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 […]

Quiz 1. Backward effects of left-sided heart failure include: A. Pulmonary congestionB. Jugular vein distentionC. Dependent edema in the legsD. Bounding pulses 2. In performing a physical assessment, the nurse notes the patient has a “barrel” configuration to the chest. This is a consequence of:A. Reduced intrapleural pressuresB. Bronchial airway […]

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 […]