Essays 241 - 270
pilot studies 1. Introduction The potential benefits of technology in the health industry are enormous. In the past the use ...
insurance as a working benefit, but that is not always a workable solution when employees cannot afford to miss a day a work in or...
in the US. Likewise, diabetes-associated nephropathy, a progressive disorder of the kidney, is the leading cause of end stage rena...
in 2001 (Griggs and Bazie, 2002). The median household income dropped across the board, including all racial-ethnic groups with t...
The positive health benefits of quitting begin within minutes of the last smoke. The positive health outcome continue each year, s...
issues difficult to address, in that there is often an interchange of duties as a means by which to compensate for the sometimes-i...
by Actor Network Theory (ANT), therefore, it becomes not only the technical issue of using and discarding information as well as i...
his ideal weight yet less than that which takes his BMI past the boundary for obesity (Fontanarosa, 1998). Either condition is a ...
to adulthood or general maturation processes. In an institutionalised environment, this can be a difficult transition, yet in a co...
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to be significantly more susceptible to the detrimental affects than others. Such locales as New Zealand appear to be on a direct...
Cost-Effective Mental Health Care a) 12-Step Self-Help Group Therapies Researchers at the Stanford University School...
to examine whether womens social roles mediate the impact of heart surgery on their psychological well-being" (Plach and Heidrich,...
E-Health resources are utilized not just by the healthcare establishment itself but also by patients and consumers (HIMSS, 2006; E...
As they take on more and more prescription drugs, driving becomes problematic. With a myriad of symptoms, diagnoses, and reduced m...
self-reported diabetes ranged from 1.6% among persons aged 18-34 years to 12.5% among persons aged 65-74 years" (Current Trends Re...
now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...
Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...
course, there is no need to go into depth, as an entire course does, when speaking of a general health course. A general health co...
of linking to other programs that also serve very young children and their families, and tertiary (indicated) prevention, or clini...
patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...
because they do not have the means to get medical attention (Center for American Progress, 2007). Health care costs seem to rise e...
agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...
gum disease in one form or another (Cardiovascular Week, 2005). Gingivitis is the first step of periodontal disease. The...
has proven effective for eradicating its presence. In order for Calcasieu Parish to address the overwhelming air and water pollut...
conversation with MaryAlice Mowry," 2003). Many people do not realize that government benefits aligned with disabilities would be ...
Orem defines a "self-care deficit" as when a clients condition or injury prohibits that individuals ability to meet the requiremen...
To consider public health issues we heed to start by looking at models of health. Health is seen and defined as the way the physic...
(Jennings, 2005). The reason for the huge increases in health care costs is not the insurance companies, Jennings found, but the f...