1. Body mass index : Information
A good way to determine if your weight is healthy for your height is to calculate your body mass index (BMI). Being overweight puts strain on your heart and can lead to serious health problems. These problems include:
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2. Spleen
The spleen is an organ in the upper left side of the abdomen. It filters the blood by removing old or damaged blood cells and platelets. It also helps the immune system by destroying bacteria and other foreign substances. The spleen holds extra bl...
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Scenario : Ellen is a 48 year old professional woman who lives and works in Hartford, Connecticut. She has four adult children and two grandchildren. She also has two aging parents who live nearby and who, though they have been active all their li...
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4. Spleen removal - series - Normal anatomy
The spleen is an organ involved in the production of certain circulating white blood cells, as a part of the lymph system, and as a part of the immune system. It also removes old or damaged red blood cells from circulating blood.
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The Zebrafish Gene Collection (ZGC) is an NIH initiative that supports the production of cDNA libraries, clones and sequences to provide a complete set of full-length (open reading frame) sequences and cDNA clones of expressed genes for zebrafish....
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The Xenopus Gene Collection (XGC) is an NIH initiative that supports the production of cDNA libraries, clones and 5'/3' sequences to provide a set of full-length (open reading frame) sequences and cDNA clones of expressed genes for Xenopus laevis ...
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9. The spleen
Massive; Chronic myeloid leukaemia; Myelofibrosis; Moderate; Portal hypertension; Lymphoma; Leukaemia; Thalassaemia; Glycogen storage diseases; Small; Polycythaemia rubra vera; Haemolytic anaemias; Infections - infectious mononucleosis, malaria; C...
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10. spleen
An organ that is part of the lymphatic system. The spleen produces lymphocytes, filters the blood, stores blood cells, and destroys old blood cells. It is located on the left side of the abdomen near the stomach.
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