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Probiotics for Histamine Intolerance

Oct 11, 2020

Histamine intolerance, sometimes referred to as histaminosis, is an over-accumulation of histamine in the body’s organs. Histamine intolerance is often referred to informally as an allergy, but due to a metabolic imbalance, this intolerance is technically caused by the progressive accumulation of extracellular histamine. Around 1 percent of the world population is intolerant to histamine; of… read more »

Hydroxychloroquine: Mechanism of Action

Jul 28, 2020

Introduction Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), is an aminoquinoline used for the prevention and treatment of uncomplicated malaria (caused by P. falciparum, P. malariae, P. ovale, or P. vivax) in areas where malaria is vulnerable to chloroquine. Other applications may include the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and porphyria cutanea tarda. It is taken by mouth. HCQ is… read more »

PS4 – Mean, Median and Mode

Jun 6, 2020

Central tendency A central tendency could be defined as a central value for a probability distribution. The central tendency could be also called the center of a random variable distribution to cluster around its mean, mode, or median. Mean The mean usually called ‘average’, is the sum of all the data points over the number… read more »

21st Century Globalization

Oct 10, 2020

Summary The term globalization refers to the process by which relations between nations have become interdependent and have transcended the physical and geographical boundaries that may have existed before (Al-Rodhan, et al., 2006). Investopedia defines the term Globalization as “the spread of products, technology, information, and jobs across national borders and cultures” (KOPP, 2019), otherwise,… read more »

PS3 – Histograms and Stem-and-leaf plots

Jun 6, 2020

Histogram A histogram also called a frequency histogram could be defined as an accurate graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data set. It is an estimate of the probability distribution of a continuous variable which is why there are no gaps. Histogram differs from a bar graph in the sense that a bar graph… read more »

PS2 – Data distributions

May 8, 2020

Joint distribution It is a data table (similar to a relative frequency table) that shows the distribution of one set of data against the distribution of another set of data in percentages. Weight lost (lbs) 0-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 +8 Miles walked per day 1-3 4% 2% 21% 1% 1%… read more »

PS1 – Data Visualization

Jan 23, 2020

This article is Chapter I from the author’s book Statistics and Probability Flashcards. Definitions Individuals and variables In a dataset, the individuals are the items with one or more properties, called variables. Individuals can be events, cases, objects, people, etc. Student (individuals) Height (variables) John 190 cm Ali 175 cm Paul 165 cm Clara 160… read more »

Dietary supplements and functional foods

Jun 8, 2019

Food supplements are foodstuffs intended to supplement the normal diet, the constitute a concentrated source of nutrients or other substances having, alone or in combination, a nutritional or physiological effect. They are marketed in many forms (capsules, pastilles, tablets, powder packets or ampoules). The nutritional or health claims they claim have, since July 2007, been… read more »

Probiotics

Jun 8, 2019

The notion of probiotics has recently developed and most pharmacists have not been trained in these new food supplements. From birth, our gastrointestinal tract is colonized by many microorganisms that constitute the digestive microbiota. This complex and diversified ecosystem, unique to each individual, contributes to the proper functioning of the intestine through the many activities… read more »

Easy ways to improve Gut Health Naturally

May 21, 2019

The gastrointestinal tract is important to human health and key to this is the trillions of bacteria that live in our gut, it carries food from the mouth to the stomach, converts it into small digestible parts easily and properly absorbed in the body. Gastroenterologists can test for specific conditions associated with the Microbiome like… read more »