… sites of the Food and Drug Administration (http://www.fda.gov) and the National Institute of Health (http://www.nih.gov). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is a government agency whose job is to regulate food, drugs, medical devices and…

… & Associates, Inc. Biometrics is the use of a persons unique physiological, behavioral, and morphological characteristics to provide positive personal identification. Biometric systems that are currently avaiable today examine fingerprints, handprin…

… Black Death is the name later given to the epidemic of plague that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351. Between those 4 years, the plague wiped out a third of the European population from England to northern Africa. The effects of such great…

… eating-related behavior. The growing preoccupation with slimness has caused girls and young women to feel overweight or fat, even if they are of normal weight. Many young women have developed abnormal eating-related behaviors. Now, slimness, which…

… are at a club with fast music, fast women and cheap thrills around to have a lot of fun with. You're dancing, having a good time and hanging out with your friends. You aren't the designated driver and you want to have a few beers to make the night…

… themselves at a crossroads that requires a decision as to which path to follow. In the past few years, scientists have gained knowledge about cloning that could impact our lives for centuries to come. As a society we are at a crossroads and we will…

… Cloning In the movie Jurassic Park, we watched as man was able to recreate the existence of dinosaurs using blood and DNA preserved many years ago. This process of taking cells and using it to recreate a lifeform is called cloning. A few year…

… rid ourselves of the natural waste that our yard produced was through open burning. We accomplish the feat of making more space and not paying for the disposable. Yet, we didn’t realize the effects it could have to our environment. By using the debris…

… produce an abnormally thick, sticky mucus, due to the faulty transport of sodium and chloride (salt) within cells lining organs such as the lungs and pancreas, to their outer surfaces. The thick mucus also obstructs the pancreas, preventing enzymes…

… recessive disease that exerts its main effects on the digestive system and the lungs. This disease is the most common genetic disorder amongst Caucasians. Cystic fibrosis affects about one in 2,500 people, with one in twenty five being a heterozygote.…