Disease & Illness Disease & Illness : Symptoms and treatment of sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis) Symptoms and treatment of sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis)

by Gillian Taber

African Trypanosomiasis, better known as Sleeping Sickness, is an infection transmitted to humans by insects. The most serious problems with Sleeping Sickness have been found in Sub-Saharan Africa. The infection can be cured with medical treatment, but failure to seek medial help can lead to fatalities. Around ten thousand new cases are reported each year, but some go undiagnosed. Most cases outside

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Disease & Illness Could the AIDS virus be viewed as a natural way to stabilize population growth?

vote now: Yes or No - (view results)

Yes

by Sparx

Thomas Malthus' (1766-1834) was a modern realist whose theory was that population controlled itself

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No

by Dion Marshino

Or course the AIDS virus COULD be viewed as a natural way to stabilize population growth, but only if

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Medical Technology Types of non-cardiac stents

by Alicia M Prater PhD

Stents vary in size and material based on their intended use. Though wire mesh cardiac stents implanted into arteries are the most

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Anatomy The heart: An overview

by Chrissie Atkinson

The Heart.

The heart in its most basic terms can be described as a pump, it's function being to rythmatically pump blood around the

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Anatomy The cranial nerves: Structure and function

by Sarah Parrish

There are twelve different nerve fiber bundles known as the "cranial nerves" that enter the brain, each with a specific name and function.

Olfactory

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Surgery Neurosurgery from the patient's perspective

by Rachel Rooks

I was 18 years old and enjoying those carefree months between high school and college when my life changed forever, and it all happened

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