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Tension Headaches and the Effects of Massage

of the muscle contraction type are the most common, accounting for an estimated 90 percent of the headaches suffered over the cour...

Pharmacology and Substance Abuse

of Revia is the potential for the drug to cause liver problems (Drugstore.com, 2003a). Consequently patients who have existing l...

Growth Factors and Parkinson's Disease

to receptors that are on the surface of nerves (Pressman, 2004). What happens then is that they are transported to the cell body t...

Drug Ecstasy

to medical science (Ecstasy, 2004). It wasnt until the 1980s that it was first introduced to the "streets" as an illicit drug (Ec...

A Case History of Angina

of angina, but no indication of muscle damage or clotting (as would be the case in coronary thrombosis). It should also be...

A Lesson Plan For Diabetes Education

routine activities necessary to their own care. The purpose is that with a nurses direction, encouragement and initial supervisio...

Heath Benefits of Aged Garlic Extract

point that relatively few paid attention to it at all. In many respects, the same has occurred in the discussion of anythin...

Overview of Self Mutilation

superficial variety is most common among adolescents. Self-mutilation is commonly the cutting of forearms or wrists, but there ca...

Questions on Health Care Delivery System in the U.S.

therefore, highly desirable to have a variety of types of LTC settings. Furthermore, alternatives to institutionalized care can o...

Overview of Eating Disorders

In twenty pages eating disorders are examined in terms of etiology, presentation, treatment, research, and preventive measures wit...

The Parish Nurse and Advanced Practice Nursing

issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...

Colonization and 'King Leopold's Ghost'

gross exploitation of African slaves. That Leopold was wholly capable of stuffing his incoming ships with an abundance of ivory a...

An Acupuncture Overview

relies on treating pressure points on the hands and feet that correspond to aching parts of a body. The theory behind acup...

Medical Imaging

(Medical imaging in cancer care, 2006). Medical imagine detects cancer early when it is "at its most curable stage-and, in many ...

MRSA Infection

a part of the normal flora of human beings and colonizes the anterior nares (Nicolle, 2006). However, it is also a significant pat...

Collective Term Known as Dementia

instances that affects both genders of younger age groups (Draper, 2004, p. 82). Etiology Alzheimers disease is age-related, and ...

Arguments in Favor of Legalizing Marijuana for Medical Use

are important issues and deserve attention because they will shape our nations future. Clearly we can build more and more prisons,...

Coelho's The Alchemist and Fate

It is a "lie" that people are controlled by Fate, but at the same time, ones personal destiny is already laid out and what is more...

Definition and Types of PTSD

Hurricane Katrina is one of the most recent examples of an event that resulted in PTSD among some victims. Szegedy-Maszak (2005) ...

Alcoholism, A Family Disease

to demonstrate that it is not easy to pinpoint or treat. It affects people from all walks of life. The bum on the street might not...

Spinal Tuberculosis Management and Prevention Literature Review

is actually a form of tuberculosis. The story of Alexander Pope is just an anecdote and by no means signifies its origin. Skeleton...

Overview of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

tendons in the passageway becomes irritated and swell (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 2006). The result...

Examination of Breast Cancer

& Estrin, 2003). However, a core biopsy or incisional biopsy is when just a small part of the tissue is used ( Pfeuffer & Estrin, ...

Trauma Registry Databases and How They Are Used

trauma registry, then, has been viewed as a critical component to the successful development of any hospital or critical care trau...

Schizophrenia

been great strides made in the treatment of the disease, enabling many patients to live full lives (Mueser and McGurk 2036). What ...

Ringworm (Overview)

Tinea capitis is ringworm of the scalp (Seebacher, C., Abeck, D. & Brasch, O. et al., 2007). III. Transmission Ringworm is qu...

Comparative Analysis of the Films The American Revolution (Part I: ‘The Conflict Ignites’), Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot, and John Adams (Part I: ‘Join or Die’)

Each Film The American Revolution (also referred to as The Revolution) was a 1994 six-hour documentary produced by A&E and shown...

Tuberculosis

stop taking antibiotics which, of course, leads to a condition wherein the TB is not fully cured or treated. But, Farmer noted tha...

Genetic Disorder - Breast Cancer

Hecht, 2008). Breast cancer in both men and women is a genetic disorder but it is not necessarily hereditary (U.S. National Librar...

Research Paper on Alcoholism

C, and HIV (Health Effects 2). It can also cause nutritional issues, lead to alcohol poisoning, cause psychological problems, and...