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Fake news, the last election cycle brought the topic to the forefront. With the advent of social media fake news is able to spread easier, faster, and more effectively to users across the world. One particular form of fake news is sponsored articles. These articles are typically written in order to sell a product or an idea. The article “Top 10 Reasons to Avoid the Flu Shot” by Lori Alton is an example of such sponsored article. The author craftily uses word choice and falsehoods build unethical…

Fad Diets Body image is something that affects people globally, especially women and young adults. People are willing to try a variety of methods to achieve their weight loss goals, some of which are extreme. Fad diets are a common method to lose weight and generally consist of restricted meal plans and lifestyle regimes to either burn more fat or stop the fat going on in the first place. Fad diets come in many shapes and sizes and are often very unhealthy. In many cases they can cause negative…

The biggest claim of the advocacy makes about magnetic therapy is that it relieves pain wherever it is applied. The support for this claim is mainly broken down into testimonials and anecdotes and can be applied to placebo effects and others. There is a small case study about finding a high decrease in pains going from osteoarthritis of the hip and knee in the group equipped with magnetic bracelets as opposed to the dummy group. They were uncertain about the magnets…

Heart failure (HF) is a complex and progressive clinical syndrome that can result from any structural abnormality or functional impairment of ventricular filling or ejection of blood.1 The term “heart failure” is preferred over “congestive heart failure” because some patients may show no signs or symptoms of volume overload.1 An estimated 5.1 million Americans >20 yrs of age have HF based on NHANES 2007-2010 data.2 By 2030, projection show that the prevalence of HF will increase 25% from…

As grotesque, swollen lymph nodes surfaced and fevers soared to deadly levels, it would seem that the apocalypse crept closer with each lost life. This was the conclusion that came to those living in the Byzantine Empire during 541 A.D. Until this point, Byzantine citizens enjoyed only the finest of luxuries- rich culture, magnificent buildings, such as the Hagia Sophia, and overall prosperity. Nonetheless, even the splendid Byzantine Empire, and its surrounding Mediterranean areas, could not…

Introduction: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder where the due to developmental defect of brain, the diseased express significant impairment in social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication, and restricted and repetitive behaviour. Autism includes a range of disorders (commonly termed as Autism Spectrum Disorder) which is highly heritable and suspected to be caused by genetic and environmental factors and unfortunately it has no known cure [1, 2]. On the other hand music therapy…

Herb. Pot. Grass. Weed. Whatever word you may use for it, Marijuana, is a very relevant and largely debated topic in our country. During this past election a lot of changes have been made on certain states’ stances on the use and sale of Medicinal and Recreational Marijuana. Colorado, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, and the District of Columbia all have legalized the use and sale of Recreational Marijuana, while several other states have legalized the use and sale of Medicinal Marijuana. After the…

School meals have become a bit of cliché with regard to poor nutrition. Countless movies and television shows poke fun at the abundance of unidentifiable foods and lack of nutrition that can show up on cafeteria trays across the nation. While school meals have changed significantly in the past few decades, they still have a long way to go before they can truly be considered nutritious and healthy meals. According to McGuire, our school meals are still too narrow and contain more sodium and fat…

Brown, Burton, Nazarian, and Promes (2015) along with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) provides guidelines that support the use of t-PA for the management of acute ischemic stroke. The guidelines are based on their own reviews of evidence based studies to collect information to generate the guidelines. The objective of this study was to answer the question is t-PA safe and effective for patients with ischemic stroke if given within 3 hours of onset and also if given…

Thesis Statement: Medical marijuana has many medical benefits warranting its legalization, which include eliminating visual haloes produced by glaucoma, controlling intraocular pressure, cough suppression, as well as the treatment of asthma, depression, pain, nausea, vomiting, anorexia, peripheral neuropathy and muscle spasticity in conditions such as multiple sclerosis. AIDS, and cancer. I. Background Information- Cannabis sativa, or marijuana as we have come know, has been around for five…