Medicine Essays

Hypothesis: The longer the lemon juice is cooked up to the boiling temperature, the lower the concentration of vitamin C. Variables: 1. Independent: Type of lemon juice samples [fresh lemon juice (0 minute boiled) , 10 minutes boiled lemon juice, 1 hour boiled lemon juice]. 2. Dependent: The concentration of …

Schistosomiasis, commonly known as snail fever, bilharzia and bilharziasis, is a disease caused by parasitic worms. It is the mostly deadly NTD – neglected tropical disease – affecting millions of people each year around the world. Even with a low mortality rate, schistosomiasis is only second to malaria in terms …

Introduction: Ascorbic acid is commonly known as the vitamin C. The compound has a five-membraned unsaturated lactone ring with two hydroxyl groups attached to the doubly bonded carbons. Vitamin C is required for the formation of intercellular material. It is present in most of the fruits and vegetables. Deficiency of …

A granola bar is usually portrayed of being a snack or a breakfast food. This particular blueberry yogurt flavored granola bar consists of granola (rolled oats), honey and nuts. This of which are the main components that are baked until the compound is seen as crispy. After the baking process …

Introduction The chemical name of vitamin C is Ascorbic Acid, C6H8O6. Figure 1: Part of the molecular structure of vitamin C. Ascorbic Acid is one of the thirteen vitamins that are solvable in water. The advantage of this vitamins is that it is very hard to take an overdoses. Your …

Penicillin is a familiar word to everyone. The first idea that comes to people’s mind is Penicillin is a group of antibiotics, as Penicillin is a very common antibiotic that kills bacteria. Apart from killing bacteria, what else do people know? Probably is nothing. In this project, I would like …

Biomedical sciences have made not only important advances for mankind, in addition, their research and experimentation have brought about heated debates touching on what “we” hold dear, and that is: our humanity. Cloning is definitely one of the hot topics. The general public is more worried about the “cloned” twin …

The user will be the receptionist of the NSDAP who needs a way of making the system more efficient. The NSDAP was set up a few years ago and is a dental surgery with few patients. The user would like a way of arranging the patient’s details easily as the …

A traditional Catholic or natural law approach would argue that suicide goes against the idea of humanity as the ‘faithful steward’ of life given by God. The Catholic Church considers euthanasia as ethically wrong; this deontological viewpoint has always taught the absolute and unchanging value of the commandment ‘You shall …

In modern industry enzymes are used to control many different reactions. For example they are used to ferment beer, they are used to make detergents more efficient, they are used in the textile industry and in recycling. “The food processing industry uses a great many enzymes.” An example of the …