Sickle Cell Anemia For long time many people have traditions habits that help to spread sickle cell anemia in community. It is common in the east of Saudi Arabia. Because in my community some people get married of relatives, that makes disease in their children if parents have the disease. Sickle cell anemia is genetic disease, which is characterized by abnormally in the hemoglobin molecule […]

Introduction Approximately 70,000-100,000 Americans have sickle cell anemia, the most common form of an inherited blood disorder that causes the production of abnormal hemoglobin, a protein that attaches to oxygen in the lungs and carries it to all parts of the body.1 Sickle cell anemia is a inherited disorder which causes the manifestation of unreliable hemoglobin resulting unevenly shaped red blood cells, recognized as “sickle […]

The Lightning Thief I watched the movie The Lightning Thief, by Rick Riordan I also read the book and watched a musical. Percy wanted to get his mom back but somebody stole the lightning bolt, then Percy goes on a quest to find the lightning bolt. I really didn’t understand the book and the musical because I there is not that much of real life […]

Fukushima Possibly Dwarfed by Deliberate Nuclear Dumping by U.S., Europe, and Soviets The most egregious facet of the ongoing fiasco that is the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear incident is widely accepted to be the intentional release of hundreds of tons of radioactive water into the oceans surrounding the reactors. In terms of total radioactivity released into the environment, Fukushima has already surpassed the Chernobyl incident of […]

Zoya Naumchik Professor Scully BISC 1005 Connections Assignment 11/25/2014 The topic that was often discussed in class this semester and that has truly interested me the most is the chemical building blocks and nutrition. Nutrition can be defined as nourishment and the process of selecting, preparing foods and getting those foods into our bodies then use them as raw materials for growth and development, vitamins, […]

It seems these days that the building blocks of proteins, affectionately known as “amino acids”, are tiny little gold nuggets that bestow superhuman powers upon anyone lucky enough to stumble upon them in a sports gel, capsule, fizzy drink or cocktail. After all, these little guys are starting to get put by nutrition supplement manufacturers into just about everything, from your engineered pre-workout snack, to […]

There are many different work out supplements. Some of those work out supplements are Proteins/Amino Acids, Performance Supplements, Energy Boosting Products, and Vitamins. The first work out supplement we are going to tell you about is Proteins/Amino Acids. One supplement that is made of Protein is called, “The Ultimate Whey Designer Protein.” This designer protein is 68% better than egg white and or regular whey. […]

It is the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) obligation to protect individuals in the United States from using and consuming harmful products. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act defines a dietary ingredient as a vitamin; mineral; herb or other botanical; amino acid; dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake; or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, […]

Herbal Remedies in FDA Limbo   Thesis: There needs to be regulation of herbal remedies and dietary supplements from an outside source that is not interested in the monetary benefits from the herbal market. Although herbal remedies and dietary supplements can be beneficial to many Americans, the United States needs to implement an administration to analyze, research, and regulate what herbs are in supplements, and […]