time most pets will be genetically engineered‚ bigger mammals like lions‚ tigers‚ and bears will become extinct from global warming and loss of their habitats. Ward believes rodents and snakes will survive from their genetic ablity to make new species. If humans are going to survive we will have to adapt to polluted air and water‚ which makes a nice place for a rodent. | |
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| SHARK INFO | Jess Denman |
| NA | Due: 9/30/2005 |
| 12/15/2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Fact Sheet: Basking Sharks | |
| The basking shark is an endangered species. They have long gill slits and pointed noses. The reproduction habits are unknown except that they birth live young. They start 1 meter long and grow to 10 meters. Their life expectancy is unknown. They prefer cold water but are found worldwide. They live and feed in groups. They are harmless to people as passive filter feeders‚ not sucking in water but letting it flow while swimming. They were hunted for the Vitamin A and oil in their livers. They swim just under the surface with their dorsal fins out of the water‚ looking like a sea monster. | |
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| Katie Plummer | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-2005 | |
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| Fact Sheet: Basking Sharks | |
| In the past‚ vast numbers of basking shark were killed for their valuable liver oil and meat. Laws against hunting and trade now protect the basking shark in some parts of the world but‚ being viviparous (live-bearers) they breed very slowly and are still under threat from the growing demand for sharks’ fin soup and from being accidentally caught in fishing nets. They are still deliberately targeted by fisheries in Japan. Norway fished for basking sharks until 2003 when they still had an EU quota that allowed them to take 400 tonnes of basking shark liver. They caught 135 basking sharks in 200 | |
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| BBC News | Denise Stanze |
| http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4290300.stm | Due: 9-29-2005 |
| Thursday‚ September 29‚ 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Hope for the Future | |
| According to resent studies done by a team at the Institude of Tropical Medicine‚ in Antwerp. Studies say that the HIV virus seems to be getting weaker by the generations. Samples of the virus taken from 1986 to 1989 were stronger than samples taken in 2002 and 2003. The problem is that there were only 12 samples for each of the time periods‚ so more testing is needed. Other researchers believe that the virus is just getting weaker from all the medications that the infected people have already been taking. Researchers say by no means should the prevention of the spread of HIV be scaled do | |
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| Amber Potis | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Hope for the Future | |
| That is reasuring to read that HIV is getting weaker. It almost gives me hope that the virus could one day be wiped out and people will once again not have to worry that having sex with someone is going to kill them. I was alittle sad that the end ofthe summery was cut off but I think I got the jist of it. The only thing about this article that disapoints me alittle is the fact there were only 12 samples from each time period to confirm the results when I know there were alot moere people infected with HIV than that. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| Hope for the Future | |
| Its great to know that the HIV virus may be getting weaker as new generations are coming along. No matter whether it is from the medicine that patients are taking‚ or just dieing out some; its great news. Still people should still use caution and preventive measures to keep this disease and any other disease from spreading. | |
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| Jessika Moores | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Hope for the Future | |
| It’s good to hear that the HIV virus is getting weaker. I think that should help relieve us of AIDs all together‚ although I think much more research needs to be done. I also believe that more people need to be educated about AIDs to prevent more spreading of the virus. | |
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| Joe Boyd | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Hope for the Future | |
| I am glad to hear that it is getting weaker‚ but it is still spreading way too much and way too fast. I have said technology has come a long way‚ but try harder to find a cure for this. That would be the best news to hear. That and the cure for cancer. | |
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| Lisa Fryman | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Hope for the Future | |
| I think it is great to read that HIV may be getting weaker by the generations. I hope one day we can actually find a cure and the disease be totally eliminated. I get scared drinking out of water fountains‚ and going on vacations to different countries and places because honestly you never know what germs and diseases are lingering around that area. It would be great to go on a vacation and drink out of a water fountain without having to worry about anything‚ HIV/ disease wise. | |
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| ATSNN.com | Vanetta Snyder |
| 1 | Due: 9/29/05 |
| August 16 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Crocodiles could help in fight against AIDS | |
| This article was describing how scientists in Australia have discovered that crocodiles are immune to the HIV virus. They believe that this is due to such an incredible immune system. Because when they fight predators they tear each other from limb to limb and the crocodiles heal rapidly without infection in most cases. Not to mention they live in filthy swamps and their bodies are still able to do this. This development is now hopefully leading to a cure for humans with this devastating virus. | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 18-Oct-2005 | |
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| Crocodiles could help in fight against AIDS | |
| We have made so many great strides in the research against the Aids virus I think it’s only a matter of time before we find a cure. If we can study Alligators and their immune systems lets not waste any time. | |
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| Rhonda Hicks | |
| Submitted: 27-Oct-2005 | |
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| Crocodiles could help in fight against AIDS | |
| I think that this new study could be very helpful to the never ending fight to find a cure‚ or be able to help people better that have aids. I say if we think that this may work‚ lets jump on it right away. I hope this will be one of the tools that will have a good turn out. I hope we are one step closer to finding a cure or something close to it. | |
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| Brandon Barnes | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Crocodiles could help in fight against AIDS | |
| The use of crocodiles in this study is totally amazing. To know that they are immune to the HIV virus gives hope that we are finally getting closer to the deadly virus. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Crocodiles could help in fight against AIDS | |
| I think its great that we now know that crocodiles can help us win the fight against AIDS. Crocodiles can fight infection easily and have very good immune systems. Crocodiles don’t have much of a good reputation‚ maybe this finding is just what they needed. | |
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| Joe Boyd | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Crocodiles could help in fight against AIDS | |
| Well that is very good news to hear. I really hope that something does come up in this study and they really find out how to finally stop this deadly virus. That would be a Nobel Prize award winner. | |
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| Kentucky Post | Stephanie Hoff |
| June 23 online edition | Due: September 29 |
| June 23‚ 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| UK to do salamander research | |
| Randol Voss‚ the UK associate professor of biology will begin researching on salamanders in order to better understand how they are able to regenerate limbs‚ tissue‚ and organs. He chose these Axolotis salamanders from Mexico because they have large embryos that can be easily manipulated. These studies can provide a basis for human biomedical research by unlocking the secrets to regeneration. Voss has received a 1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health in order to do this research. | |
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| British Medical Journal | Jeanette Mcgee |
| www.patienthealthinternational.com/news/8223.aspk | Due: 09/29/05 |
| 09/26/05 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Left-Handed Link to Breast Cancer | |
| Professor Cuno Uiterwaal‚ from Univ. Ned. Center Utrect in the Netherlands conducted a study of 12‚000 woman. The woman’s ages were from 59-68 yrs old (in 2000)‚ some premenopausal-some post. Left or right handed‚ reflects levels of hormones that can change breast tissue. The study found out of the 12‚000; 426 developed breast cancer and of that 65% of the woman were left handed. The study did also tracked smoking‚ socical economics‚ Pregnancies & family history. An increased risk of cancer was also more w/ woman who had not reached menopause. To read article go to :www.patienthealthinternat | |
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| Joe Boyd | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Left-Handed Link to Breast Cancer | |
| With this study you can’t just link left-handed to being more likely to getting breast cancer. You have to put everything together including smoking and more. Also with a finished number of only 65%‚ that isn’t a lot more than half. | |
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| science | Ann Clark |
| 303 | Due: 09/29/05 |
| march 2004 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Testbook Rewrite? Adult Mammals May Produce Eggs Afterall | |
| A Boston lab has discovered that adult mice ovaries harbor an undiscovered stem cell that may produce new eggs through adulthood. Through differeent studies with different age mice they found that 1200 oocytes (egg cell) are dying at any given point‚but also through germ cell altering to make them green found in a couple of weeks there were new green oocutes in both ovaries. They are hoping to a way around infertility in cancer survivors. | |
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| Jeanette Mcgee | |
| Submitted: 13-Oct-2005 | |
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| Testbook Rewrite? Adult Mammals May Produce Eggs Afterall | |
| This is a very hopeful article. I also like the idea that not all that is thought to be known is factual. Sometimes sciencists get a big ego and believe facts speak for themselves but a lot of the time more information is just not known yet.Another point is it is a stem cell and not an embro stem cell.Regular stem cells need to get more press time. | |
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| Better Homes and Gardens | Brandon Barnes |
| “PET scan better for detecting cancer” | Due: 9/29/2005 |
| Copyright 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| PET scan better at detecting cancer | |
| PET stands for positron emission tomography and it has shown through research that it may be more accurate and conventional at evaluating whether breast cancer has spread or is still in remission. The PET scan known as FDG PET‚ measures the sugar in the body’s cells‚ since cancer cells conusme more sugar than regular cells‚ this scan can identify cancerous cells and show whether or not it has spread from the original location of the tumor. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| PET scan better at detecting cancer | |
| Its great to see that they are making better machines to reveal the spread of cancer. Cancer can spread quickly without you knowing it has spread‚ until it is almost too late to threat. Any better scanning machines they come up with the better chances for survival. | |
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| Joe Boyd | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| PET scan better at detecting cancer | |
| That is good to hear that this new machine can do this. Maybe it could help save a lot of women’s lives being able to detect breast cancer better. They could find it earlier and stop it before it spread. | |
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| Rhonda Hicks | |
| Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 | |
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| Rx robot does all except give shot | |
| I think that the RX robot could be a good idea‚ but I think there could be about the same chance for mistakes as if someone else were doing it. I think it would be great to free up time for the employees at the pharmacy . I am woundering in the future if it would cause people to lose their jobs? Another question would be how much would something like this cost us? Would it raise cost on the medicine we need and if so‚ how much would it be and would it be worth it? I think I generally like the idea‚ but I am also concerned about the risks and costs. | |
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| New England Journal | Nicole Kinney |
| Yahoo News | Due: September 29‚ 2005 |
| September 29‚ 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Doctors Make Safer Bone Marrow Transplants | |
| This article was about how doctors have found a new way to make bone marrow transplants safer and more effective against blood cancers. It also gives patients a chance to live a life without heavy reliance on anti-rejection drugs. The idea was to develop “...a way to condition the recipient to accept the new marrow and to inactivate the parts of the patient’s immune system...". To do this they use a low-dose radiation over two weeks and short courses of immune-suppressing drugs. The reason for this new treatment of bone marrow transplants to to give patients over 50 a better surv | |
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| Yahoo News | Diana Perry |
| quote; | Due: Sept. 29‚ 2005 |
| sept. 28‚ 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| The Giant Squid | |
| One of the most mysterious creatures in the world was captured on film. The 26 ft. giant squid was found attacking his prey almost 3‚000 ft underneath the water in Japan. Many believe this was the first time a giant squid was captured on film in its natural home. The team from the National Science Museum in Tokyo located and filmed the creature by a remote control camera. “ It’s the holy grail of deep sea animals‚It’s one that we have never seen before and now someone has a video of one.” (Marine Biologist‚ Jim Berry) | |
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| Elizabeth Dunigan | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 | |
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| The Giant Squid | |
| I think this article is fascinating. It’s especially interesting that we have actual footage of the squid in its natural habitat; instead of simply seeing the remains wash up on shore. The National Geographic website in reference to this said that scientist actually used sperm whales as a guide to find these squid’s haunts. It also stated that researchers often find squid in the whales’ stomachs‚ and even marks made by the squid’s suckers on the whales’ skin. | |
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| Gina Yacchari | |
| Submitted: 2-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Giant Squid | |
| This is amazing that we now have video of this creature in its natural habitat. We can only wonder how many more undiscovered creatures live in the deepest‚ darkest parts of the ocean and what we might be able to learn from them. | |
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| Wirednews.com | Melissa Simpson |
| Scientist find wider uses for cholesterol drugs | Due: 9-30-05 |
| 9-27-05 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Scientist find wider uses for cholesterol drugs | |
| Many patients around the world are prescribed a drug‚ nown as statins‚ to reduce cholesterol. A team of researchers said that there are a larger group of people who would benefit from thedrug. These researchers have found out that lowering the LDL with statin could cut the risk of hear disease and stroke bu a third. The key thing to do is to find people who are at risk for stroke or heart attacks and start them on the regimen. Lowering the cholesterol and intensive treatment should have good results. | |
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| science | Kathryn Kirby |
| 301.(5633)47 | Due: sept. 30. 2005 |
| Aug.2003 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| X and Y‚ A Wild Pair | |
| Segal’s article in “Science” magazine enlightens the readers on two books one by a David BainBridge and entitled “The X in Sex:How the X Chromosome Controls Our lives” and the other by Steve Jones called “Y:The Descent of Men". The article goes on to explain how the two sex chromosomes got to be x and y. Bainbridge explains it began in 1890 with Herman Henking noticed that a single chromosome"..entered only half the spermof the insect pyrrhocoris."He then named this chromosome x.While Jones accounts for the history of the y‚ he states that in 1905 Netti | |
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| Scientific American | Melissa Schneder |
| 291 iss 6 100-105 | Due: 9/29/05 |
| December 2004 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Are viruses alive? | |
| This article relates viruses to parasites‚ and how they live. In direct quotation; “viruses are parasites that skirt the boundary between life and inert matter (Villarreal 2004).” I also found that viruses play a role in evolution. Also in class we talked about how viruses and bacteria are mutating. The viruses are constantly mutating and not letting doctors and scientists make a vaccine. I also found that viruses were thought of as poisons‚ then as life forms‚ then as chemicals. The virus will affect the host in a variety of different ways. This also raises a question of what | |
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| Bacterial SOS May Be the Key to Combating Antibiotic Resistance | Sarah Davis |
| 3 | Due: 9-29-05 |
| June 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Bacterial SOS May Be the Key to Combating Antibiotic Resistance | |
| The article talks about how viruses are evolving and the effect that that has on the medical world. So far new medicines have been coming out at the same rate that new viruses were combating them‚ but recently it hasn’t been so. The bacteria are starting to spontaneously mutate and medicines are having a hard time keeping up. In class we’ve talked about how multiple things evolve to survive. Darwin’s idea of natural selection also relates to this. Bacteria are mutating and building up a resistance to things that are meant to kill them. They’re doing what they need to survive. | |
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| New York Amsterdam News | Pat Lees |
| 96 | Due: September 29 |
| 6/30/2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Eat Rainbow colored foods | |
| My article talked about nutrition and disease prevention. The article presents ifnormation on the importance of healthy nutrition found in a variety of “rainbow” colored foods. The value of eating these healthy foods is that they help prevent certain diseases. Fruits and veg rich in the colors red‚ blue‚ yellow‚ orange and green‚ have the ability to fight cancers. | |
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| Amy Chitwood | |
| Submitted: 8-Nov-2005 | |
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| Eat Rainbow colored foods | |
| So if I eat “rainbow foods” then I could fight cancer? This is cool. I think the next time I go to the store and buy foods the have corn to them. In my family there are several types of cancer that has been pasted down over the years. If I have a fighting chance to not get any of them then I am going to try new things like eating “rainbow foods". Thanks for the tip! | |
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| Brandon Barnes | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Eat Rainbow colored foods | |
| This is cool. If you have a colorful diet you are possibly preventing some types of cancer. | |
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| Astronomy | Cassandra Chalk |
| Vol 33‚ issue 9 | Due: 09/29/05 |
| September 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Ready‚ set‚ boom! | |
| Outer space is replenishing some of our vital elements to aid in the growth of new atmospheres on terrestrial planets. Nitrogen enters space slowly from smaller suns. These suns produce planetary nebulae that give off more than ninety percent of the universes supply of nitrogen. Oxygen and carbon are being created by exploding stars and hydrogen came from the Big Bang. The most recent example of these acts occurred with the Dumbbell Nebula that can be located in the constellation Vulpecula. | |
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| 4 dead from bacteria After Katrina | Sara Mcroberts |
| Traci Watson | Due: 29 Sep 05 |
| 9-8-05 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| 4 Dead from Bacteria After Katrina | |
| This article talks about how bacteria-infested seawater has killed four Hurricane Katrina evacuees and made many others very sick. These germs can affect people by just contacting the skin although it is usually by drinking contaminated water or seeping into open wounds. Symptoms are mild as long as the host person is healthy‚ otherwise it could be fatal to a weak immune system. In class we compared viruses and bacteria. I learned that something even as small as bacteria could be so complex and could cause so much devastation. It amazes me that something like that could have the power to take | |
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| Jeanette Mcgee | |
| Submitted: 13-Oct-2005 | |
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| 4 Dead from Bacteria After Katrina | |
| This is an important article for kids to read as well as adults.If you are ever caught in a situation where water is scarce‚ maybe camping or something‚ you have to be very careful. Don’t just think that lake water or stream water is okay. If possible sanitize your hands well. Some of the reality shows don’t do a good job in getting the message across that some bacteria is deadly to poor immune systems. | |
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| Roni Stevens | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| 4 Dead from Bacteria After Katrina | |
| Its a really sad situation all around. I wish that our government would have been able to be better prepared. My heart goes out to the people. I hope that they all will get the medication (like antibiotics) that will help keep others from suffering from the bacteria‚ molds‚ and whatever lies ahead for them. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| 4 Dead from Bacteria After Katrina | |
| I think its sad that this had to happen to someone‚ our government should have done more for the hurricane Katrina victims and maybe this would not have happened. It makes me think about how important clean water is to a person. | |
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| DNA Shuffling and Screening Strategies for Improving | Alicia Ward |
| Volume 24‚ | Due: 9/29/05 |
| Number 4‚ 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| DNA Shuffling and Screening Strategies for Improving | |
| this article it explains the process of DNA shuffling and screening strategies can be used to improve and develop the vaccines against several infectious pathogens. In the article it states that people have used crop and livestock breeding to select for new strains having more desirable traits (p 256). This process can take many years and many generations to develop the outcome that they desire. This article it explains that within the process the of DNA shuffling and screening strategies the scientist can capture this process within a laboratory. Resulting in a process that took many years to | |
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| Aids Virus Weakening | Karen O’connor |
| www.drudgereport.com | Due: September 30‚2005 |
| September 29‚2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Aids virus could be weakening | |
| As we all know there is no cure for AIDS. But recent studies show that in comparison of a sample from 1986-1989 and 2001-2003‚ they found that the newer samples appeared not to multiply as well‚ and were more sensitive to drugs. “Obviously this virus is still causing death‚ although it may be causing death at a slower rate of progression now. Maybe in another 50 to 60 years we might see this virus not causing death.” Keith Alcorn‚ senior editor at the HIV information charity NAM said. | |
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| Medical Laboratory Observer | Alex Brock |
| VOL. 37 No. 9 pp. 10 | Due: 9/30/2005 |
| September 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Prion Biology in transfusion medicine:Implications for lab testing | |
| This article basically talked about the latest developments in Prion Biology. Prion is an abbreviation for an infectious protein believed to be the causative agent of a family of progressive neurodegenerative diseases know as TSE (transmissible spongiform encelphalopathies). The most common of these diseases in commonly known as “mad cow disease‚” or BSE. It discusses the transmissibility of this disease from cattle to humans and how it has affected the population in the UK. The foundation of Prion Biology started with the basic understanding of and knowledge molecular structure. The | |
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| Christian Science Monitor | Courtney Weaver |
| http://search.csmonitor.com/search_ content/0929/p14s01-cogn.html | Due: September 30‚ 2005 |
| September 29‚ 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Sea shells’ beauty and peril | |
| Scientists examining sea-shell strength have discovered that the brittle calcium carbonate ceramic shells looked at on a structural scale of nanometers are eroding faster than ever. Now it seems that large parts of oceans are missing the precious carbonate needed for marine life. In general‚ the more seawater absorbs CO2 the more acidic it becomes. It is determined that this acid is detrimental to all marine life and we could begin to see the effects within the next decade. | |
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| Associated press | Danny Lavoy |
| http://health.yahoo.com/news | Due: 9-30-05 |
| 9-29-05 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| New flu pandemic could kill millions | |
| Dr.David Nabarro of the World Health Organization warns of a new influenza pandemic that could take the lives of up to 150 million people. His concern is with a virus called H591.H591 is the cause of a major bird and poultry flu breakout in Asia and Nabarro says that it has a high likelihood of mutating. Asian leaders met with Secretary General Kofi Annan of the U.N. and asked for U.N. assistance in preparing for the possible breakout. The U.N. responded by asking him to quit his job and become their system coordinator for avian and human influenza. | |
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| Tiffany Alsept | |
| Submitted: 11-Oct-2005 | |
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| New flu pandemic could kill millions | |
| I really find this article interesting because what could possibly happen in the near future‚ no one is taking precaution of. It is extremely scary how something like a flu virus could take the lives of us all‚ or even many of us. I think more should be done to find out if this is actually as realistic as it sounds. Studies and tests are done everyday for little things in science labs so maybe study should be done on this flu because I would certainly like to be more informed on whether or not this is going to be as destructive as Dr. Nabarro made it sound. | |
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| Brandon Barnes | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| New flu pandemic could kill millions | |
| It is amazing that something from a bird could potentially wipe out the human race as we know it from not being prepared for something like thiss to come along. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Angela Neulist |
| Section C | Due: September 30‚2005 |
| September 29‚2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| Wash hands to stop parasite | |
| Cincinnati Enquirer Angela NeulistSection C September 30‚2005September 29‚2005 Wash hands to stop parasite The health officials trying to contain the diarrhea-causing illness called cryptosporidiosis. There are 632 cases in Southwest Ohio and 110 in Northern Kentucky reported so far. The parasite causes diarrhea‚ cramps and nausea. By washing your hand after going to the bathroom‚ changing a diaper‚ playing with animals or being exposed to sick people. Working together we can prevent this parasite. | |
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| Rhonda Hicks | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-2005 | |
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| Wash hands to stop parasite | |
| I don’t think we should only wash our hands to prevent parasites‚ we should do it anyway‚ nomatter what! I think that we should not just worry about washing our hands after the restroom‚ or changing a diaper etc.‚ we should wash our hands even though we might think they are clean. There are still many germs on our hands‚ some might have been because‚ we don’t wash our hands well enough to begin with. I think this article is a great example to remind everyone to wash thier hands often‚ to prevent sickness and germs. | |
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| PLoS Biology | Deric Hutson |
| Vol. 3:e380: | Due: 9/30/2005 |
| November 2005 | Submitted: 29-Sep-2005 |
| First Observation of Tool Use in Wild Gorillas | |
| In Oct/Nov of 2004‚ in the Republic of Congo‚ a gorilla was observed entering a pool of water bipedally‚ the water rising quickly to her waist. She returned to the pools edge‚ grasped a meter-long branch and reentered the water probing in front of her in an apparent attempt to test its depth. Another adult female‚ was observed gathering the trunk of a dead shrub while feeding. She thrust it into the swampy ground‚ grasped it with one hand to steady her balance and continued to feed with the other. These observations demonstrate behavioral adaptations to habitat and abstract thinking in apes. | |
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| MSN | Amanda Sapp |
| 1 | Due: 0929/05 |
| 09/29/05 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| The House Revises Endangered Species Act. | |
| The House of Representatives passed legislation on September.29‚2005 that could greatly expand private property rights under the environmental law that is created with intent of helping to keep the bald eagle from extinction but also has provoked bitter fighting.By a vote of 229-193‚ lawmakers approved a overhaul of the 1973 Endangered Species Act‚ perhaps the nations most powerful environmental law. The law has led to contentious battles over species such as the spotted owl‚ the snail darter and the red-legged frog.The rewrite faces an uncertain future in the Senate.The bill would require th | |
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| Jennifer Varick | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| The House Revises Endangered Species Act. | |
| The endangered species act is incredibly important to preserving species that without intervention could go extinct. Along with that thought‚ we all benenfit from the preservation of these animals and it shouldn’t just be that people who happen to live in that animal’s habit to assume the cost of protecting that animal. For example‚ when wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone a fund was established to help ranchers recoup the livestock that the wolves killed. Wolves are important for a balanced ecosystem and we should all support such efforts monetarily. | |
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| Enquirer | Whitney Brown |
| enquirer | Due: 9-30-05 |
| 9-28-05 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Caffeine vs. calcium | |
| Is your daily cup of coffee or triple espresso leading to a future case of osteoporosis? According to this article in the Enquirer‚ Jane Bomback‚ a Greater Cincinnati dietitian states that all caffeinated drinks including coffee‚ tea‚ and soda can cause the body to lose a small amount of calcium through urine excrement‚ but not enough to be considered a serious risk. The article points out that if your body is taking in 2-3 cups of coffee a day then your body also needs to take in an equal amount of calcium in order to restore your balance. A suggestion would be to order a coffee‚ but instead | |
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| Amy Chitwood | |
| Submitted: 8-Nov-2005 | |
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| Caffeine vs. calcium | |
| Wow I did not know this. I drink alot of soda myself and I hate the taste of milk. Now I think I will limit my soda intake and take a calcuim supplement more often. This is a very interesting article if you find more on this let me know. If everyone stopped drinking or taking caffeine then alot of businesses would go bankrupt. | |
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| British Journal of Psychiatry & The Register | Rachel Sweet |
| http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/30/liars_brains/ | Due: 9/30/05 |
| Friday 30th September | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Liars’ brains really are made of different stuff | |
| I find this article interesting because it supports that certain people have certain instincts. Dr. Cosmo Hallstrom states in the article‚ “The issue is always how much is innate. The findings of brain abnormalities lend weight to the idea that a strong component of such difficulties may well be beyond voluntary control at least in part.” It was found that Pathological liars‚ autistic‚ and “normal” people have different amounts of matter in there brain. This could support that people are born with certain things‚ like lying. But‚ it could also be affected by outside com | |
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| Global Institute for Alternative Medicine | April Denny |
| none | Due: 9-30-05 |
| Jan 2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Body Pollution | |
| People just don’t realize how much toxins they put in their bodies by eating junk foods and soft drinks. The toxin people put in their bodies by eating unhealthy is called excitotoxins. It put the neurons to death‚ and causes brain damage of varying degrees. Also‚ it put strain on the organs in the body‚ and causing problems in the intestines. If‚ people would eat healthy it would help the body flush out the bad toxins. People would even feel a lot better‚ and not feel so bad all the time. | |
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| Roni Stevens | |
| Submitted: 21-Nov-2005 | |
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| Body Pollution | |
| I am just as guilty for eating junk foods and soft drinks‚ but I completely agree that eating healthier and exercising does make you feel better in more ways than one. It boosts your self confidence and can reduce your stress. You feel happier all around when you exercise. | |
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| NEWSWEEK | John Jandes |
| page 51 | Due: SEPTEMBER 30‚2005 |
| SEPT. 12‚2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| CRITICAL CONDITION | |
| The realities of the health crisis from hurricane Katrina will linger for weeks and even months.New Orleans faces numerous hazards‚including outbreaks of hepatitis A and E.coli.Survivors who ingested spoiled food and contaminated water could get Salmonella and some people could suffer from carbon-monoxide poisoning.Mosquitoes will breed rapidly and could even harbor the West Nile virus.The biggest long-term concern is for the children.They could suffer from Mental trauma especially those seperated from their families.People who had health problems before the hurricane‚getting medication will b | |
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| Aol news | Meggan Sorrell |
| meggan | Due: 09-30-05 |
| 09-27-05 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Effect of Greenhouse Gases Rising | |
| This article states that the Earth’s average tempature has increased 1 degree Fahrenheit in the 20th century.1 Fahrenheit doesn’t seem like a whole lot but it can do such damage as serious effects on crops‚ glaciers‚ spreading of disease‚ rising sea levels along with many other changes.Carbon dioxide is one of the greenhouse gases that are in our atmosphere.These can trap solar heat‚ which results in the warming of Earth’s atmosphere.The amounts of carbon dioxide‚ methane‚ nitrous oxide and chlorofluorocarbons in the air have incresed in the index form 1 to 1.20 since 1990.This is a 20% increa | |
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| AIDS Care | Joshua Michaels |
| Vol. 17: pp874-891 | Due: 09/30/05 |
| 10/05 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Developing an innovative cross-cultural strategy to promote HIV/AIDS prevention in different ethnic cultural groups of China | |
| This article is about the prevention of HIV/AIDS in China. By the end of 2002‚ there was 850‚000 cases of HIV/AIDS in China‚ and the highest concentrated areas of China with HIV/AIDS are in Yi‚ Tibetan‚ and most in Han. A programme was setup to spread the word of HIV/AIDS prevention using 150 male volunteers‚ 50 from each of these three HIV/AIDS prominent areas. After training‚ these 150 men were to spread this prevention through communicating orally with 150 more male volunteers from the same three areas of China. They found that simple oral communications between these 150 trained males | |
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| Anchorage Daily News | Michelle Patchell |
| “?"! | Due: 9/30/05 |
| 9/25/05 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Artic Scientists Alarmed : Snow melts faster‚ tundra heating up | |
| This article touched base with global warming. Melting snow had triggered the warmest summers across Artic Alaska in at at least 400 years.It also explained the slow expansion of the tundra’s snow free season by about 2.5 days per decade since the 1960’s. There’s been a long term interest in why it is that high latitude climate seems to be warming more rapidly than the rest of the world.quotes Chapin‚ a professor at the Institute of Artic Biology.This article was very interesting to me because I love learning about weather and space. And how the earth evolves. | |
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| Anchorage Daily News | Michelle Patchell |
| “?"! | Due: 9/30/05 |
| 9/25/05 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Artic Scientists Alarmed : Snow melts faster‚ tundra heating up | |
| This article touched base with global warming. Melting snow had triggered the warmest summers across Artic Alaska in at at least 400 years.It also explained the slow expansion of the tundra’s snow free season by about 2.5 days per decade since the 1960’s. There’s been a long term interest in why it is that high latitude climate seems to be warming more rapidly than the rest of the world.quotes Chapin‚ a professor at the Institute of Artic Biology.This article was very interesting to me because I love learning about weather and space. And how the earth evolves. | |
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| Newsweek | Rebecca Bockman |
| pp. 55 | Due: 09/30/2005 |
| September 26‚ 2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Nature’s Design Workshop | |
| Engineers are turning to biology for inspiration. They have realized nature can improve the way we do everything. The result is a new field called biomimicry‚ or biologically inspired design. Volvo is using the ability of the locust to fly in swarms without colliding to create an anti-collision device for automobiles. The defense industry is studying the Jewel beetle‚ which lays its eggs in freshly burned trees and can detect fires from miles away‚ to assist them in designing military-grade infrared detectors. If they have a design problem‚ engineers are looking to nature for the answer. | |
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| Web MD Magazine | Danielle Shannon |
| page 11 | Due: 9-30-05 |
| 10-2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Eat Your Vitamins | |
| This article was about how reasearch is now saying that instead of taking vitamins you can eat fruits‚ vegetables and whole grains to get the vitamins and minerals that people need. They where saying that by eating healthy foods it is more potent than taking vitamins. They were also saying that taking high doses of vitamin A and D could be dangerous‚ which I found interesting because when you think of vitamins you think of them as making you healthier. The whole point of the article was to try to tell people that eating healthy will keep them healthier than taking vitamins. | |
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| Time Magazine | Timathy Kakaris |
| Vol. 166; No. 14 | Due: 9-30-05 |
| Oct. 3‚ 2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| The Arctic Meltdown Speed Up | |
| Are the people of this arrogant world caused the killer hurricanes that struck our costal areas. With the ice sheets melting means that the sun can’t be reflected into space but‚ instead gets absorbed into the ocean and raise the temperature of the ocean. In the last 50 years the temperature of the ocean raised 5.4 degrees F. With this cause the warm and cold air to mix that causes hurricanes. Alos not to mention that with the heated earth cause a shortage of crops. This also doesn’t just effect people. The polar bears need the ice to hunt for food and to breed. As so do the codfish. | |
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| New England Journal of Medicine | Nichele Schneider |
| Birth After Ovarian Transplant | Due: 9/30/05 |
| June 14‚ 2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Birth After Ovarian Transplant | |
| A twety five year old Alabama woman gave birth fifteen months after she went through an ovarian tissue transplant from her identical twin sister. She was unable to have children because she hit menopause at age fourteen. The docotors were able to complete the surgery and she went through her pregnancy normally. What the doctor did was take her identical sisters ovary and put it in her with a strip of eggs attached to the ovary. The doctors were very skeptical because they have only surgically removed one ovary before this. People are asking if there is going to be a wide spread in ova | |
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| BioNews : Latest Biology News | Lance Fawley |
| www.bionews.com | Due: 9/30/2005 |
| 09/23/05 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Researchers kill resistant bugs one bandage at a time | |
| The article Researchers kill resistant bugs one bandage at a time is an example of the technological advances in science. The article tells how scientists have developed a new substance that can protect against the spread of bacteria in hospitles. One example the article told about was‚ putting the substance on the socks of atheletes or soldiers to prevent the spread of atheletes foot or fungi that has plauged the soldiers due to long periods of physical strain. I believe that the new substance is an excellent idea. It will help stop the amount of bacteria in hospitles. | |
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| 1234 | Brandi Bryant |
| 1234 | Due: 9/30/05 |
| 9/16/05 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Embryonic Stem Cells Repair Broken Hearts | |
| this article was about embryonic stem cells from mice repairing damaged heart muscle in sheep. This struck my curiosity due to the fact that heard disease runs rampid in my family. After one month of the experiment the team had found that the stem cells had colonised the scarred area in the heart‚ successfully developing heart tissue. This makes me think about ways that they could do this for humans‚ why can’t they do it for humans if they can rodents‚ there must be some way??? | |
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| Paula Charles | |
| Submitted: 6-Oct-2005 | |
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| Embryonic Stem Cells Repair Broken Hearts | |
| I would be curious to know what country this research was performed in and how many lines of stem cells were used. I am also curious if the research was done in the US where the funding came from if the lines went over the amount that NIH allows for research with tax dollars. sounds like an interesting article. | |
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| Jessica Alexander | |
| Submitted: 23-Oct-2005 | |
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| Embryonic Stem Cells Repair Broken Hearts | |
| This was an interesting newsnote because it shows what can be done with stem cells. It said how parts of the mouse’s heart were fixed‚ making tissue to make it whole again. I believe this is a step towards bigger advances. For instance‚ if they can mend the heart of a mouse‚ eventually they will be able to mend an organ of a human‚ and maybe even save their life. This is one of the reasons I support stem cells. | |
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| Sherry Albright | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-2005 | |
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| Embryonic Stem Cells Repair Broken Hearts | |
| To be able to make this leap in science what must be sacrificed? I am personally all for stem cell research as long as it can be achieved within moral standards. This is why stem cell research is at a stand still‚ due to the controversy of moral issues surrounding it. People believe life starts when an egg an sperm meet‚ because it is then a cell‚ which is the smallest living organism. | |
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| Brandon Barnes | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Embryonic Stem Cells Repair Broken Hearts | |
| This is a compelling arrticle‚ due to the fact that we are able to repair the heart muscles of sheep‚ it makes you wonder how long it will be before we able to do it in humans to save people who haave been diagnosed with heart disease. | |
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| The cincinnati enquire | Kristen Perry |
| 000 | Due: 9-30-2005 |
| 9-28-2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Caffeine vs. calcium Does your daily coffee equal future osteoporosis | |
| The article that I read was about this lady that heard that drinking caffeine causes calcium loss. This made her very concernened that by drinking to much coffee was going to eventually drive her to osteoporosis later in life. It turns out that the cacium loss was a very small amount. This article caught my attention because I drink lots of pop day in and day out. I was definitly pleased to see that I myself am not driving down the road to osteoporosis‚ because of my caffeine intake. I would be in serious trouble‚ and I don’t think that I could give up my caffeine. | |
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| 1234 | Susan Foebar |
| 1234 | Due: SEPT. 30 |
| JULY 30 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| NEW DEEP-SEA WORMS MUNCH DEAD WHALES | |
| Scientists have discovered a new species of worm that lives off of whale carcasses that are on the floor of the deep sea. They are only 0.2 to 0.5 mm across and they are the firdt known marine worms to actually live off of whale bone. They are feeding off of whale remains 2‚891 meters below the surface in Monterey Bay in California. The strange thing is that the female feed on the whale skeleton but the males are just a bag of sperm and yolk. The males have no mouth or gut and they live inside the females. The males live off of their own yolk. A female can have over 100 males living | |
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| MEDICAL DISCOVERIES | Mel Trimble |
| ?what is a citation? | Due: 9/30/2005 |
| 12/01/2004 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| CYSTIC FIBROSIS | |
| MDI filed an application for an Investigational New Drug with the FDA for phase 1 clinical trial of their propriety drug MDI-P in late term cystic fibrosis adults.MDI-P will be tested as a adjunct thepary to inhaled Tobramycin‚an antibotic used to treat infections caused by many different bacteria.Most late term adults with CF are dependent on this inhaled form of TOBI.In CF a defective gene causes the body to produce an abnormally thick sticky mucus that clogs the lungs and leads to life threatening lung infections.Cystic Fibrosis affects approx. 1/2500 live births‚some 30000 cases annually. | |
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| National Geographic News | Amy Strittholt |
| http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005 /09/0930_050930_mammal_oxygen_2.html” | Due: 09/30/05 |
| Sept. 30‚ 2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Did Rising Oxygen Levels Fuel Mammal Evolution? | |
| Researchers state that over the past 205 million years the concentration of oxygen in the air has more than doubled. Between 100 million and 65 million years ago‚ there was a significant flourish of mammals because of the increase in oxygen. During the early Eocene‚ oxygen rose making mammals increase in size‚ number of species and geographic distribution. Robert Asher states that “this isn’t the magic bullet to evolution of mammals‚ there are other causative factors‚ including chance.” | |
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| National Geographic | Jillian Campbell |
| vol.1 | Due: 9/30/05 |
| october 2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Thailand’s giants | |
| For many of decades‚ people of Thaliland raised and trained many wild elephants and used many of these elephants as a mean of transportation and away of labor and life. I have no problem with the domestication of certain animals and using them as “lifelines‚” when their country is in crisis and their government will not help them. Where I draw the line‚ within my own beliefs‚is when the now domesticated animals are being abused‚ traded for their tusks and in most cases killed for sport. How can we help these aniamls‚ we cant release them back to the wild. It would kill them. | |
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| CNN.Com | Jon Dawson |
| http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf /09/30/birdflu.drugs.reut/index.html | Due: September 30‚ 2005 |
| September 30‚ 2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| BIRD FLU RESISTANT TO MAIN DRUG | |
| The H5N1 bird flu virus that could produce a global flu epidemic is showing resistance to Tamiflu‚ the antiviral drug that countries stockpile to fend off illness. Reports show that the human H5N1 strain found in N. Vietnam proved to be resistant to Tamiflu‚ an antiviral drug. Drug companies should make a new Relenza another inhaled drug. Tamiflu has been over prescribed in Japan creating a resistance. Testing has begun to create an injectable form of Relenza because resistance to Tamiflu. An injectable Relenza would offer faster treatment. Oral medications take three to four hours | |
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| emedicine | Natascha Koehler |
| nkhnk | Due: 9/30/05 |
| 2005 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Eating Disorder: Anorexia | |
| Anorexia nervosa is a condition based on both biological and psychological issues. It is an eating disorder characterized by an obsession with weight loss‚ thinness‚ and extreme dietary habits. The disease affects all of the body’s organ systems. Anorexia Nervosa is observed mostly in industrialized societies and is more common in females‚ with a female-to-male ratio of 10:1. Morbidity rates range from 10-20% with this disease. There have been more cases of anorexia in white adolescents than in black. It is most frequently observed in adolescents but can be observed in adults and youn | |
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| Mary Samples | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Eating Disorder: Anorexia | |
| It saddens me that adults much less children are trying to overcome this horrible disease of anoerexia. Our media MUST stop portraying beautiful‚ and sexy as bing 100 pounds or thinner. I can’t beleive that people actually find this attractive. Anoerexia is a serious and deadly disease that must be seen as something we all must help to overcome before all of our little girls die of starvation. | |
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| Clermont Co. Journal | Cathy Alldred |
| Sept.28 | Due: 9/30/05 |
| 09/30/05 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| EPA fuel ratings don’t reflect actual driving conditions‚ mileage yet | |
| The EPA agency said they will make significant changes to the way they estimate fuel economy ratings. These ratings are placed on new cars and with todays gas prices help us buy our new cars. After many complaints it was found the cars used for the tests were hand made and tested only under ideal driving situations. The cars we were actually buying get 9-10 miles less. Don’t always believe what you read! | |
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| Animal Planet News | Christy Newberry |
| Online News | Due: 9/30/05 |
| 9/23/05 | Submitted: 30-Sep-2005 |
| Animals Evacuated Ahead of Hurricane Katrina | |
| Victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita left behind many of their pets. The Humane Society has allowed for people to take three pets along with them on a bus to safety. John Snyder‚ director of companion animals for Humane Society‚ states “It is imperative residents make provisions for their pets now". Many victims chose to stay behind with their animals‚ which put them in great danger. I chose this because it’s amazing people are caring so much & actually adopting these animals throughout the world. At my job we treated two dogs from “Katrina” and we felt we did our part. | |
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| Rhonda Hicks | |
| Submitted: 4-Oct-2005 | |
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| Animals Evacuated Ahead of Hurricane Katrina | |
| I think it was a good idea to let people take a few of thier pets with them‚ because otherwise we would have twice as many peoplenot willing to leave thier homes and pets behind‚ and who knows what would have happened to them by the time someone could help them. I also think it is wounderful that people are voluntering to foster theses animals and take them in at clinics all around the area. As a person with two dogs and a cat I feel for these people and can’t imagine what they aew going through. I know thatif I were in this situation I would be very worried about my animals. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Animals Evacuated Ahead of Hurricane Katrina | |
| I think it was nice that they let them bring their pets with them. It makes me sad to think that some were left behind‚ I don’t think I could just leave my animals knowing that a huuricane was coming. Vounteering is so important‚ especially to clinics and places that operate on donations. | |
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| Virtual Training Help Center | Diana Brun |
| 1 | Due: 9/30/05 |
| 2002 | Submitted: 1-Oct-2005 |
| How do colors affect our moods? | |
| I have always loved color in general. I’d heard that some colors influence certain moods‚ but never really thought anything of it. The article explains that color does affect mood and that you can use color to change your mood. Certain colors can also affect your mood just by walking into a room painted in that color. It also said that Native Americans would use colors and colored lights to help heal. The article also stated that‚ “Blue is often considered to be the safest global color.” It then went on to explain the feelings and moods of the 8 basic colors. | |
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| Andrea Wnuck | |
| Submitted: 24-Oct-2005 | |
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| How do colors affect our moods? | |
| i whole heartedly agree that colors affect your mood. my room used to be plain and white and i used to feel like i was in an insanisylum. ever since i painted it blue‚ once i enter it‚ i feel much more relaxed. i have noticed that the color red also affects my mood‚ as it makes me irritated. interesting artical. i didn’t realize that it had been scientifically proven. | |
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| Elizabeth Dunigan | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 | |
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| How do colors affect our moods? | |
| This article is interesting. You can personally prove this point by just thinking about the certain colors you prefer and the way those colors make you feel. We make choices about color everyday such as in the clothes we wear‚ the color of our cars‚ the colors of our homes‚ etc. These colors might actually say something about us as individuals. We have known about the way colors effect moods for a while‚ but it’s intriguing when you apply this. | |
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| Roni Stevens | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| How do colors affect our moods? | |
| I have to say that I believe the article. I am in the process of adding a room in our garage for a study room and I am giong to paint it a light yellow. I think it’ll be relaxing while I stress over school. Light and pale colors seem to be more relaxing. | |
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| Diabetes channel | Shawnea Kelch |
| Diabetes Help with Fewer Complications | Due: Sept. 30‚ 2005 |
| Sept. 15‚ 2005 | Submitted: 1-Oct-2005 |
| Diabetes Help with Fewer Complications | |
| There are two drugs that may help improve blood sugar control without weight gain and hypooglycemia. One is sitagliptin and the other is placebo.Sitagliptin is a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor‚ or DPP-4 enzyme‚ which inactivates two different hormones. Production of the hormones and‚ increasing insulin and decresing glucagons‚ DPP-4 inhibitors are expected to help lower blood sugar levels.This drug sitagliptin improves blood sugar control without weight gain and hypoglycemia. | |
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| doctor’s guide | Casey Adamson |
| 10 | Due: 9-30-05 |
| 9-21-05 | Submitted: 2-Oct-2005 |
| family history alone can imply cancer mutation risk | |
| women with breast or ovarian cancer may have cancer causing gene mutations. Gene BRCA1 and BRCA2. Thorough family history exam can prevent mutations and breast/ovarian cancer. Doctor’s are doing research with Myriad Mutation prevelence tabs. I chose this article because we have been talking about genetics‚mutations and family history. Also because it gives tips such as getting a family history exam to prevent this problem. | |
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| Sherry Albright | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-2005 | |
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| family history alone can imply cancer mutation risk | |
| It has been scientifically proven that most if not all cancers are genetic‚ and passed along through generation to generation. I am glad to hear there is an actual test to make people certain of the risk. All of my aunts and my grandmother‚ on my mother’s side of the family‚ including my mother as well as my oldest sister‚ have been diagnosed and/or treated for cervical or ovarian cancer. | |
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| www.americanheart.org | Jody Hirschauer |
| jody | Due: 09312005 |
| hirschauer | Submitted: 4-Oct-2005 |
| childrens health | |
| there are so many factors that go into people being over weight‚ but one big factor is that children arent getting enough physical activity as they used to. the american heart ass. and the clinton foundation are teamed together to empower kids to grow up healthy and active. this is a very big problem that is becoming more and more evident. | |
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| Elizabeth Dunigan | |
| Submitted: 29-Nov-2005 | |
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| childrens health | |
| Obesity is becoming overwhelming in this country. I agree‚ Parents should try to prevent this when they see it beginning in their children. Someone submitted a newsnote recently in class that 13 percent of obese children have had broken bones‚ as only 4 percent of average children have had a broken bone. Not only can obesity cause serious health concerns‚ but it puts a damper on an individual’s self-esteem. | |
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| Amanda Sapp | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 | |
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| childrens health | |
| I think that schools and whoever else can try to help with this probblem. i really think that a lot of it goes back to the parents and their the deciding facture in the way that their children will eat and if they will be active. I think that it is up to the parent to set a good example. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| childrens health | |
| I think children’s health is very important‚ and I agree that children aren’t getting enough physical activity as they used to. With obesity bearing down I think we need to work fast to protect children from that. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Jenny Urie |
| quotation | Due: Sept.‚ 29th 2005 |
| Sept.‚ 25th 2005 | Submitted: 4-Oct-2005 |
| Arctic Scientists Alarmed | |
| Melting snow has triggered the warmest summers across the Arctic Alaska in at least 400 years. This has set in motion the trees and shrubs to accelerate by two to seven times faster then ever before. This has added an extra 2.5 days of daylight to the Arctic‚ per decade since the 1960’s. This has warmed the tundra by 3 watts per square meter (this is the same as if you doubled the heat in a green house). One scientist thought that vegetation was having a large influence‚ but thats not so‚ because the snowmelt swamps the vegetation. Scientist have a long term interest as to why the high-lat | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | April Ratliff |
| A2 | Due: October‚ 7 |
| October 5 | Submitted: 5-Oct-2005 |
| Keep Toddlers off junk food‚ experts warn | |
| Childhood obesity is beginning at the youngest of two years old. According to experts‚ when children start eating “grown-up” foods they can also develop the junk food habit just like us. Young children at this age should be eating lots of fruits and vegetables and low fat dairy products. These days families have gotten away from sit down meals and focus more on fast food meals. Columbia University stated that over 10% of two-year old are over weight and the number keeps increasing. The heart association urges parents not to give up healthy foods. I agree with this article strong | |
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| National Geographic | Angela Phipps |
| Newsnote for Angela Phipps | Due: 10-10-05 |
| October 5‚2005 | Submitted: 6-Oct-2005 |
| “Bird Flu” Similar to Deadly 1918 Flu‚ Gene Study FInds | |
| Scientists fear that the bird flu epedimic of 1918 will cause a worldwide pandemic. It could help in the creating of new vaccinations for the bird flu also. The AFIP preserved tissue samples from the flu victims of 1918 and are looking for the genetic codes to aid in their search for a cure. H5N1 is the bird flu‚ and most likely to cause such an outbreak similar to the Spanish flu which killed millions. The bird flu has killed several dozen people but is not eaisly transferred from person to person so has not caused a pandemic.Hopefully we have aquired natural resistances over decades. | |
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| Tiffany Kongo | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 | |
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| “Bird Flu” Similar to Deadly 1918 Flu‚ Gene Study FInds | |
| I like the information you provided in your newsnote. I found the part about the tissue samples that were saved from years ago educational as this was something I had not yet heard of. | |
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| Melissa Smith | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-2005 | |
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| “Bird Flu” Similar to Deadly 1918 Flu‚ Gene Study FInds | |
| I thought this was a very interesting newsnote. I hadn’t really read a lot about the bird flu until we discussed this in class. I think it is interesting how scientist think to save such things as samples of the flue from 1918. I know I’d never think of that! That would be why I’m not going to be a scientist. I think with the information we have today we won’t have to worry about the bird flu being spread easily from human to another. If it does begin to happen I think at least a temp. solution to stop the spread will be found rather quickly. | |
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| Cincinatti Post | Alicia Hargraves |
| Newspaper | Due: 10/06/05 |
| 10/05/05 | Submitted: 6-Oct-2005 |
| Studies show Benefits of Elderberry | |
| There is now the support of science for the folk medicine of elderberries. They have a history of being a remedy for influenza‚ colds and sinusits. The studies have shown that elderberries lesson the symptoms and shorten the time period of viral infections. They also have the ability to simulate the immune system. The studies on this have been small in size.A study published in March/April 2004 issue of the Journal of International Medical Research compared reactions with placebo and elderberry syrup. The people who took the elderberry syrup experienced a reduction of symptoms 4 days earlier. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Heather Cione |
| Page A3 | Due: October 11‚ 2005 |
| October 10‚ 2005 | Submitted: 9-Oct-2005 |
| Medicare advises of shams | |
| In the past week there were reports of predators targeting those on Medicaid and Medicare who were claiming to be selling new prescription plans and other services for their health plans‚ getting personal‚ sensitive information to use in an identity theft scheme. Mark B. McClellan‚ the administrator of Medicaid and Medicare stated that he believed these are not national but local‚ isolated incidents. He stated that he doesnt believe there is a need for fear of personal information being used in identity theft because it should be a known policy that Medicaid and Medicare doest sell things do | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 18-Oct-2005 | |
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| Medicare advises of shams | |
| I believe this is an outrage. For people to steal the identity of folks who desperately need government assistance‚ the poor‚ Medicare and Medicaid is the only form of medical insurance they have. To put this in jeporady is dispicable. I believe these people who are scaming the unfortunate should be punished to the fullest extent of the law. | |
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| Melissa Smith | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-2005 | |
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| Medicare advises of shams | |
| It blows my mind the ways the people will manipulate people. To have the nerve and be so cold hearted to target people who need goverement assistance. I have no respect for people who do such crime but to do something to this population who needs the assistance that they do. You have to be more and more cautious what information you give out and really be on the up and up. It’s no wonder when you call somewhere to change your own information you get asked atleast 3 or 4 questions so they can verify it’s you. To take the information of people is so wrong and it blows my mind the ways peopl | |
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| Health and Human Services Department (HHS) | Tim Cione |
| n.p. | Due: 10/11/05 |
| May 19 2004 | Submitted: 10-Oct-2005 |
| Stem Cell Information | |
| Stem cells are cells that have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body. In wjich they then serve as a sort of repair system for the body‚ they can theoretically divide without limit to replenish other cells for as long as the person or animal is still alive. When a stem cell divides‚ each ’daughter’ cell has the potential to either remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function‚ such as a muscle cell‚ a red blood cell‚ or a brain cell....Human embryonic stem cells are thought to have much greater developmental potential | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 18-Oct-2005 | |
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| Stem Cell Information | |
| The usefullness of stem cells in discovering cures for illnesses and diseases in my opinion outweighs the downside of killing an embryo . I think that the strides we can make in getting rid of alzheimers and parkinsons’ disease is only positive and find it hard to see any downside. | |
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| Jeanette Mcgee | |
| Submitted: 23-Oct-2005 | |
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| Stem Cell Information | |
| There are two types of stem cells and sadly the media‚ most of the time doesn’t give the credit to the adult stem cells‚ they just say stem cell and the public assumes it was and embryonic and not adult. The adult stem cells do not have the ability to become a person. The embryonic stem cell does. Most of the positive advancements that you hear about with stem cell reaseach is by using the ADULT stem cells. You do not have to kill a developing child. Embryonic stem cells have produced compications that adult stem cells haven’t. One of the reasons are because adult stem cells already has charac | |
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| Jeanette Mcgee | |
| Submitted: 23-Oct-2005 | |
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| Stem Cell Information | |
| There are two types of stem cells and sadly the media‚ most of the time doesn’t give the credit to the adult stem cells‚ they just say stem cell and the public assumes it was and embryonic and not adult. The adult stem cells do not have the ability to become a person. The embryonic stem cell does. Most of the positive advancements that you hear about with stem cell reaseach is by using the ADULT stem cells. You do not have to kill a developing child. Embryonic stem cells have produced compications that adult stem cells haven’t. One of the reasons are because adult stem cells already has charac | |
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| Katie Plummer | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Stem Cell Information | |
| The animal cloning risk assessment is part of an orderly and open process FDA has undertaken to assess the safety of food products derived from cloned animals and the risks to animals involved in the cloning process. The process began two years ago‚ when FDA commissioned the NAS to consider scientific information on animal biotechnology. The NAS concluded that although food from animal clones posed only a low level of food safety concern‚ it would be prudent to have more data in order to minimize further safety concerns. FDA decided that before it could address any policy issues on animal clon | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | April Ratliff |
| A13 | Due: October 14 |
| October 12. 2005 | Submitted: 12-Oct-2005 |
| Vermont deal protects reef‚ oldest in world | |
| A 71 acre section of a 450 million-year-old rock will soon be open to the public. This reef was formed in the warm shallow sea south of the equator. Over the years it has drifted north to its current location in Vermont. One Scientist call it a time of capsule of reef building. Linda Fitch says that “on Isle La Motte that you can see how it evolved from simple little mounds in what she calls a reef city.” The original reef stretched 1‚000 miles long. This land will become a scenic are with a museum and fossil preserve. I beleive that this is a interesting topic. I would love to go v | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | April Ratliff |
| A7 | Due: October 21‚ 2005 |
| October 13‚ 2005 | Submitted: 17-Oct-2005 |
| Whooping Cough boosters effective | |
| Studies have shown that two new safer vaccines against the whooping cough could prevent up to a million cases in teenagers and adults and keep from effecting children. The vaccine was tested on 2800 people ages 15 to 65 and 92% were effective in preventing the germ. Cases of the whooping cough have declined in the past century because most children get several shots at a young age.Teens and young adults now make up 60% of whooping cough accroding to the National Partnership for Immunization. Research shows that there are about one million cases of whooping cough each year from ages 15 and | |
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| Paula charles Paula | |
| Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 | |
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| Whooping Cough boosters effective | |
| I wonder if there was a greater risk of fatalities with this particular shot as opposed to other immunizations? or is this shot just more effective at preventing whooping cough? also i would be interested to know if it will be available in non industrialized nations. and is this shot more expensive than the old one. | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 5-Nov-2005 | |
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| Whooping Cough boosters effective | |
| In this country‚ the richest in the world‚ all people should have access to vaccines. It is a shame that something as common as whopping cough needs to be an issue when we have the technology to erradicate such viruses as this. | |
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| Discovery Channel | Sharlyn Walriven |
| Website: New Briefs | Due: October 20‚ 2005 |
| October 14‚ 2005 | Submitted: 17-Oct-2005 |
| Machines Behave Like DNA | |
| Miniature robots can replicate a segment of DNA by self-correct itself. A team of researchers at the Mass. Inst. of Tech. have developed 3 long robots that can connect or reject another robot. The team connects 5 robots in a sequence of colors & set those 5 on an air hockey table with a bunch of single robots. The original 5 would bump into the single robots & either connects or rejects the new one until the original 5 created new strings with the same sequence of colors. As long as the error-correction program was on in the robots; otherwise the robots didnt know the different between them. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Angela Phipps |
| A-3 | Due: 10-12-05 |
| 10-10-05 | Submitted: 18-Oct-2005 |
| Comment on Medicare advises of Shams | |
| I can’t believe there are people out there who would prey on others getting this kind of assistance It makes me sick. The folks who are on Medicaid and Medicare already have enough to worry about trying to meet the spend downs from the government to even recieve this kind of medical assistance. The last thing they need is a group of people trying to scam them into paying more for their insurance when they don’t have much money to begin with. This is an outrage in my opinion. | |
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| American Scientist | Paula Charles |
| Vol 93‚ No5 pp428-435 | Due: 10/20/05 |
| Sept/Oct 2005 | Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 |
| Cheating Viruses and Game Theory | |
| The articles discusses how the author applied the mathematical concept of game theory to the evolution of viruses. The experiments were performed to test questions in the field of evolutionary biology. Viruses were used because they are easy to culture and have large population sizes. The article goes on to explain that viruses compete over resource pools in the host. Defective viruses “cheat” by interfering with the reproductive success of the ordinary viruses by using their gene products. These are paratsites on parasites‚ and the question is do they exist outside the labratory. | |
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| http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/10/18 /tissue.regeneration/index.html | Vanetta Snyder |
| cnn.com | Due: 10/20/2005 |
| 10/18/2005 | Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 |
| Scientists aim to regrow human limbs | |
| The article was talking about how amphibians have genes that allow them to grow back severed limbs sometimes within days. Scienists at the University of Manchester have done experiments where a tadpole has grown its tail back within nine days of amputation but they lost their regenerative ability once they became frogs.Human embryos can also heal wounds but only up until six months gestation.The genetic and cell biological mechanisms are essentially the same in humans as they are in frogs so they’re trying to find out how this can effect regeneration of limbs in humans. | |
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| NewScientist.com | Cassandra Chalk |
| newscientist.com news service | Due: 10/20/05 |
| 10/16/05 | Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 |
| Two ’ethical’ ways to harvest stem cells | |
| Scientist once again have made a new break through. Bob Lanza from Advanced Cell Technology in Massachusetts came up with a way to use embryo stem cells with out actually destroying life. He took an early 8-celled embryo‚ called a morula and extracted one cell‚ called a blastomere. Then he took the blastomere and put it with an existing embryo stem cell. The blastomere got signals and produced another stem cell. Thus never harming either. They experimented with mice and all of the embryos implanted developed normally. | |
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| Sherry Albright | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-2005 | |
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| Two ’ethical’ ways to harvest stem cells | |
| The moment an embroyo is no longer implanted (in the uterus of a woman) it will then die. That is what miscarriages are. | |
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| American Journal of Nursing | Angelena Johnson |
| vol. 105 (no. 2): pp. 72 | Due: 10/20/05 |
| February 2005 | Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 |
| IV Vitamin Administration: B1 with Your Medications | |
| Vitamin deficincies are no longer a major problem like they were hundreds of years ago. We now fortify our foods with vitamins. But‚ we still have cases of thiamin deficiency because of alcoholism. Generally‚ the alcoholic person will replace food for alcohol and therefore become deficient. Also people in underdeveloped countries can develop thiamin deficiency. The early signs can be very subtle like fatigue and irritability. If not treated‚ it could progress into “Beriberi” or acidosis. Once treated‚ it may only take 7-14 days to make a full recovery. | |
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| Scientific American | Natasha Waits |
| 293‚ pg.72 | Due: 10/20/05 |
| October 2005 | Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 |
| Brain Implants Today | |
| Brain Implants have been around for many decades but there have been many new researches done.70‚000 people have been equipped with devices called‚"neural prothesis". Roughly 30‚000 have been implanted with brain stimulators for Parkinson’s disease‚and the same number for epileptics. Scientists are now working on brain chips to restore the memory of those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease‚depression‚blindness‚strokes‚and those paralized by spinal cord injuries. These are great advances in science and could help save millions of lives. | |
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| Sherry Albright | |
| Submitted: 3-Nov-2005 | |
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| Brain Implants Today | |
| It is nice to hear with all the technology out there our scientists can realize killing off embryos for stem cell research to cure these particular diseases isn’t the end all answer. | |
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| www.yahoo.com | Andi Wnuck |
| www.news.yahoo.com./s/ap/20051007 | Due: 10/10/05 |
| 10/7/05 | Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 |
| Make Room for Cloned Meat | |
| Ever since the infamous cloning of Dolly the sheep‚ scientists have been searching for other ways to use this new technology. They are now in the process of using this knowledge to not only clone animals‚ but also clone animals for the purpose of food. As of now‚ there are no laws that prevent cloned food but ViaGen‚ the company that clones the animals‚ is still awaiting an answer from the FDA. ViaGen’s biggest arguments: “food products derived from cloned animals do not present a food safety concern.” After all‚ we are already consuming genetically engineered soybeans‚ which ar | |
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| Elizabeth Dunigan | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 | |
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| Make Room for Cloned Meat | |
| Cloned meat is something that was just recently brought to my attention. It’s probably inevitably going to be on the market sooner or later. I just read an article about this topic from the Washington Post‚ which was published earlier this month. It stated that now the FDA is also thinking of approving Clone-Generated Milk as well. Studies show the milk and meat from cloned animals show no difference from that of normal ones. It will be interesting to see what they continuing finding in their research. | |
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| Tiffany Kongo | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 | |
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| Make Room for Cloned Meat | |
| I find it hard to believe that americans will readily buy cloned meat‚ unless all other meat sources have been contaminated and the cloned meat was the only safe choice. In which case I might have to become a vegetarian. | |
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| Jamie Jones | |
| Submitted: 31-Oct-2005 | |
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| Make Room for Cloned Meat | |
| I think it’s interesting about the fact of cloning animals‚ and I think it was just a matter of time before it was done for meat purposes. With the growing population something is going to have to happen‚ and I agree with Andi that we already genetically engineered products; I guess we’ll just have to see what happens. | |
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| Josh Test | |
| Submitted: 31-Oct-2005 | |
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| Make Room for Cloned Meat | |
| It was a matter of time before we started cloning animals for meat purposes. I don’t see anything wrong with it‚ it may take some people getting use to the fact of consuming cloned meat‚ but just like anything else that is genetically engineered like Andi said‚ the public will get use to it. | |
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| Melissa Smith | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-2005 | |
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| Make Room for Cloned Meat | |
| The thought of cloned meat doesn’t exactly make me hungry. I just think it is really odd. I think that there would be a lot of chemicals left in the meat or something. It just seems very odd to think that I would be eating meat but not really the real thing. I think in a way it would be almost fake meat. I would much rather just eat a cow. A true breed cow sounds much taster to me over a cloned cow. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Make Room for Cloned Meat | |
| I wonder if cloned meat will make it to the grocery store? I wouldn’t be surprised if I saw it there. I don’t know how I feel about eating cloned meat yet. I wonder if it would taste the same or different since you would know that it was different. | |
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| The Associated Press | Brennan Workman |
| n/a | Due: 10/10/05 |
| 10/9/05 | Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 |
| “Would You Welcome Wild Lions?” | |
| This article introduces a new way of life to possibly hitNorth America; the arrival of lions and elephants. Many ecologists in support of the transport say that it would prevent the extinction of these animals in Africa and “restore biodiversity in North America.” Scientists however‚ argue that “it is not restoration to introduce animals that were never here” (Grayson). Moreover‚ farmers fear that livestock will be in danger because of roaming lions. Possibly the greatest fear of all‚ noted by Cornell University ecologist JoshDonlan‚ in selling this to Americans is that | |
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| Melissa Smith | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-2005 | |
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| “Would You Welcome Wild Lions?” | |
| Let’s be serious here...Can you imagine driving home from class and seeing a lion or elephant in a field? I’m not sure if I would freak out or start laughing. If they really want to do this they would have to put them out west where the population isn’t as dense. But in a few years they will expand and be in more populated areas. Imagine hitting a lion with your car instead of a deer! WOW! I don’t think this would be a very good idea. I think lions and elephants are better off in the enviroment they are in. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| “Would You Welcome Wild Lions?” | |
| I find it very funny to think of North America and think of elephants and lions. I don’t think there is any way that this would actually happen. I think people would be scared that they would kill children. | |
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| Jessika Moores | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| “Would You Welcome Wild Lions?” | |
| I think that this idea is interesting but crazy. How could you possibly bring in a species that has never existed here and expect them to thrive. Not to mention how it would effect natural species that live here in North America. I dont believe that I would be very friendly to an animal that has been known to kill people. Im interested to see where this goes. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Chris Henke |
| Page A18 | Due: 10/10/05 |
| 10/10/05 | Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 |
| Flu epidemic is a dear. if not present danger | |
| The fear of a new epidemic‚ or to be more precise‚ a pandemic (pan everywhere) is a bird virus‚ called: H5NI. H5NI shows many “ominous” traits and is taken as a large threat for the possibility that it may mutate and become highly contagious among the human population. Already is has infected 116 people and a small number of dogs. It does seem to resembles the pandemic of 1918‚ also a bird flu that jumped directly to humans. Of the 116 people infected already‚ 60 have died but as of yet is not very contagious. One million dollars have been set aside for finding a vaccination. | |
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| Stephanie Barrere | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 | |
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| Flu epidemic is a dear. if not present danger | |
| This article seemed to catch my attention‚ because not only are we having to worry about the diseases being spread here from the hurricanes‚but now worring about the bird flu. I wonder that with all the new sicknessess arising and all the bad storms that have been occuring‚ I almost wonder if the world is comming to an end.... | |
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| Katie Plummer | |
| Submitted: 30-Oct-2005 | |
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| Flu epidemic is a dear. if not present danger | |
| The NanoMask is the first face mask in the world to utilize nanotechnology enhanced filter media to effectively isolate and destroy viral and bacterial contaminants. Nanoparticles enhance the intrinsic filtration efficiency of the media by acting as a destructive absorbent to kill virus and bacteria that come in contact with the filtration system. THis was made to protect people the the new bird flu. It is sold online for 9.95 | |
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| 2005 First Things | Mary Samples |
| Vol. (155) pp 12-13 | Due: 10/10/05 |
| August 2005 | Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 |
| Finally a Compromise to Stem Cells? | |
| This article explains in great detail of 2 major proposals taken into consideration to help combine the division the American people face concerning stem cells. The first proposal mentioned is Altered Nuclear Transfer (ANT). The process where an adult cell’s DNA would be taken and conjoined with an egg cell’s DNA. In return this creates a new cell that is neither an egg cell nor an adult cell. The second proposal mentioned in the Article is Altered Nuclear Transfer-Oocyte Assisted Reprogramming (ANT -OAR). It is a process of combining ANT w/ reprogramming of an adult nucleus into a stem cell | |
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| Newsweek | Stephanie Barrere |
| pp. 70 | Due: 10/10/05 |
| Oct. 3‚ 2005 | Submitted: 19-Oct-2005 |
| A Healthy Toast | |
| All alcohol has cardiac benefits in moderation. The major benefit of alcohol seems to come from its ability to boost levels of HDL. You can get increases of ten to thirty percent HDL. Controlled alcohol makes blood less likely to form blood clots‚ is a mild anti-inflammatory effect‚ and insulin sensitivity. During a study‚ five or more drinks a day also increased the incidence of irregular heartbeat and risks of tumors in the mouth‚ esophagns‚ larynx‚ liver‚ breast cancer‚ and colon. For most of us the cardiovascular benefits of a daily drink out weigh the hazards. | |
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| Clarissa Nelson | |
| Submitted: 24-Oct-2005 | |
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| A Healthy Toast | |
| I think this article gives great details about the benefits and health risks of drinking alcohol in moderation. I agree that moderate drinking has cardiac benefits‚ but if you are a heavy drinker the health risks outweigh the benefits. I believe it is important to watch how much alcohol you consume. The more you drink‚ the more likely you are to develop serious illnesses or certain types of cancers. | |
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| Melissa Smith | |
| Submitted: 16-Nov-2005 | |
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| A Healthy Toast | |
| It was interesting to see that alcohol can have a benifit to one’s health. There are many people who abuse the alcohol and end up making it more harmful than good though. If more people used alcohol has a postive thing rather than a negative‚ I believe we would live in a better world. If we used it as a positive we could potentially have a healthier nation‚ and we wouldn’t have all the alcohol abuse problems that we now have. | |
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| Chris Kidwell | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-2005 | |
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| A Healthy Toast | |
| This is an interesting topic. For people to see alcohol in a positive light. That if you consumed it in moderation that it could actually help you and not hurt you. | |
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| The Enquirer | Stephanie Hoff |
| October 19‚ 2005 | Due: October 20‚ 2005 |
| October 19‚ 2005 | Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 |
| Drug effective against early breast cancer | |
| The drug Herceptin is now being used to target only the diseased cells in early stages of breast cancer. This will save thousands of women each year. This drug will cut the risk of relapse in half. Dr. Zujewski believes this is the cure for breast cancer. It is still too early to say for sure that this is the cure‚ but it definitely is helping women already. With Herceptin‚ it may be possible to skip radiation and chemotherapy which destroy healthy and diseased tissue. Research is continuing. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Drug effective against early breast cancer | |
| It’s amazing that this drug is already saving a lot of women. The pill will kill only diseased tissue where as chemo would kill good and diseased tissue. Its not sure yet if this is the cure for breast cancer but its already saving many women. | |
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| national geographic | Amber Potis |
| September 2004 | Due: 10/20/05 |
| Setember 2004 | Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 |
| One Degree of Change | |
| The 20th century is having a warming that has not been seen for 1‚000 years. The rising of CO2 and other gases are making temperatures rise around the world‚ but where we are seeing the most of the effects is in the Artic.The writer believes this rise in temperature is causing the ice there to melt and make the world oceans to rise. He prodicts this rise in the oceans will cause miles of coastline land to be ingulfed by water.While causing other areas to go dry. The auther suggests taking action will curb damage. | |
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| Jennifer Varick | |
| Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 | |
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| One Degree of Change | |
| If you look at our planet’s history we have experienced huge amounts of change. Part of the earth has been covered by a shallow sea‚ including the Cincinnati area. Also in the Cincinnati area there were glaciers from the ice age. The issue with Global warming at this point is that there is a correlation between rising temperatures and synthetic materials. But correlation is not necessarily causation‚ and even if all the man-made materials were gone from the atmosphere we may still experience Global warming‚ just from a natural ebb and flow of things. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| One Degree of Change | |
| Its hard to believe that just a one degree could change so much. I guess if it is 32 degrees out and then it rises to 33 or 34 degrees‚ you do get some major changes in the ground temperature and snow will begin to melt. A major change in the Artic could bring million of gallons of water down through the ocean. People on the coastlines might want to think about coming inland. | |
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| dicover | Ann Clark |
| 26 | Due: 10/20/05 |
| feb. 2005 | Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 |
| Sinach Fights the Flu | |
| Molecular biologist at Philadelhhia’s INB:Biotechnologies are using the vegetable to produce vaccines against anthrax‚ influenza‚ and even the plague. The new vaccines will be cheaper to make and could be quicker and they may not spoil as quickly as the animal produced vaccines. Until know it was believed to be impossible to make human vaccines from plants. But INB found a way to trick the spinach into producing harmless peices of common human pathogens that cause flu and plague. So far these vaccines in mammals have worked just as well as the traditional vaccines. This substance will be | |
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| Discover Magazine | Carrie Kessler |
| 13 | Due: 10/20/05 |
| 10/05 | Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 |
| Can gold stop avian flu? | |
| A British biotech has come up with a possible antedote for Avian flu: Gold. They are developing a DNA based vaccine that works by spraying gold particles coated with avian flu directly into human skin. In trials and human studies the method provoked immunities comparable to that offered by currecnt flu vaccines. This meaning faster response in an emergency. This new antedote requires no refridgeration‚ can last for years and can quickly adapt to mutations which the regular flu vaccine cannot. Preparation for a pandemic is key and this looks like the way to be prepared. | |
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| channelcincinnati.com | Kortney Miller |
| soap | Due: 10/20/05 |
| 10/19/05 | Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 |
| fda panel considers merits of antibacterial soap | |
| Antibacterial soap isn’t any better than regular soap at reducing illness‚ and could lead to bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Both soaps reduce infection in households‚ but neither one is better than the other. There is a lack of evidence that anti-bacterial provide a benefit beyond plain soap. Anti-bacterial soap kills most of the bacteria they encounter‚ regular soap seperates bacteria from the skin so it washes down the drain. Overuse of antibotics is the main cause of bacteria developing resistance to it. | |
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| Gina Yacchari | |
| Submitted: 2-Nov-2005 | |
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| fda panel considers merits of antibacterial soap | |
| I would tend to agree that regular soap is just as effective as anti-bacterial soaps. It is scary to think that in our quest to remain well and sickness free‚ that we just may be enabling the evolution of an antibiotic resitant bacteria. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| fda panel considers merits of antibacterial soap | |
| I always wonder how one kind of soap could be any better than another. What really makes the difference whether it kills the bacteria or it gets washed down the sink? Either way it is off your skin and cant cause any harm to you or the people around you. The best prevent medicine for any disease that you can catch from another person is to wash your hands with soap and water for about 20 to 30 seconds. | |
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| Access Excellence.org (science journal) | Jerry Meadors |
| 9/20/05 edition | Due: 10/20/2005 |
| 9/20/2005 | Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 |
| Test Vaccines Protect Macaques Against Marburg‚ Ebola | |
| “Winnipeg‚ Manitoba (09/20/05)- A pair of test vaccines has proven to be effective at protecting monkeys against the Ebola and Marburg viruses. Developed by researchers in Canada and the US‚ the vaccines represent a big step forward in the quest to protect humans from these two deadly diseases."-Quoted from site‚ By Pippa Wysong‚ Access Excellence | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Jenny Urie |
| jenny | Due: October 20‚ 2005 |
| September 25‚ 2005 | Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 |
| Exercise‚ Schools Realize the need | |
| Federal law has stated that our schools have to have a wellnees program for ALL students‚ that includes nutrition and physical education. Exercise and diet need to be focused on more because one out of every six children between the age of 6yr-19yr is overweight. If schools do not meet a federal standard for nutrition and exercise‚ the federal government will not grant the school any money for their lunch programs. As parents and adults‚ we need to see that the children are eating less fast food and playing OUTSIDE (instead of TV & Video games. We should also be playing (taking walks‚ shoot | |
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| Elizabeth Dunigan | |
| Submitted: 29-Nov-2005 | |
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| Exercise‚ Schools Realize the need | |
| I was slightly unaware that it was federal law to have nutritional and exercise laws. I agree‚ schools should find creative ways to include diet and excerise‚ especially in highschool. Physical Education should include more than just playing sports and reading health text books. I think these should also include personal training‚ so that students could use these knowledge in their own time. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Exercise‚ Schools Realize the need | |
| Obesity is such is a big problem for children‚ and we need to make sure that children are eating healthy and playing more outside than they do inside watching t.v. and playing video/computer games. I think schools should help with this as well. | |
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| Mary Samples | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Exercise‚ Schools Realize the need | |
| I think that this is a great idea. Now a days with technology growing everyday children have less opportunities to go out and play. Instead they are usually given a choice of watching T.V or playing on the computer‚ playing with video games....etc. Itis our responsibilty as adults to get children motivated to go out and play as we all once did while we were growing up. Besides i always thought kids favorie class was P.E. what happend to that? | |
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| Yahoo | Adam Jodrey |
| aj | Due: 0ctober 20 |
| 0ctober 19 | Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 |
| Navy Sued Over Sonar’s Effects on Whales | |
| On Wednsday‚ October the ninetenth yahoo reported that environmentalists are sueing the Navy because they say their sonar disturbs and in some cases kills whales and dolphins. The law suite exclaims that the navy’s sonar is capable of spreading sound waves over an area of thousands of square miles of ocean with dangerous levels of noise pollution. The environmentalists say that they understand the need for sonar in a time of war‚ but they want the use of sonar to be limited during the use of training. | |
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| Elizabeth Dunigan | |
| Submitted: 29-Nov-2005 | |
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| Navy Sued Over Sonar’s Effects on Whales | |
| I wonder what other methods the Navy would use to train if their use of sonar was limitied to war only? I didn’t realize that their signals would cover such a large area. I wonder what other devices they could use to prevent harm to the ocean environment? | |
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| Yahoo News | Nicole Kinney |
| http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051020/ ap_on_he_me/brain_stem_cells&printer=1 | Due: Thursday October 20‚ 2005 |
| Thursday October 20th‚ 2005 | Submitted: 20-Oct-2005 |
| FDA Approves Brain Stem Cell Transplant | |
| On Thursday federal regulators approved the first transplant of fetal stem cells into human brains. This will be tested on six children who have Batten Disease‚ a degenerative malady that renders its young victims blind‚ speechless and paralyzed before it kills them. The idea is to inject these children with healthy‚ immature neural stem cells that will help produce the missing enzyme. This experiment has shown promise in rats who were batten-afflicted. | |
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| Jennifer Varick | |
| Submitted: 26-Oct-2005 | |
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| FDA Approves Brain Stem Cell Transplant | |
| What an interesting test‚ and possibly a great breakthrough for the scientific world in general. All is not smooth sailing yet though. The article also states that‚ “An internal Stanford review board must still approve the test‚ a process that could take weeks.” So when this test will be started is still very much up in the air. Another fact I found interesting was that the stem cells to be used are not from human embyronic stem cells but rather‚ they are immature neural cells that will eventually become mature cells that makeup a fully formed brain‚ according to the article. | |
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| yahoo news | Amanda Sapp |
| hurricane | Due: 10/21 |
| 10/21 | Submitted: 21-Oct-2005 |
| Huricane Wilma | |
| Hurricane Wilma just touched down today on 10/21/2005. This tremedous storm touched down in Mexico‚ ruining a lot of beach the main resorts. This was considered to be a category 4 hurricane. It was recorded to have winds that reached up to 145 mps‚ causing catastrophic damage. This storm is expected to have sent 10 to 20 inches of rain across the border of Mexico. With all the damage workers sre going to spend alot of time restoring the damage. While right now Mexico natives are hiding from the storm‚ cramped up in shelters and in school buildings. | |
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| Amy Chitwood | |
| Submitted: 8-Nov-2005 | |
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| Huricane Wilma | |
| I hate to hear things like that. I was talking with someone from Ft. Myers when Wilma hit and they said that where they were it wasn’t really that bad‚ but about 30 miles east of where they the winds had reached about 120 mph. There were trees‚ that had been standing for years‚ pulled straight out of the ground roots and all. I think this is all caused from the tsunamai‚ that I think is caused from global warming. | |
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| Discover | Jeanette Mcgee |
| 26. 11 | Due: Oct. 23‚ 2005 |
| November 2005 | Submitted: 23-Oct-2005 |
| End of the Pultonium Age | |
| At a test site in Navada‚ the United States tested a thousand nuclear bombs during the years 1951-1992. The 1350 square mile surface is cratered and destroyed with remainds of buildings that you would see in a city. All built and destroyed to test the destruction that the nuclear bomb would cause. All around is green glass that is created when a nuclear explosion accurs.The article points out that after 50 Years much is still unknown. And that All great empires had the knowledge to do something new with metal. Weather great or terrible. “The American Century was built on a toxic metal‚ on | |
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| http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/ content/full/109/5/672/TBL6 | Angela Best |
| newnote | Due: 10/20/2005 |
| 10/22/2005 | Submitted: 23-Oct-2005 |
| CVD prevention | |
| This article discusess the importance of CVD prevention in women. heart disease is the number one killer in woman. The article suggests many steps in taking care of oneself which include: Reduce or eliminate smoking‚ regular excercise and a healthy diet. Other factors play a role‚ but these are the three main keys to having a healthy cardio vascular system according to the article. | |
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| Elizabeth Dunigan | |
| Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 | |
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| CVD prevention | |
| I was unaware that heart disease was so prevalent in women. I just did some reading on this and found some startling facts. I found 43% of deaths in American women are caused heart disease. 267‚000 women die from heart attacks‚ which is six times as many women as breast cancer. Women should take precautionary measures such as avoiding nicotine to reduce their chances. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | April Ratliff |
| A9 | Due: October 28‚ 2005 |
| October 22‚ 2005 | Submitted: 24-Oct-2005 |
| Bird flu spreading via migration | |
| Wild birds are serving as a carrier for the bird flu and the disease can be expected to spread while they migrate. This flu was first detected in Southeast Asia. It has now been found in Russia‚ Romania‚ and Turkey. This flu only spreads through birds‚ but in studies it has spread to some humans and causing around 60 deaths. Health officals are scared that it will spread from human to human if it is not stopped. Te U.S. government has put $38 million dollars to international efforts against the flu. Experiments on vaccines are underway in the U.S. and other countries as well‚ but there i | |
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| NYTIMES | Susan Foebar |
| WHAT | Due: 10/28/2005 |
| SEPT.26 | Submitted: 25-Oct-2005 |
| CAN BIOTECH CROPS BE GOOD NEIGHBOR? | |
| FARMER’S AND SCIENTISTS ALIKE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SEEDS ON THE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM AND ORGANIC CROPS. THE EPA REPORTED THAT A TYPE OF WEED COULD POLLINATE GRASS UP TO 13 MILES AWAY AND COULD CREATE WEEDS THAT ARE IMMUNE TO THE WORLDS MOST WIDELY USED WEED KILLERS. BIOENGINEERED CROPS HAVE A WAY OF TURNING UP WHERE THEY ARE NOT WANTED AND ONCE A GENE HAS ESCAPED THERE IS NO WAY TO RECALL IT. | |
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| National Geographic | Angela Phipps |
| National Geographic News | Due: 10-31-05 |
| October 21‚2005 | Submitted: 27-Oct-2005 |
| Your DNA Is A Song | |
| Mary Ann Clark a Scientist at Texas Wesleyan‚ is using so-called music protein to help us understand DNA. Writing down the amino acid sequences as text then assigning musical notes to the different values in amino acids forming protein songs.You can hear the structures of the proteins instead of using text. Different proteins have different sounds. proteins are an interesting mixture of novel and repetitive elements‚ like music the translation sounds interesting. If people can understand the music and how it’s produced they can also understand how DNA codes proteins & amino acids. | |
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| Life science news | Brandi Bryant |
| 1234 | Due: 10-28-05 |
| 10-27-2005 | Submitted: 28-Oct-2005 |
| Lineage trees for cells | |
| A team at the Weizmann Institute of Science has found a method to trace the lineage trees of cells. They are basically saying that even though mutations occur‚ that cell still may hold a record of the history of cell divisions.The study focused on mutation prone areas (microsatelites). They concluded that microsatelites contain enough information to accurately plot the lineage tree for a one-billion cell organism. | |
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| cincinnati enquire | Chaye Estep |
| 165th year(183) | Due: 10/10/05 |
| 9/10/05 | Submitted: 29-Oct-2005 |
| Flu epidemic is a clear‚ if not present danger | |
| I have heard that this flu‚ is not treatable‚ but has not killed many at this time. I believe that if this flu were to make it’s way to America then more people would be affected and possiblaly die. The government should have tried vaccinations when the epidemic first hit the world back in 1918. That way when it finally did come back‚ everyone would be ready and there might have been a vaccination to treat those who have been infected. | |
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| http://www.uaf.edu/news/headlines/ 20051026120350.htm | Gina Yacchari |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks | Due: 10/31/2005 |
| 10/26/2005 | Submitted: 31-Oct-2005 |
| Effect of Climate Change Dramatic In Arctic | |
| A paper about to be published by researchers details the dramatic changes that the climate change is having on the north. The paper is the result of decades of research from multiple scientists in many disciplines. Every aspect of life is being affected.This paper looks at how changes in one aspect can effect an entire system. It is one of the first of its kind to present a comprehensive examination of the many effects attributed to a changing climate within the Arctic and shows that warming has a cascading effect on the land‚ vegetation‚ animals‚ weather and human systems. | |
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| Angela Phipps | |
| Submitted: 19-Nov-2005 | |
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| Effect of Climate Change Dramatic In Arctic | |
| I believe we as a society need to demand from our political leaders that we do something to stop the melting of the polar ice caps and glaciers in the northern tundra. The use of gasoline and other enviromental factors are wrecking the planet and we need to stop before it’s too late. If were not too late already. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Heather Cione |
| Page A23 | Due: October 31‚2005 |
| October 30‚ 2005 | Submitted: 31-Oct-2005 |
| Study finds cocaine changes genes in the brain | |
| Scientists search for a reason why people become addicted to drugs and why people who have been drug free for a period of time still find themselves craving a drug to the point of relapse. They studied the long and short term effects of drugs on the brain‚ and in doing this hope to learn why it has such an addictive effect on the users. The Neuron‚ and journal in Utah‚ a study was conducted where scientist had reported that cocaine altered the genes in the brains of mice and the changes grow even when the cocaine is withdrawn from the mice. Another study at the UT Southwestern showed that g | |
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| Cincinnati Equirer Health/Science | Cathy Alldred |
| newsnote | Due: 11/1/05 |
| 10/30/05 | Submitted: 1-Nov-2005 |
| Study finds cocaine changes genes in the brain | |
| Using cocaine restructures genes in the brain‚ Dallas scientists have found‚ this is significant on how this drug can permanetly alter the mind. They studied genes that contain compounds already known for both short and long term effects of cocaine. Inside the cells the genes are wound around proteins. If winding is to tight‚ the cell can’t be used. If it’s to loose it is addictive.This may be part of an imprint left on the brain. Medication that effects the structure of genes‚ may help with addiction too. | |
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| Jessica Alexander | |
| Submitted: 13-Nov-2005 | |
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| Study finds cocaine changes genes in the brain | |
| I found this article to be very interesting. I thought that if you craved a drug after becoming clean‚ that it was all in your mind and not a physical need. I guess now that I think about it‚ it makes sense. Because being exposed to a drug for such a long period of time and becoming dependent on it‚ you would definitely be physically withdrawing. | |
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| Scientific American | Katie Kirby |
| 292.(6.):74.: | Due: 11/4/05 |
| June 2005 | Submitted: 2-Nov-2005 |
| “Obesity:An Overbaring Epidemic?” | |
| W.Wayt Gibbs senior writer for the Scientic American author of “Obesity: An Overbaring Epidemic?” asks the question “Is Fat Good for the Old?” Gibbs states that their is alot of data and studies showing that the effects of obesity and mortality rates are alot less apparent for the elderly."Some studies show that a high BMI is not a major risk factor among the elderly. Having a nutritional reserve seems to make people more resilent if they are hospitalized. To my understanding a little cushion is not so bad for the elderly‚but health problems are still prevelant for tho | |
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| Cincinnati Enquire | Melissa Simpson |
| no | Due: 11-4-05 |
| 10-30-05 | Submitted: 3-Nov-2005 |
| Sleeping Pill Use Zooms in 4 Years | |
| In Milwaukee the use of sleeping pills has doubled from 2000 to 2004. The number of children on prescribed sleeping pills has increased by 85 percent. The increased use raises concern about whether the drugs are being used appropriately. Americans spent $2.1 billion in 2004 on perscription drugs to help them sleep. The growing acceptance of sleeping pills reflects broader trends in health care and society. It is now more socially acceptable to take prescription drugs‚ and people are more willing to seek such medications‚ despite the potential side effects. This article just shows that pe | |
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| cnn.com | John Jandes |
| is the appropriate ‚science-based policy | Due: nov. 4 |
| oct.5‚2005 | Submitted: 4-Nov-2005 |
| FDA to tighten mad cow rules | |
| The government alread bans virtually all cattle remains from cattle feed.The new proposal would reduce the risk of infection by 90%.Critics say the new proposal falls short of what the FDA promised 19 months ago‚when the first case of mad cow disease was confirmed.FDA said it would add three other items to the list of materials banned from cattle feed:blood‚restaurant plate waste and poultry litter.Some scientists say that there are loopholes in the new proposal.Some felt 90% reducing the risk wasn’t enough‚ it should be 100%.The new plan “is the appropriate‚science-based policy according | |
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| FDA Consumer Magazine | Diana Brun |
| 1 | Due: 11/4/05 |
| Jan.- Feb. 2003 | Submitted: 4-Nov-2005 |
| The Lowdown on Depression | |
| The article introduces a couple of different cases of depressed patients‚ including one who is manic depressive. It discusses how depression is more than just mood swings; it’s a combination of many different symptoms that are present for a certain period of time‚ depending on the type you’re diagnosed with. They aren’t yet sure if mental disorders are hereditary or not‚ but suspect they may be. It discussed different treatment options‚ which include therapy and medication. They did studies on St. John’s Wort and Zoloft and found that they really work more like placebos. | |
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| Katie Plummer | |
| Submitted: 20-Nov-2005 | |
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| The Lowdown on Depression | |
| The mood-lifting effect of the most popular anti-depressants is barely more than people experience when they take a dummy sugar pill‚ according to analysis of secret pharmaceutical company trials. | |
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| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | April Denny |
| www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/meds/meds.htm | Due: 11-04-05 |
| 10-29-04 | Submitted: 4-Nov-2005 |
| Medication Exposures During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding | |
| Alot of pregnant women or mothers who are breastfeeding worry about whether to take medications. There is alot of expected mothers to be or women who breastfeed really stress out about taking medications. Most women worry so much that they lead to stress or anxiety because not enough information is available about most of the medications. FDA says that prescription drugs are tested on pregnant animals to help identify harmful medications. The National Center on Birth Defects and Develpmental Disablities is trying to get the FDA to provided more information on medications. | |
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| Roni Stevens | |
| Submitted: 21-Nov-2005 | |
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| Medication Exposures During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding | |
| It can be stressful when your pregnant or breastfeeding and don’t know if a medication is safe or not. I found that most medications are not approved for expectant/breast feeding mothers. I agree that more information should be available. | |
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| Time Magazine | Jennifer Varick |
| Pgs. 54-55 | Due: 10-28-05 |
| 10-24-05 | Submitted: 10-Nov-2005 |
| Target: Trans Fats | |
| On January 1st‚ 2006 a new law will be going in effect and businesses are preparing now. Food processors will have to include trans fats on their nutrition labels if the amount of trans fats exceed a half a gram per serving. Trans fats boost bad cholesterol (LDL) and reduce good cholesterol (HDL). Many companies are making the switch to a different oil‚ including Kraft foods‚ McDonalds‚ Taco Bell‚ KFC‚ etc. The problem with switching over to recipes that don’t call for trans fats is the scarcity of alternative oils. Hydrogenated soy oil is cheap and 85% of the 19 billion pounds of edible | |
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| Mary Samples | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Target: Trans Fats | |
| This article points to the fact that an industry will respond and do what is necessary when a problem is shown to exist by scientific studies. This proves that scientific inquiry needs to continue on all levels. | |
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| www.actionbioscience.org | Sherry Albright |
| News Note II | Due: October 31 2005 |
| October 2002 | Submitted: 11-Nov-2005 |
| Global Warming & Rising Oceans | |
| Fossil energy has fueled the development of our industrial age and allowed human population to explode. The product of our industrial respiration is Carbon Dioxide (CO2) which has increased in the atmosphere and is posing a severe threat to our planet. The sun heats the earth and the CO2 acts as a blanket or mirror which traps that heat returning it to the planet raher than the natural course of escaping back out toward the sun. This is referred to as the green house effect‚ which is quickly causing ice caps to melt and massive Antartic ice sheets to collapse into the sea. Moun | |
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| National Geographic | Franklin Amy |
| internet | Due: 10/30/05 |
| 10/17/05 | Submitted: 12-Nov-2005 |
| Seaweed in Fiji May Help Fight Cancer‚ Aids | |
| Red seaweed species found in shallow coral reefs in the Pacific Island’s coast may have a huge impact for people someday.Reasearchers have found ten new molecular compounds that may be new development for pharmaceutical use. It could be helpful in killing tumors in humans by means of"programmed cell death"which could lead to an anti-cancer drug. Red seaweed could also have an effect on bacteria. so far biochemist have only made it as far as the test tube. Red seaweed could save many lives if found to be a success. | |
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| Roni Stevens | |
| Submitted: 21-Nov-2005 | |
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| Seaweed in Fiji May Help Fight Cancer‚ Aids | |
| I hope that researchers and scientist do have a breakthrough. It could help so many people‚ and change so many lives. I really hope that they are on to something meaningful. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Seaweed in Fiji May Help Fight Cancer‚ Aids | |
| I think its great that this seaweed could potentially save thousands of lives. This red seaweed from Fiji could help fight off cancer and AIDS‚ which would be the biggest find in science ever. | |
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| Mary Samples | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Seaweed in Fiji May Help Fight Cancer‚ Aids | |
| This article illustrates the importance of preserving our naural environment. Many benefits to human kind may yet be discovered in the environment which are not yet known today. | |
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| CNN | Amanda Sapp |
| FLU | Due: 11/14/05 |
| cnn news | Submitted: 15-Nov-2005 |
| Concerns of new flu outbreaks | |
| According to the center for disease and prenetion about 36??000 people die a year by the seasonal flu. This useually indludes elderly people?? the young and sick. There are new fears that this year the flu will be worst and strricken even more people than in the past. There is a new strand of the the flu that has just been found in birds. People are now fearing that this new straind(panedimic flu) of the flu will spread to humans over the winter months and even kill the healhty. The diseaes prevention center is working hard now to come up with a vacene for this strained of the flu. | |
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| Amanda Sapp | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Concerns of new flu outbreaks | |
| I later found out that this flu is occuring in birds only in China. It isn’t a real threat over here. The birds have to be examined for the flu. If the turkey is eaten by someone it could cause them to become very ill. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Sharlyn Walriven |
| Page A24 | Due: November 17‚ 2005 |
| November 6‚ 2005 | Submitted: 16-Nov-2005 |
| LEDs are lightings new cool idea | |
| A famous boathouse along Pennsylvanias Schuylkill is being lit by some new lights. At first you might think that its a Christmas display; but light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are lighting the outside. LEDs are better known for the lights inside your appliances or digital clock. LED lights are cool to the touch and will burn for 25‚000-50‚000 hours compared to 1‚000 hours for the average incandescent light. Currently too much heat will damage the lights and thats why theyre not widely sold in traditional sockets. As further investigation is done you may see LEDs in common lights in the future. | |
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| fda.gove/oc/advisory | Tiffany Kongo |
| fda.gov | Due: 10-31-2005 |
| 9-24-2005 | Submitted: 16-Nov-2005 |
| Is Anti-Bacterial Soap Better | |
| The independent expert panel‚which advises the FDA‚ stated by an ii to 1 vote that they saw no assed benefits to anti-bacterial soaps when compared with soapy hand washing. The panelists also believe that use of the anti-bacterial soaps can contribute to the growth of bacteria resistant to antibiotics.Representatives from the soap industry claim anti-bacterial products are better than soap and water but have not submitted much data to support their statements.The FDA advisory panel states that anti-bacterial soap might be better used for people with illnesses that lower their immume system. | |
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| Elizabeth Dunigan | |
| Submitted: 29-Nov-2005 | |
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| Is Anti-Bacterial Soap Better | |
| I’m constantly using antibacterial soaps‚ lotions‚ and hand gels. I don’t acquire colds very often. I always credit these products. Perhaps these products don’t have much to do with with it after all. I can see the benefits of using these if you have a low-immune system‚ however. It would be interesting to see this researched more extensively. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Is Anti-Bacterial Soap Better | |
| This is interesting because I wash my hands a lot. They are saying that there are no added benefits of anti-bacterial soap versus soapy hand washing. The only people who might benefit from anti-bacterial soap is people prone to illness and have low immune systems. | |
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| Mary Samples | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Is Anti-Bacterial Soap Better | |
| This article points to the fact that simple methods long used by humans may be better than a new approach to a problem that in fact could prove harmful. I never thought anti-bacterial soap could do more harm than good due to the fact it is called ANTI-BACTERIAL! | |
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| Scientific American | Natasha Waits |
| Internet | Due: 11/17/2005 |
| 11/2005 | Submitted: 16-Nov-2005 |
| Wine Compound Attacks Alzheimer’s Agent | |
| It was found that a chemical compound in wine reduces levels of harmful molecule linked to Alzheimer’s disease.Resveratrol‚ an antioxidant found in wine helps cells break down the molecule that is found in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients.The compound is also found in grapes‚berries‚and peanuts.This compound can cut the levels of the Alzheimer’s associated molecules by more than half.It is believed that it works by boosting the effectiveness of the proteasome.This still may not be enough to fend off Alzheimer’s disease but it will help. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| Wine Compound Attacks Alzheimer’s Agent | |
| Antioxidants are becoming more of a great tool in fight many diseases. Its great that sciences are finding that these tools in fighting disease like Alzheimer. Just go to show you that eating right can prevent so many things and may help you fend off devastating diseases including Alzheimer. | |
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| American Journal of Nursing | Angelena Johnson |
| Vol. 105 (No. 9) pp.:19 | Due: 11/17/05 |
| September 2005 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Plastic Products May Place Neonates at Risk | |
| With new inventions‚ comes more extensive studies to make sure it is safe for every use. The chemical DEHP di(2-ethylhexyl‚ is a chemical used to soften and strengthen plastic‚ like PVC. This can seep into the blood stream. This product is used in: IV solutions‚ unbilical catheters‚ respiratory masks and exam gloves. This newest study has shown a link between exposure to DEHP and adverse effects on the reproductive development of male infants. The study performed‚ put neonates in 3 groups with low‚ medium and high exposure. Depenending on exposure‚ was how much they found in the infants urine. | |
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| Jeanette Mcgee | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Plastic Products May Place Neonates at Risk | |
| Thanks for adding this topic. It is an important health topic because we use micrwaves all the time and put our food on plastic or cover it with plastic. I will limit this in my family. | |
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| Discover | Carrie Kessler |
| 25‚ 12 | Due: 11/17/05 |
| December 2004 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Can stem cells cure baldness? | |
| Biochemists from Rockeleller University have isolated stem cells that may one day cure baldness. They isolated distinct stem cells from mouse skin and grafted them into genetically engineered hairless mice. The mice grew thick patches of fur‚ along with all the other components of skin. The cells are different than those that are taken from embryos. They can be multipotent and can become any epidermis-derived tissue. They are now working to treat baldness in humans. But it could take a while before they understand all the chemical pathways that cells use to tell each other when to grow. | |
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| Roni Stevens | |
| Submitted: 21-Nov-2005 | |
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| Can stem cells cure baldness? | |
| With this kind of information‚ that stem cells can produse different types of dermis‚ better studis could be done. For example‚ curing skin cancers or skin diseases‚ instead of baldness. Sorry if this is insensitive but by a wig‚ the other studies could save lives instead of vanity. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| Can stem cells cure baldness? | |
| New hope out there for those of you that are going bald or have already went bald. I know for a lot of people that baldness does cause their own self image to go down. Confidence level is an important factor in how people succeed. Maybe someday the men and women who have this problem will gain the confidence they need without all the expenses. Maybe they will come up with better ways for people to have skin grafts. There is hope out there. | |
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| Yahoo news | Tiffany Crawford |
| http:news.yahoo. com/s/nm/20051115/sc_nm/science _stemcells_dc; | Due: 11-17-2005 |
| 11-15-2005 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Stem cell therapy will need watchdogs: scientists | |
| This article discusses the need for scientist when using the stem cell experiment on a human for the first time. They say that the treatment for diabetes to alzheimers and parkinsons are still about 5-15 years away. they have no experience so far on putting stem cells into human patients. stem cells are cells that can develop into any cell type. Stem cells are though to be repair systems for the human body by scientists. I think the only down fall to the whole process is it requires the destruction of embryos which the United States has restricted. this experiment is to take place in England. | |
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| Science Daily | Phil Armstrong |
| http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php ?feed=Science&article=UPI-1-20051116- 15432000-bc-us-statin.xml | Due: 11/17/05 |
| November 16‚ 2005 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Study: Statin may stimulate stem cells | |
| University of Buffalo scientists claim that a commonly used statin created to lower high cholesterol might be able to stimulate stems cells for heart repair. The researchers say pravastatin might provide an unknown cardiovascular advantage in lowering lipids. The scientists found that pravastatin ups the concentration of stem cells that might participate in cardiac repair independent of any cholesterol-lowering action. Also‚ they discovered high doses of pravastatin improved cardiac function and coronary blood flow in an animal model in which flow had been artificially resricted. | |
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| The Salem News | Phil Armstrong |
| http://www.ecnnews.com/cgi-bin/05/snstory.pl ?-sec-News+1k589gO+fn-dinos.1117-20051117- | Due: 10/20/05 |
| November 16‚ 2005 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Rewriting history: Dinosaurs ate grass | |
| Scientists recently discovered that dinosaurs ate grass and other plants. This was alarming because they thought that grass evolved after the dinosaurs had died off. Fossilized dung provided evidence of grass and other greenery that dinosaurs ate over 65 million years ago. | |
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| National Geographic | Amber Potis |
| Nov 2005 | Due: 11/17/05 |
| Nov 2005 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Dead Whale Watching | |
| Dead whales on the ocen floor are a food source for many different animal communities. He says that each whale carcass may host 40‚000 individuals representing 200 animal species. He also states that scientists have found 32 species that seem to depend on a single corpse to complete thier life cycles. He says the carsass’ are great for animals that rely on carcass lipids‚ sulfides‚ and bacteria. Scientist have found a bacterial enzyme that may lead to energy-saving detergents. He says that whaling threatens deep-sea communities that we didn’t know were there. | |
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| Roni Stevens | |
| Submitted: 21-Nov-2005 | |
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| Dead Whale Watching | |
| Its interesting how one thing can have such an impact on a whole community. People need to be aware of issues such as these‚ and should use caution to perserve the oceans’ life and fragile balance. | |
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| discover | Ann Clark |
| 26‚ no. 9 | Due: 11/17/2005 |
| 9/2005 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| science takes on super size | |
| Tim Spector of St. Thomas’ Hospital has concluded that extras pounds can age white bllod cells as much as 8.8 years. A swiss scientist is working on a fat vaccine that would work by provoking the ghrelin hormone‚ the one that tells us we need to eat. Lab mice in switzerland that were given this vaccine and then given an all you can eat high fat diet stayed 15% lighter. They are still running studies to see what side effects maybe present. Endocrinologist Clay Semenkovich says that to burn fat‚you have to eat more of it. He is now working to find the specific type of fat the body needs to | |
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| Jeanette Mcgee | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| science takes on super size | |
| I hope that they can make this a healthy way to loose weight. They will out sell viagra if they can pull this off. | |
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| National Geographic | Amber Potis |
| Nov 2005 | Due: 11/17/05 |
| Nov 2005 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Postpone Cellular Aging | |
| This was a small article on aging and Mitochondria. Dr. Bruce Ames a geneticist‚ leading biochemist and professor links aging to tiny structures found inside cells called mitochondria. His research found that a central factor in aging is the decay of the mitochondria. He says that aging mitochondria are less efficient at converting fuel to energy‚ and they produce more toxic oxidants. He discovered that by using the right combination of a natural‚ energy boosting component with a powerful antioxidant they could slow the cell aging process. He is manufacturing the drug and it is called Juvenon. | |
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| The Enquirer | Stephanie Hoff |
| November 16‚ 2005 | Due: November 17 |
| November 16‚ 2005 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Senate passes bill limiting stem cell‚ cloning research | |
| The Ohio senate passed a bill limiting emvryonic stem cell research and human cloning. Though struggling through scientific arguments‚ it came down to personal beliefs in where life begins. The senate president says it is a compromise and it protects life. No state money can be used for this type of research. However‚ it will allow funding for research on new cells if a technique is perfected to extract them without destroying embryos. No money can go to research for human cloning either. All of the specifics are still being debated and the bill will go to the house of representitives for furt | |
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| Roni Stevens | |
| Submitted: 21-Nov-2005 | |
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| Senate passes bill limiting stem cell‚ cloning research | |
| Even though there could be good things that comes from cloning‚ I believe that worse things will happen. The worse things outweigh the good by far. I can not support cloning‚ and I feel that there should be moral boundaries that scienctists should not be allowed to cross. | |
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| Nursing 2005 | Paula Charles |
| 35 | Due: 11/17/05 |
| Nov 2005 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Take aim at amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | |
| ALS is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects central nervous system cells. this disease causes the lost of most voluntary movement and eventually leads to death. this disease ususually strikes between ages 40-60 and affects more men than women. about 5% of all cases have a family member with thr disease but most cases have no known genetic component. as ALS prorgresses patients can no longer eat or drink‚ causing malnutrition and weakness. respiration is usually affected later in the disease. no diagnostics tests can conclusively diagnose ALS. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| Take aim at amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | |
| Its so sad when people come down with something and it takes a long time for them to be able to diagnosis the disease. So much of the battle is not know what is going on in your body. Maybe as more and more tests are being developed‚ they will be able to diagnosis the disease sooner or come up with better medicines to help people with this disabling disease and others. | |
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| The Cutting Edge Digest | Brandon Barnes |
| 209 | Due: nov.17‚2005 |
| 11/14/05 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Hopkins study of Heart-Lung Machine | |
| The use of cardiopulmonary heart pump during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) according to John Hopkins does not signficantly damage mental tasks such as thinking‚ reasoning and remebering. This surgery is for the relief of angina and also to redce risks of heart attack. The process is feared due to pump related damage to the cerebral cortex. | |
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| PLOS Biology | Jeanette Mcgee |
| (3) Issue 11 | Due: November 17 2005 |
| Nov. 2005 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| 1st Observation ot Tool Use in Wild Gorilla | |
| This journal is about the intelligance of wild gorillas. In the Congo‚ Africa 2004 gorilla observers saw a female gorilla try to navigate a swamp that she had not used before. The gorilla went out into the water and it very quickly got deep. She went back broke off a sturdy branch that was about a meter long. The branch was then used to feel the bottom of the swamp as she walked in deeper. When she was ready to return she left the branch in the water and came back the same way she had went in. My question is did she ever witness humans doing this and was able to see the value of the stick? | |
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| Amanda Sapp | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Wine Compound Attacks Alzheimer?s Agent | |
| A glass of wine a day will help keep the doctor away. Hopefully it is true. I think that it is cool that an alcholic beverage can help to protect against some diseases. | |
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| Amanda Sapp | |
| Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 | |
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| Senate passes bill limiting stem cell? cloning research | |
| I think that cloning is wrong. I am glad that the government is working to ban it. It should never be used to clone humans. Who wants to grow up knowing that they are a clone?? This means that they don’t even have a family. What a depressing life this would be. | |
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| The Cutting Edge Digest | Brandon Barnes |
| 209 | Due: oct.20‚2005 |
| 11/14/05 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Taking Statins Before Stroke Surgery Beneficial | |
| Taking a drug for reducing cholesterol called statins before a surgical procedure called cartoid endarterectamies‚ to remove plaque in neck arteries that break off and cause strokes. If the patient has been taking the drug the chance of having a stroke immediatly after the surgery is reduced by 70 percent‚ while the risk of death is reduced by 80 percent. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| Taking Statins Before Stroke Surgery Beneficial | |
| Its amazing how taking a drug before surgery can reduce the risk of having a stroke or of death. I know so many times now they will give an individual an antibiotic before surgery to cut down on the possibility of getting an infection. Its nice to know that there are other drugs out there preventing other factors from happening. | |
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| Sharlyn Walriven | |
| Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 | |
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| Taking Statins Before Stroke Surgery Beneficial | |
| Its amazing how taking a drug before surgery can reduce the risk of having a stroke or of death. I know so many times now they will give an individual an antibiotic before surgery to cut down on the possibility of getting an infection. Its nice to know that there are other drugs out there preventing other factors from happening. | |
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| scientificamerican.com | Cassandra Chalk |
| not sure | Due: 11/17/05 |
| 10/28/05 | Submitted: 17-Nov-2005 |
| Newborn Brain Cells Could Regulate Weight | |
| More scientific studies equal more wonderful break throughs. Now they have taken mice and proven that when given a compound called ciliary growth factor nuerotrophic (CNTF)‚ that mice that were fed a high calorie diet‚ lost weight. They took two sets of mice and gave them both a high calorie diet. They gave group A the CNTF compound and another compound that clings to divided cells. Set B got an inhibitor that keeps cells from dividing. Set A lost weight and continued to loose weight after discontinuing the compounds. Set B regained weight and also gained extra weight. After the experiment the | |
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| Roni Stevens | |
| Submitted: 21-Nov-2005 | |
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| Newborn Brain Cells Could Regulate Weight | |
| Just what people need - more diet pills that does not require exercise and encourages you to eat junk food. No matter what pills promise weight loss‚ the key is exercise. With exercise‚ you won’t need the the pills and you will keep the weight off. An added bonus‚ you’ll feel healthier‚ as well as feeling better about yourself. | |
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| Health & Nutrition | Katie Plummer |
| Vol.1 pg. 53 | Due: 10/10/2005 |
| 2000 | Submitted: 20-Nov-2005 |
| do proteins make you feel fuller? | |
| New studies show that protein suppresses the appetite. it’s not that taking the carbs out is the key‚ it’s replacing them with protein. In a small test of 19 ppl. it was found that ppl. felt less hungry when their calories intake from fat were cut from 35 percent to 20 percent. Now most resent national dietary guidelines have recommended keeping your calories from proteins at only 10-20 percent. A new study lead by Author David Weigle Md‚ of univ. of Wash. school of Meds. put volunteers on 3 different eating patterns. First 2wks. subj ate a weight maintaning deit at 15% of calories from | |
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| national geographic.com | Angela Phipps |
| “?! | Due: November 23‚ 2005 |
| November 18‚ 2005 | Submitted: 20-Nov-2005 |
| Do Herring Fart to Communicate? | |
| Flatulence may be a secret way of communication for Herring.Scientists say Herring hear the bubbles when expelled. Atlantic and Pacific Herring hear the high frequency sounds by releasing air from their anuses. A marine biologist says that they make unusual farting sounds at night that may be used for secret communication keeping safe from predators. They can produce sound bursts up to 22 kilohertz. The noise was accompanied by a fine stream of bubbles! | |
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| Gina Yacchari | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 | |
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| Do Herring Fart to Communicate? | |
| Okay‚ this is too funny. Just imagine what kind of communication we could do after eating a bowl full of beans! But seriously‚ this is very interesting and just goes to show how all species will find a way to communicate with each other. | |
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| Melissa Smith | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Do Herring Fart to Communicate? | |
| I thought this article was amusing but very interesting. To think that there is something that communicates by a bodily function many find disgusting and rude. I can’t imagine humans communicating like this. I’m glad this newsnote was done. It was interesting to know about a rahter odd way things communicate. | |
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| Mary Samples | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Do Herring Fart to Communicate? | |
| This article definitely got my attention. I found it very interesting how animals find ways to communicate with one another. The article points out that an activity often seen as the basis for jokes among people can actually have great value to other living things. | |
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| Stephanie Barrere | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Do Herring Fart to Communicate? | |
| Oh my goodness!!! what a way to communicate. If we acted like this I would deffintly have to say “What is this world coming to?” | |
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| Warning Issue Abour Birth-Control Patch | Tiffany Alsept |
| Cnn.com | Due: November |
| November 10‚ 2005 | Submitted: 20-Nov-2005 |
| Warning Issue About Birth-Control Patch | |
| This news article is about the birth-control patch‚ Ortho-Evra. The makers are finding out that the patch is even more dangerous than typical birth-control pills. The patch contains 60% more estrogen than typical birth-control pills making blood clots three times more likely. The estrogen is also put out into the blood stream at all times so it makes risk higher than pills because the estrogen is mostly absorbed through the intestines. The Associated Press is warning users of the patch to reconsider using it because there is a much larger risk of health problems or even death from it. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Warning Issue About Birth-Control Patch | |
| This is interesting because I‚ and a lot of women‚ use birth control. From my expereinces I have always been told that the patch was just as safe and effective as the pill. Its important that people know the consequences of things before they take them so they can make thier best choice. | |
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| Stephanie Barrere | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Warning Issue About Birth-Control Patch | |
| I have heard this plenty of times about clots and the patch. Also‚ i have heard alot of women becoming pregnant due to the ineffective patch. When I first heard of “The Patch” I just thought it was a strange method for birth control‚ and how easy it could cause pregnancy. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Jenny Urie |
| & quot ; | Due: 11/17/2005 |
| 11/20/2005 | Submitted: 21-Nov-2005 |
| No Time for Childhood | |
| This article deals with how parents are overscheduling their child. Child need to have some activites but they also need free time to enjoy being a child. Also‚ so that they can use their imaginations (which is something a lot of child have trouble doing today). As parents we need to spend more time with are children and learn to listen to what they have to say. | |
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| Gina Yacchari | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 | |
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| No Time for Childhood | |
| I say AMEN to this article. Parents today are overscheduling their children to the point of causing stress to the children. We are taking the spontanaity of childhood away. We no longer just let them toss ball in the backyard...no‚ they have to be on a select baseball team. They can’t just fingerpaint at the kitchen table...no‚ they have to be put in an art awareness class. Come on‚ let kids create their own fun and discover their own talents. I am afraid that due to this‚ our future generations will lack the imagination and creativity that fuel inventions and advances in society. | |
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| national geographic | Casey Adamson |
| na | Due: 11-23-05 |
| 06-24-05 | Submitted: 22-Nov-2005 |
| Geneticist Searches for DNA of “Adam‚” the First Human | |
| He has traveled the world‚ collecting blood samples from people of far-flung cultures. By studying the DNA of modern humans‚ he seeks to learn who we are‚ where we traveled to populate the world‚ and how closely we are all related. New DNA studies suggest that all humans descended from a single African ancestor who lived some 60‚000 years ago. To uncover the paths that lead from him to every living human‚ the National Geographic Society launched the Genographic Project‚ headed by Spencer Wells. The quest for “Adam” is the subject of a new television documentary that airs on the Natio | |
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| Firstscience.com | Denise Stanze |
| www.firstscience.con/site/articles/prozac.asp | Due: 11/0/05 |
| 11/1/05 | Submitted: 22-Nov-2005 |
| The Super Plants | |
| Plant physiologist Wendy Boss and microbiologist Amy Grunden of North Carolina State University are trying to produce a plant that can live in mars like conditions. One day we may be able to have plants that can live long after the cold season has started. Once they can make the plants able to sustain the harsher weather‚ maybe they can make a huge difference to humans living in marginal environments here on earth and one day help start human living on mars. | |
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| The Cincinnati Enquirer | Denise Stanze |
| front page final news/sports | Due: 11/0/05 |
| 11/15/05 | Submitted: 23-Nov-2005 |
| Kids at risk for heart disease | |
| Kids who eat in resturants often are more likely to have cardiovascular disease and diabetes. The Cardiovascular Research and Education Foundation of Wausau‚ Wis‚ has done a study on 621 elementary and high school kids and 126 of the children ate out four or more times a week‚ not including school luches. Those students had more high blood pressure‚ lower levels of HDL cholesterol‚ smaller LDL cholesterol particles‚ and more insulin insensitivity. Children really need to consume less of the sugar‚ starch‚ sodium‚ fat‚ and cholesterol to keep the risk of bad health diseases down. | |
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| www.firstscience.com | Denise Stanze |
| www.firstscience/site/articles/magnetic.asp | Due: 11/0/05 |
| 11/1/05? | Submitted: 23-Nov-2005 |
| Which way is up? | |
| Researchers at Bio Tube/Magnetic Field Apparatus are starting to do a research on how plants know which way is up. There are two different theorys why‚ first is that the protoplasm in plant cells are pulled downward by gravity which the pressure pushes on the cell walls and tell the plants to grow up. Second is the starch grains contained in the plant cells are magnetic drawn to the earth‚ thus making the plant grow up. They plan on putting the seeds in a dark area with a high-gradient magnetic field to see if the plant will grow up or follow the magnets. | |
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| CNN.com | Tiffany Alsept |
| 1 | Due: October |
| November 24‚ 2005 | Submitted: 26-Nov-2005 |
| Study:Cranberries May Help Prevent Cavities | |
| Dental researchers are finding that cranberries help prevent tooth decay and cavities. A study was done that showed cranberries were 80 percent effective in protecting teeth from cavity-causing bacteria. More laboratory tests are still needed to try to isolate active compounds before clinical trials with patients are done. The researchers’ goals are to extract the berrys’ protective properties and add them to toothpaste and mouthwash if they are found to be protective enough. But it is still unclear why the fruit is effective. | |
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| Stephanie Barrere | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| Study:Cranberries May Help Prevent Cavities | |
| Wow I’ve heard of apples cleaning your teeth but‚ not cranberries. Cranberries seems to be a good source in healthful ways. It is said to be very effective in the care for UTI’s. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | April Ratliff |
| A6 | Due: November 28‚ 2005 |
| November 25‚2005 | Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 |
| You say pollution; i say ’Ahh’ | |
| In Chicago‚ for decades communters and tourists have enjoyed the smell of the Bloomer Chocolate Co. factory. Now the aroma is disappearing due to federal regulators. The company was cited by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for violating clean air regulations. Rick Bloomer statd that the smell will start to go away when they put the pollution-abatement equipment in place. the EPA said that its recent inspection steemed from a complaint about the plants smell and emissions. I beleive that if this factory is giving off lots of pollution that it should be stopped or something done abou | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Sharlyn Walriven |
| A16 | Due: Extra |
| September 18‚ 2004 | Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 |
| Stem Cells‚ DNA work are Lasker winners | |
| The $50‚000 prizes from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation was awarded to Ernest McCulloch and James Till and two other scientists. McCulloch and Till were the first two scientists to identified stem cells. The prize money will go to further their research in DNA in stem cells. They will continue to do research in stem cells and their multiply uses in creating red cells‚ white cells‚ and platelets. | |
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| molecular vision | Alex Brock |
| Vol. 11 : pp.901-908 | Due: 11/28/05 |
| 11/1/05 | Submitted: 28-Nov-2005 |
| Lack of fiber cell induction stops normal growth of rat lenses in organ culture | |
| In this study‚ there are eye lenses from 4 week old sprague-dawley rats being used to determine the reason for the lack of weight increase of the lense in cultured environments. The article explains that lens organ culture has been widely used as a model sytem to study cataract induction and prevention. It says that a rat’s lense can last a week or more without developing any kind of cataract on its eye thus‚ not gaining any weight. I found this interesting because they tested a lense and tried to add cataracts which ended up growing abnormally and gained no weight‚ due to protein synthesis. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Angie Beach |
| Health/Science | Due: 11/23/2005 |
| October 30‚ 2005 | Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 |
| One in eight babies in U.S. born too soon | |
| Premature births have reached an outstanding high‚one out of eight babies are born too soon.These early births account for about 500‚000 births a year.The nation’s infant death rate rose in 2002‚the first time since 1958.Doctor’s think it may be from the use of fertility drugs that causes multiple births.They also think high stress and vaginal infections can cause premature labor.Because the baby is still developing‚doctors have tried giving the mother steriod injections to speed up the development of vital organs.Researchers think we might have reached the limit of what they can do for now. | |
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| Gina Yacchari | |
| Submitted: 30-Nov-2005 | |
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| One in eight babies in U.S. born too soon | |
| This newsnote makes me wonder if perhaps there aren’t some environmental factors involved. I also would have to wonder if Dr.’s aren’t intervening too much‚ to the point that it is becoming detrimental to the children that they are trying to produce. | |
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| Jennifer Varick | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| One in eight babies in U.S. born too soon | |
| I find it interesting that babies born prematurely is on the rise but the amount of teen pregnancies are getting lower each year. One would think that there would be a correlation between babies born prematurely and prevalence of teen pregnancies. | |
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| Melissa Smith | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| One in eight babies in U.S. born too soon | |
| This kinda blew my mind when I read this. I think the situation needs to be researched more to see if what factors are exactly causing this. I never thought about the number of premature births before I read this. It says that researchers have reached a limit of what they can do but I don’t think that. There are always new developments so I think it’s a matter of time before they figure out why this is happening. | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| One in eight babies in U.S. born too soon | |
| I think 8 in 1 is alot. Seeing that my twin sister and I were born 3 months prematurely‚ I had no idea it was that common. I guess fertility drugs could explain it‚ but my poor mother just thought she was going to 1 baby and got 2. | |
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| Mary Samples | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| One in eight babies in U.S. born too soon | |
| This article points to a problem - premature birth rates that have increased due to a number of factors. The fortunate fact is that more infants can be saved by science today buy the unfortunate fact is that little more advancement is foreseen. | |
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| Stephanie Barrere | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| One in eight babies in U.S. born too soon | |
| It is interesting to know that out of one in eight babies born in the U.S. are premature. I myself was a premmie born 2 months early. There are many interesting facts out there that states what can cause premature labor. For instance they say that somking is a factor to premature labor. My mother did not smoke with me and had me early but‚ with my sister she did. My sister was not born premature. There are many factors to premature labor. | |
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| National Geographic | Amy Franklin |
| internet | Due: 11/20/05 |
| 4/10/03 | Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 |
| Cannibalism among Humans | |
| Fried humans‚ BBQ humans‚ was this on the menu for our ancestors?scientist from England and Australia both say cannibalism is the answer for the finding of the genes that protect against brain disease that are present from eating flesh have been spread around the world. Some of the Prion diseases are dimentia and Creutzfeld disease. The discovery of genetic resistance shows evidence of having spread due to natural selection.Scientist say this is physical evidence for cannibalism.These diseases are caused by mishappen molecules that bunch together & accumulate in brain tissue. These molecules c | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Cannibalism among Humans | |
| Gross‚ people eating each other and all‚ but I guess you had to take what you could get. And I guess the bright side of things was that you weren’t going to get brain disease. Maybe scientist can find out why this happens and use it to fight brain diseases. | |
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| Mary Samples | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Cannibalism among Humans | |
| This article states the hypothesis that a link exists between cannibalism in early humans and brain function. It states that the practice some how scrued a positive value to mankind though natural selection. | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Melissa Smith |
| Cincinnati Enquirer | Due: Nov. 23‚ 2003 |
| Nov. 11‚ 2005 | Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 |
| I’m-not-hungry hormone might help fight obesity | |
| There has been a recent discovery that could help nearly one third of American adults. There is a new hormone the testing called obestain. Obestainis not a “stain” like some of the new cholesterol-lowering drugs. The name combines words frorm Latin for devour and suppression. Obestain is linked to another hunger hormone called ghrelin. Ghrelin boosts a humans appetite and fattens them up while obestain would do the opposite and be an anti-ghrelin. Scientist are hoping that obestain will take away the urge to eat. The new hormone is still being tested and could possibly take ye | |
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| Mary Samples | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| I’m-not-hungry hormone might help fight obesity | |
| As the problem of obesity in American society continues to esculate new approaches to the problem must be considered. Often a lack of will power hinders weight loss but this hormone offers hope if this is a problem in an individual. | |
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| Stephanie Barrere | |
| Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 | |
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| I’m-not-hungry hormone might help fight obesity | |
| There are many different things out that say that help obesity. This would be interesting to find out if it really works. Becasue some people are overweight due to low metabolism‚ eating too much and most of the time it “Can” run genetically. Also‚ obesity can have to do with your thyroid. So‚ I wonder how popular this will get...... | |
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| Cincinnati Enquirer | Chris Kidwell |
| Associated Press | Due: November 23‚ 2005 |
| Nov. | Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 |
| Overweight Childrem Break more bones | |
| If your child is overweight when they are young studies show that when they grow up they will have more mobility problems than healthier children. They are also could run into problems like diabetes and heart disease. Research has shown that of 277 overweight children 128 ideal weight chidlren that 13 percent of overweight children have had atleast one broken bone. That’s compared to 4 percent of the children of ideal weight that have had one broken bone. Muscular problems occured also. Witht the main problem areas being the knees some surgery could help correct this but the real cure is | |
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| Jill Snapp | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Overweight Childrem Break more bones | |
| It makes sense that overweight childern would break more bones that ideal weight children‚ but its staggering that its 13% to 4%. The main problem areas are the knees‚ which would take the brunt of holding up all the weight‚ but muscle problems and heart disease also appeared. | |
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| Mary Samples | |
| Submitted: 1-Dec-2005 | |
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| Overweight Childrem Break more bones | |
| This article stresses the importance of proper weight management for children. It points out that future health problems often are associated with childhood health. Childhood health matters must begin with childhood‚ not after. | |
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| time magazine | Nathan Williams |
| 166 (no‚18):pp. 70 | Due: 10-31-05 |
| 10-30-05 | Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 |
| putting bugs in the paint | |
| I find this article to be very interesting I would never imaging that paint could be used as a source of energy. If we could use this and solar power as main sources of energy a great deal of coal and natural gases could be saved‚ global warming and polution would drop dramaticaly. If someone could find a source of power from just regular house paint‚ wouldnt there be other sources around the house. | |
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| Web MD | Danielle Shannon |
| page 47 | Due: 12/2/05 |
| December 2005 | Submitted: 2-Dec-2005 |
| A Cold‚ or Seasonal Allergies? | |
| This article was about how symptoms differ from having a cold or an allergie. An interesting fact they talked about was that more then 17 million doctors visits a year were for allergies and was in the spring and fall. They also said that 10 million americans are allergic to cats. I learned what an allergen is. It’s when you body sees it as a danger and triggers an allergic reaction. This article had a bunch of interesting facts. I thought it was interesting. | |
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| Scientific American | Paula Charles |
| Scientific American | Due: 12/03 |
| Dec 2005 | Submitted: 3-Dec-2005 |
| Grow Your Own | |
| A group at the University of Alberta in Edmonton is targeting a new group of donors for islet cell transplants to treat type 1 diabetes. a group of doctors are administering chemical signals with the hope that these growth factors will cause the patient’s pancreas to grow its own beta cells. in type 1 diabetes the beta cells are killed in an auto immune attack. a few beta cells continue to remain in the duct of the pancreas. doctors hope to harvest these to generate more beta cells. Even Diabetics who had a lot of their own duct cells benefited from the added duct cells from a transplant. | |
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