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Angina Pectoris From a Nursing Perspective

risk factors that can be altered, with special attention to lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. B. Treatment of ischemia usua...

I Rode with Stonewall by Henry Kyd Douglas

the military critic... It is not my intention nor is it within the scope of this book to give a detailed report of the battle of B...

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...

Mentally Challenged and the Challenges This Represents

been diagnosed with a mental impairment that does not involve substance abuse, 5 million of these are considered to suffer from "s...

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...

Private Practice and Counseling That is Solution Focused

the counselor will try to understand the clients personal construction of the problem and help him to construct different meanings...

Cancer Patients and Nursing

that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...

It's Always Something by Gilda Radner

with hypochondria is that if someone really has an illness, they will think it is all in their heads. In any event, things were mi...

Causes and Effects of Schizophrenia

* Over 280,000 people in Canada * Over 250,000 diagnosed cases in Britain (Anonymous, 2005). The symptoms of schizophreni...

Animals and How They Are Treated by Man

- instead of over - the animals. Rachels message of ethical egoism is both clear and concrete: Man is the only living creature wh...

Discussion of Bipolar Disorder I and II

bipolar II is characterized by: "recurrent major depressive episodes with a lifelong history of one...

Epidemiology of Syphilis

so easily treated in many instances. At least one of the pharmacological treatment mainstays has recently been noted as ineffecti...

Overview of Myocardial Infarction

Heart attacks are commonly evaluated prior to entering the hospital (emergency room, ambulance, etc.) and relate to a specific set...

Inadequately Treating Mental Illness

continuation of any mental imbalance. It was not until the concept of the "mind" began to overtake such simplistic approaches, al...

Repetitive Motion Injuries Such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

most common and most widely reported repetitive strain injury (NIN, 2005). Symptoms typically start gradually with a feeling of ...

Stroke Victims and Their Rights

The generic term "stroke" refers to a cerebro-vascular accident (CVA), which may occur on the left or right-hand side of the brain...

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 ...

Tables on Acute, Infectious, and Chronic Disease

1). Further, inadequate utilization of screening tests contribute to approximately half of the deaths resulting from cancer of th...

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

that people HIV did not affect the mainstream, it was ignored. First, what is HIV exactly? HIV is the virus that causes AIDS and s...

How to Treat Hypothermia

cases, victims will not need to go to the hospital anyway. Yet, if the case is severe, the best ting to do is to treat the victim ...

The American Influence on Saudi Arabia

very different than what American women are used to experiencing. Hence, there had been a fear of Americans because of their liber...

Adolescent Depression : Review Of Articles

more attention needs to be given to the diagnosis and treatment of this illness. Any wide-spread illness is expensive to the patie...

Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome And The Counting Method

upon as wholly overwhelming. II. SUMMARY The individual conjures up a traumatic memory while the therapist counts from ...

Congestive Heart Failure

the kidneys are not capable of disposing "sodium and water" (American Heart Association, 2007); this is what cases the edema (Amer...

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

of the condition. In the film, he was so obsessed with germs, he brought plasticware to a diner everyday instead of using ordinary...

Wernicke's Aphasia

and Klima, 2002). In Wernickes aphasia, the damage to the brain is most typically to the temporal lobe (NIDOCD, 2006). It is typic...

Ovarian Cancer/An Overview

: The precise causes of ovarian cancer remain unknown, but some researchers believe that it has to do with the processes of tissue...

Syphilis

it to other men (CDC, 2004). The amount of men who have the disease appears to be 3.5 times higher than women (CDC, 2004)....

Practicum Proposal: PTSD in Women Victims of Violent Crime

diagnosis or believe they do not. PTSD The American Psychiatric Association has specific guidelines for diagnosing PTSD, sp...

Adverse Drug Reaction Among Elderly Patients: Impact Upon Costs And Length Of Hospital Stay

population want to be able to take care of themselves, yet they are rarely given the tools with which to accomplish this objective...