Having considered the characteristics, causes, and medical treatment of hemophilia, I would like to present other interventions to compliment traditional allopathic medicine for the aforementioned disease. Thus, the following sections will briefly explore physical activity and its beneficial relationship to hemophilia. Lombet, Lambert, and Hermans (2016) stated that individuals with hemophilia were once encouraged to […]
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- BLOG Immune / Lymphatic
Cells represent the basic functional units of an organism (Reisner, Reisner, & Crowley, 2017). Comprehending the underlying nature of cell function, and dysfunction, provides insights into the homeostasis of the organism as a whole. As a means of appreciating cell behavior, the following sections will provide a brief overview of mechanisms behind stem cell aging […]
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Kine 5102 (Current Topics in Human Movement)- Completed. This represents my final course for my MS Kinesiology with ATSU. It has been a wonderful experience indeed. -Michael McIsaac
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Nutr-122 (Intro to Biochemistry)- Completed. This was a solid re-introduction to general chemistry/biochemistry done through the University of Bridgeport. The biochemistry really provided a great opportunity to “get my toes wet” with the underlying events that take place internally when the body interacts with basic nutrients. It was a tough course but worth it. -Michael […]
Read MoreOne hundred years ago, processed foods were minimal, mostly in the form of alcohol and breads. In the present day, societies contain many forms of processed products. Moreover, processed food is a dominant form of sustenance both in high-income and middle-income countries such as the United States (Monteiro, Moubarac, Cannon, Ng, & Popkin, 2013). With […]
Read MoreModern Western diets derive approximately 70% of total daily energy from refined carbohydrate sources such as sugar, vegetable oils, processed foods, and alcohol (Ilich, Kelly, Kim, & Spicer, 2014). In contrast, during the paleolithic era (over 11,000 years ago) individuals consumed over 73% of total daily calories from animal sources (Cordain, Miller, Eaton, Mann, Holt, […]
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Got my purple belt at Republic Jiu Jitsu this evening! Still on cloud 9. Thank you Paul and Waggney! -Michael McIsaac
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This is course # 14 in my MS Kinesiology program. One more to go. -Michael McIsaac
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In this author’s last post, the benefits of licensure in the exercise profession was explored. A requisite of licensure included an undergraduate degree in exercise science, in addition to a clearly set list of standards and guidelines to abide by. It is this author’s contention that the content of exercise science degrees should also be […]
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- BLOG Research Methods
Peer-reviewed research (PRR) can be defined as a process whereby scholarly work is examined by a group of experts in the same field to make sure it meets the necessary standards before it is published or accepted (Peer Review, n.d.). Tradition may be thought of as a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that […]
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