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High Blood Presssure and Heart Disease

has been linked to risk for hyperreactive responses to stressors (Lehman et al., 2009). Parent education and training might mitiga...

The Impacts of Alzheimer's Disease on the Brain

current events, and even about who other people are, including loss of familiarity with family members. Individuals may demonstra...

The Ghost Map

Johnson described the people who lived within the city as a group of somewhat organized scavengers. "The scavengers...lived in a ...

Kidney Failure and Treatment

chronic disease. A medical dictionary, available online at http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com, indicates that the ter...

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...

Problems Facing Native American Nations

This difference resulted in friction between the peoples of this new nation (and in particular its government) and the Native Amer...

Type 1 Diabetes

was still excessive (Feltbower, Bodansky, Patterson, et. al., 2008). Not only is the increased threat of death concerning in Type...

Codebook for Social Research and a Research Prospectus for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Among African Americans

5. Poor INDUCTIVE AND DEDUCTIVE CODING Inductive coding, which is represented most by the more open questions regarding t...

About Parkinson’s Disease

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

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 ...

Against Animal Cruelty

(Vollum, Buffington-Vollum and Longmire 209). It has been argued that animals, in their own right, are worthy of consideration and...

Epidemics and Civilization

course, pregnancy is not contagious and while there may be something occurring in large numbers it is not the same thing as focusi...

Diabetes Self-Management - Hispanic Patients

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

The Case Against Animal Cruelty

(Vollum, Buffington-Vollum and Longmire 209). It has been argued that animals, in their own right, are worthy of consideration and...

Nanotechnology and Its' Use in the Human Body; It is Desirable or Ethical?

potentially large number of benefits there are also a wide range of ethical and acceptability issues that need to be considered a...

Periodontal Disease

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

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Symptoms, Treatment and Society’s View of Sufferers

life, though they may never be completely free of the disease (Wilkins, 2007). Its important to recognize that OCD is different f...

Diabetes Mellitis and Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans

social factors that influence access to care and the application of preventative strategies in African American populations. Th...

Medical Ethical Dilemma - Stem Cell Research

totipotent cells, which becomes the placenta and inside the blastocyst are numerous embryonic stem cells (Sumanas, Inc., 2007). It...

Alzheimer’s Diseases: Causes and Risk Factors

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

Lesson Plan : Seniors And Smoking

[There will be a variety of responses, like taking medication, calling and e-mailing loved ones, etc.] Short discussion about the ...

Cardiovascular Disease

One of nearly every three women who die are victims of cardiovascular disease, with fourteen percent more women dying of coronary ...

Article Analysis: "Evolution of Infectious Disease"

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

Disease Surveillance; A Literature Review For Research Into Attitude And Practice Of Ministry Of Health Physicians Toward the Surveillance System In Saudi Arabia

a history of proactive surveillance beginning in 1933 when a rule decree was implemented in order to help prevent the spread of co...

Is Substance Dependence A Physiological Or Psychological Phenomenon?

as a healthcare problem (Gorski, 1996). If it is a physiological condition that is highly likely that this will be classified as a...

The Role of the Registered Nurse in Educating Teens about STDs/HIV

The theory is "rooted in an agentic perspective," meaning that humans are the agents of change in their lives (Pajares, 2004). Peo...

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...

The Role of the Registered Nurse in Educating Teens about STDs/HPV

carry out specific behaviors influences the behaviors in which they engage, their persistence in the face of obstacles, and the ef...

The Advent of Aids at the End of the Twentieth Century

for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. First, it should be said that IDS or Immune Deficiency Syndrome is something that is caus...