Colorectal polyp

Turcot syndrome presents with multiple adenomatous colon polyps, an increased risk of colorectal cancer, and an increased risk of cortical and subcortical carcinomas. The type of cancer generally depends on whether the Turcot syndrome is more similar to Lynch syndrome or FAP. The two most common types of brain tumors in Turcot…

Cancer is a terrible, life threatening disease that many people get diagnosed with. Cancer is the abnormal cell growth that contaminates the body (cancer.org). The most common types of Cancers are skin cancer, bladder cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, endometrial cancer, kidney cancer, leukemia, lung cancer, non-hodgkin lymphoma, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, and thyroid cancer. The body’s basic unit of life are cells (cancer.org). Normal cells grow, divide to make new cells, die, and…

Menopause is a normal process in which your reproductive ability comes to an end. This process happens gradually over a span of months to years, usually between the ages of 48 to 55 years old. Menopause is complete when you have missed 12 consecutive menstrual periods. It is important to talk with your health care provider about some of the most common conditions that affect postmenopausal women, such as heart disease, diabetes, and bone loss (osteoporosis). Adopting a healthy lifestyle and…

Introduction The Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree is the highest level of education available in the field. Generally, DNP program accentuate areas that promote nursing leadership, such as systems management, quality improvement and data-driven decision making (Nursing.org, 2017). The DNP delivers practice-based training on the clinical applications of higher-level nursing knowledge (Nursing.org, 2017). The American Association of College of Nurses (AACN) recognizes the DNP as a…

Colon Cancer Colon cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is a form of cancer that affects the large intestine and rectum. The cancer cells do not die when signaled to do so. Instead, they grow unmonitored. The cancer will grow into more tissue and organs and develop more new cancer cells. In Stage I colon cancer only affects either the colon or the rectum. The cancer cells are found in the epithelial and lamina propria layers, the top layers of the large intestine and rectum. In Stage II,…

The pituitary gland produces several important hormones that control body functions such as growth, development, reproduction, and metabolism. One of these hormones is growth Hormone (GH). In childhood, GH is important for proper development and growth. In adults GH maintains healthy bone and muscle function. If there is not enough growth hormone, a child will not grow to his potential stature. If there is too much growth hormone a child will grow excessively tall. If there is an excess of…

Krystal Headen Professor Kaitlin Sidorsky Poli 201 1 December 2015 BLOC Cancer The breast cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, and colon cancer (BLOC) interest group was formed in September 2012 as an effective organization. It began when the founder, Krystal Headen was unfortunately informed that some of her friends and family members had been diagnosed with (remove either) breast cancer, lung cancer, ovarian cancer, colon cancer, or the Kahler’s disease. Krystal spent several months building…

Global data shows that yearly that chronic disease are claiming more lives. Nowadays approximately half of the American adult suffer from one or more chronic disease. What makes this data so shocking is the fact that chronic diseases are the most preventable and yet it is the leading cause of death in the United States. Chronic diseases may cause limitations of activities, health, work and overall function of a person’s life and thus affect their family life as well. Obesity is amongst the…

Introduction Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Inflammatory bowel disease is “any intestinal inflammatory disease, especially Crohn 's disease and ulcerative colitis, of unknown cause” (Inflammatory Bowel Disease, n.d.). Inflammatory Bowel Disease is broken down into two types Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative colitis are not the same thing. Dr. Burrill B. Crohn’s first described Crohn’s disease in 1932, with…