Essays on Medicine Page 34

When I was a child, I was surrounded by family that could never adjust to having a regular workout schedule or eating healthy foods causing the majority of my family to be slightly overweight and extremely unhealthy. Instead of changing their lifestyles they began to blame it merely on their genetics calling it, “The Richter…

The United States of America is becoming one of the most obese countries in the world. With a startling percentage of 36.20% obese men and women over the age of eighteen recorded in 2020 by the CDC(“Obesity Rate By State 2020”), we are currently ranked 12th in the world for obesity”(“Obesity Rate By State”). Obesity…

I strive every day to maintain a healthy lifestyle through eating correctly and exercising. This presentation simply highlights the small changes a person can make to improve their health and quality of life. Eating food that is good for the body is an imperative way to maintain one’s health. Fruits and vegetables contain vital nutrients…

There are two different types of diets that everyone knows. There is the Vegan diet where you don’t eat any animal products only plant based, and there is the meat diet where you eat all animal products which include meat, milk, eggs, etc. These diets are every different form each other but are also the…

A balanced and healthy diet for children is the same as for adults but the difference is the amount of specific nutrients (MayoClinic.com). Children require protein for the repair of tissue cells and muscle growth (WebMD.com) which can be found in seafood, meat, eggs, legumes, nuts and seeds. Fruits for reducing constipation and lowering chances…

If you’re someone struggling with heart related diseases, diabetes, cancer, or even pregnant and want to know how you can make your body as strong as it can possibly be; Or know someone who falls under one of these columns, keep reading. Roughly 55% of americans are taking medications regularly today. What if I told…

What is veganism? When people hear the word “vegan”, the majority of the time they automatically think about people not wanting to harm animals. Protecting animal rights is a good thing because the way we kill them is inhumane, but there is more to veganism than just protecting animals. Our health and ecosystem are also…

Abstract For as long as man has walked the earth evidence gathered from their remains shows that there has been sickness and disease. Though the earlier man may not have understood the etiology of disease and that pathogens caused infection, it was evident that it was present nonetheless. As humans evolved, pathogens did as well…

After traveling to Thailand, a woman was experiencing complications of a fever and a papular rash. She was tested at an emergency department for diseases such as malaria and dengue. There they found a positive for IgM antibody that acts against dengue. A urine sample was also obtained as well as a nasopharyngeal swab. A…

According to the World Health Organization ([WHO], 2016), the appearance of the Zika virus in French Polynesia occurred between the years 2013 and 2014 and affected an estimated 32,000 individuals. Transmitted through the bite of an Aedes spp. mosquito and various non-vector means, the Zika virus can be asymptomatic or cause mild to severe neurological…