inside the body through a break in the skin and cause an infection. These infections are usually treated with antibiotics. When common antibiotics don’t kill the staph bacteria‚ it means the bacteria have become resistant to those antibiotics. This type of staph is called MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus). Anyone can get MRSA. Infections range from mild to very serious‚ even life-threatening. MRSA is contagious and can be spread to other people through skin to skin contact. If one person
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Describe the advantages and disadvantages of food biotechnology. Are there implications that you see that could be beneficial and/or harmful to the population? 750-1000 words. When assigned this writing assignment I had no idea what “food biotechnology” was. I started by looking up the meaning for biotechnology and found that it means the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products. It was discovered in the 70s and has been used ever since. Food biotechnology is when
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Early stimulations for infants are very important. They need a lot it for normal development. Children who are deprived of early stimulations are behind in cognitive development. These children will have emotional‚ psychological and behavioral problems in their lives. Studies found Romanian orphans that was deprived of adults’ interactions in the early age had poor emotional and cognitive function. They scored below average on intelligence test (Berk‚ 2013). Because of these‚ I tried to interacts
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Wars have been occurring since the dawn of time. Wars are states of armed conflict between societies that bring death‚ destruction‚ merciless slaughter and butchery‚ and starvation‚ poverty‚ ruin and disease in its wake. Apart from casualties during wars‚ a significant cause of death during most wars is disease. A clear example of this is the Mexican War of Independence. It was much more difficult to prevent deaths from tuberculosis during this war because of lack of knowledge of the disease‚ a
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spectrum antimicrobials are effective only against gram negative bacteria. Pros and cons of each: Narrow spectrum microbial is normally better to use because they cause less damage to the body’s normal flora. They are less likely to cause drugs resistant strains of microorganisms because they are specific in nature and are less likely to cause super infection by opportunistic microorganisms like yeast infections. The main disadvantages are that Narrow spectrum microbial sometimes is more prone to
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weaknesses his bacteria have weaknesses that are susceptible to the powers of antibiotics. An antibiotic is a drug prescribed to battle against infections and bacterias that are usually caused by microorganisms. Most microorganisms are becoming resistant to antibiotics since antibiotics can either stop or kill the growth of most bacterias. If the bacteria becomes immune to an antibiotic; the antibiotic cannot effectively fight it. One
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References: Avery‚ D.‚ Holtzheimer‚ P.‚ Russo‚ J.‚ Neumaier‚ J.‚ Dunner‚ D.‚ & Haynor‚ D.‚ … Roy-Byrne‚ P. (2006). A controlled study of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in medication- resistant major depression. 187-194 Centers for disease control and prevention. In (2011). United States Department of Health and Human Servi. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsDepression/ Janicak‚ P.‚ Nahas‚ Z.‚ Lisanby‚ S.‚ Solvason‚ B.‚ Sampson
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PHAR 1000 – Basic Pharmocotherapeutics Eileen J. Arellano Norquest College Practical Nurse- Section D01 PHAR 1000 Written Assignment Heather Zirk RN‚ BN September 15‚ 2014 CASE STUDY: Name of Client: Maggie Sears Age: 66 years old Primary Diagnosis: Cellulitis to left leg Secondary Diagnosis: Depression Osteoporosis Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Past Surgical History: Tonsillectomy- as child Cholecystectomy- 15 years ago (51 years old) Current Medications: “migraine pills” St. John’s wort
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Microbiocidal Effects of Pure and Ethanolic Helianthus annuus extract University of Baguio Science High School Jasper Lorenz C. Choy February 2012 ABSTRACT Sunflowers in the Northern province of the Philippines were used by folks in order to treat injuries and for wound healing. Medically‚ sunflowers have not been fully analyzed for their active components. Literature states sunflower have vitamin E which are essential for human beings. Since the sunflower is an indigenous plant
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situation and this means that alternate drugs need to be given‚ which are not always as effective. Also antibiotics that are currently being used to treat patients when they are sick and losing their effectiveness as the diseases are becoming more resistant and are changing so that the drugs we develop cannot destroy the infection or viruses anymore. An example of this is when a patient comes in for a simply thing like a cough‚ they are prescribed antibiotics even when this will not actually help the
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