Disease Article Reviews Samples For Students

In Berger et al.'s "Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Women and Men," the researchers performed a meta-analytical review to determine whether or not there was a gender-based difference in the risks and advantages experienced when aspirin is used to treat cardiovascular disease.

In this study, a number of studies from the MEDLINE and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials databases were analyzed, in addition to bibliographies of the selected trials and major scientific reports. The inclusion criteria included those studies which were randomized and controlled trials of aspirin therapy for those people who did not ...

The Periodontal department in the Federal and Guarulhos universities conducted research on the prevalence of human papillomavirus in gingival tissue. During that period, human papillomavirus had been detected in several lesions such as condyloma acuminatum and focal epithelial. It was also suspected that HPV could be the cause of periodontal breakdown. The debris of the virus was the periodontal tissue. This led to the investigation of incidences of HPV-16 in the Brazilian gingival tissue.
Several methods and materials were used to carry out the study. The samples were obtained from 104 participants. There were 56 cases with adverse ...

The article provides information regarding practical approaches aimed at preventing new HIV infections. O’Byrne looks at the beneficial aspects of a self-centered approach and the need to use such tests to reduce the rate of HIV infections. He believes that HIV can affect a large number of people because HIV is a transmittable infection. As such, O’Byrne considers HIV infection to be a public health issue because of its ability to affect the health of entire populations. According to O’Byrne, testing can ensure early detection and treatment of the HIV infection. The author provides that early detection of the infection ...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus, a main cause of worldwide AIDs, belongs to the Lentivirus genus of Retroviridae family. Pathogen causes chronic type of symptoms, taking a long time of latency it constantly keeps replicating inside human body. HIV is categorised into two types, HIV-1 and HIV-2. The genome of this retrovirus consists of two single-stranded RNA molecules. Though, both are involved in AIDS, HIV-2 seemed less virulent and demonstrated more frequent connections with the disease of central nervous system (Fanales-Belasio et al. 5).
Like other retroviruses, the genes located on HIV chromosome are gag, pol, env. The functions of gag, pol ...

Article Analysis: Ad5 Specific

Article Analysis: Ad5 Specific
Since its discovery in 1983, scientists and researchers have been working hard to neutralize the threat of HIV against humans . This advance has included many strategies. Researchers have tried counterattacking the virus while it still hibernates in monkeys, once it was concluded that is where HIV originated . Other strategies have included offsetting the virus after it becomes active in humans. Unfortunately, some of these vaccinations, such as the Ad5 vaccination, allowed the vaccine to progress further, as seen in human trials . Other vectors, such as CMV were used in order to correct Ad5, and ...

David Chandler in his essay “Representing the Mad King: George III in Cinema” argues that different representations of the notorious King were affected by currents of the time that those representations were created. George III is an infamous historical. Chandler points out that there were three areas of everyday life that George III’s unique rule irrevocably changed. He calls his illness “the most famous” in British history and lists three areas where the consequences of it can be measured: political, attitudes towards the monarchy, the understanding of mental illness” (Chandler, 74). As understandings of mental illnesses, madness and ...

Article Review: The Malaria Virus

Introduction
This paper reviews and analyzes a published article that deals with the malaria virus. The subject article was published in the Guardian newspaper on 5 May 2013 and was entitled: “Climate changes could bring malaria to the UK”, by Jamie Doward.

Article Summary:

Doward opens the article with the news that leading health experts are warning the UK government that diseases carried by mosquitoes – including malaria – are becoming a growing threat for the UK. Malaria is an infectious disease prevalent in tropical climates and is typically spread by parasites carried by mosquitoes (Mandal, n.d.), and according to Doward is becoming likely ...

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IFITM3, a protein induced by interferon, restricts reovirus infection in host cells and inhibits the viral replication. It affects the proper penetration of the virus by altering the dynamics of the viral uncoating in the endosomes. This study is the first in characterizing the anti-viral activity of IFITM3 on non enveloped viruses that depend on endosome for cellular entry.
Following contagion with a virus, the body triggers the release of a class of cytokines, interferons that are involved in first line of defense against infection. Type I interferons are specifically induced in the cells following insult with both DNA and RNA ...

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Researchers from the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research published a study in Nature based to demonstrate the identification of immunological role of a class of cytotoxic T cells in genital herpes. They identified the cells to be CDT cells that primarily exist in the skin of genital region and mucosa. These cells inhibit the recurrence of genital herpes. Since they suppress the replication of the HSV-2 virus, at the site of recurrence they also prevent symptoms in the patient.

Genital herpes is a sexually transmitted disease affecting more than 24 million people in the US and 60-80 million ...

Post-Partum Psychosis

Doctors see some kind of mental disturbance in up to 80% of mothers in the post-partum period, or the few days or weeks after childbirth. Depression is the most common problem, but for about one in 1,000 women the issue is post-partum psychosis. Psychosis is defined as a mental illness characterized by a loss of contact with reality and requires immediate medical attention. Valdimarsdottir et al. decided to determine what characteristics increased the chance of post-partum psychosis by searching through a very large number of first time mothers in Sweden and identifying and studying those women diagnosed this mental illness within ...

Over the past few years, the treatment of lung abscess has been undergoing various radical changes that have led to the improvement of knowledge of the mechanics and the physiology behind its treatment. Among the major changes in the medical field that have led to the improvement in the treatment of Lung abscess is the surgical handling of tuberculosis. Treating tuberculosis through surgical means has created more confidence in attempting surgical treatment on the Lungs, a procedure that was previously regarded as extremely hazardous. This paper will seek to discuss various ways in the treatment of Lung abscess as explained ...

Fibromyalgia is a condition characterized by widespread of chronic pain and allodynia, which is a painful and heightened response to pressure on the skin. The reported cases of the disease in the clinics are the main source of determining the prevalence of the disease. These studies have indicated a very high prevalence of the disease. However, the clinical sources that are used in representing the distribution, as well as the disease characteristics do not give a better representation of the whole population.
It is for this reason that Frederick Wolfe and other researchers decided to undertake a study on the understanding the characteristics ...

This paper provides an insight on the cause of madness. It springs from disease of thought and moods of mind obtained from general intellect. Many people think that genius and insanity are intertwined. For example in the 18th and 19th century, poet William Blake wrote about the extreme mood swings he went through, which caused him to develop depression (Jamison, 1995). Most artists in the past suffered from severe mood disorders namely manic-depressive illness. As much as it is a lethal disorder, it is, however, very treatable.
In my opinion, most people with the disorder do not posses extraordinary ...

One of the clear aspects that the SARS article brings out is the notion of how media influences social response of individuals in cases of outbreaks. The author notes that information from the media, especially for the SARS that originated from Asia, negatively affected the attitude of Americans towards the Asian communities in America. In my opinion before allowing the release of such information, scientist should ensure they take necessary precautionary measures to avoid stigmatization of any specific community because of an outbreak of a disease.
One can also note that aspect of categorizing disease based on the situation ...

The article of Angeles F. Estevez "Improving Delayed Face Recognition in Alzheimer’s Disease by Differential Outcomes" contains the analysis and the description of an experiment that was constructed and carried out in order to find out whether the differential outcomes procedure (DOP) will affect the results of the patients with Alzheimer's Disease (AD) completing a delayed matching-to-sample task. For the accuracy of the experiment the participants were divided into two groups, eight people in each. The first group contained AD patients in phase 4 of Reisberg's deterioration scale, the second group were healthy controls (HC). The main purpose of ...

Neonatal HSV infection occurs in a variety of settings, with a rate of 1-6 per 20,000 births. The majority of infections are incurred at delivery, from exposure to HSV in maternal genital secretions. Postnatal HSV infections occur via transmission by healthcare givers with oral lesions. This study, by Gesundheit el al (2004), evaluates a series of eight cases of neonate genital herpex simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection following Jewish ritual circumcisions conducted in three hospitals in Israel and one hospital in Canada.
The infants developed HSV-1 symptoms roughly one week after ritual circumcision (± 2.5 days). The traditional ritual requires ...

The AID’s virus went from being a fringe disease among blacks and homosexuals to being a worldwide pandemic. More than twenty five years after its discovery more people than ever before are infected though the rate of infection has gone down. It once dominated news items and intellectual forums. The greatest evidence of this is the celebrity band wagon. An issue is never truly necessary until they are either holding a charity concert for it or making a movie about it. Now it is no longer at the back of the mind. This has led to an increase in unprotected sex.

There ...

Background

Each year, millions of mammals cross the Seregenti. The migration of the wildebeest is one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. But there is something not so wonderful in the Serengeti—an endemic disease called anthrax that strikes and kills without discrimination. It kills humans, livestock, and wildlife.

This study is about the ecopathology of Bacillus anthracis (Cohn), the pathogen that causes anthrax. Anthrax is not a big problem in most countries, but anthrax is still common in Africa because sanitation is poor, and there is no access to vaccines.
The ecology of anthrax is not well ...

As a potential carrier of a gene for an unpreventable condition, I would definitely want to know my real status. The basic reason is that knowledge of the disease might mean that I would be able to spend more productive years of life as opposed to coming down with the disease later in life. I might also be able to prevent transmitting the condition to my children if I know my status.
As regards pre- and post-test counseling, I believe that it is necessary for a pre-test counseling to be done for any individual who is about to take a genetic test. ...

Social Theory and Health

This article, about Social Theory and Health’ appeared in a Palgrave McMillan Journal dated May 2006 and was written by renowned anthropologist, Mette Beth Risor. The actual title reads, ‘Illness Behavior and Functional Somatic Symptoms - Rethinking the Concept of Illness Behavior from an Anthropological Perspective.’
Theoretically, the researcher’s assumptions were associated with a statement of the problem that illness behavior was discussed, generally, from a non scientific and illogical theoretical framework. As such, the aim of the study was to redefine illness utilizing concepts and assumptions of psychiatrics, psychologists, sociologists and Medical doctors (Risor, 2006)
The researcher admitted, a ...

Monkeys from HIV-Like Infection

Microbiology: Journal Review

“Experimental Vaccine Partially Protects Monkeys from HIV-Like Infection”
www.ScienceDaily.com

Many websites are available for serious researchers to access and share information. Unfortunately the mass media for the most part does not offer journalists with expertise in science. People are interested in the health of their families and need to know about medical research. The www.ScienceDaily.com is a website that offers the most recent research and scientific news in non-scientific language. This paper reviews an article from the ScienceDaily.com website. Three scientific research websites are evaluated.

Too many people are being infected by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus ( ...

Article 1 - Worsening Memory Associated With Later Alzheimers Disease

Summary - This article briefly discusses how memory loss is associated with Alzheimer's disease, particularly, the way it progresses from mild to moderate towards severe. Studies have revealed that even though memory loss is connected to age it could be exclusive to certain predisposing conditions since everyone beyond 75 yrs of age is not affected by memory issues. (“Worsening Memory Associated,” 2011)

Precisely, it was discovered that memory impairment trends were related to worry rather than the sequel of aging. More in-depth research based on discussions found in this article is suggestive that memory impairment does not necessarily mean ...

Part 5: Final Draft

This paper has several sections. First, it gives an analysis of a psychological report which was published in popular media. The second part documents the original research cited in the psychological report in section one. The third step gives a comparison between the first and second report.

Analysis of a Psychological Report

The title of the report was Silent Cerebral Emboli May Hasten the Progression of Dementia (Journal Watch, 2012). The author notes that the findings of the report were drawn from two groups: patients with dementia (loss of cognitive ability particularly, memory, attention, and language) and patients with Alzheimer disease. The author begins by notifying ...

Question No. 1: In what specific ways was John Snow’s approach to accounting the disease a departure from accepted explanation to the outbreak of cholera?

Prior to John Snow’s approach to accounting for the outbreak of cholera, it was believed by many, including physicians, that the disease was a blood disorder. This was because some of the symptoms of the disease include the bursting of small vessels that make the skin turn blue as the blood become thicker and tar-like because of dehydration. It was also generally believed that the disease was air-borne (Ball 3). The failure then ...

While it remains debatable that money cannot buy happiness, money certainly can buy quality mental health medications and services. It also may buy a sense of feeling good about one’s self – or at least feeling better in comparison to poorer people. Living in poverty and living with a mental health issue are often comorbidities. Common mental disorders (CMD) such as major depression and anxiety are treatable only if a person suffering from these disorders is able to get access to mental health care. Sadly, this is not often the case for those living at the poverty level or homelessness, no matter ...

The article at hand discussed the effectiveness and benefits of usage of MR Imaging in the case of Alzheimer Disease. The study took place in a mouse model, however it claims for being equally effective in the treatment of people who suffer from this disease. The main purpose of the study was to determine whether MR targeted to the hippocampus is helpful in identifying and monitoring Alzheimer Disease. It is also aimed at seeking ways to achieve improvement in pathologic brain abnormalities and behavior that can possibly prevent prompt development of disease.
The choice of the method that was ...

Introduction

Type 2 diabetes is a category under the disease diabetes and before we jump into the discussion, there are a few things worth mentioning in relation to diabetes. This disease can attack anyone it has no specific weaknesses of attack. Research indicates that over 380 million people worldwide are affected by the disease (White et al., 2013). This makes the disease kill more people than both AIDS and breast cancer does in the entire world. With a claim of 1 person in a span of every three minutes in the USA. Diabetes is a metabolic disease where the body ...

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The article titled “Alzheimer’s disease and modern lifestyle: what is the role of stress?” written by Marcello et al. (2015) gives an account of how stress and modern lifestyle increases the chances of prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease. While evidence suggests that Alzheimer’s disease contributes to over half of dementia cases, the disease has been expected to increase at a rapid rate in the next few decades. The authors suggest that the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is not only difficult, but also dependent on various functional and cognitive assessments. Initially, the onset of Alzheimer’s could be ...

Dementia is a package of signs and symptoms which include personality change, impaired intellectual functions, and memory loss which come as a result of trauma to the brain or disease (Godbolt et al. S247). Unfortunately, these changes severely affect independence, relationships, and daily living. However, they do not count as part and parcel of normal aging. There are numerous forms of dementia which include vascular and mixed dementia but Alzheimer’s disease happens to be the most common type (Mitchell 443). A person affected by dementia portrays a noticeable decline in remembering, learning, communication and problem-solving. Often, these changes ...

Alzheimer’s is a degenerative disease that affects the brain cells. It begins with problems with the individual’s memory, which later on advances to mental dysfunction. Individuals who suffer from the disease experience a slow, but steady loss of memory. They also exhibit changes in behavior and personality, including problems with their language skills, and sense of judgment. If they were once focused and determined as individuals, they gradually show signs of having problems with concentrating. At the moment, Alzheimer’s is said to be the most common form of dementia that the United States of America suffers from. With ...

Most people believe that health is a condition of the body, in which only the organism is involved. Nevertheless, Western medicine has slowly been accepting that there are different components that make up a healthy person. J. L. Scully, in his article “What is a disease?”, discusses how to conceptualized human maladies in a way that is different than from what people generally believe. He relates disease to suffering, different cultures and the various aspects of the human experience.
Basically, Scully believes that disease should be associated to suffering, both mental and corporal. He states, “What ought to concern ...

Article #1. Martins, S.R.M., & De Oliveira, D.S.F. (2014).
This article discusses the results of a two-stage speech therapy tests performed on the elderly, 45 in all and between the ages of 60 and 85 years old. The speech therapies resulted in improvements in 73% of subjects with dysphagia, and voice improvements on 62% after 11.6 sessions (Martins & Oliveira, 2014, p. 1120). Although the article makes no mention on the morbidity and mortality rates of dysphagia and dysphonia, it nevertheless affirms that “neurological diseases are common in the elderly” (Martins & Oliveira, 2014, p. 1120). In this respect, it can be ...

Introduction

The article, “Genotyping and identification of mycobacteria by fingerprinting Techniques” by Khosravi and Seghatoleslami (2009) shows how fingerprinting can be used to identify mycobacteria in combating Tuberculosis (TB) which for a long time has been a serious health concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). Some of the techniques used in molecular epidemiology like MIRU-VNTR and spoligotyping are described in the article.

Summary

The article has deeply illustrated the various ways of carrying out Genotyping of mycobacteria for carrying out epidemiological studies. It has also shown that through molecular typing of MTB the disease can be controlled. The study of the epidemiology ...

Problem Statement

The need to live in a healthy environment is the desire of everyone. A healthy environment exists where health professionals engage in the analysis of various factors that contribute to health problems, and adopting remedies to solve them in their various contexts. This needs appreciation of the cultural diversity among the human population, and recognition of its impact on the diagnosis and treatment of various health issues such as mental illnesses (Covan, 2010). The ethnic background of individuals reinforces their culture and assigns them different gender roles. These are crucial in analyzing health problems in order to advise on the ...

Ray WA, Chung CP, Murray KT, Hall K, Stein C. Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain. JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain
Wayne A. Ray, PhD1; Cecilia P. Chung, MD, MPH2; Katherine T. Murray, MD2,3; Kathi Hall, BS1; C. Michael Stein, MB, ChB2,3
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JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

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Importance  Long-acting opioids increase the risk of unintentional overdose deaths but also may increase ...

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The article entitled The Biology of Vibrio vulnificus provides a short discussion about the more important aspects of this pathogen. This pathogenic bacteria are known as one among the most deadly foodborne pathogen in the US, contributing to about 95 percent of deaths related to seafood acquired microbes in the country. Reports revealed that a larger number of cases occur during the more temperate months of May and October. The period of incubation is quite rapid, with an average of about 26 hours after ingestion, and the patient showing symptoms such as fever, chills, nausea, pain in the abdomen, ...

Infection in cancer patient with febrile neutropenia: epidemiology, microbiology and management

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Febrile neutropenia (FN) is characterised by a decrease in neutrophils number to values below 500 cells/ mm3 and an occurrence of fever higher or similar to 38.3ºC. It commonly occurs in cancer patients as a result of chemotherapy regimens. Chemotherapy destroys carcinogenic cells but also attacks in many cases some normal cells including essential elements of the immune system. Fever is one of the characteristic symptoms of FN and is usually associated with the presence of an infection caused by various microorganisms. Bacteria, including Gram-positive isolates (currently dominating) and Gram-negative species (dominant in the 1970s), are usually ...

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This research established in the article sought to explain the issue of marriage regarding Chinese rural young women and to give the grounds if the issue served as a risk or protective factor for their suicide. The analysis included a brief summary of the main ideas of the article, the purpose of the research, key findings and consequences of the results. Moreover, the major theoretical perspective to clarify the findings was based on Emile Durkheim’s social integration theory of suicide which highlights sources of people’s social support. The observations allowed ...

Indwelling Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection

In the article, Poudel, Baniya and Pokhrel (2009) conduct a prospective study to investigate the microbiological profile as well as the resistance pattern of the strains that cause urinary tract infection associated with the use of Foley’s Catheter. In the study, 100 catheterized adult patients, all above the age of 16, in a hospital participated. The patients used the indwelling Foley’s catheters for both short and long intermediate purposes. 3 ml urine samples were aseptically taken from the patients at the repeat of the catheterization and repeated on unevenly in subsequent days and weekly until the patient ...

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African Americans represent the second largest ethnic minority in the United States and this community is increasingly vulnerable to a range of potential health concerns. Poor sanitary conditions and limited awareness of healthy lifestyle practices increase this population’s vulnerability to health problems. Statistical evidences suggest that the prevalence rate of HIV infection is unproportionately high in this population group, and hence federal organizations like CDC are actively working on this issue. This paper will explore the relationship between HIV infection and the African American population considering the social, cultural, and behavioral factors contributing to this association.
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Culture can be termed as a pattern of customs, ideas, and behaviors that are shared by a particular group of people in a given society (Jeffreys, 2015). Culture has vast influence on health. It affects beliefs about a certain disease, perceptions of health, health promotion approaches, how to express pain and illness, where and how patients seek medical help and the type of treatment that patients prefer.
In western industrialized societies like the United States, a disease is as result of natural scientific phenomena and medical treatments are considered as the best method to treat the disease (Jeffreys, 2015). ...

Could there be a way for consumers to gain information on their predisposition to diseases or to tailor fit health care according to their genetic predisposition? Due to the onset of high technology, it is now possible for people to acquire their genetic information through direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing of personal genetic (PG) and personal genomic (PGM) testing. This is especially useful when they want to be knowledgeable about their inherited susceptibility to disease or to have disease treatment tailored fit. Direct to consumer genetic testing has both risks and potential benefits. I believe that consumers should have direct access ...

Bacteraemia in Cellulitis Article Review Bacteraemia in Cellulitis Article Review

Purpose of the article
The main purpose of the article is to determine the medical results of bacteraemia in cellulitis of a human being’s leg. To achieve the purpose, the article shall explore the occurrence of bacteraemia in cellulitis. The article also highlights the risks involves in bacteraemia cellulitis and also the duration of time in which a patient stays at a hospital. The rate of the recurrence of cellulitis is also determined with the morality in patients put into consideration. In order to achieve the objectives of the experiment, records of about 214 patients diagnosed with cellulitis ...

Introduction

Malaria is a killer disease in Africa. It is estimated that over five million people succumb to malaria every year. Malaria is a disease commonly transmitted by the female anopheles mosquito. This parasite thrives where the sorroundings are bushy and also where there exists stagnant pools of water (Fosu &Mwabu, 2007). The stagnant pools of water form the breeding place of the mosquitoes while the bushes form the hiding place of the mosquitoes. It is from these bushes that the mosquitoes emerge later on in the evening to bite people. Malaria has been the number one killer in Africa and so ...

It is not a secret that our set of mind and character traits directly influence the state of our health. Jokela et al. study the connection between the Big Five personality traits that include extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, openness to experience, and conscientiousness and coronary heart disease and heart stroke mortality (Jokela et al., 2014, p. 882). According to the authors, the higher risk of mortality from coronary heart disease is associated with lower conscientiousness, lower agreeableness, lower extraversion, higher neuroticism, and lower openness to experience; at the same time, the higher risk of stroke mortality is associated with lower ...

Summary: APSIC Guide for prevention of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLASBI)

The recommendations provided for insertion are optimal site selection, hand hygiene, alcohol based chlorhexidine skin preparation and maximum barrier precautions (Ling et al 2016). It is important to know the proper catheter infection site because it can affect the risk of infection and phlebitis. It is preferred to use subclavian site for adult patients. Hand hygiene is also important because it provides protection before the catheter insertion and maintenance. There should be proper aesthetic technique. Alcohol based chlorhexhidine in skin preparation is the standard procedure used in central and peripheral venous catheters. Lastly, maximum barrier precautions must be done ...

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According to philospher Justice in Swerissen and Duckett article a good death is about how individuals wish to die and reasons on the cause of good death. It makes pain life experiences to these people and family responses to the issue of terminating his life to avoid more pschological and cycological stress. The communirty at large has arole to play in ensuring that these patients are highly protected and care. Education and setting good standards for health services ensures that good life ending for these patients and their preferences maintained.
A good death is one where an individual decides ...

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Cancer of the lungs is among the leading causes of cancer in the world. It has two forms; small cell lung cancer (SCLC), and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). NSCLC constitutes about 85% of cases of lung cancer. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and its mutations are found to have an important role in this cancer. Therefore, EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) can work effectively against NSCLC. Gefitinib, which is a first generation TKI, and afatinib, which is a second-generation TKI, are effective as a first-line therapy for advanced NSCLC. Erlotinib is effective as a second-line therapy for advanced NSCLC. ...

Dan Koeppel, in the essay ‘Can This Fruit be saved?’ Explains two contrasting visions of how well to address the impending (banana) crisis. One of the visions is based on the traditional methods of production, aimed at the manufacture of a banana plant with the same taste and appearance as the Cavendish to the extent that consumers cannot tell it is not the one. Aguilar is one of its proponents. Aguilar serves as a head banana breeder at Honduran Foundation for Agricultural Investigation (FHIA).The other vision is shared by bioengineers and is aimed at altering the chromosomes of ...

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According to Yao and Rahman (2011), the management options for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are very limited and the mainstay is dilators of the bronchus. It is alarming because the disease burden for COPD is much higher. This article focuses on the etiology of the disease and it is stated that the main factor that incites the pathology that leads to COPD is strongly dependent on the stress and inflammation. It is made clear in the article that this disease is multifactorial. Cigarette smoking ...

Introduction:

Living organisms are equipped with robust machinery for executing a myriad of tasks to meet the day to day biological challenges. This machinery in turn relies on one or more interconnected pathways or networks composed of nucleic acid, proteins and other essential constituents. To say, it is the precise function of these components which determines the physiological well being organisms. Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinases is one such known component that performs diverse physiological roles through its associations with the molecular machinery.
mTOR is a protein that responds to metabolism and ageing, intercellular stress to growth regulation, growth factors ...

Despite the relative lack of information on the future implications of stem-cell therapies, research has sped ahead (Daley, et al. 793). As an example of the rapid pace of research, the International Society for Stem Cell Research, arguably the biggest international professional organization involved in stem cell research, has been obliged to update its guidelines three times in ten years (Daley, et al. 787). The purpose of this paper is to present some of the controversies evoked by stem cell research and therapies.
One of the reasons given for the rapid uptake of stem cell therapies is the appeal ...

The article is about comparing the pollution caused by cars in the 1970’s to the pollution that existed in the United States prior to the automobile. The focus of the article is the pollution caused by the waste of horses. Horses were the cause of a number of pollution related issues in the past. The gases that they released along with the fecal matter they left behind not only resulted in foul odors, but were harmful to the environment and people’s health. There was also the issue of noise, which subsequently increased to horrifying levels in cities ...

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The discussions of addiction challenged the way I view substance use problems because they contain a lot of scientific information. Alan Leshner (1997) stressed that drug addiction is a disease that is the result of the prolong effect drugs on brain. It includes behavioral and social-context problems. The author stated that the public perception of this problem does not respond real scientific facts. The important idea is that people should be aware that drug addiction is a real disease in order to treat in a right way. Sally Satel and Scott Lilienfeld (2010) mentioned that the ...

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Choose an online news article that examines the benefit of some food, food components, or diet plan. You can go go Google News and do a search on a specific topic you’re interested in. Or you can just browse the health section of any news site and find an article. (Has to be within last week or current) News Article from the news in the United States. DO NOT USE GARCINIA CAMBOGIA

QUESTIONS
Link to article:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-02-tackles-obesity-nutrition-literacy-soccer.htmlLi

What is the hypothesis of the study described in the news article?

Researchers hypothesized that a change of health among school children can be caused by rise in physical activity through playing soccer ...

The recent shift in the healthcare system, which implied the reduction of the specialized facilities in dealing with mentally disabled patients, has increased the incidents numbers that police forces to handle. This situation has led to the need for understanding the preparedness of the police officers to answer the deviant behavior of mentally disordered individuals involved in public offenses or criminal action. Four articles will be reviewed for developing an integrative literature review on this topic, which will be critically synthesized for reaching solutions for dealing with the current situation. Hollander, Lee, Tahtalian Young and Kulkarni’s article “Challenges ...

The aim of the article is to reduce the chances of musculoskeletal conditions among individuals through reduction of impairment, occurrence, and limitation in the social participation and, and functional limitations. This enhances reduction of osteoporosis and fractures that occur because of increased intake of calcium. Chronic back conditions, osteoporosis, and arthritis affect the ability of individuals to work, the quality of life and the daily activities of human beings. There are many types of arthritis, which are accompanied with chronic conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Interventions that treat pain are important in helping the people with ...

The DNA Dilemma: A Test That Could Change Your Life by Bonnie Rochman, TIME, December 24 2012

The article discusses whether it's both professional and ethical for genomics and genetics to release the DNA and fine chromosomal test results to their patients in full without considering the consequences. DNA results can truly change its life; it could mean breaking of a marriage, realization that death is killing slowly from within, acquiring funding to fight the illness, higher funding into research for a disease cure.
Some patient's results withheld while others are given in part to protect the patient interests. The practice has proven to be a dilemma for the society because both ways there are harder consequences. For ...

synopsis of the content and rationale of the work
The increased attention of anthropological and archeological research towards PalePathological studies has significantly lowered the focus and examination of various skeletal samples as well as to evaluate the presence of numerous diseases that afflicted ancient populations. This papers analysis an interesting syndrome that was observed in the skeletal: Overgrowth Syndrome.

Background training of authors

Paleo Pathologists
A tall skeleton was discovered during an excavation exercise that took place in the administrative centre of Roman territorial section of Fidenae. This is a location that is approximately 7km north of Rome along the Via Salaria. ...

For History Class

- What do thinkers see as enlightenment? What makes it possible? What hinders it?
Enlightenment is the emancipation of the human minds from the baleful clutches of blind faith and dependence. It brings human race on the verge of embarking upon a new path which would be guided by knowledge and reasoning. Thus, the mind would be freed from the prejudices and rituals to bring in the new era of advancement. The societal institutions, which have for long influenced the lives of innumerable people, stand in opposition to the emancipation of human mind and independence.
- What do ...