Debate of Nature vs Nurture

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The historical debate regarding nature and nurture has been going on for years and is still unresolved. Many theorists believe what we have inherited and our genes, makes us the way we are and affects how we develop. Other theorists believe it is the way we are brought up and our experiences, that make us the way we are and how we develop. [1] Nature ...

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Risk Management for Dementia Patient

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Company name:  SMART CARE       Client Name: Mrs  Susan Smith                           Date of risk assessment:  22/2/17 What are the         hazards? Who might be harmed and how? What are you already doing? Do you need to do anything else to control this risk? Action by whom? Action by when? Review date ...

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Neural Grafts for PD Symptoms

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New Neurons for Old The Swedish neuroscientist Patrik Brundin was twelve years old when his father was diagnosed with PD. He resolved to devote his life to finding a cure for the disease and elected to study medicine at Lund University in Sweden. In the late 1990s, he joined Anders Björklund, a pioneer of neural transplantation, to work on a series of neural grafts aimed ...

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Patient Observation: Alzheimer's, Disability and Autism

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(all names changed for confidentiality) I am going to discuss three patients I have been assigned to My 1st  patient is suffering with Alzheimer's  memory loss My 2nd patient is suffering with A physical disability My 3rd client is suffering with autism Alzheimers and Memory Loss Accurate observation of client providing background information The patient I am working with is 80 years of ...

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Risk Factors for Congestive Heart Failure

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Congestive heart failure is a syndrome characterized by the inability of the heart to pump enough blood and oxygen to meet the bodies energy needs, an also blood supply. Due to the inefficient pumping associated with heart failure, it then causes a backup of blood in the veins leading to the heart and causes the kidneys to retain fluid, that's when the body tissues start ...

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Antimicrobial and Antioxidant Activity: Secondary Metabolite

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Natural products remains a consistent source of drug leads with more than 40% of new chemical entities (NCEs). It has become imperative to explore microorganisms for NCEs and lead - drug - molecules for the drug discovery. Keeping this in view bioprospecting of microorganisms is carried out from every possible source, including extreme environments like ocean beds, geothermal vents, cold desserts etc., in search of ...

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Issue of Tuberculosis in Australia

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The incidence and prevalence of Tuberculosis in Australia and Peru are of greatly vast differences. This paper will discuss the terms incidence and prevalence; why Tuberculosis remains an issue in Australia; and provide rationales for differences in incidences and prevalence's taking into consideration the determinants of health. Incidence and prevalence when describing disease epidemiology are frequently used terms, often intertwined (Advanced Renal Education Program, 2015). ...

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Treating Alzheimer's Disease with Vitamin A, C & E (ACE)

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ACE Alzheimer's: An adjuvant strategy of treating Alzheimer's disease with Vitamin A, C & E (ACE) ABSTRACT Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a chronic and slowly progressing neurodegenerative disorder which has become a major concern with regards to health, worldwide. This disorder is characterised by progressive dementia and cognitive decline. Pathologically, AD is characterised by the presence of Aβ plaques and tau neurofibrils. However, literature has ...

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Bilateral Trans-Scaphoid Perilunate Fracture Dislocation

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BILATERAL TRANS-SCAPHOID PERILUNATE FRACTURE DISLOCATION OF THE CARPUS. (CASE REPORT) Abstract: Trans-scaphoid perilunate fractures-dislocations are rare lesions. They occur in a high-energy trauma. The concomitent lesion of both wrists is exceptional. We report a case of bilateral trans-scaphoid perilunate dislocated wrist fracture in a 21-year-old man. The dislocation was treated by opened reduction and fractures by internal fixation. The functional outcome was satisfying after two ...

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Roles and Responsibilities: Health and Social Care Provider

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Introduction In this assignment, I am going to explain how one health or social care provider has contributed in national provision and describe three roles within the NHS and explain their responsibilities and possible career pathways. West Cumberland Hospital is one of two acute hospitals in Cumbria, serving around 140,000 residents of West Cumbria. The hospital is located on the outskirts of Whitehaven, in ...

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Immediate and Late Effect of Cryotherapy on Balance

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immediate and late effect of cryotherapy on balance IN HEALTHY SUBJECTs Abstract Background: cryotherapy application is commonly used as a physical therapy tools with many known advantage, however several research have reported decrease in subject balance which affect quality of movement following cryotherapy application, therefore the purpose of study to investigate the immediate and late effect of cryotherapy on ankle dominant joint on static balance ...

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Importance of Community Health Workers

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DEFINING THE PROBLEM Community Health Workers have been used in several countries dating back about 60 years ago, to address the gap experienced by the underserved members of these communities, with issues of access to health care. More importantly in Low and middle-income countries, Community Health Workers have particularly been helpful in reducing the impact of the shortage of skilled health workers. Community Health Workers ...

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Chronic Opiod Use after Hysterectomy

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Specific Aims The rapid increase in the incidence of opioid-related overdoses and deaths has become a big public health threat in the United States. This opioid epidemic affects more women than men due to higher opioid prescribing and dose, longer period use, and more opioid dependence in women.1 From 1999 to 2010, the rate of opioid overdose caused death increased 5-fold among women.2 Besides the ...

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Development of a Child up to 2 Years

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0-8 Months How does your baby's eating, sleeping and motor development compare to the typical developmental patterns? At first, she wasn't very hungry and lost a bit of weight, but rebounded pretty quick. Her eating is similar to the patterns of a newborn. Seven was occasionally fussy but we just kept our regular routine and she was fine. She spent most of her ...

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Implications of Alcohol Abuse

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There are hundreds of car accidents and drinking related deaths every year due to irresponsible drinking. Many countries around the world face this problem with an abuse of alcohol. Alcohol in the hands of younger people may be a disaster, causing increasing crime related activity and harm, but the other hand is a more mature drinking age forcing delinquents to do illegal activities to obtain ...

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Maori Trends and Paradigms 1919 to Present

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Introduction In this research its aims to focus on the component of the tamaki makarau maori and the suggestions of it to the kaupapa maori inquire about. Using the existing look into the research- I outlined three huge Haora maori patterns and the current matters that include obesity, diabetes and smoking. The examination of Maori and non-Maori there have been 3 important contemporary issues is ...

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Understanding the Ebola virus

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We have this belief that everything around us is not so dangerous. That animals the most dangerous part of them is the fact that they can bite you. There are strains and viruses that can kill you and not really realize it. Ebola is a deadly virus found in animals and passed on to humans. We can easily contract this virus from an animal without ...

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Hypoglycaemia in a Term Infant Form Diabetic Mother

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Hypoglycaemia in a term infant form diabetic mother ASSIGNMENT TITLE: Critically analyse the care provided to an infant from a diabetic mother and family The following assignment will discuss the care of an infant within a special care baby unit, the care provided will be critically analysed and local, national guidelines and recent research associated with the care of the infant will be discussed. ...

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Kenyan Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding

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HOW DID THE KENYAN STRATEGY ON INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD FEEDING COME TO BE?A CRITICAL ANALYSIS. *Commonly used Acronyms EBF-Exclusive Breastfeeding IYCF/N-Infant and Young Child Feeding/Nutrition BFHI/CI-Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative/Community Initiative. MOPHS-Ministry Of Public Health and Sanitation The first 1000 days of life are crucial stages for a child's growth and development. Damages accrued from nutritional deficiencies during this time are likely to lead to ...

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Anchorage in Orthodontics- A Review

07 Aug 2017 05 Sep 2017

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Orthodontics is the branch of dentistry concerned with facial growth, the development of the dentition and occlusion, and the diagnosis, interception and treatment of occlusal anomalies. The goal of orthodontic treatment is to improve the person's life by enhancing dental and jaw function and dentofacial aesthetics. This is achieved by obtaining optimal proximal and occlusal contact of teeth (occlusion) within the framework of normal function ...

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Risk Factors of Asthma

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Table of Contents (Jump to) Introduction: Thesis/ Hypothesis: Motivation: Background information Terminology Arguments Argument 1 Gender and age Allergy and asthma Genetic and asthma Argument 2 Smoking and asthma Overweight and asthma Argument 3 Poverty and asthma Air pollution and asthma Climate and asthma Conclusion Limitations Works Cited Appendix Introduction: Asthma has been one of the common disease of ...

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Techspeak and Medtalk in Healthcare

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Running head: MEDTALK IN HEALTHCARE According to Harvard Health Commentaries (2006), physicians and other health care providers often use technical language when talking to their patients about health related issues. They use words that are not particularly technical but to a person who is unfamiliar with medical terminology, these words may still be difficult to understand. This is called "techspeak" or "medtalk" (Harvard Health Commentaries, ...

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Solid Variant of Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of Thoracic Spine

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SOLID VARIANT OF ANEURYSMAL BONE CYST (S-ABC) OF THORACIC SPINE: A Case Report Abstract Introduction: The solid variant of aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) has been seen on occasional basis, and till date very few cases involving the spine has been reported. The utmost difficulty is in diagnosing it with X-rays without using biopsy or surgery methods. In this case report, we present a very rare ...

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History of Breast Cancer Identification and Treatment

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A City of Strings In the late 1970s, researchers at Standford and UCSF had invented a technology known as "recombinant DNA." They founded a biotech company called Genentech in 1976 to leverage on this technology to develop new drugs. Genentech used Recombinant DNA technology to synthesize human proteins in bacteria cells instead of extracting proteins from animal and human organs. From 1982 to 1985, Genentech ...

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Role of Cognitive Mapping in Health Care Management Decision

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  Describe and discuss the role of cognitive mapping in health care management decision making. Description of Cognitive Mapping Cognitive mapping is an operational research technique that consists of creating a graphical representation of a person's (or group's) way of thinking about an issue, and where directionality within the map is assumed to imply perceived causality among the concepts (Eden, 2004). The proposed value of ...

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Analysis of One-step Self-etch Adhesive Systems

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Abstract: Purpose: To evaluate the performance of two types of one-step self-etch adhesive systems and one type of two-step etch-and-rinse (as a control) by examining the resin-dentin interface and assessing the nano-leakage. Materials and Methods: Cervical class V cavities were prepared in 30 sound human premolars. Two types of one-step self-etch adhesive, G-Bond (GB) and Adper Prompt L-Pop(APL), and one type of two-step etch-and-rinse adhesive, ...

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Integumentary System Disorders

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This report discusses about disorders of integumentary system their pathophysiology, sign and symptoms and their medications. Skin is an organ of integumentary system which protects our body from several types of harms like it work as an umbrella for deeper tissues and it eliminates the wastes from body in the form of sweat and it also maintain the temperature of human body. Skin Human ...

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Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery: Impact of Caseload

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Impact of Hospital Caseload and Elective admission on Outcomes Following Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery Abstract Background Limited information exists evaluating the impact of hospital caseload and elective admission on outcomes following patients undergoing extracranial-intracranial (ECIC) bypass surgery. Using the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) for the years 2001 through 2014, we evaluated the impact of hospital caseload and elective admission on outcomes following bypass. Methods In an ...

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Colorectal Cancer Screening - Importance and Strategies

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The transformation of the United States healthcare system aims to advance and enhance the quality of healthcare delivery and patients' health (Krist). Preventive care is a significant aspect of the transformation of healthcare. Cancer remains a top source of the number of deaths in the United States, although colorectal cancer (CRC) is a preventable disease. The prevention requires consistent utilization of screening methods as recommended ...

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Miniature Wireless Inertial and Magnetic Sensors Research

07 Aug 2017 05 Sep 2017

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"An object in motion tends to stay in motion unless an external force acts upon it. Similarly, if the object is at rest, it will remain at rest unless an unbalanced force acts upon it." "When a force acts on an object, it will cause the object to accelerate. The larger the mass of the object, the greater the force will need to be to ...

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Thalamic Glutamate as a Marker of Global Brain Pathology -MS

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Author contributions: LP - design & conceptualisation of the study, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the manuscript for intellectual content. JR - design & conceptualisation of the study, data collection, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the manuscript for intellectual content. IRB - analysis and interpretation of data, revising the manuscript for intellectual content. GS ...

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History of Alzheimer's

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Learning From Alzheimer's On November 25, 1901, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a 37-year-old neuropathologist and psychiatrist at the Hospital for the Mentally Ill and for Epileptics in Frankfurt, Germany, examined a female patient with an unusual mental illness. Her symptoms included memory loss, language problems, and delusional behavior. After the patient died in 1906, Alzheimer examined her brain and found strange formations of the amyloid plaques ...

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Cerebrospinal Fluid

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Cerebrospinal Fluid Dynamics in Congenital Brain Anomalies Protocol of Thesis for Partial Fulfillment of Master Degree in Radiodiagnosis By Eman Mahmoud Elsayed Sobh M.B.B.Ch Radiodiagnosis Resident - Ministry of Health Supervisors Prof. Dr. Amany Ezzat Mohammed Mousa Professor of Radiodiagnosis Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University Dr. Mahmoud Abd Ellatif Mohammed Assistant Professor of Radiodiagnosis Faculty of Medicine Mansoura University 2017 ...

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Issues of Healthcare Work and Safety for Employees

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Aims of this assignment are to give a clear understanding of the role of the healthcare assistant, regarding issues found in healthcare. To explain some of the causes, symptoms relating to the healthcare worker and safety and health in the workplace. The aims are also to give an incite to occupational illness and some preventive measures. Following the aims I will make some recommendations and ...

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Impact of Work Related Stress in Nurses

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WORK RELATED STRESS AMONG NURSES AND ITS EFFECTS ON QUALITY CARE DELIVERY IN TAMALE TEACHING HOSPITAL BACKGROUND Stress is a concept describing the interrelationship between a person and the environment. It is the response by a person to stressors in the environment. Selye's General Adaptation Theory (Selye, 1976) described stress response as biophysiologic in nature. When the person is subjected to a stressor, a characteristic ...

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Qualitative Study of Experienced Nurses' Voluntary Turnover

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Title Hayward,D., Bungay,V., Wolff,A.C. & Macdonald,V. (2016). A qualitative study of experienced nurses' voluntary turnover: learning from their perspectives. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25, 1336-1345. doi: 10.1111/jocn.13210 Introduction Issues of nursing turnover has been a perpetual challenge for healthcare industry. Furthermore, resignation of experienced nurses causes critical declination in standard of care and reduces desirable nursing outcome. In fact, crisis of staffing shortages often occur ...

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Oral Fast Disintegrating Anti-allergic Film Using Hot-melt

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Development and Evaluation of an Oral Fast Disintegrating Anti-allergic Film Using Hot-melt Extrusion Technology Manjeet B. Pimparade1, Anh Vo1, Abhijeet S. Maurya1, Joseph T. Morott1, Xin Feng1, Dong Wuk Kim1, Vijay I. Kulkarni1, Roshan Tiwari1, K. Vanaja2, Reena. Murthy2, H. N. Shivakumar2, D. Neupane3, S. R. Mishra3, S. N. Murthy1, Michael. A. Repka1,4* 1Department of Pharmaceutics & Drug Delivery, School of Pharmacy, The University ...

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Nutritarian Diet Plan

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The Nutritarian Plan The goal of the Nutritarian diet plan is to make sure that all the raw nutritions your body needs to maintain excellent health are supplied in the most favorable amounts. The Nutritarian Food Pyramid (A) Vegetables Eat lots of raw green vegetables and a big portion of cooked green vegetables every day. Shoot for one pound of raw vegetables daily. Cruciferous vegetables ...

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Overview of Epilepsy

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TASK 3 REPORT ON EPILEPSY Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by sudden episodes of bodily disturbance, loss of consciousness, or seizures, related to abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Anything that injuries the brain can result in epilepsy. Some of the common causes are head injuries and strokes. Other more infrequent causes are brain tumours and some genetic disorders like tuber sclerosis. A seizure ...

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Healthcare Governance and Management

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The healthcare organisation is complex and dynamic. This is because its practices are vital because the healthcare systems are increasingly and consistently facing challenges that if they provide no solutions, turmoil happens - and lives become significantly affected. Berg, M., & Black, G. (2014). Clinical governance and management constitute a necessary framework that aids in the continuum of organisational processes in the pursuit of well-being ...

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Emotional Overwhelm in Relationships

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SAN0088 - Confronting Overwhelm as a Couple In your life with your spouse or partner, you will experience problems ranging from daily difficulties to major challenges. Though job- or family-related issues are normal, there is no question that they can overwhelm you or your spouse/partner, affecting your emotional health and relationships. This is why such matters can be considered issues for a couple to confront ...

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History of Dopamine Research

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Restoration In 1957, a Swedish scientist named Arvid Carlsson was experimenting with a new antipsycholtc drug called reserpine. Injection of the drug to rabbits temporarily paralyzed them. Carlsson speculated that the reserpine blocked a key neurotransmitter in the brain, resulting a chemical imbalance causing the symptoms. He expected a chemical called levodopa, or L-dopa, could be converted into noradrenaline in the brain to restore the ...

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Development of Autism Research

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Fighting the Monster By writing a book called Infantile Autism, a Navy psychologist named Bernard Rimland established autism as an inborn condition rather than bad parenting. The book's popularity inspired him to launch the National Society for Autistic Children (NSAC). By forming an alliance and reaching out to parents, he gave the parents in his network a sense of hope and progress at a time ...

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Research in Neuroprotection

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A human brain possesses 100 billion nerve cells or neurons. But only about 400,000 of these nerve cells are dopamine nerve cells that can produce dopamine in the substantia nigra. We depend on dopamine neurons for numerous activities such as movement, motivation, reward, punishment, cognition, mood, memory, attention, and sleep. How can so few dopamine neurons do so many things? The answer is dopamine neurons ...

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Theories of Genes and Cancer

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The Wind in the Trees In the late 1950s, Peter Nowell and David Hungerford, two pathologists from Philadelphia had found an unusual chromosomal pattern in chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) cells. In CML cells, Novell found that one copy of chromosome 22 had its head lopped off. Novell called this abnormality the Philadelphia chromosome after the place of discovery. In 1973, a hematologist in Chicago named ...

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Benefits and Types of Family Therapy

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If you are looking for love that has no reservation, you have to go to your family. Ideally, a family is bound by selfless love-the kind that will not abandon you in times of need. Your family is a unit with members who will love and support you, no matter what. In reality, however, very few families can stay ideally strong 100 percent of the ...

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Bill Langston's Research into Parkinson's Disease

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The Case of the Frozen Addicts Is Parkinson's disease a genetic disease like Huntington's disease, or is it caused by something in the environment? By the 1980s, scientists had concluded that the disease does not seem to be genetic with their "concordance" studies on identical and fraternal twins. But they had searched in vain for a credible environmental cause. Then in 1985, a bizarre drug ...

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Intravenous Fluid Therapy During Anaesthesia

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INTRAVENOUS FLUID THERAPY DURING ANESTHESIA Water, Electrolytes, Glucose requirement, Disposition The intravascular compartment consists of blood cells, colloids, and solutes. Each one of them plays a specific role in the homeostasis. In the perioperative period there are losses and shifts of ECF between compartments. Injury, surgery, endocrine pathology contribute to those shifts and ultimately influence outcome. It is generally accepted that the total ...

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Effects on the Fetus During Pregnancy

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This essay will describe prenatal development, labour and birth. Before getting pregnant women take folic acid, this helps prevent birth defects that can affect the brain and spinal cord. Women wanting to get pregnant will also ensure that they eat healthily and drink less alcohol. Prenatal development is the period from conception to birth, it has three periods within the nine-month period; the start of ...

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Reasons for Nurses Leaving the Profession

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Formative Assignment Student Number 16068177 Strachota et al. (2003) carried out a qualitative study involving 84 nurses across 3 hospitals exploring the reasons nurses left or changed status of employment with their organization. Purposive sampling method was used to recruit nurses who fit the above criteria and worked less than 9 months.  The authors conducted phone interview with the use of script as guide followed ...

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Current Diagnostic Methods for Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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Abstract: Detection of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection is essential for diagnosis and monitoring of the infection. There are several different types of diagnostic tools available that are based on detection of HIV-specific antibodies, virus antigen, or nucleic acid. Sensitivities and specificities of assays utilized for HIV detection have improved. Newer HIV testing technologies such as third-generation enzyme immunoassay (EIA) which detect HIV-specific IgG and ...

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Overview of Cancer Treatment Trials

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Knowing the Enemy In an era gripped by the promise of cytotoxic chemotherapy, a few dissenting voices was heard. Indiscriminate chemotherapy could not be the only strategy to attack cancer. To attack a cancer cell, one needed to begin by identifying its unique biological behavior, and vulnerabilities. Hormone Therapy for Prostate Cancer Charles Huggins, a urological surgeon at the University of Chicago, was a specialist ...

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Children and Self-Harm

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A new study reveals that young people are influenced to an alarming degree by videos they watch on the Internet. This can include videos of other teens in the act of injuring or harming themselves. According to MedPage Today, most such videos lack warnings or viewing restrictions, making them popular among young adults and teens. Researchers worry that such videos may encourage copycat behavior of ...

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How to Improve Teens' Self-Esteem

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Adolescence is a crucial stage in the life of your child. As a parent, you have the challenge of guiding them toward a happy, responsible adulthood. There is good reason to be worried, with all the changes and challenges confronting them. Though the majority of teens can successfully sail through adolescence, a significant number end up stalled or sidetracked along the way. Some barely make ...

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Theories and Types of Depression

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FV17-002 - Depression: Seeing the Different Shades of the Blues Between Men and Women Depression comes in many shades of blue. Children and teens act out. Women feel miserable. Men may get angry and reckless. The elderly often feel hopeless. And a lot of people - regardless of gender - may feel "in-between," or "all of the above." Erica Westly of Scientific American writes, "To ...

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Debate of Naturopathic Medicine Treatments

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In 2017, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the United States, per the American Cancer Society. Across America, men and women are seeking both naturopathic medicine (also referred to as alternative medicine) and traditional medical care. Depending on the type medical condition or how far their diagnosis has progressed, approximately 50% of patients have found the ...

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Research on Perceptions of Cervical Cancer and Screening

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RESULT A total of 578 participants out of 584 were included in the study giving response rate of 98.97%. The participant's age were between the range of 17 and 38 years with mean age (± SD) of 20.45 ±1.79 and the highest number between 20 and 24 years. More than half (61.8%) of the participants come from rural area and more than three quarter were ...

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Oppositional Defiant Disorder

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No! This two-letter word isn't as small and irrelevant as you may like to think. Frequently saying no, especially for a child or adolescent, could be a sign of ODD or Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Of course, saying no is normal when expressing a negative view or a dissenting opinion, but if your child is often defiant, it may be cause for concern. How often is ...

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Ethical Dilemma of Elective Induction

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To Induce or Not to Induce? The Ethical Dilemma of Elective Induction Let's paint a picture. A 32-year-old patient gravida 1, para 0 presents at 38 weeks gestation and states that she would like to be induced the following day for personal reasons. She has not previous medical history which indicates that she is a high-risk pregnancy. She is electing to be induced.  Labor ...

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What Constitutes a Healthy Person?

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This chapter focuses on the features of a healthy physical constitution of a person, definitions of sleep, as well as key concepts associated with disease management such as etiopathogenesis, clinical presentation, prognosis, and management of atisthula. Some key etiological factors of atisthula include dietary & lifestyle indicators (e.g., sedentary habit and high-calorie diet), and genetic and hereditary factors. This chapter also describes the pathogenesis of ...

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History of Chemotherapy and Cancer Treatment Research

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An Early Victory A few doors from Freireich's office at the NCI, Min Chiu Li and Roy Hertz had been studying choriocarcinoma, a cancer of the placenta, which often metastasizes rapidly into the lung and the brain. Choriocarcinoma cells secrete a hormone called choriogonadotropin. The level of that hormone, also called the hcg level, was used by Li to track the course of the cancer ...

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Complications of Exodontia

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Introduction: Patient's visit the dental clinic for a routine or planned visit for treatment, conditions related to the oral cavity or due to pain. Even with the invention of advanced dental techniques in restoration of teeth, extraction is one of the most routinely carried out dental procedure (El-Kenawy and Ahmed, 2015). Exodontia can be defined as "Painless removal of the whole tooth or ...

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Domestic Violence and Health Promotion for Mildura

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In Australia, every 1 in 4 persons are affected by domestic violence, with Mildura ranking the second highest place for family violence in Victoria (Domestic violence resource centre Victoria, 2016). Domestic violence is a pattern of abusive behaviour through which a person seeks to control and dominate another person, in which they may have relations with. It is not only physical, but can take on ...

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Treatment for Hypothyroidism

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Levothyroxine sodium is a synthetic thyroxine (T4) hormone, and is the mainstay of treatment for hypothyroidism and the suppression of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) in patients with thyroid cancer or after thyroidectomy.1 Two main properties of levothyroxine have contributed to a turbulent regulatory history. First, levothyroxine targets a narrow therapeutic range of T4 hormone and requires careful titration to a safe and effective dose.2 Second, ...

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KPTO Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan Analysis

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Executive Summary The source of information which was critically examined and presented in this document was referred to the Te Mahere Rautaki o Kia Piki te Ora Strategic Plan and Final Report of Kia Piki Te Ora (KPTO) Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation for the Ministry of Health which contacted the Kāhui Tautoko Consulting Limited (KTCL) to draw a variety of data sources in order to ...

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Theories of Food Choice Influences

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Food is essential for growth and bodily functions (Wahlqvist and Briggs, 2010). Therefore, in this paper, theories that influences food choices will be discussed and applied to my food choices. Lastly, this paper will conclude on my understanding on others food practices and what changes can improve their food choices. Based on the food choice model, the first medium that influences one's food choice is ...

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Depression: Medication versus Therapy in Adolescents

10 Aug 2017

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A Literature Review Mental health is a growing issue in the United Kingdom. According to Reynolds (2016), one in four individuals are diagnosed with a mental health illness. This literature review will look at the various perspectives of the use of medication to treat depression against the perspectives of psychotherapy as there has been a great increase in the number of prescription antidepressants dispensed, with ...

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Bill Sackter and Barry Morrow

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The Rain Man Effect Bill Sackter was the subject of two television movies that helped change national attitudes on persons with disabilities. Bill was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1913. He was the son of Sam and Mary Sackter, Russian Jewish immigrants who ran a grocery store. In 1920, his father died of a heart attack at age 35 when Bill was 7 years ...

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Leo Kanner's Theories of Autism: A History

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Fascination Peculiarities Nourotribes, neurodiversity, siberman, autism Asperger survived the war, but his concept of autism as a broad spectrum that was "not at all rare" was buried with the ashes of his clinic. A very different conception of autism, invented by the Baltimore child psychiatrist Leo Kanner took its place. Kanner published his paper "Autistic Disturbances of Affective Contact" in 1943, one year before Asperger ...

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Bilateral Ankle Fusion in Leak Syndrome Induced Deformity

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ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION: Systemic capillary leak syndrome is a rare condition of unknown etiology defined by sudden episode of hypotension, high hematocrit and low serum protein concentration due to capillary hyperpermeability. Several treatments have been published for this pathology and eventual compartment syndrome but not for the disabling consequences. This clinical case highlights the negative orthopaedic consequences of a severe systemic attack and reports a subsequent ...

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Benefits of Tumeric - Research Study

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Results of the study revealed that Turmeric was indeed effective.The t-test results show that "t Stat" is larger, (6.219209872) than "t Critical", (2.262157) this is a significant difference and demonstrates we are 95% sure of pain reduction in using Turmeric. (statistical-significance, 2014) Outlining the response to treatment with turmeric, the first seminal paper was published in 1949 in "Nature" and it discussed the effects ...

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Health Benefits of Swimming: Cultural Case Study

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Section A In the assignment, I have engaged in my chosen occupation which is swimming that I will be discussing in relation to meaning, form, purpose and performance components. Occupations are where individuals engage in activities that have meaning and purpose (World Federation of Occupational Therapists [WFOT], 2011). The chosen occupation will be explored in relation to individual meaning and socio-cultural meaning of how this ...

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Analysis of Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs

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Analysis of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs efficiency on the pain reduction for people with sciatica in clinical practise and patient centred care. Introduction Low back pain (LBP) is a common disorder in the western world, affecting about 80 percent of the general western world population at some point in their life.8 According to Australian Bureau of statistics (ABS) 2014-2015 National Health Survey (NHS) 16% of the ...

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Issues in Angioplasty and Bypass Surgery

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Bypassing Angioplasty When it comes to heart disease, surgical intervention is expensive, invasive, and largely ineffective. Studies show that traditional surgical interventions, such as angioplasty with stent placement and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) do not benefit stable patients. These treatments target stable plaques that is not in danger of rupturing to form a clot and ignore the dangerous, unstable plaque that doesn't show up ...

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Use of CBCT in Orthodontics- A Review

10 Aug 2017

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ABSTRACT Lateral cephalometric radiographs are most commonly used as a diagnostic tool in orthognathic surgery as well as orthodontic treatment. But the limitation of lateral cephalograms is its 2 dimensional nature whereas the human body is 3 dimensional. Conventional 2D lateral cephalograms have numerous drawbacks in terms of investigating the changes in the alveolar bone and roots, particularly in the anterior region, as a consequence ...

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Handling Family Conflicts Healthily

09 Aug 2017

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A family is composed of unique individuals with different personalities, ideas, opinions, and ways of doing things. It's no wonder disagreements and conflicts arise from time to time, and most psychologists will tell you that they are a normal part of being a family and living together. Arguments and misunderstandings are inevitable in families, but the ways members choose to handle these conflicts can make ...

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Experiment for Cancer Risk Factors

09 Aug 2017

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Curiouser and Curiouser The case-control method used to identify risk factors for cancers relies on prior knowledge about the possible link between the cancer and the risk factors. It is a powerful method as the following two cases show. Asbestos In the 1970s, a series of studies identified the risk factor for a rare form of lung cancer called mesothelioma. Case-control studies pinpointed the risk ...

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Exercise Treatments for PD Symptoms

09 Aug 2017

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The Exercise Rx Besides drugs and surgery, researchers are looking into using exercise as an intervention therapy to tame the symptoms of PD. In 2003, Dr. Jay L. Alberts, a PD researcher and accomplished cyclist, entered the seven-day RAGBRAI bicycle ride across Iowa. He rode on a tandem bike for two days with Cathy Frazier, a 40-year-old woman with PD. He discovered that Cathy's handwriting ...

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Relationship between Introversion and Depression

09 Aug 2017

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The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. As a psychological disorder, depression affects more than 350 million people all over the world. Studies reveal that some people are more prone to depression, including those with introverted personalities. Characterizing an Introvert Introverted people are energized by the inner workings of their minds. They thrive on their own thoughts ...

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Review of Hydro Boost Water Gel

09 Aug 2017

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Neutrogena, a long visible player in the hair and skin care industry, has produced many products that has been proven to give positive results for clearer, softer skin and cleaner, healthier hair.   Hydro Boost Water Gel is one of the many products that promises better skin.  This is our review of Hydro Boost Water Gel. What is Hydro Boost Water Gel? Hydro Boost Water Gel ...

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Community Support Intervention for Alcohol Abuse

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Community support intervention (s) for alcohol abuse in adults living in Glasgow, UK; A Proposal Introduction International perspective on alcohol abuse Alcoholism is a collective term for alcohol related disorders including, but not limited to, alcohol abuse, binge drinking and alcohol dependence (World Health Organisation [WHO], 2016). Global alcohol consumption levels in 2010 were estimated to be 6.2 litres of pure alcohol in persons ...

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Importance of Breakfast in Relation to Obesity

09 Aug 2017

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A critical evaluation Through many influential sources, such as research and advertising, breakfast has been widely portrayed as the most important meal of the day. In fact, much epidemiological evidence tends to support this notion by demonstrating that breakfast skipping leads to an increased risk of obesity (McCrory et al, 2014; Browns et al, 2013). Since the 1980's, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has ...

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Sale of Human Organs - Ethical Argument

09 Aug 2017

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Many people have felt the shock and disbelief that comes with losing a family member or someone close, but the feeling is worse when their death could have been prevented. People often die of organ failure or conditions associated with organs while on a transplant list. In the United States alone, tens of thousands hope for an organ, and thousands die waiting each year (Karimi). ...

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Hans Asperger Overview

09 Aug 2017

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What Sister Viktorine Knew Neurotribes, neuodiversity, steve sibberman, autism In 1931, Gottfried K. was brought to the Children's Clinic at the University Hospital in Vienna by his grandmother for an examination. He was nine and a half years old, but so physically uncoordinated that Anne Weiss, a young psychologist working at the clinic, assumed that he was "feebleminded." His grandmother told Weiss that she too ...

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History of Leukemia Treatment

09 Aug 2017

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Four months later, a young German professor at the University of Wurzburg named Rudolf Virchow published a similar case. The patient's blood was overgrown with white blood cells, forming dense and pulpy pools in her spleen. At autopsy, Virchow found layers of white blood floating above the red. He called the disease weisses Blut - white blood. In 1847, he changed the name to "leukemia" ...

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Supporting Anticipatory Care for Long Term Conditions

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Supporting Anticipatory Care for Long Term Conditions Management Introduction Better management of individuals with long-term health problems has been an important priority of the Scottish government since the beginning. This is because Scotland has been under influence of alcohol misuse, smoking, physical idleness and poor dietary habits.  All these are the critical risk factors for a number of chronic diseases like, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, arthritis, ...

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History of Tobacco Laws

09 Aug 2017

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Coffins of Black In 1775, Percivall Pott, a surgeon at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in England, noticed a marked rise in cases of scrotal cancer in his clinic. His patients were mostly chimney sweeps, who spent a lot of time in contact with grime and ash. He noted that the minute invisible particle of soot could be found under their skin for days, and that scrotal ...

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Epidemiology in Disease Control and Prevention

09 Aug 2017

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The purpose of this discussion post is to briefly review the concepts of epidemiology in disease control and prevention. I will also define and apply the ecoscoial epidemiology paradigm to obesity in my community. Epidemiology means many things, but largely, it is the study of the health status in our community as determined by statistical information, probability and research (Nies & McEwen, 2015). Community health ...

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Impact of Adderall

09 Aug 2017

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Higher and Higher Within weeks of deceiving his doctor into prescribing Adderall, Jamison Monroe's grade rose steadily through Christmas. That D in biology raised to a B and heading higher. As far as his parents were concerned, what had been holding back their son for the first two months of high school was his ADHD. No one suspected a thing. Jamison kept Adderall's dire effects ...

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Benefits of Healthy Eating

09 Aug 2017

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Health Eating Studies show that by improving personal eating habits can prevent some of the leading causes of death in the world, such as heart disease, cancer, stroke, some lung diseases and injuries. While a deficit of nutrients can cause vitamin deficiencies, lowered immunity responses, weak muscles, osteoporosis, anaemia, and slower wound healing, amongst other conditions, eating unhealthy things can lead to overweight, obesity, and ...

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Recommendations for Healthcare Worker Health and Safety

07 Aug 2017

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Liz Rushe Comprehensive plan and aims Outline the aims of the assignment and background details of the setting My name is Elizabeth Rushe, I am currently doing a healthcare QQI awards course, as part of my course work and assignments, and I have to do some work experience, in a nursing home setting, for sixty hours. I applied in Riada House in Tullamore Before I ...

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HPV Infection and Associated Cancers

07 Aug 2017

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1.0 Introduction Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted virus that is spread through genital and skin-to-skin contact [1]. Its infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world [1] and accounts for 561200 representing 5.2% of all cancer cases worldwide [2, 3]. Over 290 million HPV infections are recorded worldwide annually [4] and the prevalence of HPV vary from 14% to over ...

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History of Cancer Theories

07 Aug 2017

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Defining Cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving out-of-control growth of abnormal cell growth in a part of the body. Ancient Evidence of Cancer The world's first recorded case of cancer was discovered in Egypt and dates back to about 2600 BC. It's called the Edwin Smith Papyrus, an ancient papyrus named after the dealer who bought it in 1862. The papyrus is a ...

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History of Autism Identification

07 Aug 2017

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Nature's Smudged Lines When Kanner published his autism paper in 1943, he felt it was premature at that point to propose a set of criteria for diagnosing the condition he described. To make the pattern visible to his peers, he proposed two "essential common characteristics" shared by all children with this syndrome. The first was a will to self-isolation, present from birth. The second was ...

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When and Why Good Proteins Go Bad

07 Aug 2017

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The body manufactures proteins by chaining together smaller molecules called amino acids. Once the amino acids are chained together, they fold into complex three-dimensional shapes. How a protein folds determines what a protein does. In the 1950s, Nobel laureate Linus Pauling figured out that for most proteins, there are two preferred basic shapes: An alpha helix, where the protein folds into a right-handed spiral ...

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Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT) Overview

07 Aug 2017

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Coming Soon to a Doctor Near You At the current rate, in 2017, half a million American children will be taken to their doctors and be newly diagnosed with ADHD. Many of them will receive thoughtful and reasonable evaluations and benefit from medication. Another sizable number will be seen by casual clinicians who either bypass the child's real problems or give in to his frustrated ...

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Primary and Early Dentition Treatment

07 Aug 2017

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The function of primary dentition is to provide mastication, as well as to maintain the occlusion, and to maintain space for permanent teeth eruption. The primary teeth exfoliation and permanent successors eruption is a physiological process (Rao and Sarkar, 1999). In recent decades even after the advanced dental care that increased with intact dentition, early loss of primary teeth still remain a major concern (Bach ...

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Curcumin as an Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Agent

07 Aug 2017

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Several studies in recent years have demonstrated curcumin as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent the presence of persistent inflammatory stimuli, which interrupt the physiological healing mechanisms. An ideal biomedical device for wound care should promote the complete regeneration of the injured tissue, effectively restore its biological activity and aesthetic aspect, while reducing inflammation and preventing microbial invasion.1,2 Efforts for achieving this goal are leading to the replacement ...

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The Boy Who Loves Green Straws

07 Aug 2017

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Leo Rosa, the boy who loves green straws, was diagnosed as autistic in 2002 when he was two years old. His father, Craig, produces science videos for a TV station in San Francisco, and his mother, Shannon, is a blogger, and software consultant. He has two sisters, Zelly and Gisela. For the first few months after he was born, Leo Rosa seemed like a normal ...

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Overview of Health Behaviour Theories

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APPENDIX HEALTH BEHAVIOUR THEORIES 'The biomedical perspective The biomedical perspective incorporates the biomedical theory in which patients are assumed to be passive recipients of doctors' instructions'. 'Behavioural (learning) perspective This perspective incorporates behavioural learning theory (BLT) which is focused on the environment and the teaching of skills to manage adherence'. 'Communication perspective Communication is said to be "the cornerstone of every patient-practitioner relationship" [p. 56]. ...

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