Normal gastrointestinal bacteria have many important functions in humans. Some of them include nutrient metabolism, xenobiotic and drug metabolism, maintenance of structural integrity of the gut mucosal barrier, immunomodulation, and protection against pathogens. Scientists studying the human intestinal tract have discovered that there are over 35,000 microflora species in the human gut. For nutrient metabolism, GI microflora works to get nutrients from the breakdown and fermentation of…
Sugar is commonly used as a sweetener nowadays. Sugar is from the sugar cane that tastes sweet. It has different types, the white, brown, and the liquid. Sugar is not only in every sweet products but in carbohydrates also. People are aware that sugar is harmful to health but then sugar continues to be part of human life. Like Betty, when she was a child she loved eating sweets. Most of the time she ate sugar cane because she was influenced by her father and mother who loved sweets as well, when…
, stroke, several types of cancer, and osteoarthritis. Obesity is associated with increased risk for many types of cancer, including cancer of the breast, colon, endometrium, esophagus, kidney, pancreas, gall bladder, thyroid, ovary, cervix, and prostate, as well as multiple myeloma and Hodgkin’s lymphoma. All this affects/diseases are long term, people will have to live with them and take medication to control it and some will die. Genetics can also play a role in determining whether a child…
It was a beautiful February day in New Orleans. The sound of bands filled the air as they prepared to march in a Mardi Gras parade. My grandfather, my father, and I were riding together for the first time. My grandfather was battling prostate cancer. To help him, I built a lifting chair to securely support his weak body. This allowed him to ride comfortably and engage the throngs for one last time. The joy on my grandfather’s face is not to be forgotten. It still deeply moves me and continues to…
York, and finished his education in Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. He won a gold medal for his first novel “not with out laughter.” He was a great influence to the young aged, middle aged, and old aged. He passed away on May 22, 1967 due to prostate cancer. He was a great influence and the reason Im writing about him is that one of his poems affected me in a way that motivated me to be the best I can. His way of writing is unique the way he uses literary devices to make the poem is…
Elizabeth Holmes’s fear of needles lead her to hit the mainstream with her company called Theranos. It was the first company ever to deliver blood test results directly to the patient from a single drop of blood addressing almost 70 different markers. The strategy, at first, showed to be inexpensive, quick, accurate, painless, accessible, and overall convenience. Though Holmes claimed her technology would be, “…faster, cheaper, and more accurate than the conventional methods and require only…
On an April day in 2000, throughout the ‘booming’ times of a market optimistic community when the culture was boiling over with money and the corporations had seemed more vital as an asset and more influential than the governments. Eric Michael Packer, a billionaire manager at the age of 28, had emerged from his luxurious penthouse an settled into his personally advanced customized white stretch limousine. That day, he was a man with two distinctively different missions: to pursue a bet against…
worker will discuss developing a treatment plan for this client and determine the effectiveness of the treatment plan design. History Briefly, the client that this paper will discuss is an African American male veteran (Mr. B), 70, diagnosed with prostate cancer. Mr. B is having difficulty expressing to his children's about his illness, his cancer has become more rigorous therefore causing a major health decline. His oncologist…
CHILD OBESITY IN THE UNITED STATES THESIS: The risks posed by obesity in children is a great concern for the development and future of the U.S. especially in its goal to maintain a healthy population. Therefore, the government and other agencies should increase efforts to reduce obesity. I. INTRODUCTION A. obesity in children has escalated and so has the obesity in adolescents. II. DEMOGRAPHICS A. A third of the children in the United States suffer from obesity and some being…
Based on research 95% and 99% of individuals diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome are infertile because they do not produce enough sperm to fertilize an egg naturally Paduch, D.A., Fine, R.G., Bolyakov, A., & Kiper, J. (2008) For infertility, Intracytoplasmic sperm injections have been a successful method for individuals diagnosed with Klinefelter syndrome that are trying to conceive a child. For this procedure, a surgeon removes sperm from the testes injected into a needle and places one sperm…