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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What is Anorexia by Michelle Boeckman
Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that affects millions of people across the world. People suffering from this disorder are obsessed with their weight, have a distorted body image, and obsessed with what food they are consuming. Someone with Anorexia eats much less food than his or her body needs and in the most serious […]
What is Bipolar Disorder by Judii Tran
In society today, there is no such thing as normal. What one individual may think of as the norm may be completely odd to another, and this can be due to cultural circumstances, or just because they were raised in different home environments. While one person may be completely happy on the exterior at work […]
What is Group B Streptococcus in Infants by Kerrisha Martin
Over the years I have been introduced to many different diseases and bacteria that affect women’s health more than men’s. One particular bacterium that I found interesting was Group B Streptococcus or more specifically group B strep in infants. When I first heard of the disease I assumed it was a form of strep throat […]