Theories in public health interventions

A theory mimics a method of understanding situations/events. It allows us to identify the reason the public health issue exists and to predict possible ideal solutions to address the issue.  It can be classified into a set of concepts, propositions, and definitions that illustrate the relationships between the variables to explain/predict the events/situations. Theories must … Read more

GMOs should be fed to the human population

Claim GMOs should be fed to the human population.  GMOs are innovative assets to everyday life that are in no way detrimental to any aspect of an organism, ironically the exact opposite.  Implementing GMOs reveals signs of improving the health and growth efficiency throughout the course of a study done on 100 billion animals.  GMOs … Read more

Tackling health inequalities

THE ROLE OF HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONALS IN TACKLING HEALTH INEQUALITIES: A FOCUS ON TWO OF MARMOTS OBJECTIVES. Introduction. Health inequality is a common term used to refer to the differences, variations, and disparities in the health achievements of individuals and groups. (Kawachi I, 2002) . These differences, which are largely preventable, are more … Read more

Salmonella infection, Genus Salmonella and Pullorum disease

Review of related literature: The review of related literature of this study includes topics of Salmonella infection, Genus Salmonella and Pullorum disease. In addition, characteristics and features of pullorum disease was elaborated. Salmonella infection or Salmonellosis Infections with bacteria of the genus Salmonella are responsible for a variety of acute and chronic diseases in poultry … Read more

Are vegetarian and vegan diets healthy?

Everybody in this world wants to have a healthy body. What can we do to achieve that? Firstly, we should have a healthy diet. Healthy diet means consuming foods in the right quantities of nutrients which include all of the nutrients that our body needs. Having a healthy diet is not easy. We have to … Read more

FSI simulations applied to patient-specific carpal tunnel models

1- Introduction Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most important peripheral chronic nerve compression disorders that is characterized by a collection of symptoms that result from compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel. The disorder is associated with pain, paresthesia and numbness in the median nerve of the hand and its … Read more

Critical Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Ebola, SARs and Avian Flu

Introduction Ebola comes from filoviridae family of virus called filovirus.Ebola virusis a lipid enveloped filo virus. Usually, they have long filamentous structure sometimes branched or in the shape of ‘6’ or ‘u’ with length usually between 800-1000nanometer (which can reach up to 14000 nanometers due to concatemerization). It may have diameter of approx. 80 nanometer … Read more

Eating disorders literature review

Source 1 Critical Evaluation : The effects of restaurant menu calorie labeling on hypothetical meal choices of females with disordered eating. 1. Hypothesis: As weight epidemics continue to rise in number, many restaurants have attempted to make themselves more appealing to health conscious individuals, or to simply help inform people about their eating choices. In … Read more

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS./Lou Gehrig’s)

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known at ‘ALS’ or Lou Gehrig’s  is a progressive nervous system disease that destroys nerve cells and causes several difficulties for those affected. ALS often begins with slurring of words and stumbling around. Although these behaviors can be seen as general clumsiness, the disease itself, and as an extension the symptoms, … Read more

Is resistance to colistin a public health threat?

Discussion Throughout this analysis, one can perceive colistin resistance as an extremely complex matter. Perhaps, the most relevant question to be asked afterwards is: is resistance to colistin a public health issue, nowadays? Regarding the definition, public health is defined by Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, a public health expert, as “the science and art of preventing … Read more

Is Alzheimer’s a global epidemic?

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological deterioration that occurs in middle to old age (MacGill, 2016). It is the most common form of dementia, a disorder which prevails when the brain is damaged by certain diseases. It has been estimated Alzheimer’s disease contributes to 60–70% of dementia cases (WHO, 2012).  The figures reflecting the incidence … Read more

Critically appraise how appetite is controlled by our bodies

Introduction With an increased obesity epidemic over the decades, people are being aware of its following health risks, including diabetes, hypertension, arthritis, hypertension and certain cancers. [1,2] The development of obesity is defined as a chronic disease where energy intake persistently exceeds energy expenditure. [1,3] Therefore, increasing interests to understand appetite control and energy homeostasis … Read more

Hearing loss presentation notes

7 Billion people(1) live on our planet, with 6909 (2)languages spoken across the globe, Imagine life when it is hard to be able to hear these. Hearing loss occurs when it becomes difficult for a person to hear speech and sound (3) resulting in a misunderstanding of the information they are told. The effect can … Read more

Obesity meaning, prevalence and diagnosis

Obesity is a condition when the energy intake exceeds energy expenditure to a point, which might leads to non-communicable diseases (NCD) such as coronary heart disease, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, atherosclerosis as well as some types of cancer (Chukwuonye et al., 2013). In layman terms, obesity occurs when “calories in” exceeds “calories out”. The Build & … Read more