human immunodeficiency virus destroys your immune system, and at the chronic stage becomes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. your immune system can't fight infection, so many patients die from illnesses that a healthy person would fight off without medication. Medications are used to help the body fight pathogens, so if its depressed, no amount ( Read more... )

reading about inflammation and infection.

Escherichia coli are bacteria that are normal flora in the larger intestine.

bacteria cause disease in two ways-
*enter body and grow inside human cells
*secrete toxins that damage cells

julie is watching me....hahah

i've had a great night.

I have been in school for 2 weeks now. i've learned so many wonderful, interesting things ( Read more... )

the bar across the street from us has $1 drinks every Thurs night for jeff students. we will be there every week ( Read more... )

today i learned how to take blood pressure using the two step method, read the level of oxygen in your blood, record respirations, and record heart beats per minute. yeehaw!

we also spent lots of time talking about washing our hands.
did you know that 78,000-90,000 patients die each year from Hospital Acquired Infections? that means that the ( Read more... )

95% of all actors must supplement their incomes by taking second jobs.

"The Curse of Macbeth"

"Theatrical Superstitions"

Thespis

http://www.vetinfo.com/dtoxin.html

never feed your dog:
grapes
onion
garlic
chocolate
or broccoli

OR THEY WILL DIE.

i never knew any of those, other than chocolate. i wonder if i ever fed my dog this stuff. probably. sorry girl.

reviewing anatomy text

sunlight hits you skin [ultraviolet radiation]
absorbed by stratum spinosum and germinativum
steroid converts to cholecaliferol aka Vit D
liver uses vit D to make new stuff useable by kidneys
kids make hormone calcitriol
small intestine use calcitriol for absorption of calcium and phosphorus!

school starts on Tues. i feel like i should prepare ( Read more... )