Semaglutide is a prescription medication for weight loss and combating obesity. Current evidence indicates patients are regaining weight after discontinuing the medication unless diet and exercise regimens are sustained....
Sunscreen is a staple in any household and with a variety of varying brands and SPF values it can be difficult to decipher which is the best choice. UV-visible spectrophotometry is one useful analytic method to compare the...
This research project investigates lead exposure in urban areas, focusing on community gardens with lead-contaminated soils. Lead exposure causes brain damage, IQ decrease, and behavioral problems. Lead is one of the health...
In the DNA barcoding project, an investigation was conducted on commercially acquired shrimp from grocery stores with the aim of determining their origin, identifying the species, and detecting potential mislabeling. A prior...
Biologists in Arizona are working to relocate the endangered Chiricahua Leopard frogs due to heavy droughts and immense livestock grazing. The Chiricahua Leopard frogs have a similar appearance to other species of leopard...
The enzyme lactase reacts with lactose, creating glucose as a product. For some members of the human population, their body does not produce the lactase enzyme, making it difficult to digest dairy products. Environmental...
This study introduces a MATLAB-based learning tool to enhance engineering students' understanding of stress and shear forces in cantilever cylindrical beams. Utilizing graphical methods, including Mohr's Circle, the tool allows...
According to the CDC, 29.7 million people in the U.S. population had diagnosed diabetes in 2021. In addition, 352,000 children under 20 years had diagnosed diabetes as well. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023)....
Type 1 Diabetes is an autoimmune condition characterized by a deficiency in insulin due to the destruction of pancreatic β-cells. This leads to elevated blood glucose levels. The primary treatment involves daily administration...
The low accessibility to mental health care in the United States is a major public health problem. This poster reviews the literature on the causes and consequences associated with low accessibility to mental health care, such...
Overmedication is a very broad term with many definitions, each centering around the concept of administering too much medication(s). Though not to the point where it may be considered an overdose,...
In the United States, one of the biggest issues that every state is experiencing is the shortage in doctors. Primary Care Physicians make up a huge percentage of the shortage in doctors. The Midwest took a huge hit by this...
In the late 1990s, doctors were told by pharmaceutical companies that opioid pain relievers were not addictive and that they could prescribe them freely to patients in severe pain. As a result, doctors began prescribing opioid...
Burnout: A psychological syndrome from emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and decreased personal accomplishment. Can also include cynicism (Stehman, et al., 2019).
Submitted as part of the BMS-515 Public Health and US...
In recent medical history, vaccinations have facilitated the reduction/eradication of many transmissible diseases (Olusanya et al., 2021). Recently, a growing reluctance of parents to vaccinate their children is a pertinent...
The Cambridge dictionary defines work-life balance as “the amount of time you spend doing your job compared with the amount of time you spend with your family and doing things you enjoy.”
The annual increase on price of pharmaceuticals are becoming a growing health concern in the United States for patients, prescribers, and policy makers.
Why is this an issue?
• Prices of newly marketed and pre-existing...