Health Map The risk of a pandemic disease spreading throughout the globe is higher than it has ever been in the history of the world. The massive population boom and rapid travel methods have combined to demonstrate that germs and diseases are poten Continue Reading...
Disease Control and Prevention From its headquarters in Greater Atlanta, Georgia, the Department of Health and Human Services operates its nationwide agency known as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This agency was officially formed Continue Reading...
Abstract In recent times, there have been coordinated efforts across the world to rein in new HIV infections. It should, however, be noted that despite the said efforts, HIV continues to be a major health concern across the globe. Further, it should Continue Reading...
The Interplay Between Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals, and Communicable DiseasesThe transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) marked a significant evolution in the Continue Reading...
Diseases and Pathogens Pathogens Pathogens are disease-causing or infectious microorganisms (EPA 2011, Kennedy 2012). Some of them are often found in water from sewage discharges, leaking septic tanks, or runoff from feedlots. They enter the body a Continue Reading...
Disease Prevention Strategies For as long as human beings have fallen ill and succumbed to the ravages of disease, society has struggled to comprehend the invisible menace of microbial germs. The spread of infectious disease from person to person, f Continue Reading...
However, since the patient is a 5-week-old male, he should be kept away from anyone who is coughing since they are at higher risk of life-threatening consequences. 3. What therapy would you suggest for this patient? Hospital admission is indicated Continue Reading...
Similarly, developing countries are far less likely to be interested in regulation on industries. Regulating major polluters is a primary objective of any public health campaign designed to target respiratory illnesses in particular. Because primary Continue Reading...
Some of these illnesses have unique features which make them particularly difficult to track as subjects of surveillance. For example, Lyme tests are often unreliable. Also, "many viruses and bacteria cause nonspecific syndromes or symptom complexes Continue Reading...
No medical treatment exists for treating HPV infection other than prevention through education about the dangers of multiple sexual partners and unprotected sex, because HPV infection is transmitted through sexual contact with an infected individua Continue Reading...
Disease a major health issue world today. Epidemiologists "front line" advocating safe healthy living. This paper designed introduce a disease ways prevented. 1. Research a disease (history, treatment, . Obesity Although it is presently a worldwide Continue Reading...
Obesity is becoming a particular problem in children, who are encouraged to indulge in fast foods by the lifestyles of their parents. Being occupied with work for long hours per day, parents seldom have time to prepare a healthy meal for themselves; Continue Reading...
According to the Centers for Disease Control, muscle-related problems and a lack of exercise account for about 24% of the falls in subacute facilities. Other causes, which can also be easily addressed within subacute facilities, "include wet floors, Continue Reading...
For its versatility in eluding new antibiotics, it can be life-threatening. One of these "superbugs" is VRE, which is transmissible by direct hand contact or through surfaces and equipment by anyone, including the health care worker (Capriotti, 2007 Continue Reading...
Preventing child abuse is a top priority for social service agencies, families, teachers, and others in the community. Certainly it is a top priority for government agencies and law enforcement as well. This paper reviews and critiques the importance Continue Reading...
These germs "are constantly mutating to breach your immune system's defenses" ("Germs" 2007). Once these germs breach the immune system, they multiply, resulting in the second link of spreading infectious diseases. As Germs multiply and breach the i Continue Reading...
Creatine treatment started at 6, 8, and 10 weeks of age, analogous to early, middle, and late stages of human HD, significantly extended survival at both the 6- and 8-week starting points. Significantly improved motor performance was present in both Continue Reading...
Health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance are related terms that all pertain to public health. The World Health Organization (WHO, 2011) defines health promotion as "the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to i Continue Reading...
In the U.S healthcare environment, the clinical practice guidelines are the effective healthcare protocol to enhance patient’s safety as well as achieving evidence-based practice. The clinical guidelines provide recommendations to the best avai Continue Reading...
These are high cholesterol levels, obesity, physical activity, smoking and racism. According to the 2003 report by the American Heart Association, 53% of Mexican-American men and 48% of women aged 20-74 have high bad cholesterol levels. The 1999-20 Continue Reading...
HPV Case Study The author of this report has been asked to assess and reflect upon a public health dilemma. In particular, the issue is whether HPV vaccination should be mandated or at least widely encouraged on a wide-spread or targeted basis. Unli Continue Reading...
Introduction One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to increase the practice of preventive medicine (Obama, 2016). As preventive care is less common in the health care industry in the U.S. than is the practice of treating patient Continue Reading...
Epidemiology & Disease Prevention and Outcomes1. Which components of the Multicausation Disease Model can communities most effectively impact?In order to effectively address the factors contributing to disease, the World Health Organization recommend Continue Reading...
diseases i.e. lung cancer, childhood leukemia, obesity and Alzheimer's disease. In each explanation, I have included a definition of the disease, risk factors, treatments, prognosis, and prevention. Later, I have provided short literature reviews of Continue Reading...
diseases West Nile virus, malaria, plague, and yellow fever. Specifically, it will discuss the history and distribution of the diseases in the United States or worldwide, and compare each of the diseases based on the categories above, as to which is Continue Reading...
The immune system (led by the white blood cells, that communicate with other white blood cells that there is a fight ongoing) generates proteins that are called antibodies. They attach themselves to the virus and try to disable that pathogen. There Continue Reading...
disease trend. Some examples Tuberculosis Sarah Eucalano's article that appeared in the Badger Herald, "Bird flu studies to resume shortly" details the research efforts of the international community towards the bird flu epidemic. This work attempt Continue Reading...
A number of risk factors have been identified as possible causes of gout. For example, genetics may play an important role in determining a person's predisposition towards a disease as about 18% of people with gout have a family history of the dise Continue Reading...
This level is comprised of early detection and treatment of diseases, disorders, and poor health; including those which are occupational in nature. This level simply states that by eliminating the cause of the disability, the impairment caused by th Continue Reading...
This is especially true to the extent that various aspects of the natural response to stress are learned rather than functions of innate genetic predisposition. Typical methods of behavioral conditioning capable of reducing the secondary consequenc Continue Reading...
Introduction While public health emergencies crop up from time to time, it is critical that public health stakeholders be prepared to address emergency situations whenever they occur. The spread of influenza is one such public health emergency that Continue Reading...
The text authors note it is an "autoimmune disease in which the immune system of the body attacks its own tissues" (Tortora and Derrickson 285). In fact, the joint can even become misshapen. It can have longer-lasting affects than osteoarthritis, bu Continue Reading...
disease or something genetic? What will one discover through this process? Are there different perspectives in this matter? One will discuss both sides of the issues, and draw conclusions from the data. Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI, k Continue Reading...
Scratching at the irritated skin often causes sores, which may become infected with bacteria. In incubation period from infestation to when symptoms will begin to appear is generally around four weeks, or up to six weeks, if the person has never bee Continue Reading...
disease (Scoliosis ) (name, location, pathophysiology) Scoliosis is actually a derivative of the ancient Greek term skoliosis "obliquity, bending" (Online Etymology Dictionary) Scoliosis is an abnormal curvature of the spine looking somewhat like Continue Reading...
Response to Carmen T.Considering Haiti\\\'s susceptibility to natural disasters, the focus should shift towards public health education in all aspects of healthcare. Nurses and government should not wait until a natural disaster happens for them to b Continue Reading...
d.). Another modern diagnosis system which enables rapid identification of members of the Enterobacteriaceae and other Gram-negative bacteria, including Proteus vulgaris is through the API 20E system. It involves the use of plastic strips consisting Continue Reading...
Acute Kidney InjuryThe treatment of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) has changed dramatically with the change in the management of comorbidities associated with it, such as hypertension. With this change, the rationale applied in the approach taken to treat Continue Reading...
