adrenocorticotropic hormone
adrenocorticotropic hormone , polypeptide hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland . Its chief function is to stimulate the cortex of the adrenal gland to secrete adrenocortical steroids, chief among them cortisone . The release of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), also known as corticotropin, is stimulated by corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), a secretion of the hypothalamus. ACTH secretion is an excellent example of the regulation of a biological system by a negative-feedback mechanism; high levels of adrenocortical steroids in the blood tend to decrease ACTH release, whereas low steroid levels have the opposite effect. ACTH has the same pharmacologic and clinical effects as cortisone when given intravenously or intramuscularly; however, it has no value when applied externally and cannot be taken orally since it is deactivated by digestive enzymes. The action of ACTH is contingent upon normally functioning adrenal glands and is therefore useless in disorders caused by adrenal insufficiency, e.g., as replacement therapy where both adrenal glands have been removed.
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Catholic Bishops: War With Iraq Hard to Justify
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 11/14/2002; ; 605 words
; ...object to participation in war in general or to a specific war. And the bishops acknowledged...will may differ" on which wars are moral. Officials from...denominations have also opposed war with Iraq over the past several...of the conference of U.S. bishops, Bishop Wilton ...
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Irish bishops warn war in Iraq may cause humanitarian disaster
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 3/14/2003; 399 words
; Irish bishops warn war in Iraq may cause humanitarian disaster LONDON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- The Irish Bishops Conference warned Friday that "a preemptive...global peace and security, said the bishops' body in a statement. Their statement...
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The Bishops Wars: Charles I's Campaigns against Scotland, 1638-1640.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Historian; 3/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...called the English Civil War, this monograph appears...Mark Fissel sees the two wars that Charles I fought...tell the story of the wars in exhaustive detail...the events of the two Bishops Wars before looking at the...such as the council of war, the command structure...
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Nearly 100 UMC bishops decry war.(News)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 12/13/2005; 700+ words
; ...active and retired Methodist bishops expresses repentance for...constituted more than half of the bishops in the worldwide denomination. Bishop Kenneth Carder, one of the...personnel are valued, the bishops said that true security is not acquired through weapons of war. On November 15 the ...
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Bishop: war with Iraq `illegal, immoral, unwise'. (World).(Peter Price)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 10/11/2002; ; 646 words
; ENGLAND: A war against Iraq that could begin...immoral and unwise," Anglican Bishop Peter Price of Bath and Wells...frightened we are hurtling toward a war that will have unseen and unforeseeable consequences," said the bishop. Labeling Saddam Hussein and...
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Billy Bishop' a war hero like few others
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 5/5/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...popular musical "Billy Bishop Goes to War" is an authentic Canadian...Air Force throughout World War II. As a play, Bishop's story also is unique...piano player (and also a war veteran) in the pub with Bishop, providing original music...
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Congo bishops reject war, call for new elections.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 12/4/1998; ; 700+ words
; Catholic bishops of the Democratic Republic of...currently fomenting civil war in their central African nation...aggression has given way to a war of great dimension, entailing...bishops wrote. "As with all wars, this one is causing massacres...allies. In August a new civil war flared ...
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Bishops at war as worshipping flock flees
Newspaper article from: Sunday Star-Times; 4/20/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...s political." The Northland Maori bishop looks after a fifth of the 75,000...Christopher Harding, which will rule on the bishops' jurisdiction. It is questionable if the bishops could legally remove Pikaahu on the committee...Pikaahu was in a power-struggle with the bishop of Aotearoa, the right ...
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Antiwar messages reconfirmed.(World)(South Korean bishops oppose Iraq War )
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 12/26/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Iraq, the Korean Catholic bishops reiterated their opposition to the war and any threat to human rights...war. A message from the bishops' justice and peace committee...to Iraq. Writing for the bishops, Bishop John Tchoi Youngsoo of Taegu...
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Episcopal bishop criticizes war plans
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 1/25/2003; ; 591 words
; 00-00-0000 Episcopal bishop criticizes war plans -- Says U.S. should be...Early Edition TEANECK - Episcopal Bishop John Croneberger on Friday sharply...Bush administration's plans for war, saying the United States has the...
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Bishops' wars
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Bishops' wars, 1639–40. Charles I assumed, with good reason, that...Berwick in June 1639. This brought to an end the first of the so-called Bishops' wars, but in 1640 Charles again took up arms. The outcome was worse. The...
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Bishops' Wars
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Bishops' Wars (1639–40) Two...outbreak of the ENGLISH CIVIL WAR . Since 1625 the king had been...abolishing the episcopacy. The first war (May–June 1639...at Berwick. For the second war (August–September...
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Bishop, Maurice 1944–1983
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
...News & World Report . Bishop was an avowed pro-Castro Marxist...imperialism. ” But Bishop was a moderate Marxist who was...with Communist rhetoric or Cold War politics. He even traveled...Finance Minister Bernard Coard, Bishop ’ s top man, was...
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Bishop, Thomas Brigham
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Bishop, Thomas Brigham (1835–1905), song composer of Portland, Me., whose works were popular during the Civil War and much used by minstrel shows. He was the author of When Johnny Comes Marching...
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The Churches and World War II
Book article from: American Decades
...attempted to turn the calamity of war to good effect by focusing public opinion on war goals and postwar reconstruction. American Catholic bishops, in a 1943 letter, "The Essentials...Good Peace," hoped that the war against the Nazis would put to...
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