Anemia

People with a background like my uncle’s didn’t have an evolutionary need for protection against malaria. In sub-Saharan Africa, where a thick layer of hair is a disadvantage against the heat, malaria resistance sprouted up in another way. Sickle-cell anemia is a disorder that causes red blood cells to misshape. To simplify Moalem’s thesis, the bacteria causing malaria can’t thrive as well in sickle-shaped cells, and the gene got passed on as a trait. 4 Even aging, the decomposition of the body…

control weight, and it can lead with calcium deficiency. A proper calcium intake at this stage is crucial for physical growth and development. The DRI for calcium for people between 9 to 18 years old is 1300mg/day. Iron deficiency is the first cause of anemia, and it is very common among adolescents. Most of the iron in the body is storage; however, it is also essential for growth in males and menstruation process in females. The RDA for iron varies with age, the from 8mg/day for females and…

“Chemotherapy and radiation therapy can bring it on, and so can the anemia that often comes with treatment”(7 Side Effects of Cancer Treatment, and How to Cope with Them). Seven out of Ten Cancer patients suffer from severe Fatigue. The Cancer Treatment causes this, along with Anemia most oftenly. “Those with cancer find their fatigue is not relieved by rest, and it can often interfere with daily activities. Nonetheless, patients…

(as described in the article “Millions of American children missing early lead tests, Reuters finds” by Joshua Schneyer and M.B. Pell), he was found to have four times the level of lead poisoning. The symptoms he suffered from were vomiting, extreme anemia, sleeplessness and head banging. As opposed to adults who are exposed to high doses of lead, who can have an array of symptoms like memory loss, mood disorders and high blood pressure according to the article “Lead Poisoning” from the mayo…

laws will protect them better from cruel treatment but will still let humans have animals as pets and eat other ones. If people are unable to eat animals it could be a detriment to their health. It would be bad because lack of meat can cause anemia, lack of iron, and lack of muscles. In order to prevent that we would have to make fake meat that gives protein similar to meat without being meat and would be extremely expensive compared to the cost of meat now. This would really effect poor…

Perinatal counseling needs related to genetics are very important for patients and their families at risk of having a child with genetic disease of birth defect. Wherein, the need to describe the use of genomics to patients and families is paramount, they need to understand that genomics study genes, which is considered as the basic units of inheritance and because it influences all body part, an error one of the genes could lead to genetic disease (McCance & Huether, 2014). In the article “…

The four forces of evolution are mutation, gene flow, genetic drift, and natural selection (Wwnorton). What I understand about mutation is that it is a random change that sometimes is good or bad. Whenever I hear the word mutation I automatically think of the X-Men because they were labeled as mutants and had random mutations happen to them. What I know about gene flow right now is that its when properties from one party flows to the other party that did not have that property. In my mind…

This is considered a miracle for geneticists trying to eradicate genetic mutations, such as sickle cell anemia. However, because scientists do not know the exact location and function of all DNA sequences, by removing or altering a mutation, scientists could actually be doing more harm than good. A sequence that scientists believe code for eye color could…

Fava bean has over the years being a good source of various nutrients and dietary supplements. Fava bean has no saturated fat or cholesterol and contains a high concentration of some B family vitamins, vitamin K, potassium, copper, selenium, zinc, magnesium, iron, isoflavone, and dietary fibers. A serving of cooked or fresh fava beans can significantly increase your intake of dietary fibers and all nutrients that can benefit your health in many ways. POTASSIUM Potassium is a vital mineral to…

I chose the book The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley because I have always been fascinated by how our culture views sex and how it has had an effect on our evolution. The author discusses how the biological factors of sexual selection has affected human psychology. You probably remember the Red Queen hypothesis from recently. From Through the Looking Glass, Alice meets the Red Queen who is constantly running just to stay in one place and not fall behind. This is…