By Hamsa Al-Aqqad, MS Despite decades of efforts to combat malaria, it remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide and no effective vaccine exists currently. According to UNICEF, malaria kills one child per minute and mostly affects children in Africa, where 90% of all deaths due to…
This was my first session with Nepris, that covered basics of Genetics, Mendel’s Experiments, complex patterns of inheritance, interaction of genes with the environment, and Acquired and Inherited Traits. I related these topics to real life so students could understand the importance of these topics in their personal lives…
By Sandy Hayes, PhD Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a degenerative neurological disease in which cells of the immune system invade and attack the central nervous system (CNS). A major target of this attack is myelin, the protective insulation surrounding axons (nerve fibers) that facilitates the rapid transmission of nerve impulses…
By Joanne P. Shelby-Klein BSN RN Sleep, some of us think we don’t get enough, some wonder why we need it at all and most wonder what it is. We all know when someone is sleeping but do we know what is happening when they sleep and we…
By Hamsa Al-Aqaad What is Tuberculosis? Tuberculosis, or TB, is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis [1,2]. It typically affects the lungs, and in this case it is called pulmonary TB. Sometimes, other parts of the body can be infected; these include the brain and…
By Suchitra Chari, B.Pharm, M.S…
By Victoria Brewster, MSW The terms ‘Aging’ and ‘Seniors’ are hot topics right now due to the fact that soon there will be more in the 65+ demographic than the youth demographic. Is society prepared worldwide? No. As a case manager who works with older adults, I see first-hand…
By Swapnali Halder, Ph.D. CREATINE AND ITS FUNCTION IN THE BODY Creatine is widely used as a dietary supplementation in the United States with an estimated consumption of 4 million kg per year. Creatine(chemical name: N-[aminoiminomethyl]-N-methyl glycine) is composed of amino acids called arginine, glycine…
WHAT ARE BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACIDS? BCAA stands for Branched Chain Amino Acids because of their chemical structure or formula. Each amino acid (as the name shows) has an amino group (NH2) and an acid group (COOH), and rest in between is a chain of groups like ––CH2 defines the…