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Traumatic experiences similar to the neglect my interviewee suffered, are likely to cause alterations in children's brains resulting in an endless list of long term negative effects. Many children that have suffered through traumatic experiences are likely to face issues with, commitment, empathy, identifying or expressing feelings, relationships, and low self-esteem (Middlebrooks and Audage). As well as issues with attachment, cognitive delays, increased medical issues, and impaired emotional…

Bone is a major component of the human body which provides structural support, protects vital organs, and stores minerals such as calcium. As the body ages, the process of bone remodeling maintains bone mass; however, bone resorption may eventually overcome formation leading to osteoporosis and subsequent musculoskeletal disorders.1 Approximately ten million individuals in the United States, particularly those 60 years of age and older, are diagnosed with osteoporosis each year.2 This condition…

It is proven that when a mother has a baby she is affected by it and biological changes happen in her brain. She starts to have a motherly feeling for her child and the need to take care of it. The biggest change in the mother’s brain is emotional and behavioral changes. The mother develops a need to take care of her child and make sure the child is healthy and meets all of its needs. We know that a baby creates biological changes in the mother, but do biological changes happen in the father as…

Genetics Involving Pheochromocytomas Jillian Benson Baker University School of Nursing Genetics Involving Pheochromocytomas Pathophysiology Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare, benign tumors that develop from chromaffin cells, which are located in the neuroectodermal tissues around the spinal column and the adrenal glands (Grouzman et al., 2015 and Santos, 2014). Pheochromocytomas are located inside of the adrenal gland, while paragangliomas are located outside of the…

Gout is a “disorder of metabolism that allows uric acid or urate to accumulated in the blood and tissues”(Rothschild, 2015, p. 3). It is more common in men than in women and has a higher incidence in 70 to 79 years of age. The gout syndrome is “ caused by alteration in purine metabolism, the end product which is uric acid. This results in hyperurecemia and in the deposition of urate crystals in various tissues (Woo & Wynne, 2011, p. 869). Hyperuricemia can occur due three mechanisms: 1.…

RM, Krey LC, McEwen BS 1984). The hippocampus also regulates the ACTH secretion during stress and non-stressed conditions (Knigge KM, Hays M 1963). Similarly, the stimulation of hippocampus causes decline in stress-induced release of ACTH and glucocorticoids in both rodents (Dupont A, Bastarache E, Endroczi E, Fortier C 1972; Kawakami M, Seto K, Terasawa E, Yoshida K, Miyamoto T, Sekiguchi M, Hattori Y 1968) and humans (Rubin, R. T., Mandell, A. J. & Crandall, P. H.1966). Additionally, rats with…

Today in several cities around the country there is a place within the city that is producing lower health outcomes. It is very common to find neighborhoods within much larger cities that have higher levels of poverty than the city it surrounds. In West Side of Syracuse, New York there are many environmental, physical, social, and service problems that contribute to the quality of the neighborhood. In a city of almost 145,000 people, there are many things that can be fixed such as poverty.…

Psychological stress is related to the onset of a spectrum of diseases (Cohen, Janicki-Deverts, & Miller, 2007), but the underlying pathways linking stress with disease are not fully understood. Recently there has been increasing interest in exploring low-grade peripheral inflammation as a potential pathway, especially considering that inflammation is reliably induced by psychological stress and directly affects various organ systems in the body (Rohleder, 2014). Previous studies showed that…

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Primary adrenal insufficiency (also known under the eponym Addison’s disease) occurs when the adrenal glands situated on top of the kidneys produce inadequate amounts of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid hormones. Autoimmune destruction of the aforementioned glands is the most common cause of primary adrenal insufficiency in the developed countries, whereas tuberculosis is the second most frequent cause worldwide. A plethora of autoimmune comorbidities can be associated with primary adrenal…