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help children suffering from diabetes. The clinic is open to people of all ages‚ but primarily focuses on children with diabetes. Someone suffering from diabetes can go through many emotions trying to balance life and stabilize their glucose reading‚ one can say it’s an emotional roller coaster. Living with diabetes can be stressful‚ some say a hassle because of all the demands of staying healthy in order to live a healthy life. Now imagine a young child having diabetes and having to deal with all
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Problems and Solutions Drug Research Report David Jaime Health Careers High School Abstract The first drug that I am researching is Abilify or the generic name aripiprazole. Aripiprazole was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration on November 15‚ 2002 as a atypical antipsychotic. RxLists (2015) states the “empirical formula to be C23H27Cl2N3O2”. http://www.rxlist.com/abilify-drug.htm Abilify can be administered orally or injected(parenteral). Via the oral route Abilify can come as
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DIABETES MELLITUS Overview: Current statistics revealed that 24 million individuals have diabetes around the world. Some doesn’t even know that they have this until the age of 30. Diabetes mellitus is the most common endocrine disorder. It is popularly called as “diabetes”. Diabetes means “flowing through”‚ and mellitus means “sweet as honey”. So Diabetes Mellitus‚ the full name‚ means that there is too much sugar flowing through the blood. It is a chronic‚ lifelong condition that affect body’s
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Research indicates that there is a positive correlation between consumption of high fructose corn syrup and obesity percentages. Sucrose is the leading added sweetener in in the manufacture of foods in the Unites States and is the biggest source of fructose. Sucrose and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) are metabolized identically and react the same way to insulin‚ leptin and ghrelin. Sucrose is indifferent from HFCS in causing obesity. Compared to glucose‚ sucrose is extracted directly from the liver
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Crohn’s Disease Introduction Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory condition of idiopathic etiology that can affect portions of the gastrointestinal tract ranging from the mouth to the perianal area. It is transmural in that it affects the entire thickness of the bowel wall. It is believed to be the result of multiple factors‚ including genetic susceptibility‚ luminal antigenic drive and environmental triggers. Canada has the highest incidence rates of Crohn’s disease in the world. According to Statistics
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INTRODUCTION Research question: Does the Banting diet really work? If so‚ does it truly work better on an insulin-resistant person‚ or a regular person? Aim: The aim of my project is to determine whether the Banting diet works better on an insulin-resistant person‚ or a regular person. I will be looking at and comparing factors such as how the diet effects their energy levels‚ mental focus‚ hunger levels‚ heart rate‚ the rate of weight-loss and tiredness. Hypothesis: According to research done
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Acromegaly affects both men and women‚ approximately 50 out every one million people. This disorder is usually not detected until the person is middle aged or longer because acromegaly produces slow changes over time‚ usually the characteristics that patients with acromegaly encounter are not even recognized by family‚ friends‚ or even a long time doctor. In your brain you have a pituitary gland‚ its located at the flat surface of your brain; it receives input from the hypothalamus which regulates
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DISEASE AND DIABETES MELLITUS The relationship between diabetes mellitus and periodontal disease has been extensively examined. It is clear from epidemiologic research that diabetes increases Periodontal Medicine • CHAPTER 13 237 the risk for and severity of periodontal diseases.59 The biologic mechanisms through which diabetes influences the periodontium are discussed in Chapter 12. The increased prevalence and severity of periodontitis commonly seen in patients with diabetes‚ especially
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DIABETES MELLITUS In the United States‚ about 16 million people suffer from diabetes mellitus‚ although only half of these individuals are diagnosed. Every year‚ about 650‚000 people learn they have the disease. Diabetes mellitus is the seventh leading cause of all deaths and the sixth leading cause of all deaths caused by disease. Diabetes is the most common in adults over 45 years of age; in people who are overweight or physically inactive; in individuals who have an immediate family
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