Essays on Health

People in society live, work, and play in groups, and to be separate from humanity can be disorienting and questions their place in the world. Isolation is easily confused with words like loneliness and alienation. Isolation is defined in the Merriam Webster Dictionary as “the…

The number of people affected by cardiac problems every year is rising globally and one of the many actions taken to address this broad concern is employing tissue engineering techniques for cardiac tissue repair and regeneration. Although, there are limitations in the ability of human…

The mammalian heart has been considered for long time as a terminally differentiated organ incapable of regenerating after injury. In recent years, many evidences demonstrated that cardiomyocytes, during aging and after injury, are able to reentry in the cell cycle and promote cells renewal [Ahuja,…

Starvation has generally been referred to as the severest form of malnutrition whereby there is a catastrophic lack of energy in form of calories; able for an organisms sustenance. The human body is sufficiently adapted to survive periods of lack of food intake; through a…

Sleep is a highly complex physiological process that accounts for approximately 40% of a child’s life by the age of 18 years[1]. Obtaining sufficient sleep has been reported to be important for multiple aspects of health and well-being in children[1][2]. Recently, the National Center for…

Surrogacy, or what many would call “womb renting”, is an increasingly apparent practice where women lend their bodies to undergo pregnancy and give birth to a baby (The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network, 2017). This bodily service is usually rendered with a monetary fee….

Introduction Surrogacy, according to Lasker, is a type of assisted reproduction in which a female agrees to bear a child for another woman or a couple. In many cases, surrogacy is the alternative method for single parents or spouses with reproductive health challenges to raise…

Malnutrition is not getting the necessary vitamins and nutrients, which is caused by a lack of eating the proper foods and not eating enough. Malnutrition is not only due to lack of access to necessary foods, but also due to a lack of healthcare (Malnutrition,…

Smallpox was a pandemic that affected many people in different periods of time. It has only recently been officially eradicated. It is a terrible disease and millions have lost their lives to it. What is smallpox? Smallpox is a disease that comes from a virus…

Intro, Genome, Structure, and Lifecycle Smallpox has affected humans for centuries causing scars, blindness, and even death. Although it is not exactly known when the first case of smallpox appeared, it is believed that smallpox has been around since the Egyptian empire. This conclusion was…