Category Archives: Biology/Health

The Pill and Cancer Risk

HISTORICAL – DNA EVIDENCE OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE

OHESI – OntARIO HIV Edpidemiology Stats

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/diseases-conditions/hiv-2021-surveillance-highlights.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/diseases-conditions/summary-estimates-hiv-incidence-prevalence-canadas-progress-90-90-90.html

https://www.ohesi.ca/trends-in-hiv-testing-diagnoses-and-the-care-cascade-in-ontario-in-2022/

Algoma Public Health – Statistics

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Algoma’s vast geography and sparse population can create challenges for access to and delivery of health and social services. Isolated communities, lack of public transportation in and between communities, staff retention, travel costs, and hazardous driving conditions are all significant factors.

Life expectancy

Life expectancy at birth in Algoma is lower for both males and females than the provincial average. In Algoma, males are expected to live to around 76 years old (80 Ontario-wide), whereas females are expected to live to 82 (84 Ontario-wide). 

The average age in Algoma is 45.5 – four years older than the provincial average.

Social determinants of health 

Health in Algoma communities can be influenced by ethnic distribution, Indigenous status, household size and costs, education, employment, income, and access to health care (APH, 2018). In Algoma, several of these indicators are notable when compared to Ontario as whole. This includes a higher number of Indigenous and Francophone community members and a higher percentage of residents with low income. Because Algoma is a diverse and widespread community, these population characteristics help underpin the importance of taking an equity-focused approach and emphasize the value of culturally appropriate care.

https://www.algomaoht.ca/community-health#:~:text=In%202018%2C%20Algoma%20Public%20Health,self-harm%2C%20and%20suicide.

https://www.algomapublichealth.com/stats-reports/community-health-profile-2018/

US Maternal Mortality rate – CDC Stats

when the US preaching everyone to join them…The Canadian Response…

A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes” (1). 

Rates increased with maternal age. Rates in 2021 were 20.4 deaths per 100,000 live births for women under age 25, 31.3 for those aged 25–39, and 138.5 for those aged 40 and over (Figure 2 and Table). The rate for women aged 40 and over was 6.8 times higher than the rate for women under age 25. Differences in the rates between age groups were statistically significant. The increases in the rates between 2020 and 2021 for each of these age groups were statistically significant.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-maternal-mortality-rates-are-getting-worse-across-the-u-s/

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/c-section-rates-are-way-too-high-we-need-to-hold-doctors-and-hospitals-accountable/

Cancer in Young Patients – Increasing

Timestamps: 0:00 – Introduction to Rising Cancer Risks in Young Adults 0:25 – Why Young Adults Are At Risk 3:00 – Colorectal and Cervical Cancer: What’s the Increase? 4:05 – Environmental Factors and Cancer Risks 7:00 – Genetic Factors and Screening Importance 9:00 – The Role of Diet and Obesity 12:00 – How to Advocate for Health and Prevent Cancer #CancerPrevention, #YoungAdultHealth, #HealthAwareness

The Cell Cycle (& Cancer)

The cell cycle is the series of stages that a cell goes through as it grows and divides. It’s also known as the cell-division cycle. 

Interphase

The resulting cells, known as daughter cells, each enter their own interphase and begin a new round of the cell cycle. 

The cell cycle is a key regulatory mechanism of cellular growth and proliferation. Dysregulation of the cell cycle is thought to be the first step in carcinogenesis. 

AI generated definition based on: Encyclopedia of Toxicology (Third Edition), 2014

Can Grief be Fatal?

Overview

Broken heart syndrome is a heart condition that’s often brought on by stressful situations and extreme emotions. The condition also can be triggered by a serious physical illness or surgery. Broken heart syndrome is usually temporary. But some people may continue to feel unwell after the heart is healed.

People with broken heart syndrome may have sudden chest pain or think they’re having a heart attack. Broken heart syndrome affects just part of the heart. It briefly interrupts the way the heart pumps blood. The rest of the heart continues to work as usual. Sometimes the heart contracts more forcefully.

Medicines are used to treat symptoms of broken heart syndrome.

  • Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
  • Recurrent takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
  • Apical ballooning syndrome.

Symptoms

Homeostasis

Key points

  • Homeostasis is the tendency to resist change in order to maintain a stable, relatively constant internal environment.
  • Homeostasis typically involves negative feedback loops that counteract changes of various properties from their target values, known as set points.
  • In contrast to negative feedback loops, positive feedback loops amplify their initiating stimuli, in other words, they move the system away from its starting state.
  • Definition: Merriam- Webster Dictionary;
  • ho·​meo·​sta·​sis ˌhō-mē-ō-ˈstā-səs 
  • a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
  • striving to achieve homeostasis
  • homeostatic 
  • ˌhō-mē-ō-ˈsta-tik 
  •  adjective

#homeostasis #key points #biology