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American Epidemic of Obesity

is obese children (Neff 2359). Other health risks associated with obesity include, but are not limited to: high cholesterol, hea...

Diagnostic Testing in an AIDS Analysis

rather than late (Poznansky et al, 1995). To determine if this was the case, researchers compared 97 newly diagnosed HIV p...

Literature Review on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

first began to describe a recognizable pattern of birth defects that are attributable to alcohol exposure in the late 1960s. Since...

Overview of a Case Study on Nursing

(rural communities were slower to put into place screening mechanisms for HIV in the blood supply used for transfusions). Final...

Geriatric Case Psychosocial Assessment

serious enough to keep her in the ICU unit for three days. Still, it did not take long for Eleanor to resume her activities at ver...

Overview of Dyslexia

the last 30 years (Singleton, 2000). Essentially, making positive diagnosis of dyslexia involves establishing that: 1. The childs ...

DSM IV Disorders and the PDSQ

ideation is measured on the basis of six specific components found on the Depression scale. Each disorder is matched with respect...

High Blood Pressure Categlories Interventions

This essay explains and reports many issues related to this condition. The four categories related to diagnostic criteria are repo...

The Elderly and Alcoholism Diagnostic Instruments

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...

Sixteen Microorganisms and Their Impact on Human Health

This paper provides a species overview, diagnostic techniques, and recommended treatment for Staphylococcus aureus, Mycobacterium ...

Registered Nurse's Work and Objectives

of patients that not only speak about the medical problem, but also monopolize the staffs time by discussing volumes of informatio...

Medical Imaging and the Impact of Technology

there was destined to be a change with regard to the overall application in order for computers to become significantly more user-...

Asperger's Disorder and DSM IV Assessment

However, as indicated in the main heading, this behavior alone is not sufficient to indicate Aspergers Disorder. The fact that Bil...

Addressing Cocaine Addiction

This research paper focuses on a client scenario, in which the client has a cocaine addition. The topics covered include assessmen...

Case Study of Hyaline Membrane Disease

lung cells and forms a coat on the interior of the tiny alveoli in the lungs where oxygen enters the bloodstream. The coating enab...

Emergency Room Decision Making

attack if irreparable harm and indeed loss of life is to be prevented (Isenstein, 1999). The statistics regarding coronar...

More Outpatient Services

This essay discusses several topics related to health care. The first is the explosion of outpatient or ambulatory diagnostic and ...

Appendicitis Diagnosis and Computerized Tomography Scans

prior to patient/surgeon consultation (Lee, Walsh, and Ho, 2001). In reality, such approaches are limited given that the most acc...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder DSM-IV and DSM-5

There are many differences between the two latest versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The diffe...

History of Tourette's Syndrome and its Treatment

disruptive to a persons way of life (What is Tourette Syndrome? 2002, See also Tourettes Syndrome, 2002). The typical TS...

Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Diagnostic Techniques

In five pages diagnostic criteria, various forms, and characteristics of SMA are examined. Five sources are cited in the bibliogr...

Sexual Dysfunction in Men and Women

essentially problems that make sexual intercourse either difficult or impossible, and can be primary (determined if intercourse ha...

Overview of Depression

In ten pages depression is defined in terms of its various causes and treatment forms with frequent reference made to DSM IV or th...

Schizophrenia Classification and Diagnosis

In five pages this research paper utilizes a DSM scale to examine schizophrenia's diagnostic classification, with symptoms, stages...

The Conditions of Attention Deficit Disorder

In seven pages this paper discusses the disorder in terms of definition, symptoms, prevalence, diagnostics, treatment, and the pos...

Sonography and Cirrhosis of the Liver

This research report examines data that a sonographer would use to discover the cause of the disease as well as other factors.A gr...

Brucella Species Cytoplasmic Protein

In twenty pages serologic diagnostic testing qualities and research pertaining to the 18 kDa cytoplasmic protein are discussed in ...

Depression and Anxiety

In a paper consisting of five pages the concepts of depression and anxiety are defined in accordance with the APA's DSM IV manuel,...

DSM and Axes I through Psychological Assessment

In twelve pages this paper considers the diagnostic techniques the American Psychiatric Association uses and the definitions assoc...

An Overview of Antisocial Personality Disorder

In ten pages a diagnostic overview of antisocial personality disorder is provided along with a discussion of culture, features of ...