Essays on Mercola

The human papillomavirus is an infection that is sexually transmitted. This disease widespread with the men and women that are sexually very active and hence, they are exposed to this critical virus at some point in their life . The spread of this virus is common in the United States of America, where there are more than 14 million new cases of HPV every year. There are more than 40 viral strands of HPV that most commonly impact the genitals . This virus is passed through skin to skin contact during the intercourse or any other form of contact with the ...

Article Summary about Functional Therapy

The article was written by Ahl et al (2005). It presented a successful case of functional therapy that was applied among children who suffer from cerebral palsy or CP. Primarily, the research aimed to provide an evaluation about functional training with CP, which they expected to have an improvement on the participant’s motor function and daily performance on the participant’s daily activity. The functional therapy was applied using the ecological approach, which was described as a way to promote improvement of the functioning in the daily life setting that can be used as a useful framework for ...

The article, One in Three Deaths from Cardiovascular Disease is Preventable, by Dr. Mercola, is an eye opener for all those who take health for granted (Mercola, 2016). Noncommunicable diseases like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and allergies, affect a significant number of Americans. The number of people succumbing to non-communicable diseases are more than those who succumb to communicable diseases. The most unfortunate part of the story is that, a majority of these non -communicable diseases are preventable. A person’s lifestyle can invite or repel these diseases. When we look at the trend of diseases that affected mankind over ...

Human development patterns allow us in making generalizations concerning various stages as the infancy phase, childhood phase, adolescence, and finally the adulthood stage. For the first year following the birth, a baby is referred to as an infant. The childhood stage begins in the second year after birth and stretches until adolescence. Childhood stage is often divided into early childhood and middle childhood. Early childhood includes the pre-school years whereas middle childhood stage includes elementary school years, through the fifth or sixth grade. The adolescence stage is the second last stage of human development before adulthood. This stage is ...

Immunizations in Children

According to World Health Organization (WHO), “Immunization is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine” (World Health Organization). This definition of WHO can be further elaborated by saying that the concept of immunization works by stimulation of the immune system. The immune system performs the function of protecting the body against disease causing agents. In its healthy condition, the body’s immune system has the ability to recognize any invading microbe. The leucocytes identify the microbes and produce antibodies against them. These antibodies are capable ...

Biotechnology has emerged as a major field few decades back but the art of science behind biotechnology primarily emerged with the discovery of natural process of fermentation by microorganisms. The microscopic world of microbes is diverse and huge as they are of multiple types classified into genus and species based on their morphological, biochemical and genetic abilities. They are helpful as well as harmful to the extremes for humans in many ways. Despite continuous efforts by biologists, their identity has been ambiguous and still a lot is waiting to be explored. Only 0.5% of the microbial world is known ...