Share your perspective on the stem cell debate regarding donation of surplus embryos to couples for “embryo adoption.”
Category: Biology
Potential benefits of stem cell research
Discuss what you feel are the potential benefits of stem cell research for Alzheimer’s patients and their families.
Therapeutic drug monitoring is a frequent practice in health care
Therapeutic drug monitoring is a frequent practice in health care. How does age affect drug absorption, metabolization and excretion?
The use of salt substitutes can cause hyperkalemia in older adults when use in conjunction with what types of drugs?
Describe how you would prevent and evaluate risk factors for medication nonadherence in older adults?
Bipolar and bipolar and related disorders.
write a 5–6-page APA style paper on the topic of bipolar and bipolar and related disorders. You will create this guide as an assignment; therefore, a title page, introduction, conclusion, and reference page are required. You must include a minimum of 3 scholarly supporting resources outside of your course provided resources.
In your paper, you will choose one of the following diagnoses: Bipolar I, Bipolar II, Cyclothymic Disorder, Substance/Medication-Induced Bipolar and Related Disorder, Bipolar and Related Disorder Due to Another Medical Condition. Your paper will include discussion for your chosen diagnosis of bipolar and related disorder on the following:
Prevalence and Neurobiology of your chosen disorder
Discuss the differences between your chosen disorder and one other bipolar and related disorders in relation to the diagnostic criteria including presentation of symptoms according to DSM 5 TR criteria
Discuss special populations and considerations (children, adolescents, pregnancy/post-partum, older adult, emergency care) for your chosen bipolar and related disorder; demonstrating critical thinking beyond basics of HIPPA and informed consent with discussion of at least one for EACH category: legal considerations, ethical considerations, cultural considerations, social determinants of health
Discuss FDA and/or clinical practice guidelines approved pharmacological treatment options in relation to acute and mixed episodes vs maintenance pharmacological treatment for your chosen bipolar and related disorder
Of the medication treatment options for your chosen disorder discuss side effects, FDA approvals and warnings. What is important to monitor in terms of labs, comorbid medical issues with why important for monitoring
Provide 3 examples of how to write a proper prescription that you would provide to the patient or transmit to the pharmacy.
Heavily processed food that you consume
Select a heavily processed food that you consume. If you avoid heavily processed foods, search for one that you might be curious about on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food data Central Search site.
Ensure your selection has a minimum of 3 processed ingredients and a minimum of 5 ingredients in total.
Once your food selection has been made, look for each ingredient listed on its label on the Chemical Cuisine site.
Then document which ingredients are additives and make note of each additive’s function.
Include in your original post:
• Food name
• Food ingredients
• Ingredients that are additives
• Purpose of each additive
• Additional food label information of interest (sodium content, health claims, serving size, etc.)
• A recommendation about the food – should your classmates consume it?
• An explanation about how you arrived at this recommendation.
• Be sure to provide appropriate citations and documentation for comments about the health implications surrounding food additives.
Agency responding to a disaster
This paper is for an agency responding to a disaster, not an individual.
Use resources from the FEMA government website
https://www.fema.gov/disaster
Instructions
Short Paper on Disasters and Emergency Management
Write a 3-4 paged paper (excluding the title page and references) on a specific disaster. Examples include:
• Earthquake
• Tsunami
• Tornado
• Flood
• Fire
• Winter Storm
• Heat-related Disaster
• Volcanic Eruption
• Avalanche
• Disease epidemic or pandemic
• Bioterrorism
• Nuclear event
You must address in your paper the following:
1) What issues in this disaster would make triaging of victims a challenge?
2) What Public Health issues may ensue (e.g., infectious disease outbreaks) and what can we do to mitigate the events?
3) How can interagency cooperation and local collaboration be effectively utilized?
Understanding of basic cell biology
How does an understanding of basic cell biology become important as we search for life on other planets, including the moons of our solar system?
An evolutionary standpoint
From an evolutionary standpoint, why is sexual reproduction advantageous for the continuation of a species?
How oxygen and carbon dioxide are transported in the blood
Describe how oxygen and carbon dioxide are transported in the blood, and explain how their loading and unloading is affected by temperature, pH, BPG, and PCO2.
Adult assessment tool
Submit a 1-page paper analyzing the adult assessment tool you have chosen:
• Why did you select the assessment tool?
• Why might it be especially helpful for use with adults?
• What challenges or limitations might there be for this assessment tool?