Why an Internal Medicine Residency Is Right for Me
Growing up in a rural Sudanese district, I saw many of my people facing huge struggles in accessing basic health services and getting tested for various diseases. There is also the medication shortage and lack of clear public health policies due to governmental disputes amid massive economic crises and civil war. These unfortunate circumstances refined and fostered my drive to pursue a career in medicine to help in bridging the gaps in health services while promoting awareness about significant health…...
Human Physiology
Parents Put Too Much Pressure on Their Kids to Succeed
The bright tones of room 108 were meant to strike creativity within Mrs. Roswell's students. There were 20 desks in total, each had a plastic name tag on it. There was also an alphabet carpet that was made up of different shades of the rainbow. Mrs. Rosewells class commonly placed #1 in the second grader's division, she believed it was from her great teaching skills yet, her students disagreed, they believe it all because of one student, their classmate, Maddie.…...
Human Physiology
Marijuanas Effects on the Human Physiology and the Brain
Marijuana is a mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa. There are many street names for marijuana including weed, hashish, pot, reefer, boo, ace, grass, Mary-Jane, MJ, bud, the happy plant, as well as many local slang terms. All forms of marijuana have hallucinogenic properties, which come from the leaves and stems, and more importantly, from the buds or flowers of the plant. The most potent form of marijuana, hashish, comes from the resin…...
Human Physiology
An Introduction to the Work and Effects of Electrocardiograms
Introduction Electrocardiograms are used to obtain information about the function of the heart. An ECG is a recording of the electrical activity of the heart made from electrodes placed on the surface of the skin. Salt solutions are good conductors of electricity and can transfer electrical activity to the skins surface. An ECG tracing shows the sum of the electrical potentials generated by all the cells of the heart at any moment (Silverthorn, 1998). Each point reflects depolarization or repolarization…...
Human Physiology
An Analysis of the Description of Urinary Homeostasis
The Urinary System is a group of organs in the body concerned with filtering out excess fluid and other substances from the bloodstream. The substances are filtered out from the body in the form of urine. Urine is a liquid produced by the kidneys, collected in the bladder and excreted through the urethra. Urine is used to extract excess minerals or vitamins as well as blood corpuscles from the body. The Urinary organs include the kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra.…...
Human Physiology
An Analysis of the Characteristics of Athletic Training as a Profession
Athletic Training as a profession It is the biggest match of the year. The star athlete is in the middle of competition whendown she falls. No need to fear, an athletic trainer is near, but can you imagine if a trainer werenot available. The athlete may try to continue in spite of the pain, turning a minor injury into asevere injury that could possibly end her entire athletic career. For this reason a trainer is a vitalpart of any athletic…...
Human Physiology
A Comparison of Several Personality Theories from Different Scholars
There are several personality theories from different scholars. They take a variety of approaches and dwell on different aspects of personality. The Humanists and Existentialists put more emphasis on understanding, rather than predicting and controlling. They believe that humans are too complex and are steeped in history and culture; this is what makes them hard to predict and control. The Behaviorists and Freudians, on the other hand, tend to focus on prediction and control. They believe that understanding an idea…...
Human Physiology
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