Read the Controversy 8 – Osteoporosis: Can Lifestyle Choices Reduce the Risks? Take this osteoporosis risk survey below. http://www.yourdiseaserisk.wustl.edu/hccpquiz.pl?lang=english&func=home&quiz=osteoporosis What is your risk? At the end of the survey, click on “What Makes Up My Risk.” Tell which factors raised and lowered your risk. Read the section on Sodium and […]

Oral contraceptives (“birth control pills’) contain a mix of synthetic estrogen and progesterone. a) Based on your knowledge of the ovulatory cycle, explain how this prevents ovulation at the level of hormone activity. b) Usually a monthly dose contains 3 weeks of daily pills with active ingredients and then a […]

1. Much pharmaceutical research targets developing anti-cancer drugs that can effectively stimulate the methylation of DNA. Formulate a possible hypothesis to explain why DNA methylation might be an effective anticancer drug. 2. Both the human and the thale cress (a small plant) genomes contain about 25,000 genes. However, human beings […]

Define and explain the distinction between a Toxicant, a toxin, and a pollutant. Do these definitions overlap? Look up a product online or while walking through your local grocery store and find out what the active ingredient of a common-use Pesticide treatment is. (You may use products LIKE Raid, but […]