Essays on Illness

Obesity is a growing problem in many parts of the world and afflicts around 7% of the adult population. Unhealthy lifestyles, less exercise/no exercise, stress, depression and overall negligence is the major cause of an increase in the number of overweight individuals. Have some extra…

Once a relative, friend or loved one disappears from our lives, the only way to honor it is to remember it in the best possible way. Knowing that, even though he is not with us, he sees us from somewhere or is still around in…

Age-related diseases are commonly noticeable among older adults. Alzheimer’s Disease (also called senile dementia), for instance, affects the central nervous system and is known to worsen over time. It begins in the hippocampus and slowly travels throughout the regions of the cerebrum. Signs of this…

Today’s young person faces not only the challenge of acquiring an education, learning to interact with their peers, and surviving their parents, but they must also escape the national epidemic of obesity. Thanks to better medicine and foods supplemented with vitamins and minerals our young…

The Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC) partnered with Kaiser Permanente in 1995 to 1997, to conduct the original Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study. Adverse Childhood Experiences are traumatic events that can have negative effects on health and well-being as a person mature. Kaiser Permanente…

HIV is a virus that attacks the white blood cells of humans and eventually known to kill the immune system. The earlier you get diagnosed, the more likely you will live a long healthy life. If you test negative, you are required to repeat the…

Abstract: Gene therapy is the introduction of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in which lead to disease development. There are two overarching forms of gene therapy; Germ Line which results in permanent change and elimination of disease inheritance and…

ABSTRACT We are presented with a 43-year-old, Gravida 0, from Samar, Philippines, with last menstrual period on April 7, 2016, presenting with Abnormal Uterine bleeding of 5 months duration. Total Abdominal Hysterectomy Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy with frozen section, Peritoneal fluid cytology, Omentectomy bilateral lymph node dissection,…

Obesity Obesity is a medical condition when an individual’s weight is higher than what is considered as a healthy weight for a given height (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). A screening tool used to define obesity is a BMI or body mass index….

Many organizations, at some point or another, have to face a crisis situation. The way an organization communicates during a crisis situation is the key way to break through that crisis. A crisis can be defined as a situation where a company faces a problem…