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What is Glioblastoma Multiforme by Kara Friedman

By at March 21, 2013 | 7:59 am | 0 Comment

There are over 120 different types of brain tumors.  The most common brain tumors origionate in the glglile tissue of the brain.  Glioblastoma Multiforme (also known as GBM), is the most common and most aggressive brain tumor that appears in humans.  It is a fast-growing brain or spinal cord tumor, but it mostly appears in the brain.  A glioblastoma multiforme belongs more...

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What is an Aortic Dissection by Eric Hegger

By at March 17, 2013 | 9:17 am | 0 Comment

An aortic dissection occurs when you develop a tear in the inner layer of the aorta. Blood rushes out of the opening caused by the tear and into the middle layer of the aorta. This causes a separation between the middle and inner layers of the aorta. The aorta then swells up and can rupture if it is not caught in time, which often results in death. Aortic dissections are more...

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What is Asthma by Kha Vo

By at March 16, 2013 | 11:44 am | 1 Comments

Asthma is a long-term disease that affects many people, mostly children. There are approximately 300 million people affected; a large majority being children because it is very common for children.  Asthma does not discriminate against anyone for the status of living; it affects anyone and everyone prone to allergies.  Because most people affected with Asthma do not more...

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What to Know About Chemotherapy Treatment by Alyssa Arceri

By at March 14, 2013 | 9:15 am | 1 Comments

There are many types of cancer a person may get throughout their lifetime: lung cancer, breast cancer, ovary cancer, etc. One thing most cancers have in common is a treatment that is offered to fight their cancer, Chemotherapy (chemo). Chemo is used to slow down cancer growth throughout a person’s body. Many different kinds of drugs are used during chemo to kill cancer more...

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What is Vitiligo by Elizabeth Knight

By at February 22, 2013 | 2:29 pm | 0 Comment

Vitiligo is a disease where a person’s skin loses its melanin.  Melanin is a pigment that controls and makes up a person’s skin color, hair color, and eye color.  Melanin also helps protect the skin from ultraviolet rays.  This disease is brought upon by the dying of melanocytes, or melanin producing cells, or cells that cannot produce melanin.  Melanin provides more...

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