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Nursing Practice and Atherosclerosis

1997). It is generally believed that atherosclerosis results from a combination of factors, which include: hemodynamic stress (hyp...

Making a Difference and Breast Cancer

help each other and empowers them to become their own health care advocates" (Anonymous, 2002), all of which requires the shelter ...

Overview of Taxco, Mexico

in the silver mines. Catholic clergy protested, but to no avail. The agricultural economy suffered, as did much commerce other t...

Discussion of Diabetes Mellitus

damaging kidney function, eyesight and having the very real potential of causing limb amputation. Genetically determined, diabete...

An Examination of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

etiology of the disease is not well understood, but substantive research suggests that individuals who suffer from ALS have mutati...

Clinical Research on Emphysema

behavioral related disease. The various stages of emphysema include the destruction of the air sacs inside of the lungs. This ...

Examination of the Disease Leukemia

However, as the disease progresses, it may cause a low-grade fever as well as night sweats and fatigue (1996). Also, leukemia may ...

College Campuses and Homosexuality

are given the opportunity to buy condoms at greatly reduced prices. Even so, "Only 48% of heterosexuals and 36% of gays claim to ...

Epidemiological Overview of Lassa Fever

In five pages this paper examines the disease that was first discovered in 1969 and containment attempts. Five sources are cited ...

Red Genital Lesions and Patient Diagnosis

how it was initiated. This means that contacting partners, or figuring out who might have given one the disease, can become rather...

Emergent and Reemergent Infectious Diseases

pathogen (National Institutes of Health, 1999). The most concerning infectious agents are those that are both highly contagious ...

Overview of Meningococcal Disease

can progress from initial symptoms: "to coma and death as quickly as 12 to 48...

Omega Three Fatty Acids Questions

has led to decreasing access to health care as greater numbers of individuals lose their health insurance coverage in response to ...

Impact of Stress on Diabetes

and Baron Josef von Mering removed the pancreas of a dog in 1889 to see if it were an essential organ. Their early attempts to fe...

Alzheimer's Disease and its Sociological and Medical Impacts

results in the slow loss of memory, personality, and eventually all cognitive function (Lemonick and Park-Mankato, 2001). Scienti...

Epidemiology of Tay Sachs Disease

peripheral vision and eventual blindness, mental retardation, paralysis, and non-responsiveness (National Tay-Sachs and Allied Dis...

Distinguishing Between Cystic Fibrosis and COPD

This paper discusses the epidemiology and treatment of the various diseases impacting human respiration. There are seven sources ...

Guinea Worm, Eradication Program

This paper describes the Guinea Worm Eradication Program, which was implemented by the Carter Center. This campaign has had remark...

Salary Padding at the CDC

This paper considers the Centers for Disease Control from the perspective of a mid level manager. Problems include salary discrep...

Self-Medication and Another Model

This paper focuses on a video case study of a young woman who is an alcoholic and drug addict. The paper describes what was observ...

Predicting and Treating Alzheimers

This paper explores the genetic and environmental factors associated with this debilitating disease. There are four sources in th...

Sickle Cell Disease, an Overview

This research paper offers a comprehensive overview of sickle cell disease (SCD). First of all, the writer describes the gene muta...

Utilizing Microbial Terminology in Communications Involving Bioterrorism

This paper discusses key terminology used in classifying microbial organisms and discussing disease epidemiology. There are five s...

Case Study, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Case

This case study analysis offers a thorough overview of Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). The writer discusses the symptoms and s...

Alcoholism, an Overview

This research paper offers an overview of alcoholism as it describes the causes, damage to the body and the treatment of this dise...

Lymphatic Filariasis

This paper considers the tropical disease elephantiasis, how it is transmitted, how it affects its victims, and the proposed World...

Longevity, Contributing Environmental Factors

This essay discusses the environmental factors that contribute to increases in longevity. These include medical advancements, cont...

Prostate Cancer

The risk, costs, detection methodology and treatment of this concerning disease are outlined. There are nine sources in this four...

Fat Head, Super Size Me

This research paper focuses on the films "Fat Head" and "Super Size Me" and discusses them in terms of the nutritional subjects br...

Various Determinants of Health

This 2 page paper gives an overview of how a person's genetic makeup and the environment they live in can effect their health. Thi...