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Deficiency

a lack or defect. Lack of an adequate quantity or number; the inadequacy of unemployment benefits.The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; there is a serious lack of insight into the problem; water is the critical deficiency in desert regions; for want of a nail the shoe was lost.A shortage of a required element or compound, such as a deficiency in vitamin c in humans leading to the deficiency disease scurvy.


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Re: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?

... of white-skin origin is that after diverging from african populations, northern populations lost pigment in a selective response to vitamin deficiency. ?? It is also my understanding that "black" people are also a divergence from the evolutionary predecessors, who were more brown-skinned. ...

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by AstusAleator
Sat May 30, 2009 12:57 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
Replies: 86
Views: 1510

Question about copper and Wilson disease??

... and toxicity would remain - If abstinence from copper rich foods was necessary in WD to prevent toxic build-up would that not lead to signs of deficiency - thinking about neonate again as I understand that in adulthood Cu has already accumulated in tissue and therefore avoidance of Cu by <dietary ...

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by thudu
Mon May 11, 2009 9:07 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Question about copper and Wilson disease??
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Views: 101

Stomach bloating and weight gain

... But why? I think it's just another symptom of what is really wrong. I am now seeing an Endocrinologist. He is testing me for Cushing's, Vitamin D deficiency, and checking for possible allergies to dyes, found in many prescription drugs, foods and juice-like drinks. I am shocked to read how many ...

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by Ortahome
Thu Apr 30, 2009 6:10 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
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Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... and Alzheimer's disease. It also has a role in infectious diseases once believed to be entirely environmentally caused such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, which is the virus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome [AIDS]) infection and tuberculosis. Like most diseases, these ...

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by gamila
Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:05 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 83
Views: 2366

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... * Aicardi Syndrome * Alagille Syndrome * Albinism/Hypopigmentation * Alexander Disease * Alpers' Disease * Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency * Alzheimer's Disease * Amblyopia * Angelman Syndrome * Anencephaly * Aniridia * Anophthalmia * Ataxia Telangiectasia * Autism * Bardet-Biedl ...

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by gamila
Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:16 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 83
Views: 2366
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