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Bianca Green was born in February suffering from severe oxygen deprivation, and died two days later. Hospital authorities in Rockford, Ill., soon found signs of what they believed was the cause of death: cocaine in the baby's urine, as well as in the bloodstream of her 24-year-old mother Melanie. Last week local law-enforcement officials arrested Melanie Green and charged her with involuntary manslaughter and supplying drugs to a minor...
...difference between the studies is thatMGH administers its version of Soluble t4 throughthe muscular system, while Deaconess administersan almost identical brand intravenously.Deaconess' intravenous method seems to fade fromthe bloodstream more quickly, Schooley said...
...polygamy, while in other regions men commonly have multiple sexual partners. Moreover, the continent is rife with other sexually transmitted maladies, such as genital ulcers and lesions caused by syphilis. Such breaks in the skin make it easier for the AIDS virus to penetrate the body and enter the bloodstream. As many as 5 million Africans are thought to harbor the virus, and at least 175,000 have developed AIDS...
Once filled, the HDL particles must get their load of cholesterol back to the liver for excretion. Some researchers theorize that cholesterol collected in the HDL particle is transferred to a VLDL ferryboat circulating in the bloodstream; the VLDL then metamorphoses into an LDL, which is picked up by an LDL receptor in the liver. Others think HDL may in fact be a passive player -- a sort of biological signal light that indicates how efficiently excess cholesterol is being removed, without necessarily taking any direct role...
Although the overall objective is to decrease the amount of total cholesterol in the bloodstream, best results are achieved by lowering levels of LDL, the "bad" cholesterol, while maintaining or increasing levels of HDL, the "good" cholesterol. The basic approach: cut down on cholesterol and saturated fats in the diet, both of which raise LDL levels, and get regular aerobic exercise, which tends to raise HDL counts. Here...