The hormone leptin regulates food intake and body weight. It can cross the blood-brain barrier.[1] Which proprieties of leptin allow it to cross the blood-brain barrier? How does leptin regulate energy balance?[2] Search PubMed (www.pubmed.gov) for blood-brain barrier and leptin and select TWO original research articles about leptin. Summarize the results of these articles.Be detailed in your explanation and support your answer with facts from your textbook, research, and articles from scholarly journals. In addition, remember to add references in APA format to your posts to avoid plagiarism.

Students will provide an explanation on the steps needed to verify a statement. The statement to be addressed by the scientific method is as follows: "Feed a cold, starve a fever."How observations would be madeWhat questions would be asked and what information was gatheredThe hypotheses to be formulated and testedWho would benefit and who would make use of the information obtained from the studyWhat the predicted results would beHow conclusions would be obtainedStudents will prepare a minimum 7-slide PowerPoint presentation and prepare an outline for an oral presentation in the Notes section of the PowerPoint presentation with the following sections:TitleAbstractIntroduction (with statement of purpose and hypothesis)Materials/Methods of Testing (how observations would be made and what questions would be asked and what information was gathered)Predicted ResultsDiscussionConclusion (based on predicted results)ReferencesStudents should use a minimum of three scholarly sources. Remember that Wikipedia is not considered a scholarly source.

Benchmark - Epidemiological Surveillance Data Dissemination and Recommendations for ActionEpidemiological surveillance data can be used to guide public health interventions, support funding, develop policy, and educate the community and specific populations in order to decrease burden. The purpose of this assignment it to analyze, interpret, and disseminate Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) surveillance data to both technical and nontechnical audiences, and provide recommendations for public health action for a selected disease or heath issue using audience-appropriate language and information.Select a MMWR health issue published within the past 5-10 years to disseminate data to a technical and nontechnical audience. Select a technical audience, such as public health practitioners, clinicians and other health care providers, policymakers and other decision makers, and a nontechnical community group or target population. Provide the reason for the dissemination from the following, be specific, and provide details tailored to your data and health issue:Educate about recent findings or accomplishments.Elicit immediate action.Solicit support or participation.Justify program/prevention activities.Prepare for an upcoming intervention or program.Provide rationale to develop new policy or support current policy.For the technical audience, create a PowerPoint presentation (10-13 slides) to disseminate surveillance data from the MMWR report for a selected purpose using the slide headings outlined below. Include speaker notes for each slide. For your final slide, develop an educational "fact sheet" about the issue that is appropriate for a nontechnical community group or target population.Add two additional slides for the Title and References slides.Refer to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), "Introduction to Public Health Surveillance," and "Data Dissemination" to assist you in completing this assignment.PowerPoint HeadingsTitle Page: Include your health issue topic which identifies a specific technical and nontechnical audience and group member names.Audience Appropriate Data Dissemination (1-2 slides): Explain the importance audience appropriate messages for data dissemination. Identify your health issue, technical and nontechnical audiences, and the reason for the disseminationData Collection (1-2 slides): Identify and describe a MMWR for a health issue and the data collection timeframe and methods.Data Analysis (1-2 slides): Summarize the data and document the magnitude of the health issue using descriptive statistics (person, place, time), rates, include tables, graphs, maps, or charts.Data Interpretation (1-2 slides): Summarize the report results and provide the implications for public health practice.Recommendations for Action (1-2 slides): Provide recommendations or support for policy, policy development, funding for screening or implementation of an intervention or program to address the health issue. Include the factors (e.g., unique behaviors, exposures, or environmental factors) that contribute to the health issue that will be addressed.Fact Sheet: Data Dissemination to a Nontechnical Audience (1 slide): On the last slide of your presentation, create an audience appropriate fact sheet that explains and brings awareness to the health issue and the steps in addressing/mitigating the health issue for a community group or population. Include both text and photos, images, or illustrations to make it eye catching and compelling.Conclusion (1 slide)References pageYou are required to cite to a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be published within the last 5 years and appropriate for the assignment criteria and public health content.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Refer to the LopesWrite Technical Support articles for assistance.