Essays on Colon

Healthcare has been experiencing tremendous transformations in the recent past, and this can be attributed to the changing health needs of the people. To adapt to these changes, the models of care delivery, care services, and even the personnel, have changed as well. Also, there is an increasing need to provide patient-centered and culturally sensitive care, as cultural diversity continues to pose a challenge to the delivery of holistic care. One approach of delivering care services is by focusing on a family, identifying the specific health needs of such families, and developing plans of treatment that are focused on ...

Adopted Derivative and Function in the Financial Markets

Derivatives are important tools in the financial markets because they help reduce investment losses resulting from the fluctuating interest rates. For example, Societe Generale lost about $7 billion following the 2008 property market crisis, which could have been much higher if the company did not hedge its funds. Credited default swaps (CDS) or credit derivative contracts on mortgage-backed securities played a major role in the development of the housing bubble in the American property markets. The swipes were widely used to insure debts using subprime housing securities in the property markets. Swap derivatives can be defined as a series ...

Abstract

The composition of the foods people consume has a significant influence on their health. Whole certain components in certain foods offer protection against the development of certain disease conditions, the consumption of other components at certain levels might predispose one to certain diseases and disease conditions. The processing industries have a role to inform the consumer of the ingredients in their food products. This is necessary for the consumer to make informed decisions about their dietary choices. This requirement is enforced by the role through regulations passed by government agencies. Even then, certain compounds that are present in processed ...

Introduction

The learning of a phenomenon requires the exploration of a variety of sources of information. The human personnel can be a source of specific information on certain aspect. For instance, interviewing a professional can help gather information on certain key aspects of the profession or a subject matter related to the profession. The interest in this paper is in the guidelines for the screening of colorectal cancer as a policy issue. To complement the secondary sources of information, this paper benefits from information gathered from an interview performed on the sixth day of July, 2016. The interviewee was Alison ...

The Translation Science Project

The current translation project focuses on colorectal cancer. The translation science project is a contribution to the efforts towards the improvement of the compliance with the screening protocol of colorectal cancer for Latin America patients aged between 50 and 70 years in a community health setting in Miami-Dade. The proposed project’s objective will help to determine how health care staff utilizes evidence-based practices (EBP) CRC screening protocol to improve compliance among Latin population aged 50 to 70 years old. In this project, the population of interest will consist of Latin American patients aged between 50 to 70 years ...

Article Review

Brenner, H., Chang-Claude, J., Seller, C. M., Rickert, A., & Hoffmeister, M. (2011). Protection From Colorectal Cancer After Colonoscopy: A Population-Based, Case-Control Study. Ann Intern Med, 22-30.

Introduction

The article, Protection from Colorectal Cancer after Colonoscopy, by Herman Brenner, Jenny Chang-Claude, Christoph M. Seller, Alexander Rickert and Michael Hoff Meister, seeks to define the relation between risk of Colorectal Cancer and previous colonoscopy. Colorectal Cancer, CRC, is common in both men and women; it is common in women than men. There are more than 1 million cases of CRC worldwide, and it claims more than 500,000 deaths annually (Brenner, Chang-Claude, ...

Brief information, risk factors and symptoms

Colon cancer, that is also known as colorectal, is a type of cancer that starts from rectum or colon. As any other type of cancer, colon cancer is characterized by uncontrolled growing cells of the body. This type of cancer usually starts with a polyp – a kind of growth on the inner lining of the rectum or colon. However, it is important to know that not all polyps change into cancer, though some of them might do it after several years. The chances that a polyp will become cancer after some, depends on the type of polyps. There are ...

Diverticular is a disease that involves the appearance of pockets or small bulges in the intestine walls (NHS, 2016). The pockets may become infected or inflamed resulting into diverticulitis. Some of the symptoms of diverticular include bloating; and pain in the lower abdomen. Many people who suffer from diverticular do not exhibit any symptoms. In such a case the condition is referred to as diverticulosis. On the other hand, diverticulitis has some serious symptoms that include fever; diarrhea; and severe pain in the abdomen. The diverticular disease occurs on the walls of the colon. The responsibility of the colon ...

Introduction

Recently, worldwide obesity prevalence has been raised rapidly and nearly doubled between 1980 and 2014, however in 2014 more than a half a billion of adult (18 years and older) were obese (11% men and 15% women) (WHO, 2014). Obesity and overweight are defined as excess body fat accumulation that leads to health risks and comorbidities. Adult weight can be classified based on the Body Mass Index. Hence, an individual having a BMI equal to or more than 25 is regarded as being overweight, while a person with a BMI equal to or more than 30 is considered obese ( ...

Dr. 1

Define the term probiotic. (Make sure you include the three components of this definition and use your own words—DO NOT copy the statement from the slide).

Probiotic is a term used to define microorganisms that are believed to have health benefits to humans when consumed.

When did the NIH human microbiome project begin and what were its two major objectives? NIH human microbiome project began in the year 2005. Its two major objectives are to identify microbes present human body and identify their role in human health and disease

Which different mechanisms were suggested through which microbiota may contribute to colorectal cancer?

Microbiome can contribute to colorectal cancer by the production of toxic and genotoxic bacterial metabolites that can lead to mutations by binding specific cell surface receptors and affect ...

Introduction

The total number of patients with cancer keeps soaring globally with around 14 million cases diagnosed by 2014. Each year, about 8 million people die of cancer-related illnesses globally. There are quite some remedies that have been proposed to mitigate in the cancer menace. This study is focused on cancer treatment by curcumin through tyrosine kinase inhibition. Curcumin is the primary coloring agent found in turmeric, a tuber of the herb Curcuma longa Lin. It has widespread use as a flavoring agent (Aggarwal and Bokyung 87). It is also well known for its medicinal value commonly used to suppress ...

Epidemiology among Italian Americans

Epidemiology data that compared the deaths status of Italians and Americans found that leading causes of death for adults at both times were similar in Italy and the United States. For the past thirty years, the leading cause of death for the adult population for Italians in has been degenerative diseases, particularly cardiovascular disease and cancer. Studies of Italian-born immigrants in New York and Pennsylvania had relatively low death rates when compared to other groups (Mugnaioli et al., 2006). Italian males had the lowest death rate from all causes of any foreign-born group even lower than the native population. ...

Abstract

This paper gives an insightful preview of the Panama's economy. It analyzes key data from the current major economic indicators to comprehend the state or nature of Panam. The analyzes espouse data and statistics drawn from the Panamanian Bureau of Statistics and Economic portfolios. It analyzes both the endogenous, exogenous economic factors, as well as their impact on the Panamanian economy. One of the most conspicuous endogenous factors is the Panama’s unsustainable development growth models. Its economic growth mostly focuses on the economic indicators while ignoring critical and pressing aspects such as social as well as environmental problems. ...

Identify and describe a theory from nursing or from another discipline that provides the framework for your Evidence Based Practice proposal (Low income African Americans have higher risk for colorectal cancer). Explain your rationale for picking this theory. 

Statistics

For the modern civilized world, colorectal cancer is quite prevalent type of cancer and is the fourth largest among the others types of cancers. Every year in the global database 800 new cases of the disease are recorded, half of which are fatal. Interestingly, about 133 thousand of the victims are residents of the United States of America (American Canser Society, ...