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Artificial Devices As A Viable Alternative To The Conventional Heart Transplant, Hadassah Radzik
Artificial Devices As A Viable Alternative To The Conventional Heart Transplant, Hadassah Radzik
The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences
The human heart is one of the most vital organs in the body. It distributes blood throughout the body, providing the body with oxygen and nutrition, and contributes to metabolism. When the heart fails, blood flow is impaired, thereby limiting the exchange of oxygen within the cardiopulmonary system as well as diminishing oxygenation and nutrition to the other major organs and periphery. The only current proven treatment for advanced heart failure is cardiac transplant. Given the heart’s importance and the scarcity of donated organs, modern medicine has experimented with the creation of an artificial heart. Because the heart is primarily …
Benefits Versus Costs Of Statin Drugs, Sara Shilcrat
Benefits Versus Costs Of Statin Drugs, Sara Shilcrat
The Science Journal of the Lander College of Arts and Sciences
Statins have been prescribed to the masses as primary and secondary prevention for coronary disease caused by hypercholesterolemia after their initial discovery in the late 1980s. Their actions in reducing low-density lipoproteins and increasing high-density lipoproteins are well documented; however, many negative effects have been reported related to muscle pathology and kidney function. The goal of this study is to investigate whether the benefits of this class of drugs outweigh the costs. Intense review of the literature was conducted using scholarly articles with original research findings that were located via electronic databases such as Medline, Science Direct, Proquest Medical Library, …