Steatohepatitis

(2004) and Kleiner et al. (2005) assed multiple independent features for the diagnosis of steatohepatitis and did not just based their findings on a single histological feature. The lesion due to accumulation of fat in the form of triglycerides within hepatocytes is termed as steatosis and the minimum criteria for diagnosing NAFLD the presence of…

Summary Macrobiotics is the science that studies the community of microorganisms in a given ecosystem to promote health and balance in the ecosystem. The intestinal microbiota is the population of living microorganisms in the digestive tract. A large part of scientists work deciphering the genome of the microbiota. Today, modern techniques of study of the microbiota have given us a knowledge of a large number of bacteria that are not cultivable, and as such microorganisms that inhabit us, relate…

A. Introduction Childhood obesity is a health issue American’s are becoming all too familiar with. Nearly one in three children ages 2-19 are overweight or obese. Childhood obesity has nearly tripled in American children and adolescents since 1980 and it is becoming a major concern. Research has suggested that it is only going to continue to rise. There is no single reason for this rise in children being over weight, but there are a number of contributing factors; television and media,…

Obesity has become an epidemic in society today more than 78.6 million adults are obese. More than one-third of the children in America are obese as well. People who are overweight require more medical treatment than normal weight people. In 2008 obese people spent 1,429$ more dollars then healthy weight people. Childhood obesity is becoming a negative epidemic. Health professions urge people to get their weight under control to prevent further damage to their bodies. Are medical researchers…

The worldwide prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity increased from 4.2% in 1990 to 6.7% in 2010. This trend is likely to continue and the prevalence is expected to reach 9.1%, or 60 million, in 2020 (Raj Manu, 2012). Additionally, it is known that childhood obesity is occurring at younger ages. Obesity in children can affect their health by potentially having to deal with hypertension, diabetes type 2, sleep apnea, Asthma and or heart and liver complications due to child obesity. These…

Binge drinking is known as the pattern of drinking that raises blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels to 0.08 g/dL [3]. Typically, the pattern occurs after 4 drinks for women and 5 drinks for men in the period of 2 hours [3]. According to Shukla et. al, alcohol overconsumption through binge drinking is an emerging major health concern common in young adult population in US and generally around the globe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that one in six adults binge…

At the University of Rhode Island I have had the pleasure of working in a pharmacology and toxicology lab for a year with Dr. Angela Slitt. My original plan coming into the university was to pursue a pre-medical degree that I would then turn to a medical degree. However, now that I have had the experience to take courses as well as my experience in Dr. Slitt’s lab I now know that a career in pharmaceutical sciences in right for me. The thrill of obtaining pertinent data to a proposed theory is…

Dietary guidelines have been established by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American Heart Association (AHA) for children and adolescents. Based on these guidelines, it is suggested that children between the ages of 9 and 13 consume 3 cups of milk, 5 ounces (oz) of lean meat or beans, and 1.5 cups of fruit each day. Because of physiological differences between males and female adolescents, nutrient requirements are divided by gender after the age of 9 (Grodner, Escott-Stump, &…

Case Report: This is a 56-year-old white female with a history of cirrhosis secondary to alcoholism and NASH, history of portal hypertension and ascites, and hepatic encephalopathy, who was brought to the ED by her mother and daughter due to concerns about confusion. The patient is confused and unable to answer questions; therefore this information has been obtained by family members. According to the family members, the patient has been confused for 2-3 days and has had a few episodes of emesis…

CRITICAL REVIEW ON TREATMENT AND PREVETION OF HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS AND FIBROSIS INTRODUCTION Liver cirrhosis is a common outcome in clinical progressions of all chronic liver diseases, distinguished by substitution of tissues of the liver by fibrous (scar) tissues. Regenerative nodules - lumps that appear in a bid to repair the damaged tissues – also replace the liver tissues, leading to an alteration of the liver structure to into structurally abnormal nodules. Liver fibrosis is as a resultant…