to determine whether women with breast cancer treated using the chemotherapy anthracycline and trastuzumab were at a greater risk for heart failure or cardiomyopathy. Method: This was a retrospective study of 12‚500 women diagnosed with breast cancer over an eight-year time span. This study looked at the hazard rations and 95% confidence intervals for the women using various forms of chemotherapy. The various forms of chemotherapy studied were anthracycline alone 29.6%‚ trastuzumab alone 0.9%‚ anthracycline
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Keystone XL Pipeline The Keystone XL Pipeline system is used for transporting oil from the Athabasca oil sands in Alberta Canada to the United States. There are four different phases of this pipeline. Phases one and two are already complete. The first phase of the pipeline starts at the Keystone Hardisty Terminal in Canada and stops at Wood River and Patoka‚ Illinois‚ and then phase two starts in Steele City‚ Nebraska and stretches down to Cushing‚ Oklahoma. The completed pipeline is over 2000 miles
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were abortion is the right thing to do. Abortion is the removal of an embryo or fetus by various surgical methods in order to end a pregnancy. Not every woman has the right to abort their own unborn child‚ so many mothers attempt Self-Induced Abortion. Self-Induced Abortion is a form of terminating a pregnancy performed by the mother without having licensed medical supervision (Ballaro). This dangerous form of abortion canlead to several health problems which is one reason why
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January 15‚ 2013 Keystone XL Pipeline Project Have you ever wondered how toxic sludge is transported from where it was created to where it is disposed of? Well‚ this has become a hot button issue in the White House. Apparently‚ there are enormous pipes buried in ground right now transporting barrels of tar sands oil in America’s mid-west. The purpose of these pipes is to move crude oil from one place to another. Another reason for the Pipelines is to meet the needs of the American
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Chemotherapy and cancer treatments have been a process in the making for over a hundred years. Although people have a sort of cynical approach towards cancer‚ saying that it is incurable and will ravage humans and society for the years to come‚ advancements have been made and in a positive manner. Cancer has been seen in a negative manner even in the ancient ages. People believed (and still do) that once cancer had taken root‚ there was no way to stop or cure it. They believed that more harm than
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On Friday‚ November 6th‚ President Obama announced his rejection of the application for the completion of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. After many years of consideration‚ Obama announced his rejection saying “The pipeline would not have made a serious impact on…the American people’s prospects for the future‚" and “[It] would not make a meaningful long-term contribution to our economy.” President Obama’s announcement falls in line with recent environmental actions from him‚ such as with Mount Denali
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Before we get into Exercise Induced Asthma it is important to have a good understand of what Asthma is in general. Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that lead to the lungs that can make it hard for someone to bring are cause a lot of coughing. With Asthma‚ air passages can be affected in multiple different ways. Airway muscles can become thick and tight‚ airways can produce extra mucus‚ airways can become irritated and more sensitive and they also become a lot more sensitive
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2005‚ the TransCanada proposed a pipeline system that would be able to transport crude oil from Canada into the United States. The pipeline was given the name the Keystone Pipeline System. Originally‚ the pipeline was to run from Alberta‚ Canada to refineries in Illinois. However‚ in 2008 another proposition was raised in order to extend the pipeline even further to down to Texas. The proposition is known as the Keystone XL. The possible construction of the pipeline is a controversial topic. Entrepreneurs
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Fear Induced Emotion on Motivation University of Texas at Arlington Anxiety is a psychological‚ physiological‚ and behavior state in humans and animals by a threat to well-being or survival‚ either potential or actual. Each of us has felt afraid‚ and we can all recognize fear in many animal species. The function state of fear is defined in terms of being caused by a particular pattern of adaptive behavior to avoid or cope with that threat. We have all been in a situation where we are in fear
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Schizophrenia - Pipeline Review‚ H1 2014 On 8th July 2014 Summary This report "Schizophrenia - Pipeline Review‚ H1 2014’’ provides comprehensive information on the therapeutic development for Schizophrenia‚ complete with comparative analysis at various stages‚ therapeutics assessment by drug target‚ mechanism of action (MoA)‚ route of administration (RoA) and molecule type‚ along with latest updates‚ and featured news and press releases. It also reviews key players involved in the therapeutic
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