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According to U.S. Official News, “Smoking is the most preventable cause of death in the United States” (Smoking: Do you know the Risks? 2015). The highest percent of smokers are between the ages of 21-34. It is said that smokers usually die more than 10 years earlier than those who don’t smoke. Today, there is much urgency for men and women to take an incentive to stop smoking cigarettes because most importantly it harms oneself. It is said smoking “for a man, it is not gallant, noble, and…

The Endocrine System controls bodily functions that tend to occur over a long time. Taking a similar role to the nervous system to keep the body in a state of homeostasis. Through the use of a negative feedback loop the Endocrine system insures the proper amount of hormone is in the body at any given time. These hormones serve functions from growth to balancing ion levels in the body. The Endocrine system is specifically down to the hormone meant for homeostasis. The Endocrine System is…

Does Latuda’s Commercial Accurately Represent The Product? Latuda is a newer drug to the market in the United States. Originally developed as an anti-psychotic for use in the treatment of schizophrenia, it has more recently been approved by the FDA for treatment of Bipolar I Disorder (bipolar depression) (Prescribing Information). Sunovion, the parent company that markets Latuda in the United States has begun focusing nearly all of their advertising on drawing patients to Latuda for bipolar…

In the podcast “Why Do Listeners Enjoy Music that Makes Them Weep?” Steve Muncher interviews David Huron in order to find out why music has such a strong effect on people. Through a series of questions he figures out that this phenomenon is possible because the music manipulates the brain into feeling like it has been through a hard time. The podcast also contributed to my understanding of music on people and myself. Mencher interviews David Huron who is a “Professor music and head of the…

Schizophrenia Assignment This essay will be focused on a mental illness known as Schizophrenia, which Jonathon is experiencing in the Case Study. It will outline its symptoms, the brain structures of Schizophrenic patients, how neurochemistry may be a possible causative factor in it and how medication can affect the brain structure and neurochemistry to manage symptoms in diagnoses of Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a serious chronic mental disorder which is described chiefly by defalcation in…

for clozapine, lithium toxicity, etc). - I was able to demonstrate critical thinking as to why my patients are on particular medication, its dose, and side effects (lowered dose for risperidone from 5mg to 2 mg because patient had high level of prolactin, which is one of the side effects of…

“Gastro” is a term that means stomach, while “Paresis” means weakness. Gastroparesis commonly referred as gastric emptying is a digestive disorder in which the food movement from the stomach to small intestine slows down or gets abnormal. In order to move food from the stomach to small intestine the stomach contracts. The stomach muscles are regulated by the vagus nerves. In order to break down food and movement food over gastrointestinal tract, the stomach muscle controlled by vagus nerve…

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) and dialysis have negative impact on lifestyle. Renal transplantation improves many facets of daily life. Male sexuality is a significant predictor of quality of life. This brief review summarizes the impacts of ESRD and renal replacement on a range of sexual domains as presented at the European Association of Urology meeting in Vienna. In choosing renal transplantation, men expect superior long-term survival compared to other means of renal replacement. Moreover,…

society creates a stigma that men do not get depressed which causes men less likely to confront the postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is a result of low levels in testosterone as well as fluctuations in other hormones like estradiol and prolactin in men. Along with the changes in hormones, there are sleep deprivation and stress that help contribute a father going into postpartum depression. To support his story, Mr. Quenqua refers to research conducted at University of Southern…

Task One Explain the functions of the following The Temporal Lobe The temporal lobe is placed in the base of the cortex behind the temples. It is one of the four exceeding lobes in the cerebral cortex. The temporal lobe develops sensory information. It controls select listening and the data collected from the ears. Sound and speech is also created here. The temporal lobe conceives significant speech, including sounds and pitches. Long term and visual memories are stored here. The temporal…