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warns that anyone with an open wound or any cut, even the slightest should avoid brackish water and even seawater because this a c...

The rate with which healthcare technology has evolved has coupled with demographic changes to result in an extremely taxed system....

look for the date that the page was last updated to ensure that the latest health information on that subject is offered. The last...

to break. To bring the point home, half a million people die each year from cigarette-related causes (Whelan, 1994, p. 77), with ...

a concise, but thorough description of the study that certainly will engage the interest of any healthcare professional researchin...

difficult illness to overcome. Although this booklet is written for physicians, any health care professional could use the strateg...

refers to being allergic to multiple forms of stimuli. Chronic illness not only impacts the patient, but also the patients family ...

McAndrew, 2006). With communication skills there are includes skills of listening as well as tact as essential to facilitate effec...

systems. The following examination of the problem of medication errors focuses on the context of mental health nursing within the ...

serve to further complicate these problems. Many elderly Native Americans suffering with diabetes, for example, may have been att...

Switching around an embryos mitochondria might appear innocent enough but we must realize that mitochondrial genes act well outsid...

review or even a description of their own research, which led them to the conclusions that they indicate. The inclusion of even a...

et al, 2007). Over the last several decades, clinicians have come to regard treatment decisions in terms of quality of life "ben...

"encouragement of facing probl4ems/fears, support of efforts to master problems/ears, affective experiencing/catharsis" (Coady 15)...

But what is the deal when these cells multiply, and why is this bad? Normal cells are needed to keep the body healthy - when they ...

per week, which is a strategy designed to improve access to care and achieving NHS target goals. The NHS has established HNAs as a...

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

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

the changing "professional identity" of the HIM means that educational programs for certification and graduation are shifting as w...

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...

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

being mentored by an elder; 2) those who received their ability to heal as a divine gift; and 3) those who were born with the abil...

(Chen et al, 2003). Accreditation has been identified as a measure of quality, but whether this results in measurable difference...

begins using drugs, stealing, experimenting with sex, and seeking out more radical means of self mutilation. Each of these change...

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...

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

she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...

in psychoanalytical theory away from a focus on individual and towards a focus on the whole. While psychoanalysts had previously ...