369 Search Results for Asthma Illness
Diabetes and Self-Care Ability of High School Diabetics
The diabetes menace has become on of the central health challenges that ail our contemporary society. The trends have change significantly over the last 50 years and now the high school populat Continue Reading...
Mold Spore Trapping
Current Scientific Knowledge
People are exposed to aeroallergens in a variety of settings, both at home and at work. Fungi are ubiquitous airborne allergens and are important causes of human diseases, especially in the upper an Continue Reading...
Health Department Proposal
The scope of the project would be that of reducing the numbers of parents who smoke in the presence of their asthmatic children. This problem is increasing in the context in which more children are diagnosed with this con Continue Reading...
GENOGRAM Genogram Family History AssignmentA genogram is a useful chart for depicting family relations and their intricacies with symbols and notations. It provides a clear picture to the professionals for determining issues and the prospect of genet Continue Reading...
Environmental Stewardship Project Proposal
What is Environmental Stewardship?
What are the problems?
Why do we need to be concerned about Air Pollution?
A proposed Innovative Strategy for Pollution Awareness
Today Environmental stewardship is on Continue Reading...
Vol. 4. 145-56.
In this article, Drs. McCann and Ames of the Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute in Oakland, California, discuss their findings made in several important studies related to the suggestion that since "Vitamin D deficiency Continue Reading...
Methylxanthines
Yet another type of medication used to improve respiratory function is Methylxanthines. Some examples of these include Theophylline. These types of agents work similarly to bronchodilators which open the airway passage, in part by Continue Reading...
How Did the Mayors COVID Lockdowns Affect Access to Healthcare for the Minority Population in Tremont?Chapter 1IntroductionThe panic regarding the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic led to new administrative challenges regarding protecting and serving communitie Continue Reading...
Mainstream smoke is exhaled from a smoker. Some experts say that side-stream smoke can emit higher levels of toxins than mainstream smoke. In response to these new reports, the Environmental Protection Agency classified secondhand smoke as a carcino Continue Reading...
Congestive Heart Failure
It is a fact that Congestive Heart Failure is an extremely frightening word and an equally frightening concept to comprehend, and when a loved one, or oneself has been diagnosed with this condition, it is quite natural to re Continue Reading...
Hyojung Lee, L.Ac.
Prophylactic Asthmatic Drugs and Traditional Chinese Formulas (EDIT)
Prophylactic Asthmatic Drugs and Traditional Chinese Formulas
In recent years there has been a notable increase in the diagnoses of allergies, asthma, and othe Continue Reading...
Stress Management
The procedure and techniques of relaxation comprises of a range of practices including guided imagery, self-hypothesis, deep breathing, biofeedback and progressive relaxation. All of these practices have similar goals that are to g Continue Reading...
SARS
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a form of respiratory disease that is caused by a virus (corona virus). It is a form of pneumonia whose cause was identified to be a virus sometime in 2003.The is a highly communicable illness which s Continue Reading...
Community Nursing
Generally, in any Hospital or Health Care Center, the patient would be looked after and taken care of by the Primary Care team, comprised of General Practitioners, Health Visitors, Practice Nurses, Physiotherapists, Podiatrists, Di Continue Reading...
Also no pill will change everything. One must be willing to change their lifestyle as well.
Why do some people still need an antihyperlipidemic agent even though they have reduced their dietary intake of cholesterol and saturated fats?
Why is it b Continue Reading...
Egyptian medicine. There are eight references used for this paper.
Civilizations throughout the years have dealt with disease and illness in numerous ways. It is interesting to look at the Ancient Egyptians and determine how they practiced medicine Continue Reading...
This is inherently different from the effort to promote health by simply avoiding sickness. In this context, one may view the lack of health at five levels:
Dissatisfaction
Discomfort
Disability
Overt disease
Death or dying (Rosch, n.d.).
Whil Continue Reading...
Every nation may have to formulate its own policies in a common effort at survival. In the face of uncertain policy trends on global warming, concerned sectors suggested five guidelines of policy to secure that survival. First, actions or decisions Continue Reading...
Elderly individuals are also "more likely to take prescription medicines that impair the body's ability to regulate its temperature or that inhibit perspiration" (Heat stress in the elderly, 2009, CDC).
What levels of prevention are warranted in th Continue Reading...
In much of the nation, a warming of four degrees (F) could increase ozone concentrations by about 5%."
As mentioned, increased pollution is one of the results of global warming; and this can also have an effect on human health.
One of the health h Continue Reading...
Because transportation infrastructure and services are important components of the urban system, they need to be sustainable and contribute to economic growth rather than harm the people that rely on them for their livelihoods. According to Asri and Continue Reading...
This researcher obtained a majority of the relevant, scholarly research through Questia, which advertises itself as the world's largest online library.
During the third chapter of this research effort, the methodology segment, this researcher relat Continue Reading...
Advance Nursing Practice
In order to sustain life, the human body has to have oxygen. When a person cannot breathe, or there is not enough oxygen coming into the body through the act of breathing, it is not possible for life to continue. The respira Continue Reading...
These studies demonstrate that there are several factors associated with patient noncompliance, regardless of the disease being treated. Medication side effects represent only one of these issues. Nurse practitioners could help to resolve many of t Continue Reading...
" (National Conference of State Legislatures Forum for State Health Policy Leadership, 2007). However, regardless of state, the applicants have to meet certain qualifications. First, applicants have to be both uninsured and not eligible for Medicaid Continue Reading...
The occupants and owners of a building are losing money on every green feature they discard. Architects are in a position to save their clients a great deal of money in the operational costs of a building. After all, a great deal more will be spent Continue Reading...
However, it was 1953 that the formation of serotonin was from the lungs was substantiated. It is also observed that detoxification of the blood takes place in the lungs. Later, it was observed that one of the important activities of the lung is to p Continue Reading...
Lifestyle is Dangerous
There are numerous health dangers associated the modern lifestyle, such as environmental agents, drugs, and sexual promiscuity.
The history of humankind has been a slow progress from a physically demanding but simpler lifest Continue Reading...
Holistic Medicine
While there are many over-the-counter (OTC) medicines that work to treat the common cold, premenstrual syndrome, insomnia and many other illnesses, most conventional medications simply mask symptoms and may inhibit the body's natur Continue Reading...
Cigarette Smoke on Different Populations
By now, it has become common knowledge that cigarette smoke is harmful to one's health. However, what is not as well understood is how cigarette smoke impacts different populations in different ways. Smokers Continue Reading...
Emissions from a new car purchased today are 90% less polluting than a new vehicle purchased in 1970. The Act has been reformed to include a provision that in 2004, all new passenger vehicles, including SUVs, minivans, vans and pick-up trucks, must Continue Reading...
Some of those are as follows:
1) Affect the environment;
2) Either save or expend energy;
3) Economically feasible or expensive to maintain, heat and cool.
4) Affect student learning;
5) Affect the health of students and teachers alike and 6) A Continue Reading...
The most common progressive chronic lung situations that would require the rehabilitation include interstitial lung disease, chest wall disease, bronchiectasis, and pre and post thoracic surgery. The fourth category of patients to offered pulmonary Continue Reading...
Emergency room usage [...] why African-Americans utilize emergency departments instead of primary doctors. What are the age, gender, and income of the African-Americans that come to E.D? What type of insurance (if any) do they have? Why do they util Continue Reading...
Structure and Function of the Respiratory System
Case
Forty-five-year-old Brad has, ever since the age of 20, been working in the mines in the post of coal cutter. He is happy with his job as he earns a good wage and his father also worked in the ver Continue Reading...
SOAP Pediatric Case Study
Six-year-old male child dealing with the persistent cough for about a week and a half. Child complains of mucus being stood up during coughing. He is not been able to sleep the entire night, as if coughing has woken up seve Continue Reading...
Allergies, Parasites and the Hygiene Hypothesis
The objective of this study is to explain the relationship between allergies emergence due to parasites based on the hygiene hypothesis and the current information stating how valid this hypothesis is. Continue Reading...