Hank, a 17-year-old high school student, suffered a heart attack during a recreational swim. An autopsy revealed that he had had atherosclerosis and that his death had been caused by coronary artery disease. What might have been the cause of this disease that usually strikes a person much older than Hank?

Amy gained cardiovascular health benefits from running consistently over the past year. now she runs inconsistently and has lost some of those health benefits. this principle is known as?

A24-year-old g4p2 woman at 34 weeks gestation complains of a cough and whitish sputum for the last three days. she reports that everyone in the family has been sick. she reports a high fever last night up to 102°f (38.9°c). she denies chest pain. she has a history of asthma with no previous intubations. she uses an albuterol inhaler, although she has not used it this week. vital signs are: temperature 98.6°f (37°c); respiratory rate 16/minute; pulse 94 beats/minute; blood pressure 114/78; peak expiratory flow rate 430 l/min (baseline documented in the outpatient chart = 425 l/min). on physical examination, pharyngeal mucosa is erythematous and injected. lungs are clear to auscultation. white blood cell count 8,700 mcl; arterial blood gases on room air (normal ranges in parentheses): ph 7.44 (7.36–7.44); po2 103 mm hg (> 100); pco2 26 mm hg (28–32); hco3 19 mm hg (22–26). chest x-ray is normal. what is the correct interpretation of this arterial blood gas?

In many ways, the regulation of the genes of a particular group of viruses will be similar to the regulation of the host genes. therefore, which of the following would you expect of the genes of a bacteriophage? a) regulation via acetylation of histonesb) positive control mechanisms rather than negativec) control of more than one gene in an operond) reliance on transcription activators