“The use of CPR dates all the way back to 1740, most Americans don’t know how to perform it.” CPR is a miraculous technique that if given properly and immediately to sudden cardiac arrest victims the more likely people’s lives would be saved. It is…
Heart disease is a group of conditions that influence parts of the heart functions. There are four conditions for heart disease Coronary artery, heart attack, Congenital heart disease. Heart attack starts when blood that is supplied to the heart starts to slow down because of…
Urinary Incontinence (UI) is defined as accidently leaking of urine at an inappropriate time and in an inappropriate place and is associated with reduced quality of life for older adults. It is common in aging women and it is not surprising to consider that UI…
The immune system aims to protect the body against many diseases by identifying and eliminating pathogens and cancer cells. Its identifying varieties of infectious pathogens: viruses, bacteria, fungi, protozoa and parasitic worms. It has an ability to recognise the healthy cells and tissues of the…
Salmonella spp The immune system is constructed to defeat any bacteria that can be a threat to body. However, salmonella knows when it enters the body of the host and it can change its behaviour to deal with our immune system and to cause infection…
Researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine and the Palo Alto Veteran Affairs Health Care System have established a section of genetic mutations which govern cholesterol levels in the body and may also guide the development and use of cardiovascular and diabetes drugs. This data…
This paper is about memory. It focuses of the information as to why we have memory. What memory does, how it works and is created. What are the affects a memory can have on someone and how it can help one’s cause. You will read…
Schema Theory It was introduced by Jean Piaget, Barlett and developed by Anderson in the late 70’s. This principle know-how as the community of mental frames known as schemata which are stored in the long-term memory. Schema, as cited by Kleinman (2012), is the fundamental…
Phytoestrogens are a group of heterogeneous herbal substances; they are called non-steroidal estrogens or estrogen-like molecules, as their structure is comparable to 17-β-estradiol structure, phytoestrogens are diphonelic compounds however they are non-steroidal substance despite their structural resemblance with estradiol, Presently phytoestrogens group contains more than…
Introduction Recent studies have allowed us to come to the conclusion that we are super organisms in which microbial symbionts play essential physiological functions. The human microbiome has emerged as the crucial moderator in interactions between food and our body and can change our mind…
Although Hong Kong is a multicultural and diverse city, disabled persons are still gradually experiencing social exclusion. According to Census and Statistics Department (2014), it was estimated that there exists 179, 900 disabled persons who were aged 18 to 64, but only 39. 1% of…
Introduction Since time immemorial, animals have been seeking rewarding stimuli as it results into pleasurable sensations. In the animal kingdom, the search for rewards, such as water, food and sex amongst others, is tightly linked to survival of an individual and of the species as…
Visual impairment and blindness caused by contagious diseases has been extremely diminished, but rising numbers of people are at danger of age-related visual impairment. Today 285 million people in the world are living with a vision impairment. A visual impairment refers to when one loses…
Normal CNS Structure The skull is divided into the viscerocranium which is the facial skeleton and the neurocranium which surrounds the brain and brainstem. The neurocranium is composed of 8 cranial bones; 1 ethmoid, 1 sphenoid, 1 frontal, 2 parietal, 2 temporal, 1 occipital, their…
When I look at the clock it is 5:40 a. m. , time and again, I suddenly wake up at 5:40 a. m. and this is my normal rhythms in these six months. In general, I always sleep at 2:00 a. m. and wake up…
Celery, the scientific names is apium graveolens and it is medicinal plants that widely used in modern society nowadays. Celery is commercial as celery seed, celery flaks, and vegetable and celery seed oleoresin. Celery is herbaceous plant that growing to a height of 60-90 centimeter….
Tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) constitute 1–2% of all malignancies. However, CNS malignancies arguably have the most varied manifestations among all cancer sites. There are several anatomical subregions in the craniospinal axis, and each of these has a predilection for a particular tumor…
Flying it is an unpleasant experience for most of us, perhaps too long in one same seating spot can be fatiguing and dealing with layovers stressful. In addition to people who have a panic to fly, we have people with disabilities who have it complicated…
The central nervous system contains both myelinated and unmyelinated axons. Myelination greatly increases the velocity of action potential propagation and is associated with Hebbian learning. It acts by essentially insulating the axons that it ensheaths allowing salutatory conduction to occur. Oligodendrocytes are glial cells that…
