Pancreatic cancer

a waiting area just outside my mother’s room. When my father came out of my mother’s hospital room, he immediately came to hug us and relay information that the doctors gave him. He went on to tell the both of us that mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and her situation was progressively getting worst, but there were ways to treat the disease. Being only six years old at the time, I was not able to encompass the severity of the problem and the understanding to why my brother was crying so…

Journal Entry 9 Kawasaki disease is a very rare disease that is typically found in children from five years of age and under. Kawasaki disease causes inflammation in the walls of arteries throughout the body(Kawasaki Disease). It is also known as Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, because it commonly affects a person’s lymph nodes, skin, and the mucous membranes. With this disease being so rare there is only about 4,200 cases a year in the United States(Kawasaki Disease Foundation). Although it…

FOOT WARTS Foot warts are usually known as plantar warts/ Myrmecia/ verruca Plantaris or verruca caused by HPV( Human Papillomavirus) which occurs on the toes or on the sole of the foot. These HPV infections can be anywhere in the body but are not plantar. The virus is self-limiting but to decrease the duration and to reduce the symptoms and transmission, treatment is necessary. Genetics plays a major role in determining whether the disease is susceptible or not and about 7-10% of the US…

“Fat” Identities Sociology 4R03 Final Research Paper November 27, 2015 Maria Sadeq, #1305090 Dr. Clancy 1.0 Introduction Symbolic interactionism is a theoretical perspective that contributes a large portion towards current identity theories. Interactionism is based on the idea of meaning produced through social interactions. As a result, it views identity as a continuous “process” rather than a “static entity”. On the other hand, identity is referred to the internalization of social…

Prader-Willi syndrome is a genomic imprinting disorder caused by the failure to express SNRPN (small nuclear ribonucleoprotein-associated polypeptide N) gene product. SNRPN is expressed only on the paternal chromosome 15q11-q13, however, the exact genes responsible for Prader-Willi syndrome haven't been identified. People normally inherit one copy of chromosome 15 from each parent. Some genes are active only on the copy that is inherited from a person's father, the paternal copy. Genomic…

The picture was shared by Madge as she paid tribute to a music legend David Bowie in her performance. In another post, she incorporated the lyrics to the song to applaud the late artist. On Sunday at the age of 69, the legendary singer David died of cancer. He had been battling the disease for 18 months.…

When Batman arrived on the scene, he was greeted with the sound of a deep operatic voice. As he looked up, he saw the victim had been chained by his wrists to a wooden plank with the rest of his body hanging down. Below him was the word “Flawed” spray painted onto the asphalt of the bridge. The victim appeared to be a white male by his body shape. The victim also had bandages wrapped tightly around his face and head and he was wearing a hospital gown. Batman did not have a lot of time to waste…

with Cancer Did you know cancer affects you and your family more than you think? Cancer has a huge impact on people around the world. As I thought about Cancer , some questions that came to head was: How many people are diagnosed with cancer a year? What is cancer? What about cancer does people not know about? What are the problems it causes? My family has been affected by cancer a lot, that’s why I picked this topic, when I had to chose one in class.Overall my main question is, How does cancer…

Comparative Critique In 2006 obesity was making headlines. Journalists plastered the papers with articles. Each journalist had their own unique opinion on the issue, and their articles offered a window into their perspective. Some journalists, like Roberta Seid wrote about America's obsession with being slim, others, like Amanda Spake wrote about the the health issues that accompanied obesity. Although these authors were commenting on two very different parts of the weight debate their arguments…

run for cancer called sherry’s run. I did this run for my history teacher Mr. Pruitt because his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer. I remember how sad he would be and i even saw him cry once and he is really big scary man. I remember my whole class buying t shirts to help fund some medical bills and then all going to support him at Sherry’s run. Doing something like this and helping someone out made me feel so good. From that great experience I have participated in the breast cancer walk…