Diabetes insipidus

Almost 3 out of 4 prescription overdoses are caused by painkillers. It is obvious that the younger you are, the more naïve you tend to be. I had to learn at a young age that not everything in the world is rainbows and butterflies. I watched a family member struggle with addiction, to the point where it was no longer just affecting him, but the whole family. When I was young I loved traveling to see family, even it meant driving 12 hours north or south to see them. They were welcoming and always…

In the article, “Dietary Sugar and Body Weight….Health be Damned! Pour on the Sugar,” dietary experts George Bray and Barry Popkin explore the detrimental effects of sugar on society’s health. The article delineates how rapid increases in the consumption of sugar (particularly fructose) and sugar sweetened beverages over the past 25 years are contributing to the growth of chronic conditions such as fatty liver disease and metabolic syndromes. Both authors suggest that the presence and…

INTRODUCTION Lovastatin is a statin drug that decreases the total cholesterol level in patients diagnosed with hypercholesterolemia. The drug aims to prevent serious cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack due to blockage of arteries. Lovastatin acts as a competitive inhibitor for the HMG-CoA reductase enzyme in catalyzing the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, (Alberts, 1998). The drug is also hydrolyzes in vivo to active form β-hydroxyl acid, (Katz, 2005) and was recently researched on…

The Trends of Bariatric Surgery Obesity has inflicted people due to the rise of high calorie products, which comprise the majority of food that we eat almost every day. This results to the increase of people developing various health problems like diabetes, hypertension, slow metabolism, coronary heart disease, and even cancer. There are more illnesses to mention and all rooted from being obese. Since obesity is hard to treat with exercise and dieting alone, obese people has opted to undergo…

Accumulation of fats in different parts of human body effects the overall fitness and health of a person. This accumulation comes through imbalanced diet and lesser physical activities or lack of regular exercises. Apart from an untoned and fattier body appearance, fats start accumulating in form of Lipids which badly affects the blood circulation and may lead to serious heart diseases. People normally do physical activities, thinking that it will help eliminate the fat accumulation. But as a…

Physical Education Should Be An Available Class In Schools Nearly one in every three children in America are either overweight, or obese. The rates of childhood obesity have tripled in America. Many things, including obesity and restlessness, are affecting the way kids learn in class. Kids and even teenagers are forced to sit all day in their chairs, and it becomes harder for them to learn and bloom in the classroom. There is however, an obvious solution to fixing these problems. Physical…

they were little, or a triumphant achievement in their lives, or any other possible circumstance that has had a huge impact on their lives in any way. The incident that has most impacted and or shaped my life is when I was diagnosed with type one diabetes. Because years of adjusting and coping caused me to mature and grow up a lot faster than other kids, when they all got snack time, I didn’t. I had to monitor and keep and eye on everything I put into my body, and then give myself injections of…

evenly distributed into three main meals throughout the day. Encouraging Russo do physical exercises like walking and other physiotherapist suggested exercises, are very beneficial to improve blood circulation and is advantage for those who have diabetes. Community involvement, which involves her interests or needs from other people, as general health can be influenced on relationship with friends and…

people to be proud of being obese or morbidly obese. However, I’m not saying that it is acceptable for people: to be made fun of, discriminated upon, or judged for being obese either. The health risk associated with obesity are increasingly alarming. Diabetes Mellitus type 2, Coronary Artery Disease, bone, and joint disease are just naming a few. Recently I’ve seen more “Special treatment” for obese people being done every day for example; getting to use an electric scooter at the grocery store,…

Ever since the beginning of the sugar trade, slavery has been a defining characteristic. First originating in India, the sugar trade quickly became a lucrative and successful industry for merchants and sailors. In the early 1500s, the sugar trade expanded with the discovery of the “New World,” also known as the Americas. Large portions of land in the tropical regions of Central and South America were subdued to become sugarcane plantations. At this time, the native inhabitants of the regions, as…