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between 5% and 15% of all Americans (Health & Medicine Week, 2004). Padget has given a good definition of the condition, which it ...
to: "weakness, paralysis, sensory disturbances, pseudoseizures, and involuntary movements such as tremors. Symptoms more often af...
Inventory (BDI) 27, Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) 15, and Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS 15). The student has sought out thera...
Additionally, both disorders can be hereditary, but environment can also play a factor. Both disorders are affective disorders of ...
experience, particularly that immigrant experience as it occurs within the modern medical environment, revolves around cultural un...
what accompanies significant pain ("Shock," 2004). From the loss of a loved one to a car accident to the discovery that ones spous...
to be a disease of the insane, depression has finally been recognized for the debilitating and emotionally unbalancing illness it ...
condition in which children dont speak because they dont want to (Leung and Kao, 1999). Those with elective mutism will speak when...
to receptors that are on the surface of nerves (Pressman, 2004). What happens then is that they are transported to the cell body t...
relies on treating pressure points on the hands and feet that correspond to aching parts of a body. The theory behind acup...
gross exploitation of African slaves. That Leopold was wholly capable of stuffing his incoming ships with an abundance of ivory a...
issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...
In twenty pages eating disorders are examined in terms of etiology, presentation, treatment, research, and preventive measures wit...
The designation "shell shock" was replaced by "combat fatigue" in the Second World...
are intended to be marketing efforts for a variety of health services providers in the area. For a nominal fee, visitors can have...
and AIDS Treatment, 2004). Then the virus will begin to reproduce itself as though no drugs were ever taken because the virus beco...
HMOs now are listed as the responsible parties for 97 percent of all Americans who have insurance coverage and are not covered thr...
to reduce pain remains controversial. A 2001 meta-analysis of 39 clinical studies found that marijuanas was no more effective in...
or Aspergillus often come in contact with the patient through their inhalation of contaminated aerosols. We now know that an infe...
of the muscle contraction type are the most common, accounting for an estimated 90 percent of the headaches suffered over the cour...
panic attacks, low self esteem, and substance abuse are other manifestations of adults survivors of abuse(Boulware, 2002). Most of...
of a pulmonary embolus" are warning signs that his patient may experience venous leg ulcers (RCN Institute, 1998). Complicating f...
tightening of blood vessels. While Enalapril is effective in its application, there are a number of concerns with which the healt...
market value these will also have to be derecognised. These measures may have a dramatic impact on Australian companies as not onl...
by one study as 16.3 percent but by 1992 this figure purportedly had dropped to 5.3 percent (McCaffrey, 1998). Markon and...
However, as the disease progresses, it may cause a low-grade fever as well as night sweats and fatigue (1996). Also, leukemia may ...
fact that malaria parasites have built up a tremendous tolerance to the standard drugs administered to fight the disease. The ext...
order to make a diagnosis of BPD, the client should demonstrate behavior that indicates five or more of these characteristics (Pal...
(APA, 2003) and "These rates are consistent across diverse cultures and ethnic groups" (APA, 2003). The rate for bipolar II is abo...
because many bone-breaking accidents also can involve damage to the knee. The leg will be X-rayed both for diagnosis and confirma...