Lung volumes

the U.S. annually.(11 facts about smoking-do something.org). This part is important because it shows that if you smoke you will likely die. There are over 13 different types of cancer including lung cancer.(medical news today.com). This part shows that there there are many different types of cancer. Lung cancer is one of the most common and deadly types of cancers caused by smoking.(11 facts about smoking-do something.org). This is important because it shows that the most common cancer is…

A mass is a lump that either your caregiver found during an examination or you found before seeing your caregiver. The colon is a major part of the large intestine. There are many possible reasons why a lump has appeared. Testing will help determine the cause and the steps to a solution. CAUSES Before complete testing is done, it may be difficult or impossible for your caregiver to know if the lump is truly in the colon or comes from one of the organs that are next to the colon. Problems in…

It’s 2015 and we all have heard the many harmful effects due to smoking. There are thousands! Some effects of smoking are lung and heart disease, pneumonia, and emphysema. According to Cancer.org there are several types of cancer you can get while smoking such as tongue, mouth, and throat cancer, bladder cancer, cancer of the pancreas, and cancer of the voice box. So why are these products still being sold? A cigarette can cause many problems for the smoker and the people around them, therefore…

Although e-cigarette and normal cigarette can be used for smoking, but there are various difference between them. When we compare e-cigarette with normal cigarette. E-cigarette has a higher price than normal cigarette. E-cigarette has many necessary composition before it can use. For example, it necessary to use an e-liquid to be a smoke ingredient and some e-cigarette have to replace a coil for heating an e-liquid to be a vapor for many times per week. While normal cigarette is very simple to…

raising the tobacco sale age to 21 will have a good effect on public health and save lives. According to the institute of medicine setting the lowest age to 21 would result in around a quarter-million fewer early deaths and 50,000 fewer deaths from lung cancer. Smoking is the leading cause of early deaths and preventable diseases. The age to purchase tobacco should be raised to 21 because it could help keep tobacco out of high schools. Research shows that students usually turn to…

The symptoms of multiple myeloma consist of pain from a pinched nerve or a collapsed vertebrae, anemia and fatigue associated with anemia, hypercalcemia (too much calcium in the blood) and blood clots. Multiple myeloma can cause the patient to have a weakened immune system depending on the stage of the cancer. This then causes additional complications related to a feeble immune system such as fever, weight loss, thirst, infections, bleeding gums, mental confusion and kidney failure. Usually the…

Ever put a ring on and feel constant pressure, but throughout the day that pressure is hardly noticeable? Sensory adaptation is the cause for that. Sensory adaptation is the reduction of sensitivity as a result from constant stimulation (Myers, Dewall, 234). In other words, sensory adaptation occurs when we are continuously exposed to an unchanging stimulus (Myers, Dewall, 234). Subcategories of sensory adaptation include touch adaptation, sound adaptation, smell adaptation, and much more.…

Tumors of the parathyroid glands frequently occur with a prevalence of 0.1-0.4% in the general population, increasing up to 4% of postmenopausal women [1]. Parathyroid tumors are often associated with PTH hypersecretion determining primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), which represents the third most common endocrine disease following diabetes and thyreopathies. In PHPT, PTH hypersecretion due to tumor parathyroid cell proliferation, induces hypercalcemia by increasing calcium mobilization from…

Hypodermics on the Shore (aka “the Syringe Tide”) started a metaphorical fire in America because it sparked an environmentalist movement. The Syringe Tide was an environmental disaster where medical waste washed up along the beaches of Jersey Shore, in New York City, and on Long Island. Before there were any major environmental catastrophes, environmentalists focused on the effective utilization of natural resources. Once events like the Syringe Tide started to occur, environmentalists started…

“Lasting for man than a century, The Columbian Exchange would indeed change the course of world history, as the introduction of European plants, animals, and infectious diseases during the period brought about dramatic environmental and cultural changes to American South, indeed the entire North America” (Donald pg95). “The accompanying transfer of disease agents, meanwhile had devastating effects, some historians suggest that between 50 and 90 percent of the pre-Columbian population of…