Sloan Kettering Healthcare Website The Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City is "the world's oldest and largest private cancer center" (About Us, 2016) and has a website that is accessible by all users. Its home page displays a series of al Continue Reading...
PARKINSON'S DISEASE UNDERSTANDING THE PARKINSON'S DISEASE Understanding Parkinson's disease Description Parkinson disease is a progressive neurological problem that affects people of all ages and races. It is a very common condition. It is estim Continue Reading...
Arrhythmias cause irregular hearts beats in ways that can be life-threatening but there are a number of different types of arrhythmias that require different interventions. To determine the facts, this paper reviews the relevant literature to provide Continue Reading...
Experimental Study Design and Intention to Treat Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) association with HIV Infection in Gay Men The population for this research will comprise of persons enrolled in one out of five CPCRA (Community Programs for Clinical Research Continue Reading...
Childhood Obesity Focused on 6 to 11-Year-Olds in Tyler, Texas Obesity is associated with a condition of calorific imbalance in which the ratio of consumption of calories consumed and the ones expended is skewed such that the amount of the ones spe Continue Reading...
Map of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia and Breast Cancer Lifestyle Eating Better Cutting down on alcohol Giving up Tobacco Exercising Controlling Stress Medications/Surgical Medications approved to treat breast cancer: Abitrexate Abraxane Ad Continue Reading...
Sean at this visit? Ten questions to develop the diagnosis would be: How often do you drink or smoke (how often do you play poker?) How many drinks? How many cigars? More/less frequently than usual? Same? Have you had any recent illnesses? What Continue Reading...
history of Hempstead Village in Nassau County, New York, along with the demographics, the poverty statistics, and information pertaining to the problem of STDs (Chlamydia) in the community. Brief History of Hempstead Village The Reverend Robert Fo Continue Reading...
ECONOMICS of GUN VIOLENCE Ethical Analysis and CDC Utilitarianism Theory and CDC The Founding fathers of the U.S. were of the belief that keeping arms was important for the dignity and character of the free people and they wrote the 2nd amendment Continue Reading...
1968 Olympics Black Power Salute Black Power Salute (Dominis, 1968) Photograph Description and Context The picture is a black and white photo that was taken at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Two Olympics sprinters stood atop the podium wearing Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Practice, or EVB, is a strategy that uses research, quality control measures, and other forms of evaluation data in order to improve practice methods within the healthcare setting. EVB utilizes innovative clinical research study find Continue Reading...
Diagnostic Analysis of Human Behavior in the Social Environment Stephen Brown is an African-American aged 55 years of age, divorced with the custody of 2 children every weekend. Stephen was a Director of supportive housing program however, he was in Continue Reading...
Plastic Surgery Teen Plastic Surgery: A Controversial Medical Practice According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, in 2007, more than 87,000 teenagers had cosmetic surgery; and that number has grown exponentially since. Although aestheti Continue Reading...
Good nutrition and healthy lifestyle are important to a better quality of life, but both can be crucial during pregnancy. Inspection of the research indicates that sound nutritional practices during pregnancy have always been considered important in Continue Reading...
The first article, Changes in Mitral Regurgitation After Replacement of the Stenotic Aortic Valve (2008) stresses a relatively large patient study of those undergoing Aortic valve replacement and then possibly experiencing mitral regurgitation (MR) Continue Reading...
Although it may have the danger of making some patients complacent about other risk factors if their mouth is not found to be problematic, and some dentists may resent outsourcing the test to school nurses, for high risk, particularly poor children, Continue Reading...
Sufficient amounts of plastic surgery can result in irreversible damage to the normal body structure, which has occurred in those addicted to surgery for cosmetic purposes. Important risks cited by researchers in this area include the fact that in t Continue Reading...
Experts believe that this is due to overall better care that reduces the need for expensive treatment. The future of dental care will also expand in the area of cosmetic care. Today, more than ever before in American history people are coming to th Continue Reading...
Safety of Laser Eye Surgery Prior to the advent of laser technology, ophthalmologists relied purely on mechanical means of surgically correcting myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (far sightedness), and astigmatism. Automated Lamellar Keratectomy Continue Reading...
Scleroderma Patient Scleroderma The author of this report has been presented with a hypothetical situation where a forty-four-year-old patient has contracted scleroderma within her lung tissue. There are many implications to having this medical dis Continue Reading...
Market Analysis of Alzheimer's Drug Alzheimer is a disease that leads to the progressive and irreversible brain disorders, which destroy thinking skills and memory of the affected person. The disease also affects individual's ability to carry out ce Continue Reading...
Epidemiology This report will discuss the recent growth of the infectious/communicable disease of paratyphoid and typhoid fever in underprivileged regions across India, together with its contributing factors, pathophysiology, signs, symptoms, and ma Continue Reading...
Care Plan Morbidity and Mortality Statistics: Hypertension affects around 1 in 3 Americans and according to the CDC only 52% of people have this condition under control (CDC.gov, 2016). In older men, two-thirds have hypertension, and one-third of w Continue Reading...
U.S. Handling of Pandemic-Level Mass Fatality Event A pandemic is classified as an event that takes place across a wide geographic area and has the capacity to affect an exceptionally high percentage of the population. A mass fatality event usually Continue Reading...
Synchronizing the Patients' Medical Information between Institutions With the advancement of information technology into the medical field, the healthcare industry is continuously becoming reliant on the salient contributions that the IT brings into Continue Reading...
1966, the Committee on Trauma and Committee on Shock, the Division of Medical Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Research Council collaborated on a seminal report on accidental injury. The report covers everything from ambu Continue Reading...
Dietary Fibers on the Risk of Developing Cancer Cancer is a genetic and complex disease caused mainly due to environmental elements. Carcinogen is a cancer agent that and can be present in water, food, air and in sunlight and chemicals as well. Alm Continue Reading...
Health policy issues are now becoming more contentious throughout the world. The advent of the internet has created a much needed awareness of human rights and liberties. No longer are countries able to fully sheath society from information. A critic Continue Reading...
CVS Renames Itself CVS Health as it Ends Sale of Tobacco Products (1) Who are the major winners and losers in this story? Why do you think so? There is a mix of winners and losers in this story and some parties could be considered both. For example Continue Reading...
Bite Registration Reconstruction of full ach can be challenging for clinical procedures. As increasing number of patients live longer, retaining their teeth become challenging. Typically, clinicians will be called upon to deliver dental. Success es Continue Reading...
Pneumonia Case Study The general statistics and facts about the patient are as follows. The patient is a Caucasian whit e email that is 52 years old. She was admitted to St. Mary's hospital on 12/12/2012. She stood a bit over five feet tall and weig Continue Reading...
Dental Amalgam The use of amalgam for dental fillings is nothing new. However, the use is also relatively controversial in some circles. While there are many companies and organizations that discuss the safety of amalgam fillings, there are many mor Continue Reading...
Dr. Semmelweis understood that the hands of physicians and students carried "cadavers' poisons" and infected the genital organs of women in childbirth (Costa, 2002, p. 669). To address the problem, Dr. Semmelweis made a cleansing agent of chlorinate Continue Reading...
Trepanning in archeological and historical societies and what these surgeries tell us about the biological/medical beliefs of the people who did them Trepanning is the procedure to create the whole in the skull of a human being. This procedure has h Continue Reading...
According to recent research published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, "Economic evaluation of surgical procedures is necessary in view of more expensive newer techniques emerging in an increasingly cost-conscious health care environme Continue Reading...
Annotated Bibliography Brown, J.B., Karley, M.L., Boudville, N., Bullas, N., Garg, A.M. & Muirhead, N. (2008). The experience of living kidney donors. Health and Social Work, 33(2), 93-94. Authors provide an overview of recent trends in kidne Continue Reading...
