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Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

n.d.). The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) explains that "Ultimately, health promotion activit...

Case Study Analysis of Disease and Heredity

which would have put him at greater risk for dying of heart disease, regardless of his genetic makeup. Smoking is considered the ...

Law of Quebec and Fibromyalgia

The following discussion will examine how fibromyalgia cases are handled under Quebec law, and what options are open to the Quebec...

Disease and Various Factors to be Considered

by severe degeneration of the Central Nervous System, a degeneration which most often manifests prior to the age of three but whic...

Infectious Disease Control and Precautions That Are Standard Based

are theoretically viable, but there is actually no evidence to support the claim that UPs will actually reduce the number of expos...

AIDS and HIV and Their Effects on Human Biology

drug users and those receiving blood transfusions. Also in 1983, researchers isolated a virus connected with the disease, a...

Disease and Agriculture

In five pages this paper considers the diseases linked to agricultural practices in an examination of spina bifida, heart disease,...

Heart Disease and Periodontal Disease Effects

In five pages the connection between heart disease and periodontal or gum disease is discussed. Three sources are cited in the bi...

Current Literature Overview on Breast Cancer

In a paper consisting of twelve pages breast cancer issues are examined in terms of relevant current literature coverage of the di...

Illness and Global Warming

In eight pages arguments regarding disease spreading as a result of changes in termperature are presented in a discussion of wheth...

Overview of Gene Therapy

In ten pages in vivo gene therapy is examined in terms of research and the human genome project with disease control a primary fo...

Etiology of Multiple Sclerosis

In five pages MS is discussed in an etiological overview that includes disease definition, symptoms, incidence, symptoms, disease ...

Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

In twelve pages this paper discusses Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis in a consideration of the causes, symptoms, and treatm...

Overview of Mad Cow Disease

In five pages this paper discusses mad cow disease or bovine spongiform encephalopathy in an etiology overview that includes the 1...

Three Lethal Diseases

consequences. As already mentioned the disease was first identified as a separate disease entity in November 1986 from which time...

Information on Heart Disease

In seven pages this paper contains relevant information on heart disease and includes endocardial disease, myocardium and pericard...

Leishmania Donovani Disease Causing Parasite

In nine pages this report examines this disease causing parasite in terms of its geographical spread, symptoms, and course of the ...

An Emergency Medical Perspective on AIDS

In a paper consisting of six pages AIDS' causes and treatment are considered with particular emphasis upon the minimal risks to he...

STDs and VD

In five pages this paper discusses venereal disease and other types of sexually transmitted diseases including genital herpes, Hep...

Economic Aspects of Lung Cancer

In six pages lung cancer is examined in terms of treatment, recent developments, and prevention with the emphasis upon the disease...

EU and British Cattle Products

course of preventing panic (and a potential market collapse of commodities) was to ban British beef from the EU. One main ...

A look at the Herpes Viruses

subfamily have longer reproductive cycles and a more narrow host range. In this group, infected "cells often become enlarged. Lat...

Medical Evaluation Steps Regarding Coexisting Conditions and Chest Pain

professional must carefully evaluate this patient using all that is known about each of these conditions. Pain such as that being...

An Overview of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

etiology of the disease is not well understood, but substantive research suggests that individuals who suffer from ALS have mutati...

Literature Review on Ventilator Associated Pneumonia in Intensive Care Units and th Effects of Improved Oral Care

that inadequate understanding of the impact of oral health in the hospital setting can be evidenced, and Holmes (1996) further con...

Heart Disease and Serum Cholesterol

contends that conflicting results occurred in such studies because of "inadequate sample size". The article references the World ...

Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Management

to the health care system, or that everyone should be screened just in case, but rather, that the testing can be uncomfortable, an...

Enzyme Replacement Therapy Modes of Administration

to replace missing or defective enzymes, and some have argued that treatment options can often cause problems that hinder the effe...

STDs and Pregnancy

It wreaks its toll on 100,000 pregnancies per year (CDC, 2009). Gonorrhea and Hepatitis B are less common culprits among pregnant...

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

a consequence rather than a cause (NursingLink, 2007). There has also been some evidence that the Epstein-Barr virus may cause Ho...