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Elizabeth Bundschuh

Mission Critical:Preventing Anitibiotic Resistant - 0 views

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    Antibiotic Resistance is a real problem plaguing healthcare. To prevent antibiotic from never working, steps need to be taken now. For example, patients should not save medicine for the next time they are sick. Another thing a person can do is not skip doses of medicine. There are also many things doctors and pharmacists can do. They can collaborate to better educate patients and be careful about how medicine is prescribed.
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    Antibiotic Resistance is a real problem plaguing healthcare. To prevent antibiotic from never working, steps need to be taken now. For example, patients should not save medicine for the next time they are sick. Another thing a person can do is not skip doses of medicine. There are also many things doctors and pharmacists can do. They can collaborate to better educate patients and be careful about how medicine is prescribed.
Elizabeth Bundschuh

Medical advances hold promise for less-destructive cancer treatment by way of genetic m... - 0 views

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    If a mutation occurs in a person's genes it can cause cancer. The future of cancer therapy is identifying and targeting these mutations. A trial at the University of Florida, known as NSCABP-FC-7 takes the genetic fingerprint of a patients DNA and gives them a personalized treatment based on the information. The idea is to move away from the traditional cytotoxic treatment, and towards less toxic personalized medicine. However, the toxicity of cancer drugs is decreasing due to technology's increasing ability to target and destroy specific cells, and not healthy cells. Washington University St. Louis as well as other institutions have become part of the study. Overall, the future of cancer treatment lies in targeted therapies and personalized medicine.
Elizabeth Bundschuh

Homeopathy: The effective alternative to Medicine - 0 views

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    Homeopathic medicine treats/alleviates symptoms instead of indiscriminately killing bacteria. Helps keep an internal balance of Bacteria. Details Multiple studies.
Elizabeth Bundschuh

Ethnobotany - 0 views

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    Article discusses the different uses of plants briefly and then provides ideas for Experiments. One possible Experiment is how bacteria reacts with different plant extracts. Then it could help determine whether homeopathic medicine works.
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PharmaSat to Test Drugs in Space | Popular Science - 0 views

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    PharaSat is a new technological space craft weighing in at about 10 pounds it is used to test to see if medicine to help stop viruses and colds for astronauts in space. The people on board with this experiment can see what is going on within one hour of the launch. Micro-gravity affects people in many different ways and they want to see how Pharmaceuticals will be effected by testing the temperature air pressure and acceleration levels. 
Elizabeth Bundschuh

Washington University, St. Jude team to unravel genetic basis of childhood cancers | Ne... - 0 views

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    Washington University School of Medicine and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital have teamed up to identify genetic mutations that cause pediatric cancer. There are over 600 patient's genes being analyzed. The tumor cells are compared to the patients healthy cells and the differences are recorded. The program is trying to identify a mutation that causes a healthy cell to turn into a cancerous one. This in turn can help scientists develop new treatments to help young cancer patients.
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Epilepsy - NIH - 0 views

  • The epilepsies are a spectrum of brain disorders ranging from severe, life-threatening and disabling, to ones that are much more benign
  • seizures can be controlled with modern medicines and surgical techniques
  • Epilepsy may develop because of an abnormality in brain wiring, an imbalance of nerve signaling chemicals called neurotransmitters
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  • Only when a person has had two or more seizures is he or she considered to have epilepsy
  • For about 70 percent of those diagnosed with epilepsy,
  • normal pattern of neuronal activity becomes disturbed, causing strange sensations, emotions, and behavior
  • Issues may also arise as a result of the stigma attached to having epilepsy
  • the risk of seizures restricts their independence (some states refuse drivers licenses to people with epilepsy) and recreational activities.
  • Ongoing research is focused on developing new model systems that can be used to more quickly screen potential new treatments
  • Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have developed a flexible brain implant that could one day be used to treat seizures
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    Epilepsy is a neurological disorder associated with sudden seizures. In diagnosing epilepsy, the patient must have displayed two unexpected seizures. Epilepsy can be life - threatening and disabling or benign. Typical symptoms associated with epilepsy are strange sensations, emotions, and behavior. The cause of epilepsy is uncertain, but abnormal brain wiring may have an effect. With no cure for epilepsy, modern day medications and surgeries are used to treat patients. Due to the stigma associated with epilepsy, some children develop behavioral and emotional issues. The restriction of independence, like being denied a drivers license due to seizures, is also emotionally challenging for these patients. Current research being conducted for patients with epilepsy include the development of new models used to determine treatments, and brain implants which control seizures. 
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