Emphysema
Lung cancer
Asthma
Friday, December 9, 2011
Carbon monoxide and 3 diseases of smoking
Carbon monoxide limits oxygen flow and nicotine affects the nerve impulses. Three diseases from smoking are lung cancer, emphysema, and asthma.
Emphysema
Lung cancer
Asthma
Emphysema
Lung cancer
Asthma
5 questions on alcohol
1) An ounce of alcohol contains the amount of calories as a baked chip or a glass of milk.
2) In the united States beer ranked fourth in consumption.
3) Binge drinking is defined as having 5 drinks or more on one occasion
4) Each year thousands of people choke on their vomit while intoxicated
5) By the time students have hit 8th grade 55% of students have tried alcohol.
Answers:
1) 5/5 no
2) 2 yes 3 no
3) 2 yes 3 no
4) 1 yes 4 no
5) 4 yes 1 no
2) In the united States beer ranked fourth in consumption.
3) Binge drinking is defined as having 5 drinks or more on one occasion
4) Each year thousands of people choke on their vomit while intoxicated
5) By the time students have hit 8th grade 55% of students have tried alcohol.
Answers:
1) 5/5 no
2) 2 yes 3 no
3) 2 yes 3 no
4) 1 yes 4 no
5) 4 yes 1 no
Addiction and Withdrawl
Addiction is a state of dependence of something. It can be a pop or it can be meth or heroin it doesnt matter it all depends on the person. Withdrawl is a painful reaction when the drug or whatever it may be is discontinued.
Right side Parylisis and Stroke
If your right side gets paralyzed its your left side of your brain injured.
5 Ways to Prevent a Stroke
Exercise regularlyIn a study of more than 47,000 men and women in Finland, moderate and high levels of physical activity were associated with lower stroke risk. Exercise helps reduce blood pressure by making the heart stronger. And the stronger the heart, the less effort it takes to pump blood around the body—so the lower the blood pressure. Physical activity also can help decrease the risk of developing diabetes and control cholesterol levels, both of which up your chances of a stroke.
Drink moderately
Experts aren?t clear on why alcohol raises blood pressure and increases stroke risk, but research from the University of Cincinnati has shown that having more than two drinks a day is associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage, a particularly deadly type of stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel on the surface of the brain; it tends to strike premenopausal women.
Likewise, Tulane University researchers reported several months ago that the risk of ischemic stroke rises with greater alcohol intake.
Control your weight
Gaining even 22 pounds after the age of 18 is associated with increased risk of stroke.
Experts aren?t clear on why alcohol raises blood pressure and increases stroke risk, but research from the University of Cincinnati has shown that having more than two drinks a day is associated with subarachnoid hemorrhage, a particularly deadly type of stroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel on the surface of the brain; it tends to strike premenopausal women.
Likewise, Tulane University researchers reported several months ago that the risk of ischemic stroke rises with greater alcohol intake.
Control your weight
Gaining even 22 pounds after the age of 18 is associated with increased risk of stroke.
Eat a healthy diet
Diets high in saturated fat and cholesterol can raise blood-cholesterol levels.
?Cholesterol tends to adhere to the arteries, and blood tends to stick to those spots, increasing the risk of clotting,? Morgenstern says. Excess sodium intake can contribute to high blood pressure, too. Eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day may reduce stroke risk.
Stop smoking
Stroke risk decreases significantly two years after quitting and is at the level of nonsmokers by five years, research shows. In fact, recent data from the Women?s Health Study showed that women who smoke a pack a day are at increased risk of hypertension. What?s more, the nicotine and carbon monoxide damage the cardiovascular system, leading to a higher risk of stroke.
Diets high in saturated fat and cholesterol can raise blood-cholesterol levels.
?Cholesterol tends to adhere to the arteries, and blood tends to stick to those spots, increasing the risk of clotting,? Morgenstern says. Excess sodium intake can contribute to high blood pressure, too. Eating five or more servings of fruits and vegetables a day may reduce stroke risk.
Stop smoking
Stroke risk decreases significantly two years after quitting and is at the level of nonsmokers by five years, research shows. In fact, recent data from the Women?s Health Study showed that women who smoke a pack a day are at increased risk of hypertension. What?s more, the nicotine and carbon monoxide damage the cardiovascular system, leading to a higher risk of stroke.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/poststrokerehab.htm
Rehabilitation from Strokes
Rehabilitation from Strokes
Rehabilitative therapy begins in the acute-care hospital after the person’s overall condition has been stabilized, often within 24 to 48 hours after the stroke. The first steps involve promoting independent movement because many individuals are paralyzed or seriously weakened. Patients are prompted to change positions frequently while lying in bed and to engage in passive or active range of motion exercises to strengthen their stroke-impaired limbs. ("Passive" range-of-motion exercises are those in which the therapist actively helps the patient move a limb repeatedly, whereas "active" exercises are performed by the patient with no physical assistance from the therapist.) Depending on many factors—including the extent of the initial injury—patients may progress from sitting up and being moved between the bed and a chair to standing, bearing their own weight, and walking, with or without assistance. Rehabilitation nurses and therapists help patients who are able to perform progressively more complex and demanding tasks, such as bathing, dressing, and using a toilet, and they encourage patients to begin using their stroke-impaired limbs while engaging in those tasks. Beginning to reacquire the ability to carry out these basic activities of daily living represents the first stage in a stroke survivor's return to independence.
For some stroke survivors, rehabilitation will be an ongoing process to maintain and refine skills and could involve working with specialists for months or years after the stroke.
Dendrite, Axon, and Neurotransmitters
Dendrite is a mineral chrystalizing in another mineral in the form of another branching or tree like mark. Axons carrie impulses away from the cell body. Neurotransmitters stimulate nearby dendrites to start new impulses.
T and B cells
T cells are antigen eaters they are a part of an immune system. The B cells remember that antigen after the T cell destroys it so if it comes back it knows how to fight it. So basically the B cells help fight it if it comes back again and the T cells fight it if your body hasnt encountered it.
Blood, Blood Cells, and Plasma
Plasma carries nutrients such as amino acids and glucose molecules to body cells, and takes waste products away from cells. White blood cells protect against viruses and bacteria. Red blood cells carry respitory gases.
Vitamins and Water affecting the health
Vitamins dont provide growth but they help with growth, sickness, and bathroom use.
Water helps vitamins make chemical reactions and helps get rid of the waste in your body.
http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/top-10-supplements-men
1. BORON TO PROTECT YOUR PROSTATE
Men with the highest boron intakes are 65 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer than men with lower levels, studies show. American men have one of the lowest boron intakes in the world.
How much? 3 milligrams (mg) a day. It doesn't just fight cancer: USDA researchers found that this is the best dosage to improve memory and concentration.
Tip: It's not in every store, but GNC carries it. If you can't find it, eat raisins and almonds.
2. CALCIUM TO LOSE WEIGHT AND STRENGTHEN BONES
Most men don't get the recommended 1,000 mg of calcium a day (a cup of milk has 300). Men with the highest calcium intakes weigh less on average than men consuming less calcium.
How much? Aim for 1,200 mg calcium citrate—half in the morning, half at night, to maximize absorption. Avoid coral calcium, which can be full of impurities.
Tip: If you already eat three servings of dairy a day, you won't need the excess calcium. There's a risk you may exceed the maximum intake of 2,500 mg.
3. CHROMIUM TO WARD OFF DIABETES
You may know it as a muscle-building supplement, but if you're overweight or diabetes runs in your family, "taking chromium is one of the best things you can do to help keep insulin levels where they belong," says Richard Anderson, Ph.D., a researcher with the USDA. Chromium improves the body's sensitivity to insulin, making it easier to keep blood-sugar levels under control.
How much? 35 micrograms (mcg) a day. Check the label for "chromium picolinate," the form that studies have found to be the most effective.
Tip: If you already are diabetic, ask your doctor if you should take 200 mcg, Anderson says.
4. COENZYME Q10 TO BOOST ENERGY
Your body produces coenzyme Q10; it helps cells manage your body's energy supply. But as you get older, production decreases. The only way to get back up to youthful levels is by taking a supplement. Recent studies suggest that coenzyme Q10 may fight cancer, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease, and may thin the blood to help prevent heart disease. Q10 is also packed with free-radical-fighting antioxidants, which can slow the signs of aging.
How much? Researchers recommend 100 mg a day. You won't find Q10 in a multivitamin or get any useful quantity from food.
Tip: If you're taking statins, which can reduce Q10, consider upping your intake to 200 mg.
5. CREATINE TO BOOST MUSCLE AND MEMORY
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin found that men taking creatine for just 2 to 3 months increased their maximum bench presses by an average of 15 pounds and their squats by 21 pounds. Australian researchers say memory and intelligence test scores improved after just 6 weeks of creatine use.
Water helps vitamins make chemical reactions and helps get rid of the waste in your body.
http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/top-10-supplements-men
1. BORON TO PROTECT YOUR PROSTATE
Men with the highest boron intakes are 65 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer than men with lower levels, studies show. American men have one of the lowest boron intakes in the world.
How much? 3 milligrams (mg) a day. It doesn't just fight cancer: USDA researchers found that this is the best dosage to improve memory and concentration.
Tip: It's not in every store, but GNC carries it. If you can't find it, eat raisins and almonds.
2. CALCIUM TO LOSE WEIGHT AND STRENGTHEN BONES
Most men don't get the recommended 1,000 mg of calcium a day (a cup of milk has 300). Men with the highest calcium intakes weigh less on average than men consuming less calcium.
How much? Aim for 1,200 mg calcium citrate—half in the morning, half at night, to maximize absorption. Avoid coral calcium, which can be full of impurities.
Tip: If you already eat three servings of dairy a day, you won't need the excess calcium. There's a risk you may exceed the maximum intake of 2,500 mg.
3. CHROMIUM TO WARD OFF DIABETES
You may know it as a muscle-building supplement, but if you're overweight or diabetes runs in your family, "taking chromium is one of the best things you can do to help keep insulin levels where they belong," says Richard Anderson, Ph.D., a researcher with the USDA. Chromium improves the body's sensitivity to insulin, making it easier to keep blood-sugar levels under control.
How much? 35 micrograms (mcg) a day. Check the label for "chromium picolinate," the form that studies have found to be the most effective.
Tip: If you already are diabetic, ask your doctor if you should take 200 mcg, Anderson says.
4. COENZYME Q10 TO BOOST ENERGY
Your body produces coenzyme Q10; it helps cells manage your body's energy supply. But as you get older, production decreases. The only way to get back up to youthful levels is by taking a supplement. Recent studies suggest that coenzyme Q10 may fight cancer, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease, and may thin the blood to help prevent heart disease. Q10 is also packed with free-radical-fighting antioxidants, which can slow the signs of aging.
How much? Researchers recommend 100 mg a day. You won't find Q10 in a multivitamin or get any useful quantity from food.
Tip: If you're taking statins, which can reduce Q10, consider upping your intake to 200 mg.
5. CREATINE TO BOOST MUSCLE AND MEMORY
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin found that men taking creatine for just 2 to 3 months increased their maximum bench presses by an average of 15 pounds and their squats by 21 pounds. Australian researchers say memory and intelligence test scores improved after just 6 weeks of creatine use.
5 organs that can be transplanted and 4 typs of prostheses
The five organs that can be transplanted are blood, heart, lungs, cornea, liver, skin, and kidneys.
You can have a prothesis leg, arm, eye, foot, and leg.
You can have a prothesis leg, arm, eye, foot, and leg.
5 Characteristics of Mammals
The five characteristics of mammals are nursing of young, body hair, live birth, extended parental core, and and outer ear.
Mammals develop three different ways from other animals. They are egg-laying, pouched mammals, and placental mammals.
Mammals develop three different ways from other animals. They are egg-laying, pouched mammals, and placental mammals.
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Birds
A birds body is divided by head, neck, trunk, tail bones are lightweight and filled with air.
The 4 categories of birds are Flightless birds, water birds, perching birds, and birds of prey.
The feathers on a bird adapt by growing more if need be or losing some if need be.
The 3 main divisions of a bird's brain are the Cerrebellum, mid brain, and the cerebrum. The cerrebellum controls flying and walking, the midbrain tectum is the center of vision.
Birds know where to migrate to because of instict and partly learned behavior.
The 4 categories of birds are Flightless birds, water birds, perching birds, and birds of prey.
The feathers on a bird adapt by growing more if need be or losing some if need be.
The 3 main divisions of a bird's brain are the Cerrebellum, mid brain, and the cerebrum. The cerrebellum controls flying and walking, the midbrain tectum is the center of vision.
Birds know where to migrate to because of instict and partly learned behavior.
Reptiles
The difference between crocodiles and alligators are that they have different noses and there teeth.
The two methods snakes use to kill there prey are strangling and poison.
The advantage of side-winding for a snake is it helps move in sand.
The two methods snakes use to kill there prey are strangling and poison.
The advantage of side-winding for a snake is it helps move in sand.
The difference between endothermic and ectothermic animals.
Frog link for how frogs show enviromental health and Frog Questions
http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/Tropical-Frogs.html
The ear is connected to the mouth.
Frogs swallow the food and it goes to the small intestine which most of the digestion is done, then the food goes into the large intestine where the waters gets taken or sperated from food. The last part of digestion is the waste leaves the body.
Frogs take oxygen in through their mouth, lungs, and skin.
They hibernate in logs or bury themselves in mud.
The ear is connected to the mouth.
Frogs swallow the food and it goes to the small intestine which most of the digestion is done, then the food goes into the large intestine where the waters gets taken or sperated from food. The last part of digestion is the waste leaves the body.
Frogs take oxygen in through their mouth, lungs, and skin.
They hibernate in logs or bury themselves in mud.
White Tuna's Migratory route and Moroccan Disputes with Spain
In the winter White Tuna go by the Canary Islands off of Africa and they spawn in the Spring and in the summer they move to the seas in Iceland.
Moroccan and Spain have been having disputes with eachother for a lot of years. The fighting became more serious in the 1970's. It became more serious because countries started claiming Exclusive Economic Zones or EEZs. In 1988, Morocco signed an agreement which limited them to only catch 95,000 tons annually in Moroccan waters. On the other end of the deal Morocco is recieving licenses and fees and other financial assistance in a package worth 70 million a year.
Moroccan and Spain have been having disputes with eachother for a lot of years. The fighting became more serious in the 1970's. It became more serious because countries started claiming Exclusive Economic Zones or EEZs. In 1988, Morocco signed an agreement which limited them to only catch 95,000 tons annually in Moroccan waters. On the other end of the deal Morocco is recieving licenses and fees and other financial assistance in a package worth 70 million a year.
Sharks and their ability to swim rapidly and Sharks Lateral Line
Sharks are able to swim so fast because of there strong fins. They have Pectoral Fins, Pelvic Fins, Dorsal Fins, and a Caudal Fin.
There latteral lines help them sense and locate food because they feel vibration with it.
There latteral lines help them sense and locate food because they feel vibration with it.
Lamprey
There are 10 systems that all seven living classes of Vertebrates have in common
The four characteristics Chordates have in common
The four common characteristics of Chordates are the notochord, a nerve cord, gill slits, and a tail.
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