Prostate

and role model. Obviously, grandpa has silver in his hair and gold in his heart. Each day he has been getting older. Since years back, Grandpa Oscar has developed a few health conditions, while his heart weak as tissue, they had diagnosed him with prostate cancer. Not being able to stay active but he has been living through it. Presuming he is tired and run down all the time, heart says, “Never let go”. Although he lives alone, people from church and family would help him with his conditions. We…

GMOs (or “genetically modified organisms”) are living organisms whose genetic material has been artificially manipulated in a laboratory through genetic engineering, or GE. GMOs have been a problem in the world for many years. GMOs have been affecting the world since 1994 when they were first introduced in grocery stores. GMOs cause major problems for humans; there is no solution for GMOs because humans are unaware of the effects GMOs have. Humans are not worried about what harm GMOs have…

Performance Enhancing Drugs: Immorality and Imperilment of Steroids The animal within human nature drives people to great lengths for success and survival. People are often willing to do whatever it takes to reach the top and individuals competing in athletics are no exception. In fact, some athletes use drugs, such as steroids, to give them the extra edge, regardless of the consequences. Steroid has multiple meanings and several different functions. There are three main types of steroids:…

sex education. Secondary prevention main focus is an early detection of disease and treatments with the goal of limiting long term severity and adverse effect of the disease. For example, health screenings of cancer (breast, cervical, colorectal, prostate) and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. The last stage in this category is known as tertiary prevention with a focus on maximization of recovery after an occurrence of injury or illness. Rehabilitation plays a major role in this…

Ninety-four percent of Americans say that animals raised for food deserve to live a life without abuse and brutality. A factory farm is a large manufacturing operation that raises animals for food. These operations focus on profit and efficiency without considering animal welfare. Farm animals across the country suffer from abuse and conditions that are despicable and inhumane. Although factory farms may be economically efficient to provide eggs, milk, and meat, they significantly impair the…

(HER-2 positive patients). The IHC biomarker c-kit (CD117), which is used in the clinic to detect gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) (Debiec-Rychter et al., 2004), and p63, which is used to detect the presence of basal cells indicative of normal prostate glands (R. B. Shah, Zhou, LeBlanc, Snyder, & Rubin, 2002; Weinstein, Signoretti, & Loda, 2002), are the latest FDA approved single marker IHC-based assays which were approved almost a decade ago in 2004 and 2005, respectively. Since then…

The landscape for transgender healthcare has been radically impacted by the passage and implementation of the Affordable Care Act [ACA]. The ACA paved the way for the state and country to address the discrimination and barriers to accessing care that many transgender people have experienced. Over the past few years there have been significant changes to trans-specific healthcare coverage, which can be attributed to the clarification of Senate Bill 2 and the state and federal mandates. In this…

Everyday millions of people are born with mutations, harmful diseases, as well as being in a tragic event like fire, frost bite, or other events losing skin or body parts. Today we have progressed further and further into science. Scientist have discovered a new method called Tissue Engineering. By using cells to create a new tissue or even a working organ, they then are able to be put back inside the hosts body like nothing ever happened for people all over the world. This method is being used…

Introduction Before researching about the possibility of using telomerase inhibitors to kill cancer cells, we first need to know what cancer is and what telomerase is. Cancer is the name used to describe the diseases in which cell have abnormal growth or cell divides is uncontrollable and it will affect other cells. These cancer can spread to other part of the body through the blood or lymph systems. Many people think that cancer is just a disease, in fact, cancer is not just a disease but it…

matter what curveballs are thrown. Too many simple tasks are taken for granted, but they can be easily snatched away when cancer strikes. Nonetheless, the list continues because at seven years old my grandfather, whom I called Pop-pop, suffered from prostate cancer. He fought his battle for one year and I witnessed a slow, brutal transformation. He lost his hair, eyelashes, eyebrows; pieces of a person I thought you could never lose. A prominent man in my life slowly deteriorated into a mere…