Diabetes mellitus

Have you ever wondered what electrolytes do for your body, or even what they are? I have come to know that electrolytes play a major role in your lives. Electrolytes control the bodies fluid balance and many other important jobs. Although what exactly are they and what all do they ensure for the body? Electrolytes are more imperative than we appreciate. Electrolytes have minerals in your blood and other body fluids that carry an electric charge. The minerals in major electrolytes found…

Grocery stores across America are just ridding themselves of Halloween goodies- in time to make room for the incoming holiday treats. Americans consume up to half a pound of sugar a day, according to James DiNicolantonio writer for the New York Times. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders state that substance use disorders are present when two symptoms, from a list of 11, exist. Withdrawal, tolerance, and cravings, are three of the 11- all of which are produced by sugar…

(Malik, Willett, & Hu, 2012, p. 13). Obese children are more likely to suffer from health complications, and these problems can potentially become worse if carried into adulthood. Possible health outcomes associated with the issue of obesity are diabetes, cardiovascular disease, asthma, cancer, and sleep apnea. Severe cases of…

1. Italian team finds vaccine against illnesses of 'western diet' The vaccine could reduce incidences of type 2 diabetes and heart problems commonly associated with obesity. An Italian team claims to have developed a vaccine that could protect against illnesses caused or exacerbated by modern western diets. “Thanks to the growing popularity of the high-sugar, high-fat diet which predominates in western societies, we have seen a huge increase in the number of people exhibiting what is known as…

Estrus in Dogs (Heat Cycles) General Information The mating period of female dog is called estrus or heat, it is stage of the reproductive cycle of female dogs when they can become pregnant. Female dogs are called bitches. During the year bitch usually have two season of mating in early summer and in late winter, but when we talk about dogs which are living in the houses heat can appear more than two times. The first…

accompanies PCOS raises the risk of diabetes among women affected, particularly gestational diabetes. Yet, a study reveals that cinnamon reduces this insulin resistance. The mechanism for doing so involves cinnamon’s effect of increasing activity in the pathway that signals insulin. Oral cinnamon pills given daily over eight weeks significantly reduced insulin resistance in the trial. 2. Turmeric Yes, PCOS places women at greater risk of developing diabetes during pregnancy and outside of it.…

When goat man and black cat had children the traits that are passed down to their children are: the horns, strong bones, and other dominant traits. Also, there will be some traits that the baby will inherit from black cat. Because of this, the baby will not look exactly like goat man. The baby might act like a superhero because of the traits it can inherit from goat man and black cat. The baby can be affected by what black cat or the mother eats. For example, if the baby's mom eats junk food all…

The Tapeworm Diet involves the introduction of a tapeworm into the digestive tract so the worm consumes the calories while the host loses weight. One complication of this diet is malnutrition since the tapeworm receives the nutrients from the body--not the host. Another complication is cysts forming from larvae burrowing into the tissues of the body causing immense pain (e.g. eyes, intestines, spinal cord). If the parasite isn’t removed from the body, death can result when the larvae infects…

Assessment of Oral Health Needs and Barriers to Care in a Gullah Community: Hollywood Smiles This research is based on quasi-experimental design which examines the oral health outcome of the Gullah’s participants of an African Community in Hollywood, South Carolina. In addition, the Gullah’s participants with substandard oral hygiene where provided oral health care by the dental medicine of South Carolina (Leiter, Hudson, West, Carpenter and Andrews). The research mainly focuses on whether the…

Body size and compositions differ on everyone’s age, gender and just on the person’s body itself on how it reacts and functions, which raises risks for Degenerative Diseases. There are many diseases caused from how our bodies function, although we are the caretakers of our own bodies, it sometimes may be harder for some to manage and upkeep the proper amounts of food, energy, and exercise our bodies need to properly function. According to Michael Matthews, “Body composition, on the other hand,…