Inflammatory Bowel Disease/ Crohn’s Disease Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of chronic disorders that cause inflammation or ulceration in the small and large intestines. Most often IBD is classified as ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease but may be referred to as colitis‚ enteritis‚ ileitis‚ and proctitis. Ulcerative colitis causes ulceration and inflammation of the inner lining of a couple of really bad places‚ while Crohn’s disease is an inflammation that extends into the deeper
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How to Choose a Roommate To choose a roommate can be one of the most important decisions an undergraduate makes during her/his college life. It can be an overwhelming experience. Sometimes it can turn into a wonderful adventure. Sometimes it can cause massive headaches. Knowing what qualities to look for in a good roommate can make the college roommate experience more enjoyable‚ but finding a good roommate is not easy. It can be much easier to have a roommate who has the same sex. No one wants
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Choose a real friend. A real friend? Someone that brings out the best within you. Whenever you feel invisible‚ he makes you feel that you’re a part of something bigger. A lot more than you can think of. A real friend? Someone that is always there for you through thick and thin. Always there to support you but not afraid of telling you what you’ve done wrong. Real friends are like diamonds. They are precious‚ yet hard to own. All the people around you can be your friend; but not
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What is ‘disease’? Definition The term disease is the condition of the living‚ which leads to a disorder of the mind or body‚ which therefore destroys good health. (S-Cool A-Level). Biology online states that disease is a ‘pathologic condition in which the normal functioning of an organism or body is impaired or disrupted‚ resulting in extreme pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress or death.’ (Biology Online) Disease throughout History Over the years‚ there has ‘been a gradual decline in mortality from all
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One for One American Transcendentalist writer‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson once said‚ “to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” In today’s society many entrepreneurs and businessmen do not see this as the definition of success. However‚ thirty-five year old entrepreneur and adventurist‚ Blake Mycoskie‚ agrees with Emerson’s definition of success. In 2006‚ Mycoskie started the for profit company‚ TOMS. The company sells shoes here in the United States
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Thinking Global Philippines as a Fashion Capital By Dr. Bernardo M. Villegas INQUIRER.net As the Filipino middle class expands more rapidly in the coming years‚ one of the sunrise industries catering to the domestic market is fashion. Filipino fashion designers and fashion companies will have a reasonable chance to compete with the foreign brands that are increasingly appealing to the large youth market. Having been nurtured in a multicultural society‚ Filipino fashion designers are among the
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senses start to develop from day one‚ and as they grow they begin to rely on every sense to understand and accept the world that they have been brought into. Through the small aspects of what they see‚ hear‚ feel‚ smell‚ and taste they learn the basics of the world. Every sense has its advantages and disadvantages‚ and each is special in its own way. Every experience goes into a person’s memory‚ and when they look back on an experience they remember every sense. If one of these senses were to be taken
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liver disease. Liver disease is any condition that causes liver inflammation or tissue damage and affects liver function. Some important function of liver are to convert the food we eat into stored energy and chemicals necessary for life and growth‚ to act as a filter to remove alcohol and toxic substances from the blood‚ and to manufacture and export important body chemicals used by the body. Liver disease is dangerous and it can effect the body. The liver has many functions‚ so liver disease can
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Bacterial diseases: Introduction Bacterial diseases include any type of illness or disease caused by bacteria‚ a type of microbe. Microbes are tiny organisms that cannot be seen without a microscope and include viruses‚ fungi‚ and some parasites as well as bacteria. The vast majority of bacteria do not cause disease‚ and many bacteria are actually helpful and even necessary to good health. Millions of bacteria normally live on the skin and in the intestines and can also be found on the genitalia
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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) LSD)‚ a potent hallucinogenic drug‚ also called a psychedelic‚ first synthesized from lysergic acid in Switzerland in l038. Lysergic acid is a white odorless drug‚ a component of the mold of ERGOT. Ergot is a product of the fungus Claviceps purpurea. Th e bio-active ingredients of ergot are all derivatives of lysergic acid. LSD is a semi-synthetic derivative of lysergic acid. Thus LSD is an "ergot" - like substance. The drug evokes dreamlike changes
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