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Even the most tamed hamster can be aggressive towards their owner, without the owner's knowledge of the hamsters behavior. There are many influences that can take effect on a hamster, like their natural behavior, environment, social status, natural instincts, and food. Over decades of research, laboratories, and experiments, the hamster will always have some type of aggression that we cannot change or eliminate. With children if the mother starts to hold and interact with the child at a young…

What is SIBO? SIBO is an acronym for “small intestinal bacterial overgrowth”. While bacterium is naturally present in the digestive tract, in a healthy body, the small intestine contains relatively low levels of bacteria. The large intestine contains approximately 10-100 billion bacterial organisms, and bacteria is supposed to be at its highest concentration in the colon. Compared to this number, the small intestine is relatively sterile (containing a mere 100 thousand organisms). However,…

The Coronary Arteries The main branches of the aorta are supply routes to the heart muscle itself. There are two fundamental coronary corridors: the left principle (LM) and right coronary veins (RCA). The left primary coronary supply route separates into two fundamental branches: the left foremost diving (LAD), which keeps running down the front of the heart, and the circumflex course (CX) which keeps running behind the heart. Branches of the LAD are called corner to corner conduits and…

Pathophysiology of Diverticular Disease Diverticular disease is a condition that most often affects the sigmoid colon and is characterized by a number of small pouches that extend to the surface of the colon. When all four layers of the colon are herniated, it is called a true diverticulum. Typically, diverticula are pseudodiverticula and involve only the mucosa and submucosa (Porth, 2011). The colon could have one diverticulum, or numerous diverticula. The colon’s structure is different from…

In Night by Elie Wiesel, Wiesel encapsulates the horrors of persecution from his experiences in the Holocaust, and how such cruelty breeds men into beasts. As readers, we began to question: what differentiates us from animals? By examining the behaviors seen in the initial deportation of The Jews of Sighet, Wiesel’s witness to the killings over bread and Juliek’s last violin concerto, we are able to see how apathy and empathy defines us as ‘humans’. ‘Ignorance is bliss,’ and such is the case of…

nature allowed; they had not been born to this earth simply to survive as animals do, bound to the nature of their bodies, but separated themselves from it, allowing them to achieve things far greater than bodily functions including consumption, defecation, and procreation. This notion of separation from one’s natural body, however, was true only for men. Women, in contrast, have always been defined…

As technology advances in conjunction with society, so do the social norms adopted by its members. This concept is readily seen in the growing acceptance and prevalence of dishonesty in modern America. Although multiple factors are culpable for this growth, the remarkable advancements in communication over the last decade alone have provided a platform for deceit like never before. A new scandal is depicted in the media every day, each story more unethical than the last. Students have begun to…

as the equipment. We should take the time to disinfect and sterilize the entirety of a room, not just the area near the patient or where they were the most. The splatter of body fluids does occur, whether it’s from a wound, possibly urination or defecation, but even spit and mucous. It can travel quite a…

A horse on the farm has just been born, and before anything else happens, it is essential to understand what will be required medically to give that animal a long, happy life. Vaccines are one of these essential ingredients, and Triple-ET Innovator is a vaccine that most certainly will be on the grocery list. But what are vaccines and how do they work? Once that is understood this specific vaccine can be explored further. Amazingly, Triple-ET Innovator prevents four different diseases. All of…

Background information Structure of the large intestine The large intestine (also known as large bowel or colon) is the last part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. It extends from the cecum to the anus, with the ascending colon, the transverse colon, the descending colon, the sigmoid colon and the rectum in between. The large intestine consists of four layers of tissue: the mucosa, submucosa, muscle and serosa (figure 1). The mucosa is made out of an epithelial layer, with a layer of…