4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (4-HNE) and propene-2-al (acrolein) are highly reactive á,â-unsaturated aldehydes. 4-HNE and acrolein are generated in vivo as products of lipid peroxidation. These aldehydes are implicated in the onset of several diseases...
Oneida Baptist Institute; Physicians; Clinics; Health care; Children; Dentistry
A close-up image of a child's mouth as it is being examined by a doctor. The clinic was primarily focused on identifying and treating patients with trachoma, a contagious eye disease. A bungalow hospital was opened on the grounds of the institute...
A close-up of a woman with cataracts, apparently outside the Anderson Hall Medical Clinic at Oneida Baptist Institute. The clinic was primarily focused on identifying and treating patients with trachoma, a contagious eye disease. A bungalow...
Oneida Baptist Institute; Physicians; Clinics; Health care; Eye examinations; Vision disorders; Children
A group of children and adults watch doctors examine a patient at the Anderson Hall medical clinic. The clinic was primarily focused on identifying and treating patients with trachoma, a contagious eye disease. A bungalow hospital was opened on the...
A little blonde-haired girl sits on a bed or examining table, presumably at the Anderson Hall Medical Clinic. This clinic was primarily focused on identifying and treating patients with trachoma, a contagious eye disease. A bungalow hospital was...
A portrait of an unidentified woman with cataracts. She appears to be standing outside the Anderson Hall Medical Clinic at Oneida Baptist Institute. The clinic was primarily focused on identifying and treating patients with trachoma, a contagious...
A woman examines a little girl at the Anderson Hall clinic. The clinic was primarily focused on identifying and treating patients with trachoma, a contagious eye disease. A bungalow hospital was opened on the grounds of the institute in 1913....
A young female student poses outside Anderson Hall. She has a big smile and is wearing eyeglasses that she may have received at the Anderson Hall eye clinic. The clinic was primarily focused on identifying and treating patients with trachoma, a...
Acrolein--Toxicology; Stem cells--Effect of pollution on
Acrolein is a common pollutant present in ambient air, automobile exhaust, and tobacco smoke. Previous studies show that exposure to acrolein increases cardiovascular disease risk. To determine whether acrolein affect cardiovascular regeneration,...
Advancements in medical therapy have augmented resources available to
physicians to treat disease and, because of this, spending on prescription drugs
has doubled in the past decade. Increasingly, clinical trials are demonstrating the
benefits of...
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a serious concern for the world's population. It is one of the leading causes of death and is also a huge economic burden. The biochemical mechanisms responsible for ALD are incompletely understood, therefore there...
Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) ranks among the major causes of morbidity and mortality in the world and effects millions of patients each year. Progression of ALD is well characterized and is actually a spectrum of liver diseases, which progresses...
Liver--Diseases--Genetic aspects; Liver--Effect of arsenic on; Arsenic--Toxicology
Arsenic exposure in drinking-water is a significant worldwide health problem. It causes adverse human health effects, such as cancer, increases the risks for others such as cardiovascular disease, and accelerates atherosclerosis. In this study, we...
Healthy Hoops Kentucky; Asthma in children--Social aspects; Asthmatics--Social conditions
Asthma is the most common chronic disease among children aged 7 to 17 years of age in the United States. An average, one of every ten school-aged children has asthma, and 13 million school days are missed each year due to asthma. Interventions to...
Background The anthracycline doxorubicin (DOX) is widely used as an effective antineoplastic drug. Cardiotoxicity leading to congestive heart failure is the primary factor limiting the clinical use of DOX. However, although a variety of approaches...
Background. Progression of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is associated with an increase in fibrin extracellular matrix (ECM) and inflammation. Previous studies have shown that this accumulation of fibrin in ALD is mediated by impaired fibrinolysis....
Background: CHF is a chronic disease that affects nearly five million people each year; in which at least 500,000 are newly diagnosed cases. Patients diagnosed with this disease will be under a physician's care for the remainder of their life. It...
Adjustment (Psychology) in old age; Aging; Elderly poor; Nursing home patients
BACKGROUND: Current successful aging theory excludes individuals with disease or
disability, limits the potential for successful aging in minority and lower socioeconomic
populations, focuses on behavioral determinants of health rather than social...
People; Signs (Notices); Tuberculosis; Boy Scouts of America; Uniforms; Boys; Group portraits
Boy Scouts pose for a group portrait as they hold signs for an anti-tuberculosis campaign sponsored by the Louisville Tuberculosis Association. They read: "Consider the health of children. Dont spit." "Obey the law and be a good...
Cancer patients show circadian disruption that increases as disease progresses. Disrupted endocrine and activity rhythms predict early metastatic cancer mortality. Effects of psychological versus biological factors on rhythms are unknown, as are...
