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 ToxicologyToxicology is one of the discipline in sciences which “involve in the study of the actual or potential danger presented by the harmful effects of substances such as poisons on living organisms and the ecosystems, of the relationship of such harmful effects to exposure, and of the mechanisms of action, diagnosis, prevention and treatments”(Biomonitoringinfo, 2008).Toxicity…

Introduction The Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is a rare, genetically inherited disorder first described by Michael Lesch and Willian Nyhan in 1964 (Nyhan et al., 2007). It affects males, and is present immediately after the child is born. The prevalence of the disease is of about 1/100,000 of live births worldwide, with around 1/380,000 in Canada and in…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Statement of the Problem Merck & Co. , Inc. , a leading pharmaceutical company, is confronted with the imminent expiration of the patents of its most popular drugs in 2002. To mitigate the decline in sales resulting from these drugs losing patent protection, the company must create new drugs to refresh its portfolio….

What is bronchitis? Bronchitis is inflammation of the mucous membranes of the bronchi, the airways that carry air flow from the trachea to the lungs. This means, that it is the inflammation of the mucus producing layers on he bronchi. These layers are responsible for the protection of the bronchi. Bronchitis can be divided into…

Banasiak, N. & Bolster, A. (2008). Pediatric Asthma. AHC Media LLC. Retrieved last July 25, 2009, from http://www.rnweb.com.             The article is introductory yet in-depth resource material for pediatric asthma. Asthma is the most widespread chronic disease affecting approximately nine million children in the United States alone. In 2002, the dreaded illness caused the deaths…

Question one             The society of today has become one where most problems are treated medically.  The people gaining from this are mostly the pharmaceutical companies.  Some of the doctors’ duties are slowly being replaced by the advertisements on the Internet on how one can know his/her medical condition.  The major reason to this is…

Women are considered the weaker sex for the longest time. As a matter of fact, there are still certain areas or industries where women are still banned from doing work or are still discriminated. Centuries ago, women were almost excluded to do anything outside the house. In a world dominated by men, they thought that…

The Pareto principle (the commonly acronym being the 80-20 rule) states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. The Pareto Principle can be applied in many phases of life and is applicable in all the aspects of business and trade. The Pareto Principle is applied in economics,…

Hot Lights, Cold Steel is an exciting medical memoire, written by Dr. Michael J. Collins regarding his life as a resident at the famed Mayo Clinic. This narrative of Collins’ four-year surgical residency recounts his progress from an enthusiastic but inexperienced first-year resident to an expert Chief Resident. In detailing the rigorous path to a…

Small PoxSmall pox, which was once the most feared disease known by mankind startedout in the days of Christopher Columbus. The disease set out to change thelives of the people in the worse way. It became known as an epidemic diseasethat ended up killing hundreds of people. Small pox started out in Hispaniolaand because of…