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…made to help in emergency situations for people who had a broken a leg, or had to have major surgery and could not afford the price of high-technology treatment. The insurance would have made the customer pay about fifty dollars a month out of they’re…

…as a replacement for bone and cartilage in surgery and as a pipe and tank lining in food processing. It is used in desalinization plants because of its ability to withstand saltwater corrosion. Titanium dioxide, known as titanium white, is a brilliant white pigment used…

…and numbness in limbs, muscle weakness, and liver damage. It may also precipitate diabetes, and damages to the retina. SURGERY When medications or any other means of treatment are unable to control the pain of angina attacks, surgery is considered. There are two…

…A Clone in Sheep's Clothing Three years ago a sheep named Dolly became the biggest news since the first successful open-heart surgery. Dolly, unlike every other mammal on earth is an identical copy of its mother. Dolly has no father. The "miracle…

…develop. To be wary of this, the patients pediatrician often keeps a copy of the head circumferences of the child and keeps an eye out for any abnormal growth. If this does occur, then surgery is performed to remove the excess fluid inside the head…

…. People with Down syndrome can have a variety of medical conditions. Heart abnormalities that sometimes surgery is needed, are present in about half of all Down syndrome cases. Thyroid problems affect 10% - 20% of people with Down syndrome, but these problems…

…are surgeons. Doctors that perform tonsillectomies will earn less than plastic surgeons, and plastic surgeons will earn less than cardiovascular surgeons and neurosurgeons. Anesthesiologists, who give the patients shots during surgery, earn around $250,000 a year…

…fistulas, a devastating childbirth injury (Ford 1 http://www.vcu.edu/uns). In countries such as Ethiopa, women will travel more than two days on foot to receive a surgery that will bring them out of a life of shame and isolation (1). The fact that countries…

…, and is, in fact, a vital profession. Sometimes, a veterinarian must give owners bad news about their pet. They must inform the pet owner either of the animal's death or of disabilities or limitations that may be incurred due to surgery or illness. More often…

…, Patrick Bouvier, died shortly after birth in 1963. While recuperating from back surgery, Kennedy wrote Profiles in Courage (1956), a study of courageous political acts by eight United States senators, which won a Pulitzer Prize. Kennedy campaigned…