1.View the videos “The Cure: How Close are We?” and “Top 10 Worst Foods For Diabetes”. Write a 500 word reaction paper that reflects your opinion of the videos.
2.Mr. Merryweather has a tumor that damaged his hypothalamus but not his pituitary gland. Among numerous other hormone problems, he is not secreting enough antidiuretic hormone (ADH). “I do not understand this,” says a nurse. “ADH comes from the pituitary and does not have a releasing hormone from the hypothalamus. How can his hypothalamic tumor cause his lack of ADH?” (250 words)

3. “Please help me make sense of the renin-angiotensin system,” says Mr. Phillipi. “If the kidney blood vessels sense low blood flow, they release renin into the blood, but how does that help fix the low blood flow? I want the details!” (250 words)
   4.A nurse says, “My type 2 diabetes patients do not get diabetic ketoacidosis as often as my type 1 diabetes patients do. Why is that?” (250 words)
   5.Mr. James has a pathologic fracture and newly diagnosed hyperparathyroidism. He says, “How can little glands in my neck make my bones weak?” (250 words)
   6.Mrs. King had thyroid surgery yesterday. She says, “Why do the nurses keep blowing up a blood pressure cuff and looking at my hand instead of measuring my blood pressure?” (250 words)