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In 2015, a survey was completed to determine what the sources in human’s lives that make them the most stressed out. It was shown that money (67%) and work (65%) were the main sources why humans get stressed out (“2015 Stress in America”). It can be inferred then that when most people are afflicted, it is because they have too much work strain or they are not making an adequate amount of money at work. In reality, should these be considered as everyday struggles though, since everyone deals with…

The Majority of high school and youth football games and practices are played without a medical personnel present. The ones that do have a medical personnel cannot be present at all games. Half of them are not even fully trained. More than half of 7 million sports injuries are sustained by youth as young as 5(“Play it Safe” 1-2). Parents should not allow their children to play contact sports because their brains are still developing, injuries lead to long-lasting effects, and safety precautions…

The human body is a complicated thing. No one realizes what all goes through the mind just to do a simple task. The different anatomical features in the human body are many as are the physiological aspects in which all of these various organs and nerves work together. There are many types of tissues that come together make up the four main systems in the human body. These systems intertwine and jointly work together for a person to eventually phonate, breathe, or just walk around a room. The…

Anatomy of cerebral cortex: Brain is most complex organ in human body. The ability of brain for its functioning normally is manifestation of various activities it takes participation in various activities of day to day life, being it hidden from the view or perceptible, like walking, smelling, thinking, laughing, speaking, and hearing. These manifestations are results of very coordinated and complex electrical and chemical activity within and between the cells those makes up our brain. Abnormal…

Devic’s disease is a chronic illness of nerve tissue, also known as inflammation of the optic nerve, and inflammation of the spinal cord. This is an uncommon disease. This disease is most common for loss of vision or pain in the eyes, blurred vision. There are 2 different types of this disease. The first is a classical type where one or both optic nerves are attacked of a short period of time, but then no recurrence. The second is a series of attacks over and over again but separated by periods…

hundred thousand individuals in the United States alone. Individuals need to take in more about this infection so it can be conveyed to the country's consideration. Different Sclerosis is a focal's ailment sensory system. It pulverizes the greasy myelin sheath that protects your nerve cells. Without this protection, nerve correspondence is disturbed. The body then aggravates this by repairing it, and stopping up the zone with scar tissue. Signs going from your mind and cerebrum stem, for example…

First Year as a Single Mom with Multiple Sclerosis I chose to interview my cousin Telma, about her experience of becoming a parent during her daughters first year of life. One reason why I chose my cousin is that I wanted to get a different perspective of what parenting is like; from a parent who not only faces all the challenges that come with raising children, but also has to face the difficulties that come with having a disability. I am unsure whether Multiple Sclerosis is a disease that most…

Legalizing Medical Marijuana Legalizing marijuana has become more of a problem now than it was in the past. In today’s health care problems, medical marijuana has proven itself more than worthy to be up for the part of helping with mental as well as physical diseases. I believe medical marijuana should be legalized for the medical patients who suffer from mental illness as well as physical disease. Earlier this year, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Chuck Grassley, Senator Patrick Leahy, and…

The Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan (BBB) locomotor scale The Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan (BBB) scale (numbering 0–21) is a point scale used in the analyzation of the activity of the limb joints of animals. Its locomotion rate is based on various aspects of the hind limb function like the weight support and toe clearance, just to mention a few [37]. All results were obtained at time points of 2 weeks to 8 weeks post-operation along with the blinded examination that was executed by two scorers.…

My phone is sitting next to me on my desk when I hear it begin to ring. I pick it up in my hand and look at the screen to see who is calling me. When I recognize my mother’s caller ID, I tap a button to accept the call. I bring the phone to my ear and hear my mother’s voice through the speaker. We talk for a few minutes, and then eventually we say goodbye. I end the call and place the phone back onto my desk. The body system that enables me to successfully complete this phone call is the…