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Is Alcoholism a Disease?

In five pages this paper examines whether or not alcoholism can be deemed a disease and argues that it is not according to Fingare...

Modern Diet as the Cause of Degenerative Diseases

In twelve pages the Western or American diet and the problems it causes as related to degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis, ...

Mortality Rates of Heart Disease and Cancer and The Factors That Affect Them

In thirty pages this paper examines the mortality rates of these two leading causes of death in terms of the various factors that ...

Hepatitis and the Impact of the Disease on Emergency Medical Workers

Hepatitis and the dilemmas created for emergency health care workers are discussed. Infection control is also a part of the resear...

Periodontal Disease and the Impact of Menopause

In six pages this paper examines how periodontal disease increases with menopause and how women can protect themselves from such r...

Contagious Diseases and Periodontitis

In eight pages this paper examines whether or not periodontitis can be passed among family members. Twelve sources are cited in t...

Examination of the Disease Leukemia

However, as the disease progresses, it may cause a low-grade fever as well as night sweats and fatigue (1996). Also, leukemia may ...

Emergent and Reemergent Infectious Diseases

pathogen (National Institutes of Health, 1999). The most concerning infectious agents are those that are both highly contagious ...

Evil Disease of Crime Cured in Gorgias by Plato

are afraid because ignorant, and perceive the pain and not the benefits; nor do they apprehend that a sick soul is worse than a si...

Onchocerca Volvulus Disease Causing Parasite

In eight pages this disease causing parasite is considered in terms of its frequency, range, epidemiology, symptoms, effects, alon...

History of the Polio Disease and Vaccine

In six pages this report examines poliomyelitis or polio in a consideration of its history and the search for a vaccine or cure. ...

Glaucoma and Treatments for the Disease

Various issues related to Glaucoma are discussed. Symptoms are relayed and how prevalent it is, is also contemplated. The treatmen...

Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease

in both hypertension and other forms of cardiovascular disease. Though the overall mortality rates for coronary heart disease h...

Heart Disease and Gender Differences

heart disease, it is important for health care professionals and the public to be aware of the differences in symptoms and treatme...

United States and the Implications of Mad Cow Disease

epidemic in January 1993 (Center for Disease Control, 1996). By 1996 the outbreak had slowed to only an approximate three hundred...

Relationship Between Cardiovascular Disease Stress and Cardiovascular Reactivity

rest and sleep to the heightened conditions experienced during maximal exercise (Turner, 1994). In other words:...

Women, Heart Disease, and 'The Story of an Hour' by Kate Chopin

restriction and that, for the rest of her life, "she would live for herself" (Chopin). With a feeling of freedom unlike anything s...

Aboriginal People and European Diseases

author notes that "On the night that the Aztecs drove Cortez out of Mexico City, in their retreat the Spaniards left behind an inv...

Disease of Schizophrenia

known to manifest various peculiarities or disorders of thinking and behavior. Correctly speaking, however, these are diseases of ...

Heart Disease Prevention and Exercise

information about breast cancer in women has increased and women generally seem worried about the risk and chance of breast cancer...

Healthy People 2020

who have these risks. They are: inactivity, 39.5 percent; obesity, 33.9 percent; high blood pressure, 20.5 percent; cigarette smok...

Preventative and Curative Health Care: An Economic Approach

also provides a valuable example of the economics of health care in general as obesity has been associated in recent literature wi...

An Overview of Schizophrenia

personality and impaired functioning of regular kinds of activities and tasks. Psychosis refers to distorted reality or a lack of ...

The Impact of Shift Work on Employees Health

research in terms of postal workers. 1.1 The Research Hypothesise In order to undertake this research the following hypothesis ...

Problems Associated with Economic Development

natural resources rent account for 8% of the national income the advantages of democracies are eliminated. Collier argues that if ...

Public Health Organizations

Both Winslow and Acheson make the link between society and health, and the role of social actions; a concept that was seen in many...

Cigarette Smoking and The Health Care System

health outcomes are generally found in proportion to the number of cigarettes that a smoker uses each day (Goodwin, Keyes and Hasi...

A Background of AIDS and the Virus that Causes It

on large populations of many third world countries, particularly third world countries in Africa and Haiti. Within one decade of ...

Prostate Cancer

history of prostate cancer should be aware that they have a higher risk of developing this disease. It is unknown why, but Black m...