Bring carbs
Eat protein.

Dr Paul brings ribs from a restaurant.  He's in his 90's and doesn't mind spending his money on food for others.  He's a retired physician, orthopedic surgeon to be specific.  His sons are all in medicine too, some clinical and some research.  He gave me the Mayo clinic book on Alternative Medicine.  They basically have a stoplight rating system for all things alternative, and the majority of treatments get the yellow light based on the science that they found.  I appreciate it pretty much.  They don't damn naturopathic medicine, it gets yellow also.  There are good and bad parts.  I wish they'd do the same approach for conventional medicines.  People might be shocked how weak the evidence is for some of them.  The degree to which pharmaceutical businesses drive the FDA and the delivery of medicine is apalling.  I love it every time I read of another review that shows reasonable conventional doctors understand that some of the uses of pharmaceuticals are unsubstantiated and may do more harm than good.

Pamela is going to build one of these. There are pictures and instructions on how to build one here:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/birddawgs-chicken-coop-tractor

A group of clinically and biochemically diverse diseases characterized by proliferation of ONE clone of plasma cells normally engaged in immunoglobulin production. PCD's account for 15% of WBC neoplasms. Typified by the presence of a monoclonal Ig or polypeptide subunit (fragment) in serum or urine. Monoclonal immunoglobin in the blood is referred to as "M component".

All are composed of terminally differentiated B cells, arise in the bone marrow, secrete whole Ab's or immunoglobulin fragments, cause bony destruction. Patients present with pain dt pathologic fractures.

Five types including related disorders:
1) Multiple Myeloma
2) Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
3) Heavy Chain dz
4) Primary or immunocyte-associated amyloidosis
5) MGUS = Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. MGUS is common in elderly pts and has no signs or symptoms.
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What does pituitary mean, from the Latin? (think onomatopoeia...)
to spit mucus
ptuo = to spit, pituita = mucus

What do you call a hormone that acts on neighboring cells?
paracrine

Are pituitary hormones steroid, steroid type, or peptide hormones?
peptide, all of them are

What do you call the loss of lateral visual fields?
bitemporal hemianopsia

Damage to what part of the pituitary causes diabetes insipidus, and which hormone is lacking?
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24. Place the following heme degradation products into the correct production sequence:
biliverdin --> bilirubin --> bilirubin diglucuronide -->urobilinogen --> stercobilin
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How are ketogenic and glucogenic defined with reference to amino acids? Ketogenic aa's can be converted to acetyl CoA or acetoacetyl CoA. Glucogenic aa's produce pyruvate or Krebs cycle intermediates.
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UREA
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