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Childhood Obesity Information

Posted on July 27, 2011

Childhood Obesity has reached epidemic proportions around the world. It is no longer confined to the UK, USA, and some European countries. It is now shown around the world that Childhood Obesity has raised from 1 in 5 to 1 in 4. This childhood obesity information is staggering when you consider a small province in Ireland; the North of Ireland has 10,000 obese children. The rise in childhood obesity has been gathering speed at such an alarming rate that if it continues, no health service will be able to cope with the complications of childhood obesity. The childhood obesity information keeps on getting more facts each day on this growing menace of obesity to our society and way of life. One has to throw out the live and let live attitude. This menace of obesity has to be smashed and done very quickly by giving as much as possible childhood obesity information to parents, guardians and children institutes.

Children should have a healthy well balanced food regime that gives them the energy to grow and develop. The more they take in; in energy what ever is not used up is stored as Fat and the children will become overweight or obese. Been obese means you are carrying far too much weight. Obesity is caused by regularly eating fast food, high caloric drinks, it is in plain language eating and drinking more calories then the body needs. These fast foods and processed foods contain so much sugar and fat that if you're not physically active you will become obese.

Once a child is overweight or obese, they are more likely to develop serious health problems which is not in any way good for the child and that obesity leads to life threatening circumstances such as heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, sleep apnea, liver disease, early puberty, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia, asthma and shins infections and most evil of all cancer. Obese children sadly mature to be obese adults. In addition of alarm is the death rate which is on the rise for childhood obesity and adolescence obesity. No parent wants to stand at their son or daughter's grave when there is a way to avoid this very sad situation. I am an avid fan for breastfeeding. It is one of the best ways to help your child to avoid obesity. Read more...

Medical School Admissions Process

Posted on July 23, 2011

Because the medical school admissions process has become so competitive, it has never been more difficult getting accepted to medical school as it is today. Every year, the number of applications increases while the number of seats stays the same. Last year, over forty thousand people applied and less than 50% were accepted. Now more than ever, it takes much more than simply great grades and extracurricular activities. It requires in an in-depth knowledge of the process, an ability to get glowing personal recommendations and most importantly, well crafted and insightful writing ability.

Most people don't know this, but even though the formal medical school admissions application process begins in January of the year prior to entry, the informal admissions process begins the day you step foot in college! The reason is that whether you're applying in your junior year or 25 years after graduating college from college, medical school admissions committees always assess your performance starting with your freshman year. Many prospective applicants fail to realize this and miss the opportunity to begin distinguishing themselves early on. They spend that first year focused solely on the their classes, while their more informed cohorts are volunteering in hospitals or participating in scientific research.

The formal application process begins in January of the year prior to matriculation, which means it lasts a full twenty months! Here's an overview what you should be doing during these 21 months.

From January to April, you should work on contacting prospective recommendation writers. Shoot for a mix of professors and professional references. During this time, you should also be studying for the Medical College Admissions Test (otherwise know as the MCAT) and actually taking it sometime around April. During May and June, you will work on completing the AMCAS, which is the actual application. The AMCAS contains two main sections: 1) a section for your work and extracurricular activities, and 2) a section for your personal statement. Note the personal statement has become incredibly important in determining your odds of admission so if you are not a naturally gifted writer, plan to procure the services of a professional editor. They're not going to write your essay for you, but they will help you with grammar and style. Read more...

AIDS/HIV Information

Posted on July 3, 2011

AIDS is an acronym for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome it causes a destruction of the immune system. It is the most advanced stage of the HIV virus (HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus). AIDS is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as the presence of a positive HIV antibody test and one or more of the illnesses known as opportunistic infections.

The HIV virus, type 1 or 2 is widely known to be the cause of AIDS. HIV breaks down and attacks your T cells so your body is unable to defend itself against different infections. The HIV virus also attacks your peripheral nervous system, this causes nerve and muscle pain, especially in the feet, legs, and hands.

HIV is spread through direct contact with semen or blood of an individual that is infected. This can be transferred in many ways the most common is unprotected sexual intercourse. Other means of infection are infected blood transfusions, mother to infant (at time of birth, or through breast milk), sharing needles with an infected person, and rarely a healthcare worker that gets pricked with an infected needle.

Often people who are infected with HIV have few symptoms and in some cases there are none. Other times, symptoms of HIV are confused with other illnesses such as the flu. This may be severe, with swollen glands in the neck and armpits, tiredness, fever and night sweats. This is where as much as 9 out of 10 of the infected individuals will develop AIDS. At this point the person may feel completely healthy and not even know that he/she has the virus. The next stage begins when the immune system starts to break down and the virus becomes more aggressive in damaging white cells. Several glands in the neck and armpits may swell and stay swollen for an extended period of time without any explanation. As this disease progresses boils or warts may spread over the body. They may also feel tremendously tired, night sweats, high fevers, chronic diarrhea, and they may lose a considerable amount of their body weight. Most cases have shown thrush as a symptom as well. At this point the person is in the final stages of HIV--AIDS. Severe chest infections with high fever are common and survival rate is above 70% but decrease with each recurrence. Read more...

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