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by which a person can be infected is from food or water contaminated by bacteria from the stools of cholera patients (Abramowicz P...
In five pages the connection between heart disease and periodontal or gum disease is discussed. Three sources are cited in the bi...
In five pages this paper discusses venereal disease and other types of sexually transmitted diseases including genital herpes, Hep...
In six pages this research paper discusses how the population of medieval China actually benefited from disease in this considerat...
(2001). In general, symptoms progress to problems with walking and muscle coordination as well as forgetfulness and memory disturb...
all of which are known commonly as deer ticks. The bacterias common reservoir is rodents. Immature ticks in particular are commo...
In eight pages this paper examines current research pertaining to heart disease in a consideration of molecular, bacterial, and vu...
that are responsible for the fast spread of infectious diseases are those that have been detected within the environment; variant ...
asked to touch the groin area of a patient as though they were taking a femoral pulse for a duration of fifteen seconds. The work...
uncommon for this stage to go unnoticed inasmuch as "there is usually little or no discomfort" (American Academy of Periodontology...
levels (Rickheim et al 269). Fireman, Barlett and Selby (2004) Over the past decade disease management programs (DMPs) have prol...
management (DM) concept Disease management (DM) is defined as a "systematic clinical improvement process," which addresses both ...
and strokes. Heart disease became commonplace. The rate of heart disease increased so sharply between the 1940 and 1967 that the W...
can progress from initial symptoms: "to coma and death as quickly as 12 to 48...
pathogen (National Institutes of Health, 1999). The most concerning infectious agents are those that are both highly contagious ...
However, as the disease progresses, it may cause a low-grade fever as well as night sweats and fatigue (1996). Also, leukemia may ...
are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...
advertising by big businesses that has contributed in a large part to the decline in the health of the average American citizen. ...
study relied on the input of professional males such as dentists, veterinarians, optometrists, osteopathic physicians and podiatri...
Edson shows how Vivian uses her poetry as a means for tenaciously clinging to her identity as a person. However, it also becomes c...
a Type A personality, chronic stress, hostility and anger all increase the risk of heart attacks (Harvard Mental Health Letter, Ju...
risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...
Without the neurotransmitter dopamine the striatum dries up. Although there are still plenty of reserves of dopamine in the...
to receptors that are on the surface of nerves (Pressman, 2004). What happens then is that they are transported to the cell body t...
in the general area, but that the population immediately surrounding the church is rather homogeneous. Nearly 29 percent of Coney...
(Kasprisin et al, 1987; Strauss et al, 2004). It is also possible that during a normal pregnancy there will be a spontaneous trans...
One of nearly every three women who die are victims of cardiovascular disease, with fourteen percent more women dying of coronary ...
this condition is unknown (CKD, 2005). The challenge facing this focus area of HP 2010 is to establish effective programs that wil...
move through populations of individuals) to consider "how the characteristics that traditional epidemiology has identified to be i...
with daily brushing and flossing, and regular cleaning by a dentist or dental hygienist" (Periodontal disease, 2007). One exceptio...