TSH is a pituitary hormone that responds to low/high amounts of circulating thyroid hormone. If you’re new to thyroid lab testing, it may seem counterintuitive, but an elevated TSH means that you do not have enough thyroid hormone on board and that you are hypothyroid. This is because the...
aOne study points to a mechanism to explain how poverty affects outcomes. That study demonstrated separate effects of being in poverty oneself and of living in areas of concentrated poverty (typically ghettos) on a range of lupus measures, including activity, symptoms, functional status, and ...
Lupus is an autoimmune disorder, which means it occurs because the body's immune system starts to attack normal, healthy cells and tissues. One of the...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your ...
Reflecting on her diagnosis in footage from 2019, Selena said, "I'm in a better place, but I don't know. I guess sometimes I can't explain it for sure. I needed to keep learning about it, I needed to take it day by day." She publicly revealed her bipolar diagnosis in 2020 du...
When the world crowns you the king of a genre as competitive as rap, your presence — and lack thereof — is palpable. After a five-year hiatus,Kendrick Lamardeclaratively stomped back on stage with his fifth studio album,Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, to explain why the...
How does lupus affect the integumentary system? How does the immune system respond to bacteria? Explain how fever is caused, and describe the positive and negative impacts of fever in fighting infection. How does meningitis affect the somatic nervous system?
Comparing to a generic two-state model, our models can distinguish class I from class II MHCs and correlate their structural parameters with the TCR/pMHC’s potency to trigger T cell activation. The models are tested by mutagenesis using an MHC and a TCR mutated to alter conformation changes....
Nothing could begin to explain to the world how tortured and jaded her spirit had become. She never asked for this and loathed those who felt she could learn to live life differently. How does one learn to live life? Is it in the way we were raised? Is it the choices we make? Is...
To our knowledge, the pathophysiology of CFS still remains unclear, and, with the difficulty in diagnosis, the number of patients involved in the illness are believed to be underestimated4. Recent literature had proposed several hypotheses to explain the possible mechanism of CFS, including immuno-...
While a portion of the Milky Way may appear familiar to Northern Hemisphere observers, much of it is entirely new. Southern constellations like Norma, Lupus, Centaurus, and Crux are now above the horizon. While it may be a little disorienting for northern hemisphere observers to see an entire...