BMS 200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Transcriptome, National Center For Complementary And Integrative Health, Adaptive Immune System

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1. what new announcement has been made about the future of alzheimer"s: the amount of people with alzheimer"s in projected to double by 2060. 2. what new announcement has been made about the near future of us debt interest payments: trump has cut taxes, but has not adjusted the budget accordingly. As a result, the us"s debt is increasing, meaning that we will be paying more in interest as well. It is predicted that the interest budget will exceed that of social security, medicare, and medicaid, three of the current highest spendings. Interest payments will overtake social security, medicare, and medicaid, in 2020. 4. what is homeostasis: maintaining constant internal conditions despite changing external conditions. 5. what is homeostenosis in the elderly: the narrowing of the ability to maintain homeostasis. 6. give an example of homeostenosis in the elderly: elderly have a hard time maintaining their body temperature.