Drug consumption and addiction are like a contagious virus spreading in an epidemic.

Scientists around the world were intrigued by this cancer, this infectious cancer, that was spreading through the Tasmanian devil population.

A gastrectomy is a partial or full surgical removal of the stomach.

Troxipide is a drug used in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease.

There are environmental signals, signals from the gastrointestinal system, and metabolic signals that trigger hunger.

The recordings also demonstrated that the gastrocolic reflex is uneven in its distribution throughout the colon.

Scientists around the world were intrigued by this cancer, this infectious cancer, that was spreading through the Tasmanian devil population.

The infectious prion then hijacks the body s machinery, reprogramming it into a willing executioner of prion replication.

Instead, it has enabled America s failures to spread around the world, like a contagious disease.

This contagious disease has afflicted mankind since time immemorial and it remains incurable.

Another important office for justice is the Public Prosecutor's Office which is also extremely understaffed.

Post mortem examinations of their brains revealed deposits of prions the infectious agents that cause scrapie, kuru, and mad cow disease.

In Mukjar (Western Darfur), the recent spread of a hepatitis E outbreak was quickly stemmed.

Moneyman Steve Jurvetson takes TEDsters inside his awesome hobby launching model rockets by sharing some gorgeous photos, his infectious glee and just a whiff of danger.

The gastric mucosa protects itself from gastric acid with a layer of mucus, the secretion of which is stimulated by certain prostaglandins.

It is worth considering how easy it would be to do away with a troublesome prisoner being force fed by merely adjusting the calorie level.

They are not recommended, however, in those with certain other health problems, such as gastrointestinal bleeding, renal failure, or heart failure.

Unlike other kinds of infectious disease, which are spread by microbes, the infectious agent in TSEs is believed to be a type of protein, called the prion protein.

In addition, the spread and virulence of livestock diseases such as blue tongue, encephalitis, influenza, equine infectious anaemia, vesicular stomatitis and tick borne diseases may increase significantly in some areas.

The prevalence hypothesis proposes that the disease is due to an infectious agent more common in regions where MS is common and where in most individuals it causes an ongoing infection without symptoms.

The rapid response to SARS also showed that the spread of infectious disease can be contained when effective global institutions, such as the World Health Organization (WHO), work in close partnership with functioning national health agencies and expert technical institutions.

15.9 In 2003 six lawyers were recruited into the State Law Office but none into the Public Solicitor's Office or the Public Prosecutor's Office despite their requesting additional staff for the past 10 years.

If the dose is high enough, death may result from severe cell depletion and inflammation in one or more vital organs in the body (blood forming organs, the gastro intestinal tract and the central nervous system, in decreasing order of sensitivity).