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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...

Disease Management/Hypertension

management (DM) concept Disease management (DM) is defined as a "systematic clinical improvement process," which addresses both ...

Memory Deficits Due To Alzheimer's

illustrated how certain aspects such as genetics, disease and environment diversely impact the extent of human memory, with old ag...

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...

Case Study of Renal Failure

In a paper of five pages, the writer looks at kidney disease. Various aspects of the disease are examined through a case study. Pa...

Positive and Negative Health Screening

This 5 page paper gives an overview of disease screening. This paper gives various examples of disease screening, some positive an...

Health Data Interactive and the National Center for Health Statistics

This paper explores human longevity as pictured by government statistics. Why is human longevity increasing at the same time dise...

Chagas Disease and Transmission

This research paper discusses Chagas disease and presents an overview that addresses the transmission of the disease during breast...

First Line Therapy for 7 Diseases

Tabatabaee, 2009). Additionally, first-line therapy includes using triple sulfa vaginal cream, as this agent has broad-spectrum an...

Nutritional Diseases Across the Globe

the most basic level. In the developing world, inadequate access to nutrition remains a significant problem. Anemia, for example...

HOW CIRCULATION OPERATES

be compared to a continuously looping freight train whereby deliveries are made on a regular basis without ever coming to a stop o...

Three Stages of Alzheimer's Disease

or not. When an individual suffers from Alzheimers disease, the brain undergoes severe physical changes. Under a microscope...

Controlling and Preventing Pandemics

Pathogenic organisms have the potential to radically alter human life. Human beings, like all animals, are both directly...

An Overview of Huntington's Disease

2008, 436). There is no cure for Huntingtons. Genetics The gene for the disease is found on the fourth chromosome (Collins, 19...

Chronic Illness and Public Health

This research paper pertains to the shift of focus that has taken place in regards to public health policy and practice, has it ha...

Pertussis Rises Again

By the 1970s, the country believed that scientists had finally controlled the spread of major diseases like whooping cough, also k...

Coronary Angiography

and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...

Sharek, et al (2004)/Low-Income Kids with Asthma

parent report, experienced daily symptoms, 2 asthma attacks per week, persistent cough and were using bronchodilator therapy daily...

"Risk Factors For Cardiovascular Disease In Children With Type 1 Diabetes" - Brief Analysis

to occur in someone who has had diabetes for many years" (Federal Citizen Information Center, 2006). Type 1 diabetics walk ...

Strategic Plan: St. Vincent Health Care

route of accessible health care to growing numbers of Americans. Harvards Clayton Christensen has long preached the gospel ...

The Government Should Provide Support For Stem Cell Research

opportunities like never before; however, that is a separate issue from the overwhelming benefits inherent to cord blood usage and...

DVT and Evidence-Based Practice

breath (King, 2003, p. 24). The factors comprising the triad are "venous stasis, vessel wall damage and coagulation changes" (Van ...

A Good Customer Service Model

to use preventative measures to thwart competition and also to see that the firm stays on course. In order to create a viable an...

Bringing CPTED to the University Campus

not directly under campus managements control. University of Tennessee pre-vet student Jessica Smith parked her car after g...

Intimate Relationships and Psychological Abuse

In ten pages this study examines intimate relationships and the incidence of psychological abuse and includes causes, abuser trait...

Chronic Illness Management

of a medical crisis is prudent, but being prepared is imperative. For example, some physicians will prescribe certain medication f...

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EASTERN AND WESTERN MEDICINE

western medicine treats symptoms and diseases through drugs, radiation or surgery (Western Medicine, 2009). Eastern medic...

Healthcare and the Dangers of Nosocomial Infections

services. However, the greatest cost of all has been to human life, because nosocomial infections have resulted in patient deaths...

Preventable Dangers in the Home

or preschoolers they sometimes neglect to hide outlets. A toddler for example may get a hold of keys or something metal and stick ...

Dehydration, Effects and Prevention

has a negative impact on cognitive and physical performance and a loss of 7 percent "can lead to body collapse" (Suhayda and Walto...