Super bugs There are many health and disease problems nowadays. In the last two decades or so‚ there have been super bugs that have been affecting many people. Superbugs is a strain of bacteria that has become resistant to antibiotic drugs. It lives in environments such as hospitals or health care. Methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a type of super bug that has been spreading majorly in hospitals that are making people sicker than they already are. MRSA associated with elderly
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TITLE OF PROJECT: Effects of Chemoattractants of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Through a Capillary Tube. PROPOSED COST: $1764.90 ABSTRACT: This project will show how strong certain bacteria that are commonly found in biofilms attract to Pseudomonas aeruginosa through a capillary tube. It will test ten bacteria to see which bacteria have more chemoattractants with Pseudomonas aeruginosa . These bacteria are all motile‚ so to come together to form a biofilm‚ they must lose their ways of
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INTRODUCTION Empagliflozin is a potent and selective sodium-dependent glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitor. The chemical name of empagliflozin is (1S)-1‚ 5-anhydro-1-(4-chloro-3-{4-[(3S)-tetrahydrofuran-3-yloxy] benzyl} phenyl)-D-glucitol and its molecular formula is C17H19ClO2Si.figure no 1. Empagliflozin selectively inhibits SGLT-2 in the kidney‚ resulting in direct‚ insulin-independent‚ elimination of glucose by the kidney. The primary pharmacodynamics effect of empagliflozin on inhibition of glucose
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Antibiotics use is as popular as ever with American people today. Every day over 190 million doses of antibiotics are administered in hospitals and more than 133 million antibiotic prescriptions are written out to non-hospitalized patients every year (4). These staggering numbers have made many skeptics question the effectiveness of these antibiotics and the frequency in which doctors prescribe them. Antibiotics are not a one stop cure for all illnesses. In fact‚ antibiotics are only effective
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Turns out viruses don’t float around in bubbles‚ they just live everywhere else. Apparently the next virus is going to wipe us all out‚ but some viruses are our friends. On one of the days I learned about the life that is beyond the capabilities of my eyes‚ viruses popped out to me‚ starting a yearlong fascination with the not quite living. One time in my random internet adventures I figured out we could use viruses to treat acne. When I was just entering puberty‚ my face became infested with little
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Innovation and technological advancement are two reasons why humanity has come so far from its origins. However‚ could one of mankind’s breakthroughs lead to its downfall? Sickness has its place in history as one of the most prolific killers of people. The Black Plague in the Middle Ages wiped out significant human populations. In the present‚ research in medicine has brought forth antibiotics – a way of stopping harmful bacteria from infecting a person. Growing concern is centered on the fear that
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It is common to prescribe antibiotics or ingestible medicine to cure allergies‚ illnesses‚ or diseases. As the human body becomes immune to today’s medicine choices‚ the alternatives to turn to are becoming scarce. However‚ Dr. William Parker suggests that there is an alternative to curing the autoimmune illnesses of the human body- one that has been writhing through the stomach for millennia: intestinal worms. Parker raises the idea that intestinal worms are beneficial to immune systems in mammals
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Practice of medicine is seen everywhere. The conventional worldview is the allopathic medical model to where after the onset of disease‚ the physician diagnoses and treats the condition. However‚ there is an opposing worldview‚ which I see myself as‚ and that is emphasizing prevention through exercise‚ nutrition‚ and self-care. It is the 21st century and the practice of medicine is so advanced‚ that people are forgetting the basic tools. For example‚ when people get a fever‚ they automatically take
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The Immune System is a very complicated thing‚ and you can simplify it by comparing it to a defense in football. In football‚ you have three lines of defense‚ just like the Immune System. There is the defensive line‚ linebackers‚ and the secondary. The defensive line is like the first layer of defense‚ the linebackers the second line of defense‚ and the defensive backs the third line of defense. Each of them have their own responsibilities‚ but work together for the same goal. They work as a team
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Introduction: Sulfa drugs are any member of a group of synthetic antibiotics containing the sulfanilamide molecular structure (Figure 1). Sulfa drugs were the first class of antibiotics to treat and prevent bacterial infection in humans. Sulfa drugs have been used less frequently due to improved antibiotics that are more effective‚ have less side effects‚ and decreased drug resistance.1‚ 2 Sulfonamides are still used today as an anti-bacterial medication and for the prevention of burns. The antibacterial
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