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Dandelion (Taraxicum officinale) is one of the most widely recognized wild herbs. Nearly everyone is familiar with the sunny yellow flowers and delicate white puffballs of seeds known as dandelion clocks. Unfortunately, the medicinal value of dandelions is not so well known, and these beneficial plants are often sprayed with herbicides by people who want to discourage them from growing in their lawns. Dandelion is a perennial plant native to Asia and Europe. It was brought to North America…

Apply for this Scholarship Please submit an essay explaining the signs and early detection of heart disease. (Mr. Ronald Stokes, whom this scholarship is in memory of, passed away from heart disease). Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women. In 2009, there were more men dying of heart disease than women according to the CDC. In the United States, every year there is an expected 1 in every 4 deaths due to heart disease. This disease is so severe and critical that…

continue excreting glucose in the urine causing a more serious condition, Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemia State (HHS) - which has a known mortality rate of about 15% in people with this condition. On the other hand, the body may begin breaking down more triglycerides (stored body fat) as a way to produce more energy to control the situation. However, this increased lipolysis (release of fatty acids and ketones from fat cells, muscle tissues and the liver) causes an elevated accumulation of ketones…

Introduction: Postmenopausal women have a greater risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) in later life [1]. Estrogen is nephroprotective in premenopausal women; however, it has been suggested that the loss of estrogen predisposes women to reduced kidney function [2]. As a consequence, there is an increased risk of incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia, which has been demonstrated by several studies [3-5]. The risk of incident cognitive impairment and dementia are…

Introduction Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that affects the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for controlling thought, memory, and language. According to “Alzheimer’s Disease Fact Sheet,” published by the National Institute of Health (NIH), the disease, ranked as the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., was named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer, who, in 1906, noticed changes in the brain tissue of a woman who…

Take a moment and picture yourself a year from now. You probably imagine yourself being the same size or smaller than you are now. You probably want to be able to run/walk a mile without having huge heart or breathing issues. You probably want to be healthy. Well if most of us continue to eat the way we do, none of what you imagine will be possible. Americans need to start eating healthier. An unhealthy diet is linked to four of the world’s top ten leading risk factor that cause death: high…

Biodiesel is an alternative diesel fuel for diesel engines that is made from renewable biological sources like vegetable oils, animal fats, and microalgae. Since its main feedstock is a vegetable oil or animal fat, biodiesel is generally considered to be renewable. There are four primary ways known to make biodiesel – (1) direct use and blending, (2) microemulsions, (3) thermal cracking and (4) transesterification. Although the main use is the transesterification of vegetable oils and animal…

Oxidation is a process where atoms or molecules combine with oxygen. Combustion is an example of oxidation reaction. Whenever oxidation reaction takes place with metals like iron, rust is formed as a byproduct. When oxidation reaction occurs in people, it is what we call aging. Inside the human body, there are free radicals or molecules that are missing one electron. If an oxygen molecule loses one electron, it becomes a single oxygen atom that needs one electron. The single oxygen atom would…

supported by the results. The prediction made was that skeletal muscle would have the lowest lipid content, however the results suggest that liver tissue has the lower lipid content. Adipose tissue is a major sit of storage for lipids in the form of triglycerides. The liver oxidizes lipids for energy, so lipid content is low. High lipid content in skeletal muscle…

Vitamins are the organic compounds required to carry out a living body’s metabolism and their absence can clump several metabolic reactions in the body. These essential nutrients cannot be synthesized in the body therefore must be taken from an outside food source i.e. plants, fruits, vegetables or animals. Basically there are two types of vitamins in nature; some are water soluble and others are the fat soluble ones. Water soluble vitamins are those which are soluble only in water and are B…