Strategic planning is crucial at this stage and there are tools available to help any business perform the analysis needed to succeed. Kudler Fine Foods is an upscale food store specializing in foods and services that appeal to a niche market; gourmet chefs and gourmet chefs in training. The firm had good initial success with its first two stores, but its third store is suffering with lower than expected sales. The firm wishes to continue expansion and increase profitable growth. Before moving forward the company’s owner, Kathy Kudler, needs to understand her company fully and have accurate knowledge about the firm’s internal and external environment.
Crohn’s Disease Rosa Capela Kaplan University: SC131 January 21, 2015 What is Crohn’s Disease? Crohn’s Disease is an inflammatory bowel disease, causing the lining of your digestive tract to flame up. When the disease is active many symptoms can be caused, including abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue (extreme tiredness), weight loss, and malnutrition (lack of proper nutrition). Inflammation of the skin eyes and joints, inflammation of the liver of bile ducts and delayed growth or sexual development, in children are also signs and symptoms of Crohn’s Disease. Scientists believe Crohn’s Disease is caused by a combination of these 3 factors: Immune system problems, genetics, and environmental factors.
New Treatment for Lupus Lupus is a potentially fatal disease where the immune system attacks the body's own healthy tissues and organs. It usually affects females between the ages of fifteen and forty-four. It causes arthritis, kidney damage, chest pain, hair loss, fatigue, butterfly shaped rash across the face. It can affect the joints, can cause light sensitivity, and cause problems with the skin, lungs, heart, and the brain. The damage the it causes to the organs can be fatal.
Some treatments for lupus are NSAIDs, antimalarial drugs, corticosteroids, and immune suppressants. Corticosteroids can counter the inflammation of lupus but, can cause long term side affects like weight gain, easy bruising, osteoporosis, high blood pressure, diabetes, and increase risks of infections. One interesting fact I found was that glaucoma can occur when having lupus. Another fact I found was that kidney failure is one of the leading causes of death among people with
One out of twenty Americans suffers from a clinical body image disturbance such as an eating disorder or body dysmorphic disorder. The questions deepen beyond the magazine images and television causing these issues: what are other factors contributing to wanting the media’s ideal body image. We are all exposed to these images of the ideal body image, but some people are more likely to be affected. According to research, indicators of various biological and environmental factors come together to create the problem with body image. Recent research shows a deficit in this internal sense along with exposure to media images playing a leading role in the development of anorexia, bulimia and body dysmorphic
Childhood Obesity pg.1 Childhood Obesity Sociology 111 Mrs. Roberts November 16, 2011 Childhood Obesity pg.2 Historically there has always been a problem with obesity in children. Chubby babies and toddlers were more likely to survive infections and contagious diseases, and overweight children and family members were often thought to be financially secure. Today being overweight puts a child at risk for developing chronic diseases such as type II diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol levels. Obesity can promote degenerative joint disease which will result in painful knees, hips, feet, and back. Childhood obesity does not affect just the child, it can be stressful on an entire family (Childhood Obesity, 1998, p.1).
Addiction to these can happen if taken over a long period of time. Also, irritation of the stomach, liver damage and sleep disturbances as some analgesics contain caffeine. Antibiotics e.g. amoxicillin Antibiotics are used to treat infections caused by bacteria. Diarrhoea, feeling sick and vomiting are the most common side effects.
Abdominal pain and abdominal cramping is caused the inflammation of the walls and eventually thickens the walls with scar tissue and leads to cramping. Mild Crohn’s causes moderate intestinal discomfort and in more severe cases, can cause nausea and vomiting. Blood in the stool is caused by food being moved from the digestive tract through the inflamed tissue. The bleeding might be notices as bright red directly in the toilet or darker red blood that is mixed into the stool. Crohn’s also causes small sores or ulcers on the surface of the intestines that eventually penetrate into the intestinal walls.
The term food poisoning actually means disease resulting from ingestion of food contaminated with a toxin produced by a micro organism. The most common types of food according to nhsdirect.com are Campylobacter, E.Coli and salmonella. These are caught from foods such as contaminated water, raw chicken, milk and eggs. According to the Food Standards Agency, it is estimated that up to 5.5 million people in the UK are affected from food poisoning each year. There are many possible ways of preventing this on both the consumers and the manufacturer’s part.
This type of the plague can also be contracted if the bacterium enters the bloodstream from the bubonic plague and travels to the lungs. Once the bacterium has entered the lungs, it causes severe pneumonia. The symptoms for this disease include high fever, vomiting and nausea, and difficulty breathing. You will also cough up bloody