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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COPD every four minutes (Walsh, 2007). The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute estimates that there are currently 12 million p...

Psychological Case Diagnoses

from maternal attachment theory, outlined by both Bowlby and Freud. Family stressors also defined the changes that came after the...

Pilot Study on Cancer Diagnosis and Minorities

suggests that there is a level of stigmatization and fear that is prevalent in minority communities that reduces the chances that ...

Diagnoses and Nursing

of a break in the skin (a cut, a crack in dry skin) becomes infected by bacteria or fungi (Monroe, 2003). Cellulitis can also occ...

Overview of Nursing Diagnoses

for the same population. Pertinent Neighborhood Characteristics This is a sample of the information that should be included in...

Alan Cavaiola and Neil Lavender's 'Toxic Coworkers: How to Deal with Dysfunctional People on the Job'

make a primarily positive impact or a primarily negative impact in the workplace. Workplace productivity is affected by a...

Diabetes Education Lesson Plan

reason, who are newly diagnosed with Type II diabetes. The primary purpose will be to impress upon these patients the critical ne...

DSM IV Diagnostic Criteria and Treatment of PTSD

after the exposure to the initiating traumatic event (Stein, 2002). If PTSD-like symptoms become evidence and are intense prior to...

Family Health Intervention and Nursing Diagnosis

condition, her lack of awareness of her own limitations or lack of limitations in activity, and her response to various types of p...

Asthma and the Human Respiratory System

Many diverse conditions can affect the lung. Asthma is one such condition. Unfortunately, asthma is too often dismissed as an in...

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...

Issues in Abnormal Pscyhology

illness. A positive life leads to health in all areas, physically, mentally and spiritually. The negative side is a general lack o...

Anthrax Cause and Response

The disease known as Anthrax is caused by the highly infectious microorganism Bacillus anthracis. The bacteria...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

with attention; hyperactive behaviors; and impulsivity. Children who have this condition have great trouble concentrating and payi...

An Overview of Schizophrenia

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

DIAGNOSING AND TREATING DEPRESSION

Beyond the actual symptoms of depression, psychologists and psychiatrists have also developed several models of depression. One of...

Overview of Prenatal Development

in the uterus, it has become a blastocyst and the layers of the blastocyst begin to differentiate, with the outer layer becoming t...

Oppositing to Medicating Children with ADD or ADHD

with ADHD/ADD has only a very limited effectiveness, and the side effects and risks associated with it are simply too great. The ...

The Diagnosis and Treatment of Chronic Myleogenous Leukemia

the population than does acute forms of leukemia (Mayo Clinic, 2009). Acute leukemia typically occurs in younger individuals wher...

Psychology's Role in Managing Overall Health

of improved mental health, but it also often improves physical health as well. For example, at one time, any problems that a woma...

Lifestyle Factors in Hypertension

other organs. Renal damage is of particular concern. Addressing hypertension first demands identifying the condition. Unfortun...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

diagnosis. There is insufficient data to asses this criteria. The third criteria is identity disturbance, such as unstabl...

IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer

dose of antibiotics, after which time -- when the indications do not disappear -- further testing in the form of biopsy, ultrasoun...

Overview of Coronary Artery Disease

known as hardening of the arteries (Obesity, Fitness & Wellness Week, 2006). These plaque blockages can be either hard and consol...

Type 2 Diabetes

Kolatkar, 2005). For instance, a lack of exercise and obesity are believed to contribute to diabetes (American Diabetes Associatio...

Cancer Interventions

care professionals and systems because of previous negative experiences. The literature emphasizes that all women, regardless of...

Overview of the Cellular Phone Service Industry

had known how to do this, cell phones would have been on the market more than 50 years ago (Mehta, 2004). AT&T even developed a pr...

Surgical Procedure Known As Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

the patient engage in more physical activity (Bypass surgery..., 2005). Chronic conditions that can increase the patients risk of ...

Overview of Sinusitis

whatever substances that have become trapped in it) toward openings known as ostia, which lead to a passageway in the back of the ...

High Heels and Resulting Medical Problems

wear heels? It can result in a neuroma, leading to affected areas often between the third and fourth metatarsals (Christiansen, 20...