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    Circadian Desynchrony

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    The human circadian rhythm is a vital part of a person’s internal clock system. “Circadian desynchrony, is a sleep disorder where there is a mismatch with the body’s natural circadian rhythm and external environment.” (Choy & Salbu, 2011) This argues the fact that by switching time zones and environments that the body is not accustomed to will lead to irregular sleep cycles. Specifically when the body is moved across over two time zones it will lead to the perceived symptoms of jet lag (Choy &…

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    Cretinism: also known as congenital hypothyroidism effects about 1 in 4000 babies. Cretinism is a situation induced by an insufficiency of thyroid hormone at birth and during minority, as a ensue of abnormal evolution of the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland becomes unbalanced or defective often due to an iodine imperfection. If untreated, can result in mild to severe impairment of both physical and mental growth and development. Cretinism can also cause mental deterioration, swelling of the…

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    Autistic Career Goal

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    At my time at Howard University, I had the pleasure to attend a number of Biology and Chemistry courses for my major. In the beginning of my senior year, I registered for Endocrinology as a biology elective. Before the semester started, my teacher assigned a presentation project to prepare for the first week of class. The project had students research their career interest and find any pathology related to endocrine glands and hormones. I have a set goal to graduate from medical school and…

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    The career that I am pursuing is a veterinarian. A veterinarian’s job is to protect animals and bring them back to health. They focus on progressing medical treatments and knowledge on animals. The career allows veterinarians to discover new information on animals which could benefit the animals, even humans. The career is diverse, allowing veterinarians to focus on different species. Veterinarians can pursue several fields of study such as farm animals, marine, domesticated animals, wildlife,…

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    Joycelyn Elders was born Minnie Lee Jones in Schaal, Arkansas on August 13, 1933. In college, she changed her name to Minnie Joycelyn Lee. In 1952, she received her Bachelor in biology from Philander Smith College in Little Rock, Arkansas. After working as a nurse's aid she joined the army in May, 1953. During her 3 years in the army, she was trained as a physical therapist. She then attended the University of Arkansas Medical School, where she obtained her medicinae doctor degree in 1960.…

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    Type I Diabetes

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    ketoacids in the serum and urine, severe dehydration, cardiovascular instability, and respiratory distress. If left untreated, patients will typically die. Type I diabetes is very difficult to control and typically requires the help of an Endocrinology specialist. Chronically poorly controlled diabetes is a leading cause of cardiovascular, kidney disease,…

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    Forensic Psychiatry

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    Forensic Psychiatry and Behavioral Science is a subset of psychiatry where there is an interaction between the two sciences and the law, though this is a somewhat restriction definition. Forensic psychiatrists also work to aid the mentally ill in navigating three major institutions: mental health, justice, and correctional. This subfield focuses on objective psychological evaluations, where adolescents, adults, and the elderly may be referred to determine any psychiatric, neurologic, and…

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    Aspartame Lab Report

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    However, there are also many complaints about aspartame from the patients. The symptoms of using aspartame are psycho-neurological signs (headache, dizziness, change in mood, ADHD, seizures…), digestive signs (upset stomach), endocrinology disease (diabetes), or autoimmune diseases (lupus). Especially, patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), a genetic disorder, get worse if they take aspartame because aspartame contains phenylalanine in their structure. Actually, the patients can not…

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    Ms. G Case Studies

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    of the body. During Ms. G’s stay in the hospital, she will be educated on the needs for care of the lower extremities, the type of shoes, socks to use, how to trim her toenails, podiatric appointments. Follow up with her out patient wound care, endocrinology and how to exercise to reduce weight. Family helping in dietary preparation and in following up with her appointments. The factors that will delay or prevent wound healing will be poor control of blood glucose related to the infection,…

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    I seem to come up with new analogies for type 1 diabetes everyday. Stuff like, “Diabetes is like a small baby, when it’s crying there seems to be nothing you can do for it.” All just random little phrases to lighten up the situation. I guess one of those times where my diabetes was “crying” is when I was on syringes and I couldn’t get my blood sugars under control and they were just constantly hovering up in the 400’s. A normal blood sugar should be somewhere in between the range of 80-180 so I…

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