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(Time for coordinated action on alcohol, 2004). It is particularly dangerous to young people, who are more likely than anyone else...

at least 30 kg/m2" (Allison et al, 1999, p. 1530). It was found that approximately 22% of adult Americans, about 40.5 million pers...

way through a crowd of smokers as they enter or leave the building (Smoke-free one year later, 2008). Smoking is a recognized caus...

with more knowledge than they may have had in the past. On the other hand, as they say, too much knowledge can be dangerous. Physi...

with similar expertise but with a slightly different viewpoint; it may be expanding vertically by acquiring a company either above...

desire for the latest developments (The managed care evolution, 2004). Unfortunately, super-sophisticated medical technology is e...

petty crime - such as writing bad checks - to pay for these procedures and as long as he perpetuates the illusion of being a male,...

positive patient response. The authors contended that tight control of blood glucose reduces the risk of microvascular and macrov...

4 pages in length. The writer discusses money's role in driving health care reform and what shifts might take place over the next...

had pushed through legislation mandating mandatory medical error reporting (Hosford, 2008). Additionally, and perhaps more importa...

costs ("American Academy of Emergency Management: EMTALA," 2008). In some cases, patients without insurance would be sent to a cou...

are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...

long and interesting historical evolution, and its origins are largely responsible for the reluctance of allopathic medical profes...

merely decided to retest all of the students (ONeil, 2004). Finally, the third scenario in this case study involves Rosa. Rosa man...

the research team will use a convenience sample of women recruited from a specific geographical area, and the team may choose to l...

a Machiavelli. This assertion could be argued in challenging the central premise of this article. In fact, in order for effecti...

poultry industry has been innovating in order to create more demand for its products. The poultry industry has been able to add va...

Research shows that one of the most frequent mistakes that agencies made in designing health promotion pamphlets is to write them ...

economic and historical issues surrounding the problem of HIV in prison. Perhaps one place to start is to look at the overall pro...

risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke: even small amounts of secondhand smoke exposure can be harmful to peoples health"...

criterion for inclusion in the study as all children previously diagnosed with type 2 diabetes were excluded. Body mass index (B...

Hillary Clinton has lobbied tirelessly to provide all Americans with decent and affordable health insurance and was the chief arch...

allowing the Department of Defense to provide civilian health care to dependents of military service members, TRICARE today has di...

doctors and hospitals who have no problems charging a patient three dollars for an aspirin tablet. Its also easy to point the fing...

the stage of evaluation is being one mainly concerned with health-related assessment activities so that progress can be measured a...

a to increase the level of healthcare that can be received and benefit both partners you may have been going without insurance, or...

this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...

that telemedicine is already having an impact on how healthcare is being delivered (Kohler, 2008). Kohler points out that technolo...

Obviously, the relationship that is formed between a mental health advocate and his or her client is critical. This relationship ...

Housing is of obvious concern as is successful intervention in the destructive pattern of behavior that has led to the homelessnes...