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Diagnosis and Treatment of Hypothyroidism

In nine pages hypothyroidism is presented in a medical overview that includes symptom, diagnosis, and treatment descriptions. Ele...

Hip Dysplasia in Dogs

The abnormal movement eventually causes arthritis, discomfort and lameness" (Boyd, 1997, p. 10E). Even though dogs can - and usua...

Breast Cancer Treatment and Types of Therapies, Alternative and Common

In a paper consisting of eleven pages breast cancer is considered in terms of its medical significance as the second leading cause...

Prospective Payment System and Diagnosis Related Groups

In five pages the increasing costs of U.S. medical care is the focus of this paper that discusses diagnosis related groups and a p...

Does Acupuncture Work?

In eight pages the use of Chinese acupuncture as a medical treatment is evaluated with evidence of its benefits presented. There ...

Health Care Delivery and Gender Prejudice Against Women

demonstrated that women are, indeed, less likely to receive more "sophisticated" or more invasive procedures than men. The ...

Overview of Cranial Osteopathy

the physiological versus psychosomatic basis for results, etc. In essence, Osteopathy is a method of physiological healing ...

Chiropractic Holistic Alternative

In ten pages the holistic option known as Chiropractic is discussed as an alternative to conventional medical treatment of joint, ...

Benefits of Homeopathic Medicine

its primary treatment options. Because the diversity is so great between homeopathic and allopathic medicine there has been and w...

Traditional or Placebo Medical Treatment Choices

In five pages this paper considers the pros and cons of placebo usage over traditional medical treatment approaches. Five sources...

Mentally Handicapped Individuals and Psychotherapy

In five pages this paper discusses medical handicapped and effective nonbehavioral psychotherapeutic treatment. Twenty sources ar...

Civil War's Medical Conditions

In seven pages this paper examines the changes that occurred in medicine as a result of the U.S. civil war and how these changes i...

Angina Pectoris From a Nursing Perspective

risk factors that can be altered, with special attention to lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. B. Treatment of ischemia usua...

Medical Imaging

(Medical imaging in cancer care, 2006). Medical imagine detects cancer early when it is "at its most curable stage-and, in many ...

Uninsured Assistance

are intended to be marketing efforts for a variety of health services providers in the area. For a nominal fee, visitors can have...

Stem Cells Research Use and Business Ethics

cells under specific condition, hence their presence in embryos and foetuses, they develop into whatever cells are required for th...

ADHD and ADD Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment

criteria which are used to determine if a diagnosis of Attention Deficit Disorder is appropriate in a particular case. The Diagn...

Justice, Philosophy, and Ethics of Health Care Rationing

dilemma of a single woman who is part of what the politicians and social scientists refer to as a member of the "working poor" soc...

Examination of Gout

1995; Flieger, 1995). The body converts these substances to uric acid through metabolism. Approximately two thirds of the uric a...

Wound Closure: Vacuum Assisted Closure Therapy (V.A.C.)

a foam dressing, which is placed in the cavity of the wound (Medica, 2000). The other end of the tube is attached to a canister th...

Issues of Middle Age and Male Baby Boomers

Clearly, there are many issues which correlate to this particular group, namely a host of health concerns which are becoming more ...

Overview of Conjoined Twins

so that two embryos form, one on either side of the constriction point(Twins 2003). One may deduce from these early studies, then,...

Respiratory Care/Geriatric Case Study

on nursing care, particularly when considering the psychological factors of this model (Saliba, 2006). Breathing is one of the b...

Enhancing Total Quality Management at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Guam

quite a leap to effectively apply its principles to service industries, but TQM is as much at home in health care as it is in manu...

Cultural Needs of Chinese Women in Childbirth

background and knowledge to evaluate when there is a need to consult a transcultural nurse specialist, as these specially trained ...

Human Resource Management Expatriate Issues

legislative requirements for working conditions. Acts such as the Employment Rights Act 1996, and Employment Protections (part tim...

Social and Medical Perspectives on Dying

would be no point where it would be judged morally justified to harvest viable organs from donors (Browne, 1983). It often gives c...

Japan, France and the Cultural Dimensions of Hofstede

In five pages this paper examines Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions within the context of Japan and France in terms of business manag...

No Aging in India by Lawrence Cohen

practices organized and known as Alzheimers disease" (5). Therefore, it includes his own background in Canada and the United State...

The Art of Healing and Frontier Medicine

This paper addresses various facets of medicine during the settlement of North America. The author addresses various cultural med...