Sarcoma

Bobby Akart is an American author best known for writing a series of science fiction, religious and post-apocalyptic thrillers. His best known works include the Blackout series, the Pandemic series, the Boston Brahmin series, and the Prepping for Tomorrow series. Akart was born and raised in small town Tennessee, and went on to attain his Bachelors majoring in Political Science and Economics. Given his excellent understanding of economics and its effects on politics, he writes novels that…

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNCCC) is the sixth most common cancer known worldwide with an incidence of 0.5 million new cases diagnosed annually, around half of these cases are oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) (Jithesh et al., 2013). Though numerous risk factors have been implicated in the development of OSCC , the most important are tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and betel-quid chewing (Petti et al., 2013). Evidences suggested that viruses are involved in oral…

Thymoquinone has been an intriguing find in the field of medicine and health science. Thymoquinone is a chemical extracted from the Nigella Sativa plant or also known as the Fennel Flower. (The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology.) The earliest uses of Nigella Sativa, or black seed, date back to 570 C.E. (naturalsociety.com). This plant has been used as a medicine for all types of human illnesses. Because of its potency in reducing or curing diseases, it was deemed as the “cure…

Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma (NHL) is a type of cancer that originates in the lymphatic system, the system in the body that is responsible for fighting disease, and is known to be the 6th most common cause of cancer death.1 There are many different types of lymphoma and is classified based on multiple factors such as the pathophysiology of the disease, how the disease metastasizes to other organs and its response to treatment. The two main types of lymphoma are NHL and Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. Hodgkin’s…

Influences of Epigenetics on Cancer Introduction Cancer before epigenetics History of cancer. Cancer is characterized by an out of control growth of tissues within one’s body. These cells are known as a mutated tissue cells, and these resulted in a new replication patterns. The word cancer was derived from the term carinas and carcinoma to describe non-ulcer forming or ulcer-forming tumors by the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 B.C). Studies over the centuries have been trying to determine…

War is a period of time in which lines between right and wrong are blurred. When you’re up against a claimed enemy, the cost of their lives is the price you must pay in order to further your goal. Sometimes we don’t always know what consequences will follow our actions, but in this case, the price of war has followed on throughout generations and generations of people. Leaving a lasting effect on not only the claimed “enemies” but also on them as well. In the Vietnam War, beginning on November 1…

Werner’s syndrome (WS) is a very rare autosomal recessive disease that will cause premature aging for both men and women, where symptoms may start showing up during or after puberty and will continue on through their entire lifetime.1 This being said, there is a great disproportion between a patient’s real age and the perceived appearance age. A patient that is diagnosed with WS will age progressively faster than its peers, and the median lifespan is around 54 years of age.2 Another name for…

Lying within the core of the human brain is a small gland known as the pineal gland which is the principal conductor and regulator of the endocrine system. Furthermore, another essential process that the pineal gland undergoes is the secretion of melatonin, an autacoid hormone that controls the body’s circadian rhythm. Aside from controlling the body’s natural circadian rhythm, melatonin is used to cure many different conditions including radiation exposure, Alzheimer’s disease, and tinnitus.…

her literally waste away to a point where I could see her spine. She suffered terribly and was in a lot of pain. My father 3 years later in 2013 from a stroke and cerebral hematoma, and most recently my sister last year in 2015 from spindel cell sarcoma. She out of all of them was by far the worst. I witnessed her pain and suffering through treatments for the cancer that was worst than the cancer itself to the radiation and surgeries that butchered her body. I know how difficult all of their…

Health can be defined into by a persons mental, social and physical condition. Diseases can be categorised by the type of severity, and what implications it has on the particular individual, and how they 're passed from person to person. For example for diseases such as Gonorrhea and Chlamydia which are both STI’s (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) diseases such as these can only be passed through sexual contact. Other diseases such as Influenza and Chickenpox are spread through the air. They 're…