What is Pancreatic Cancer by Meagan Waters
The pancreas is an organ that lies horizontally in your abdomen behind the lower part of your stomach. The tissue of the pancreas is where pancreatic cancer begins to grow. There are various symptoms of pancreatic cancer which don’t occur until the disease is in an advanced stage. The causes of pancreatic cancer are not […]
Energy Drinks and the Effects They Cause
Let’s face it we all consume things that well just aren’t good for the human body. Are you familiar with the harm that you are inducing? Do you know what the outcome can bring you later in life? Even though there are so many things out there today that may be harmful we choose to […]
Common Causes of Cancer by Kody Johnson
Cancer is the second leading cause of death for all age groups. Men are more likely to develop cancer than women are. Fifty percent of men develop cancer over their lifetime as only one in three women do. The three most common cancers in men are prostate, colon, and Lung. The three most common in […]
9 Things you must know about Genital Warts by Shaun Grace
Genital warts are a common sexually transmitted disease that is very easily spread by skin-to-skin contact, usually from having unprotected oral, anal, or vaginal sex. They are caused by Human Papillomavirus and 90% of them are caused by strain 6 or 11. They are small painless bumps that are hard. There is only one treatment […]
What is Multiple Myeloma by Nicole Anderson
Multiple Myeloma is a hematologic form of cancer. Multiple Myeloma begins in plasma cells which are the white blood cells that produce antibodies. On March 13, 2010, my Mother was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma. The symptoms she experienced were loss of appetite, nausea, and extremely bad back pain. A pain so severe that you can’t […]
Immune System – Online Lecture Notes Microbiology
Microbiology – Online Lecture Notes Immune System I. 2 Types of Immunity A. Innate Immunity B. Adaptive (Acquired) Immunity II. Innate Immunity A. Present at birth B. 1st Line of Defense 1. Skin 2. Mucous membranes (respiratory, urogenital, digestive) 3. Normal flora C. 2nd Line of Defense 1. Phagocytes a. Neutrophils – 1st […]
What is Crohn’s Disease by Blerina Fetahu
I am writing this assignment on the topic of Crohn’s disease. The reason that I am writing on this particular topic is because a friend of mine was recently diagnosed with this disease. I did not know much about Cohn’s as well and therefore decided to do more research using the Mayo Clinic site. Crohn’s […]
How to Have a Healthy Heart by Jonathan Hardwrict
Having a healthy heart is something that all of us who are living and breathing on this earth should strive for. We all need this special organ to live, and maintaining a healthy weight could be a big step in the right direction in keeping it strong and resilient. A good way to go about […]
Famous People with Epilepsy by Kyle Niehaus
Epilepsy is a disease that most people know of, but do not truly understand. Though Epilepsy is an extremely common disease, to which there are 6 different types of it, it is one of the most deadly. Pope Pius IX, recording artist Neil Young, Roman Emperor; Julius Caesar, and the American author Truman Capote are […]
Statistics of Diabetes, Nashville TN
Statistics show that there are about twenty-six million people in America who have Diabetes. This is roughly 8.3% of the population, an alarmingly high number that points to the need for people to become more educated about the disease, the different types, the wide prevalence, the symptoms to look for, and how it can be […]