Toxicology

Mental health illnesses are common and affect all ages, educational and income levels and cultures. According to the Canadian Mental health Association approximately 8% of adults will experience major depression at some time in their lives. Major Depressive Disorder has a significant morbidity and mortality; that can lead to suicide, disruption in interpersonal relationship, substance abuse and loss of work time. So, early diagnosis is very important. Purpose of this section is unbiased review…

Being one of the highest paying professionals, successful actor and hilarious comedian, best known by his real name, Robin Williams, was born on July 21, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois. He developed an unconditional love for his style in a stand-up comedy. He achieved his own T.V. show called Mork and Mindy (1978-1972), and played many important parts, one with with Robert Altman in the film Popeye (1980). He played multiple remarkable movie roles, both comical and sensational. After only three…

The pharmacy profession undergone massive changes in the past few years with a number of countries encouraging more patient-oriented clinical roles and having pharmacists incorporated alongside doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals into a multidisciplinary team. Certain countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand are expecting their pharmacists to be vastly available to patients in the community in order to provide counseling about…

Have you ever wondered what exactly is in that delicious Trix cereal you eat every morning? Of the many ingredients used to manufacture cereal, one prominent ingredient in Trix cereal is corn. However, this is not just any corn but rather genetically engineered corn. Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, are utilized in many of our favorite brands due to its prominent use in agriculture. In fact, “up to 92% of the U.S. corn is genetically engineered” ("About Genetically Engineered Foods").…

under the influence. In this time period, there were set standards and regulations to allow officers to gauge levels of intoxication. This problems stood until the early nineteenth century. In 1936, Dr. Harger, an Indiana University professor of toxicology and biochemistry, patented the drunkometer. The drunkometer would soon become a gateway tool for the future of drunk driving by creating the breathalyzer test. Invented by Robert Borkenstein, former police captain and professor (“History”).…

Hebrew. PMID: 12222141 3. Powell J.T. (1998) Vascular damage from smoking: Disease mechanisms at the arterial wall. Vasc Med 3:21–28. 4. Alberg A. The influence of cigarette smoking on circulating concentrations of antioxidant micronutrients. Toxicology. 2002 Nov 15;180(2):121-37. Review. PMID: 12324189 Question 3 Additon: Hi Emily, I wanted to share something I found on thirdhand smoke. "Thirdhand smoke (THS) refers to components of secondhand smoke that stick to indoor surfaces and persist…

Formaldehyde, the most simple’s aldehyde, is a widely used agent, abundant in the environment and naturally made in organisms, is a well know carcinogenic to many organisms. The US National Toxicology Program composed of US agencies like NIH, the FDA, and the CDC have grouped formaldehyde as an agent “known to be carcinogenic” (CDC, 2014). The mechanisms by which formaldehyde produces its carcinogenic affects and the mechanism by which the cell repairs these aberrations inflicted on DNA is not…

damaging effects of glyphosate is that it stimulates too much estrogen. As any doctor will tell you, estrogen is the fuel that helps breast cancer tumors grow. This was discovered by an innovative study published in the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology in 2013. These researchers found that the risk of breast cancer was even greater in those exposed to glyphosate (Hari, 219). A 2014 study led by scientists from the Arctic University of Norway uncovered “extreme levels” of Roundup on 70…

victims exposing them more fragile to sexual assaults [40, 41]. Emanuel Chusid et al, have highlighted regarding nasal instillation of tetrahydrozoline nasal drops in 10 week old boy led to severe respiratory depression along with pharmacology and toxicology of the drug…

Think of the words “serial killer.” Who comes to mind? Many have left an undesirable impression on the world, but some tend to stand out from the rest. One in particular seems to be especially unique against the others: Richard Kuklinski. Standing at six and a half inches at three hundred pounds and nicknamed “The Iceman,” Richard Kuklinski was a brutal and cruel man known for killing more than one hundred men in his lifetime. Most people who knew of Kuklinski’s background would not be surprised…