...Associate Level Material Appendix B For this assignment you will share information with patients about a specific type of cancer by creating a flyer, brochure, or report. Select and complete one of the following assignments: Option 1: Families With Children Option 2: Young Adults Option 3: Middle-Aged Adults Option 4: Older Adults Option 1: Families With Children Your goal is to educate families with children about a cancer that affects children. Although focused, this group may contain a wide range of individuals who vary in age, reading level, and socioeconomic status. Be mindful of unique characteristics associated with the affected population. Be creative in your layout while maintaining a professional appearance. • Resources: American Cancer Society website (http://www.cancer.org) and the National Cancer Institute website (http://www.cancer.gov) • Choose one type of cancer that affects children. Share information about this cancer with children and their families. • Create a flyer, brochure, or report to present the information in 350 to 500 words. • Organize the information into five sections: o Causes and risk factors, including environmental risks o Prevention and detection o How the cancer affects the body o Treatment options o Name and contact information of at least one support group • Include at least one image (picture or diagram) that supports any of the details you present in the...
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...anyone from your family had a cancer! I know you would at least know one person who has cancer or had cancer before. Have you ever asked them how they feel? Hello class and teachers.I’ll tell you a story of a young boy. Colby, he was ten years old when he started to complain to his mother, Michelle about his arm pain. At in the first place, Michelle thought it was developing pains, however, after few weeks, she ended up concerned. Be that as it may, when Colby's pain erupted more awful than previously, Michelle took him back to the hospital. It worked out that a tumour on Colby's bone had been missed, and he was determined to have Ewing's Sarcoma. The determination came only seven days before Christmas. The first run through Colbey and...
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...Leukemia Maryam Kamber Eastern Illinois University LEUKEMIA 2 Leukemia is a cancer of blood cells, specifically white blood cells that are responsible for fighting infection. However, the abnormal cells in leukemia do not function in the same way as normal white blood cells. Leukemia cells continue to grow and divide, eventually crowding out normal blood cells. The end result is that it becomes difficult for the body to fight infections, control bleeding and transport oxygen (Medicine Net, 2015). It is estimated that each year, approximately 30,800 individuals will be diagnosed with leukemia in the United States (National Library Medicine, 2016). With these statistics it is clear to see just how common it is and why its so important for us to continue studying it in hopes of finding new scientific advances for controlling or maybe even curing it. Though the direct cause of leukemia isn’t understood, scientists can say that it seems to develop from a combination of genetic and environmental factors (Mayo Clinic, 2016). Leukemia is thought to occur when some blood cells acquire mutations in their DNA. Certain abnormalities cause the cell to grow and divide more rapidly and to continue living when normal cells would die (Cancer Treatment Centers of America, 2015). Over time, these abnormal cells can crowd out healthy blood cells in the bone marrow, leading to fewer healthy white blood...
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...Willie Roberson Economy-220 Introduction to Economics July 17, 2012 Lyndon K. Burnham 1.) Who is likely to be more affected by tax increases on cigarettes: all adults or young adults? Why? Cite elasticity of demand estimates from the article to support your answer. I would have to say young adults because they are more to be influenced and more young adults are smoking in today’s society. From reading in this passage I have seen that there have been several attempts to prevent youth smoking in the United States. In the combining the components of the youth law access there are six that are relating to the specific tobacco control provisions and three relating to enforcement provisions. I would have to say that the women are lesser than the men. Men are twice as large as the women in the elasticity participation. Being a male myself and from that statistics I feel men would more like and still purchase cigarettes with the tax increase. Therefore all in all young adults will take the bigger hit. 2.) To have the greatest effect on reducing cancer from tobacco use, what other product should the government tax? Why? The biggest reason for going after tobacco products was to prevent cancer and help younger people have a more healthy life. But also you have alcohol which is more dangerous to me than cigarettes are but you can only go by statistics. But also it should be known that more people who smoke drink alcohol and have to have alcohol if they are smoking...
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...cancerous, or malignant, which means cancerous. Lung cancer occurs when a tumor forms in the tissue of the lung. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men and women in the United States. Experts estimate that there will be 215,020 new cases of lung cancer in 2008-- 114,690 cases in men and 100,330 cases in women. 161,840 Americans are expected to die of the disease 90,810 men and 71,030 women. Lung cancer occurs most often between the ages of 55 and 65. There are two major types of lung cancer -- non-small cell lung cancer and small cell lung cancer. Each type of lung cancer grows and spreads in different ways, and each is treated differently. Non-small cell lung cancer is more common than small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer, sometimes called oat cell cancer, grows more quickly and is more likely to spread to other organs in the body. Lung cancer may spread to the lymph nodes or other tissues in the chest, including the lung opposite to where it originated. It may also spread to other organs of the body, such as the bones, brain, or liver. When cancer spreads from its original location in the lung to another part of the body such as the brain, it is called metastatic lung cancer, not brain cancer. Doctors sometimes call this distant disease. Lung cancer would occur much less often if people did not smoke. The good news is that smoking is not as popular as it used to be. In 1965 about 42 percent of all adults smoked, but by 2008 only 21 percent did. Also,...
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...Willie Roberson Economy-220 Introduction to Economics July 17, 2012 Lyndon K. Burnham 1.) Who is likely to be more affected by tax increases on cigarettes: all adults or young adults? Why? Cite elasticity of demand estimates from the article to support your answer. I would have to say young adults because they are more to be influenced and more young adults are smoking in today’s society. From reading in this passage I have seen that there have been several attempts to prevent youth smoking in the United States. In the combining the components of the youth law access there are six that are relating to the specific tobacco control provisions and three relating to enforcement provisions. I would have to say that the women are lesser than the men. Men are twice as large as the women in the elasticity participation. Being a male myself and from that statistics I feel men would more like and still purchase cigarettes with the tax increase. Therefore all in all young adults will take the bigger hit. 2.) To have the greatest effect on reducing cancer from tobacco use, what other product should the government tax? Why? The biggest reason for going after tobacco products was to prevent cancer and help younger people have a more healthy life. But also you have alcohol which is more dangerous to me than cigarettes are but you can only go by statistics. But also it should be known that more people who smoke drink alcohol and have to have alcohol if they are smoking...
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...in this paper in order to access the benefits associated with fruits and vegetables consumption. People from different races, ages, and genders were used as subjects for the experiments. Most of the analyses were done using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS version 16, Chicago, IL). Results were consistent with each other and revealed that fruits and vegetables are rich in dietary antioxidants. Increasing intakes of dietary antioxidants will help to reduce oxidative damage caused by free radicals and provide protection against the progression of a number of chronic diseases. Diseases such as cancer, stroke, dementia and others can be minimized by consuming increased amounts of fruits and vegetables. Although consuming adequate amounts of fruits and vegetables reduces the risk of developing chronic diseases, it is widely recognized that young adults’ intakes are currently well below the Department of Health’s recommendation of five portions a day, with men consuming even less than women. Introduction The advantages of consuming a reasonable amount of fruits and vegetables each day are enormous. Fruits and vegetables are rich in antioxidants; these are substances that protect body cells from oxygen free radicals which cause oxidation (cell...
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...viruses that cause illness and can contribute to cancer. One of them is a virus that attacks the cervix of young woman, and sometimes mouth and throat, Human Papillomavirus, or HPV (“Genital HPV infection,” 2009). This virus is transmitted through sexual activity, sometimes unknowingly. HPV is carried by men, but there is no test for men to determine if a male has it to prevent them from spreading it (“Genital HPV infection,” 2009). It’s usually caught when woman have their yearly Pap smear exams; the cells of the cervix are tested for abnormalities. “About 8 out of 10 woman will become infected with HPV in their lifetime” states Hpv.com. “In the United States 30 woman are diagnosed with Cervical Cancer every day” (“Get the facts,” 2011). This virus has over a hundred different strands that may contribute to different diseases (“HPV,” 2011). Although most cause no harm, there are 2 classifications of the virus that do cause disease. The “low-risk” strands are the number one cause for Genital Warts, and the “high-risk” initiate Cervical Cancer (“Genital HPV infection,” 2009). The CDC states that HPV, if undetected and untreated can contribute to cancers of the throat, penis, head and anus as well. It is possible to have this virus and display no signs and symptoms. This is the reason why so many contract the virus and have no knowledge of it; which leads to not seeking any medical care and the virus secretly progressing into cancer. At the other end of the spectrum the Center for...
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...Bone cancer can grow in anyone’s bones; it can start at any age. The main focus of this report is aimed at young adults and teens. First we will talk about the type of bone cancer that is most common in young adults and teenagers. Osteosarcoma is a common bone cancer that starts as a tumor in your bone over time the cells in the tumor start to behave differently and become abnormal. Let’s discuss risk factors. Your age can be considered a risk factor. If you have had many growth spurts in a short amount of time you could have bone cancer. Your height could be a sign that you have a chance to develop bone cancer in your arms or legs. Depending on your age group if you are tall for your age group you have a greater chance at developing bone cancer. More commonly boys develop bone cancer than girls due to the different growth periods. Girls have different growth periods and they are shorter than boys. There is a larger instance of bone cancer in African Americans than Caucasian Americans. The last risk factor is a very important one. Sometimes if you have had radiation therapy for another cancer the chances of you having bone cancer later in your life are greater. Certain bone diseases can lead to bone cancer also. One disease chondroma, causes non-cancerous tumors to grow in the bones. There are no prevention plans for bone cancer. Most cases of bone cancer are caught in the early stages before it spreads. Your symptoms could be a swelling in your arms or legs...
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...smoking amongst young generation of today, effects of cigarette, like cancer, heart disease, emphysema, and chronic bronchitis. By reading this paper, a person can gain knowledge about the effects of smoking cigarette. So when a person reads this especially those who smoke, he or she may quit or lessen smoking because he or she will know the bad effects of cigarette smoking. It is considered that cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable death, leading to an annual five million deaths around the globe. It is estimated that if current smoking patterns carry on, the annual death toll could rise to more than eight million by 2030. Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for many cancers and respiratory diseases. The heavier the usage of an individual and the longer he smokes, the higher the risks for smoking-related illnesses. Cigarette smoking involves inhaling smoke into the lungs. A cigarette contains more than 4000 poisonous chemicals such as nicotine, arsenic, methane, ammonia, cadmium, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, butane, and hydrogen cyanide. Inhaled cigarette smoke can damage the lungs' cilia, tiny hair-like structures that sweep away debris from the lungs. With the cilia paralyzed by smoking, particles such as dirt and toxins can settle in the lung sacks and form tar. These toxins can then move from the lungs via the bloodstream to other parts of the body. According to the Global Adult Tobacco Survey in 2009, almost 25 percent of all Filipino adults smoke very...
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...Introduction The number of cases of skin cancer each year is on the rise and skin cancer is becoming more prominent in our society today, especially among young adults. For this reason, it is vital to evaluate the causes of skin cancer and the ways to prevent it. Skin cancer can be defined as the abnormal growth of the cells of the skin. Currently, it is the most common type of cancer in the United States. Skin cancer is caused by exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun’s rays and artificial sun lamps. Most cases of skin cancer could have been easily prevented if the proper precautions were taken, including limiting exposure to sunlight and radiation. The purpose of this report is to prove that using tanning beds has been linked to...
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...among non-smokers. I agree that smoking should be prevented because it leads to many types of cancer and heart disease; secondly health affects exposure of secondhand smoke, thirdly it affects the health of the youth smoking tobacco, and fourthly the cost of treatment associated with cigarette smoking (healthcare). Cigarette smoking increases the risk of dying from cancer of the lungs, esophagus, larynx and oral cavity (as we studied in biology). The harmful effect of cigarettes is the chemical makeup of cigarette. According to Quitsmokingsupport.com Cigarettes contain over 4,000 chemicals , some of those chemicals are the heavy metals, humectants, casting agents ,pesticide, insecticides and nicotine which is an addictive substance added into a cigarette; that is why it is very hard for smokers to stop smoking right away . A friend’s mother who smoked up to 3 packs of cigarette per day for more than 25 years. She looked healthy and often cited that cigarette kills those who were already predisposed to suffer from those diseases. Years later she died, suffered from ventricular arrhythmia which means heart did not beat properly as a result it pumped little or no blood to the body organs; usually caused by nicotine in cigarette. According to Medical News Today (MNT), cigarette smoking harms the body by raising cholesterol level and blood pressure, as well as increasing the risk of cancer and cataracts and destroys certain vitamins and creates the need for other specific nutrients...
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...break. There are many different reasons why people smoke. Three of the main reasons that young people smoke are to look mature, to be like their friends, and to experiment. Since teens see older people all around them smoking, especially their parents and relatives, they smoke to act older. If their friends or peers smoke, they may feel pressured into doing the same to be accepted. The last reason is the excitement of experimenting with something that is forbidden. As defined by The 1988 report, The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction: A Report of the Surgeon General “,”Nicotine addiction is the fundamental reason that individuals persist in using tobacco products, and this persistent tobacco use contributes to many diseases”. And according to the WHO (World Health Organization) official website, tobacco kills up to half of its users, it also kills nearly 6 million people each year. More than five million of those deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while more than 600 000 are the result of non-smokers being exposed to second-hand smoke and nearly percent of the world's one billion tobacco users live in low- and middle-income countries. The National Institute on Drug Abuse’ research shows that nicotine addiction accounts for about one-third of all cancers, including 90 percent of lung cancer cases. Although nicotine is addictive, it is not the main reason for cancer and other kinds of health complications. Other chemicals are responsible for the health complications...
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...benefits health. Some studies they conducted comes from prospective studies of mortality across industrialized nations. House, Landis and Emberson conducted a social experiment and found that these studies consistently show that individuals with the lowest level of involvement in social relationships are more likely to die than those with greater involvement). For example, Berkman and Syme showed that the risk of death among men and women with the fewest social ties was more than twice as high as the risk for adults with the most social ties. Social ties has also been proven to reduce mortality rates among adults with medical conditions. For instance, several recent review articles provide consistent and compelling evidence linking a low quantity or quality of social ties with a host of conditions, including development and progression of cardiovascular disease, recurrent myocardial infarction, atherosclerosis, autonomic dysregulation, high blood pressure, cancer and delayed cancer recovery, and slower wound healing (Ertel, Glymour, and Berkman 2009; Everson-Rose and Lewis 2005; Robles and Kiecolt-Glaser 2003; Uchino 2006). Although there are...
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...Health and Yoga: Benefits of Yoga Related to Human Health About a year ago this month I injured my back working out at my local gym. My injury was just a pinched nerve in my lower back so it was nothing serious or to be worried about in the long term. The problem I was faced with was that after I healed, which took a couple of months with no exercise, I couldn’t get motivated to go back to he gym and continue working out. After two months of doing nothing the last thing I wanted to do was start all over again with my workouts and it was frustrating when I would try. I then began trying different home workouts such as insanity, but at home there are so many excuses not to workout so this experiment didn’t last long. By this time it was the middle of winter and I had began to notice some odd things with my health and overall mental well-being. I gained about ten pounds, I felt tired all the time, my body ached, and my mood was dull. One day I had been talking with one of my friends about my recent observations of my health and told him that I thought the reason for my decline in health was that I wasn’t getting any physical exercise. His response was, “try yoga.” He didn’t say anything else to me and I started to fire off excuses why I didn’t want to. His wife is a yoga instructor in my home town and when I came back for spring break he gave me a weeks worth of free passes to try it out. After that week I felt as if my whole perspective was changed about Yoga. I then enrolled...
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