Tobacco smoking

One of the questions people are asking themselves when buying safety products is, “Is this product actually safe?” One of the main concerns in safety products that are made out of hard plastic is the chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA). To figure out if hard plastic and other safety products, that could have other bad stuff in them, are actually safe, we should have scientist test the products for our safety. Safety products should be tested by the company of the product. The company is responsible for…

the position of penalizing someone because they are not physically active or because they choose to incorporate unhealthy habits in their lifestyle, is not as straight forward of a task. It is very easy to tell someone to lose weight, or to stop smoking and to instead involve…

Mrs. White’s COPD is triggered mainly by her history of cigarette smoking. The noxious substances in cigarette smoke initiate the production of Tumor Necrosis Factor-a (TNF-a) and release of inflammatory mediators by macrophages and epithelial cells. In fact, the activated cells in COPD inflammation secrete a number of mediators. These include a variety of active proteinases, toxic peptides, and oxidants which damage lung structures and sustain inflammatory processes (_____). The resulting…

individuals are found every year to die from the atrocities of smoking addictions but this fact does not attain the youth to the point of the realizations of their wrongdoings. In order to investigate the cognitive bias of adolescents, research was done regarding a group of adolescents and a group of young adults/adults as they reflect upon their choices in their lives as individuals. This article…

This is a subject that hits closer to home as I am sure it may for a few of my other classmates. Cancer is rising in all aspects and in all races; the Hispanic/Latin culture is one of them having cancer surpass heart disease as one of the leading amongst the culture. Although the percentages have slightly dropped they are still higher than any other chronic disease, I have had to deal with this in my own life having my father fall ill to two of the four common (brain and lung) forms of it and…

Another way to avoid it is by testing your home for radon levels. Having a high radon will make your home a safer environment to live in. The lungs help your respiratory system improve and helps you inhale oxygen. By smoking your tissues and cells in your lungs will not let you move fresh air throughout your body. Studies have been showing throughout the years that not exercising 4 out of 7 days a week can result in lung cancer. The reason it causes lung cancer is because…

Pertussis is an infectious bacterial disease also known as whooping cough or 100-day cough. The bacterium that causes this illness is called Bordetella pertussis. This highly contagious disease mainly affects kids younger than 6 months old, because their immunization is not yet strong to protect them. The disease first starts symptoms similar to common cold symptoms which are: coughing, sneezing, low fever, or runny nose. However, after approximately 10 days, the cough of pertussis turns into…

What would you pick medieval times or society today. I would pick medieval times but think medieval times don’t have medicine that probably didn’t work. And lots of violence back then like the plague. Society today is better than medieval times. Reasons I think society today is better than medieval times. One reason is that we have medicine unlike medieval times they never had real good medicine that worked in a human body. I mean medicine back then they had cocaine drops for toothaches and…

ALS is a disease that progressively affect the nerves in the brain and in the spinal cord. Many people known it as the Lou Gehrig’s disease but its official name is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Lou Gehrig was a hall of fame baseball player who was diagnosed with ALS in the 1930s. (Figure2). Before he was diagnosed Mr. Gehrig started notes systems when he was having trouble tying he’s shoe laces and when he was on the baseball field. According to ALSA.org, “Based on U.S. population studies, a…

lungs by smoking, but more slowly through the blood stream by nicotine patches or buccal and nasal routes (Kee, 2015). Furthermore, nicotine will increase heart rate, cardiac output, and blood pressure causing possible further complications to patients with heart problems. When comparing the different routes of nicotine administration for example, through lungs or absorption of the skin, nicotine does not cause many of the same hemodynamic effects when used in the form of NRT. Unlike smoking,…