When I chose to continue my athletic career into college as a part of New York University's Varsity swim team, I decided it was time to set lofty goals for my last four years of competitive swimming. …
Medicine
About 1 in 4 adult Americans, about 26%, suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in any given year ("Mental Health Disorder Statistics"). Psychiatrists are the ones who diagnose and treat those ment…
There are over 230 million surgeries performed every year. Most people going into surgery would never think something like waking up on the table could happen to them, that's so rare it only happens i…
Many parents see their children struggling to pay attention and decide to test the child for an attention disorder such as ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). If the child has an attentio…
Abstract The tumor suppressor gene BRCA1 is a large protein that is implicated to play a significant role in stabilizing genomic instability. However, because of its size, disordered structure, and m…
Samuel Pepys and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu examine illness and treatment throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Pepys witnessed the plague in the sixteenth century while writing about it …
Anemia is a common rising problem with the elderly. The prevalence estimated to 17% in older adults (Stauder). According to the elderly patients table results she is 30g/l below the normal range for H…
There are many different types, brands, and makes of ventilators. Types like conventional, invasive, noninvasive, and high frequency. High frequency ventilation can be broken down into separate makes.…
Medicalization, industrial modernity, and progress have brought forth new innovations that directly impact women. Birth control methods have become widespread. Pregnancy has become a prevalent topic o…
As more people take antibiotics for unnecessary reasons, such as the flu, a viral disease. Antibiotics do not work against the flu, but if a person takes one, the antibiotic could end up killing the "…