Hormonal contraception is a method of preventing pregnancy that acts on the endocrine system, which is essentially the body’s chemical messenger system. Administered via oral, patches, implants or depot injection method, hormonal birth control methods alter the level of estrogen and progestin analogs. The contraceptive effect is facilitated by negative feedback in the hypothalamus which […]
Introduction Breast cancer is among the most common causes of cancer among women and among the main cause of cancer related death in the world. Breast cancer is named after the organ where cancer originated, though it may spread to other parts of the body surrounding the breast. Breast cancer affects both men and women,
Biomedical Research Paper Instructions You have been hired as an expert biomedical research consultant to offer expert advise to the office of the surgeon general on the popularity of energy drinks among young people in the US. Your task on this panel includes to; Identify the common contents of popular energy drinks. Describe the physiologic
Introduction A cancer biomarker is a substance or process that signposts the presence of a cancerous tumor in the body. It can be genetic, glycomic, proteonic, or epigenetic. Imaging biomarkers and processes like apoptosis, proliferation, and angiogenesis may also be used to detect tumors. Typical biomarkers are produced by tumor cells or healthy cells in
Interferon Definition Interferons refer to glycoproteins which are synthesized by different cells in reaction to specific chemical inducers, immune stimulation, and viral infection. Interferon seems to act in a paracrine ability in the immune system, with an extensive range of impacts which imitates the endocrine system diversity. There are currently 20 identified interferons in human,
Introduction Inflammation breast cancer (IBC) refers to a rare and highly aggressive disease where lymph vessels are blocked by cancer cells in the breast skin. This form of cancer is regarded as inflammatory since the breast frequently seems inflamed, red or swollen. IBC is rare form of breast cancer which accounts for 1 to 5%
This paper reviews Google experiences with people analytics. Basically, the concept of people analytics originated with Google at around 2007. By 2007, the company was hiring about 200 workers every week and by 2015, the company was already getting two million job applications to review before hiring on weekly basis. Google is said to give
Toxicant can get into the body through the skin when they spill on the skin or when one touch on those toxicant by mistake. When this happens, one should consider taking measures to reduce the absorption of the toxicant into the body. To reduce the rate of absorption, the surrounding clothing shoes or gloves should
The toxicology principles applied to evaluate a poisoned person include physical examination of the patient to get diagnosis clue. Physical examination can assist in identifying signs that can help one identify the specific poison used. In addition it assists in noting dynamic clinical appearance changes with time. The other principle is identifying toxidromes or toxic
The four main categories of street drugs include cannabinoids such as marijuana, opioids such as heroin, stimulants such as cocaine, and club drugs such methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) (Center on Addiction, 2017). Marijuana is a form of cannabinoids which is used through smoking or swallowing. Its common street names include weed, ganja, bud joint or grass among