694 Search Results for Alzheimer Disease
Scientists have been aware of the existence of these stem cells for many years but have only recently realized the potential medical applications of the cells. More than a decade ago, scientists discovered that if the normal connections between the e Continue Reading...
person creative? In what ways do you think creativity can be supported and enhanced by the environment?
What makes a person creative is the combination of imagination and will and exercising of that interaction. A creative person is one who can do Continue Reading...
Nutritional Update for Physicians: Plant-Based Diets
Philip J. Tuso, Mohamed h Ismail, Benjamin P. ha, and Carole Bartolotto's article "Nutritional Update for Physicians: Plant-Based Diets" is aimed at having readers better-acquainted with the impo Continue Reading...
These grants were to provide community planning and services and for training through research, development or training projects. Its 10 objectives were aligned with the major areas of federal programming. These were an adequate income in retirement Continue Reading...
The results of this analysis highlight the need for hospitals to fine-tune their discharge process to reduce readmissions, and support the expenditure of additional resources for this purpose as a cost-effective intervention; as an example, author c Continue Reading...
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Furthermore, ERISA issues aside, according to Linda Sanchez (D-California), "It concerns me when those who work hazardous jobs don't get the care they deserve, whether a coal miner, tire factory worker or football player... " referring to the que Continue Reading...
self-absorption. This becomes a time of self-reflection and if all bodes well a time of increased creativity (Erickson & Erickson, 1997). However, should there be increasing family or financial stress, if there has been problems with their husba Continue Reading...
Taste and Smell
Age Related Changes in Perception of Flavor and Aroma
It has been posited that the perception of flavor and aroma are derived from the senses of chemical irritation, taste and smell (Rawson, 2003).
Together, these senses constitute Continue Reading...
cloning and its details. Cloning is an ethical and moral issue that is supercharged for debate. There are many issues surrounding cloning, and it can be misunderstood. Cloning is not an issue that is just about humans and the reproduction of other h Continue Reading...
With the production of Dolly, we also entered a vast technological frontier of possibilities. The cloned sheep "was born after nuclear transfer from a mammary gland cell, the first mammal to develop from a cell derived from adult tissue." Taking a c Continue Reading...
This is particularly the case in elderly patients who suffer form various debilitating diseases and conditions, where it has been found that music therapy produces positive outcomes.
References
Anatomy of Melancholy. Retrieved April 8, 2008, at ht Continue Reading...
Family Assessment and Nursing
Professional nursing practice supports the need to conduct family assessment endeavors for pediatrics to geriatrics. Family assessments, regardless of the specificity of an individual's development, is a viable clinical Continue Reading...
John Bailey's Elegy for Iris. The writer explores the main theme of the book and the openness with which the main character's husband portrays her illness. There was one source used to complete this paper.
Throughout history, writers have used thei Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples
1. Neurotransmitter Imbalances:
Explore how imbalances in neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine can lead to various brain dysfunctions, including mood disorders, schizophrenia, an Continue Reading...
Marijuana is one of the most discussed drugs in the world because of arguments based on its benefits and perceived detrimental effects. Part of the reason for the arguments is that marijuana is still classified federally as a Schedule 1 narcotic, mea Continue Reading...
Vascular Dementia became an issue in aging in the late 19th century when Otto Binswanger and Alois Alzheimer identified vascular dementia as a separate form of neurological disorder, distinct from dementia paralytica. In the 1960s, researchers took a Continue Reading...
Palliative Nursing
FOR END-OF-LIFE CASES
Palliative Care Nursing Theories
Theories and a Theoretical Framework for Nursing
A nursing theory helps structure decisions and practice for the nurse professional (Scribd, 2014). The three major types ar Continue Reading...
Going back further, the same religious principals also inspired opposition to organ transplants and blood transfusions; before that, the Catholic Church strictly forbade any forensic scientific research, necessitating the need to dissect cadavers fo Continue Reading...
Ethical dilemma
This essay will narrate a nurse’s ethical dilemma as experienced in a local emergency department. In addition, the paper will discuss the relevant codes of conduct and law and make recommendations based on the nurse’s ethi Continue Reading...
Kringlen also published more extensive case records for his monozygotic twins than any other researcher had done (pp. 7-8)."
The information gained by these studies was significant. One, in particular, conducted by William Pollin and his colleagues Continue Reading...
Genetic screening is one of the most controversial topics in the scientific arena today. The advent of the Human Genome Project, which maps the complete human genetic code, has brought this issue to the forefront. This paper will discuss the basic sc Continue Reading...
Physician Assisted Suicide in Patients With Unbearable Suffering or the Terminally Ill
One of the most hotly debated issues today is physician-assisted suicide. Recently, California became the fifth state to legalize physician-assisted suicide, and Continue Reading...
Health Promotion for End-Stage Dementia
End-Stage Dementia Care
Health Promotion Plan for End-Stage Dementia
Health Promotion Plan for End-Stage Dementia
Globally, an estimated 35.6 million adults are living with dementia, a number expected to do Continue Reading...
New Suppliers of Health Supplements
A promising new addition to the company's current line of health supplements was identified during a recent trip to Bangkok, Thailand, to meet suppliers of a promising antioxidant, coenzyme Q10. A growing body of Continue Reading...
It is suggested that some of the linguistic facts are also better explained by a creole or creole-like history. The case is not conclusive, but the weight of evidence tends to support a creole-like origin for popular BP (Guy, 1981).
Studies have al Continue Reading...
USPTO website and pick a patent related to medical device or drug
Review the patent and write brief summary of the finding
Patent #7,828,438 Method and apparatus for early diagnosis of Alzheimer's using non-invasive eye tomography by Terahertz, pr Continue Reading...
For instance, British researchers of late administered natural Vitamin E supplements at the rate of 40-800 IU daily to men and women who had suffered a heart attack. Following an average of eighteen months, people who got Vitamin E were seen to have Continue Reading...
In avoiding the current controversy on the morality of embryonic stem cell research, researchers and doctors have resorted to other options (Dobson 2004, National Review 2004). Substitutes like adult stem cells and somatic cell nuclear transfer from Continue Reading...
Unfortunately, these undifferentiated cells cannot be harvested or removed from an adult because an adult's cells have already matured.
Once matured, cells can't be overwritten to become another type of cell. but, embryonic cells are technically at Continue Reading...
It is a well acknowledged truth that memory related diseases like Alzheimer's are common in older people rather than younger ones. Memory tends to becomes less competent with age. It might take longer to learn new things or remember familiar words o Continue Reading...
The responses will be tabulated into data sheet that exhibit the participants ease of remembering that facts. The coding will produce levels which showing the proportionate ability to remember.
The data will then be input in a statistical program t Continue Reading...
Dementia is not a disease that is distinct and particular. Rather, dementia encompasses a disease that is collective of symptoms that have an impact on memory, thinking as well as social capabilities in a rigorous and severe manner to the extent that Continue Reading...
Although these stem cells are only a few years old, they possess unlimited potential in terms of clinical research. Specifically, scientists are focusing their potential uses in transplant medicine in order to significantly reduce the level of both Continue Reading...
Depression in the Elderly
Although many of the elderly citizens in the United States in the future will enjoy better health than in years past, many will still suffer from various age-related healthcare and mental health problems as they grow olde Continue Reading...
It promised to be a very important resource to the primary care setting, but at present, the performance has not been considerable and there have been lack of funds and local consensus, which thwart its implementation (Pidd).
Shared Care Between GP Continue Reading...
As has been seen in this essay, leptin plays a very important role in not only obesity issues but also related issues. While the results of clinical trials have produced mixed results, there is however room for additional work in assessing the role Continue Reading...
Legal costs might also haunt governments that allow cloning research. To prevent complications related to direct government investments in cloning research, legislation could open the door for privately-funded cloning research projects while at the Continue Reading...
Ethics of Human Cloning
Genetic engineering and cloning have played important roles in agriculture for many generations. Bananas and seedless grapes, for example, are, quite literally, living genetic clones (Krock, 2001). Prior to the last decade of Continue Reading...