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Disease and Health

of where health concerns and support lie as they look to different perspectives and input factors. The World Health Organisation ...

Disease Management Programs/Diabetes & Effectiveness

levels (Rickheim et al 269). Fireman, Barlett and Selby (2004) Over the past decade disease management programs (DMPs) have prol...

Hemolytic Disease In Newborn Infants

(Kasprisin et al, 1987; Strauss et al, 2004). It is also possible that during a normal pregnancy there will be a spontaneous trans...

Article Analysis: Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease

flourodeoxyglucose and amyloid ligands" (Chertkow, 2008, p. 316). Other developments in the field include the "recognition of the ...

Alzheimer’s Diseases: Causes and Risk Factors

insulin "could affect Ab concentrations in human beings," leading to Alzheimers (Lawrence, 2003). What is Alzheimers? Alzheimers ...

Periodontal Disease

with daily brushing and flossing, and regular cleaning by a dentist or dental hygienist" (Periodontal disease, 2007). One exceptio...

Article Analysis: "Evolution of Infectious Disease"

move through populations of individuals) to consider "how the characteristics that traditional epidemiology has identified to be i...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COPD every four minutes (Walsh, 2007). The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute estimates that there are currently 12 million p...

Multicomponent individualized smoking cessation intervention for patients with lung disease

(Townsend, 2000). This study is advantageous in many other ways as well to the nursing educator. It utilizes methodologi...

The Hmong in America: Disease and Health Care

2005). It plunged her into a persistent vegetative state and she had lived life in that state for many years (Underwood, Adler & P...

About Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinsons Disease?"). Researchers now think that PD may result from "a combination of genetic susceptibility and exposure to one ...

Glaucoma and Treatments for the Disease

Various issues related to Glaucoma are discussed. Symptoms are relayed and how prevalent it is, is also contemplated. The treatmen...

Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease

in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...

Onchocerca Volvulus Disease Causing Parasite

In eight pages this disease causing parasite is considered in terms of its frequency, range, epidemiology, symptoms, effects, alon...

Disease Imagery in William Shakespeare's Hamlet

In five pages this paper discusses the symbolism of disease imagery such as poison in the ear and elements of decay featured in th...

Memory Loss and Alzheimer's Disease

In a paper consisting of six pages dementia and Alzheimer's are considered within the various types of memory loss associated with...

Native Americans and the Effects of European Diseases

In ten pages this paper examines America's indigenous population and the impact of the disease the European colonists introduced t...

History of the Polio Disease and Vaccine

In six pages this report examines poliomyelitis or polio in a consideration of its history and the search for a vaccine or cure. ...

Treatment Alternatives for Parkinson's Disease

In four pages this paper examines pramipexole, fetal tissue implanting, and posteroventral medial pallidotomy surgery as alternati...

Control of Periodontal Disease

In seven pages this paper examines control of such periodontal disease phases as gingivitis and periodontitis with treatment and m...

Teaching Patients and Students About Disease

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of people diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, including an increase in the number of ...

Cardiovascular Disease, Research on Contributing Factors

This research paper pertains to current literature that investigates the relationship between nutrition, obesity and atherosclerot...

Risk and Cardiovascular Disease

This research paper pertains to literature that discusses cardiovascular disease, with a focus on risk factors. Seven pages in len...

Hot Zones of Infectious Disease

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at infectious diseases. The decontamination of hot zones is a focus. Paper uses two sou...

Heart Disease and African Americans

This research paper focuses on Boynton Beach, Florida and discusses the importance of controlling high blood pressure among its Af...

Politics Morals Religious and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

This paper asks the question of whether the most vociferous members of society are now directing medicine in a way that diverts re...

Vitamin C, oxidative stress and heart disease

This research paper pertains to vitamin C and its relationship to oxidative stress and the role of oxidative stress in heart disea...

Impact of Persistent Diseases

As we live longer, we are subject to acquiring one or more chronic illnesses, some of which come with advancing age. Older age ran...

Studies for Heart Disease Contributors

This 7 page paper gives an outline of the heart disease studies and risk factors. This paper includes the studies on risk factors ...

Unusual Diseases and Their Relevance

This paper examines diseases that are found largely in the developing world. Doctors Without Borders and WHO are discussed. There ...