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About Cancer of the Colon

a parent has FAP or HNPCC, his or her children run a 50 percent risk of inheriting the mutated gene" ("Colon Cancer"). Inheriting ...

Risk and Hypertension, Pancreatic Cancer

and total energy intake"), the researchers determined that lycopene, which was provided primarily from tomatoes, could be associat...

SUPPLY, DEMAND AND HEALTHCARE: THE STUDY OF CANCER

Provides a study of cancer in an economic context. There are 3 sources listed in the bibliography of this 5-page paper....

Prostate Cancer

history of prostate cancer should be aware that they have a higher risk of developing this disease. It is unknown why, but Black m...

Smoking and Its Impact on the Lungs

its effects on the cellular structure of the respiratory system. It actually burns though the cell walls of the lungs just minute...

How to Encourage Smokers to Give Up Smoking

be used and then consider how the campaign may take place. 2. The Problem The overall lifetime risk of developing lung cancer ...

Preventing Cancer with Good Nutrition

one of the more frightening diseases threatening mankind. Cancer can impact any area of our body. Sometimes cancer is sex specif...

Overview of Gene Therapy

In ten pages in vivo gene therapy is examined in terms of research and the human genome project with disease control a primary fo...

Nutritional Needs of Critically Ill Cancer Patients and Cachexia

positive outcomes. However, researchers and clinicians are constantly seeking new means of therapeutic intervention for treatment ...

Incidences of Prostate Cancer

are about 50 percent more likely than white men to get this kind of cancer. Black men also have the highest mortality rate from pr...

Treatments for Lung Cancer

they offer much hope. As such the arrival of Iressa seemed incredibly promising: "Adriane Riddle, had traveled from San Bernardin...

Article Analysis: Skin Cancer

and middle schools" (Geller et al, 2003). The overall objective of the SunWise program is to provide "sun protection education to ...

Nanotechnology and Its' Use in the Human Body; It is Desirable or Ethical?

potentially large number of benefits there are also a wide range of ethical and acceptability issues that need to be considered a...

Smoking & Increased Prevalence of Lung Cancer in Women

be used to guide research investigation, as it can provide a framework on which empirical research can be based. For example, the ...

Organizational Change; From A Traditional Organizational Model to A Transformed Organizational Model

Jordanian royal court undertook consultations with the US Health and Human Services National Cancer Institute (Moe et al., 2007). ...

Behavior Influences on Health

it may not be recognised in all cases. The common symptoms of stress includes, tiredness and fatigue, weight changes for no obviou...

The Impact of Shift Work on Employees Health

research in terms of postal workers. 1.1 The Research Hypothesise In order to undertake this research the following hypothesis ...

Choosing a Healthcare Intervention

have a side effect. For example, if this is occurring in an area where there is fluoride being added, and the process will strip t...

Medical Views on Ovarian Cancer

any woman can get ovarian cancer. It just so happens that some women are more at risk. Signs and Symptoms The problem with ova...

Screening for Colon and Rectal Cancer

100,000 population (Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, 1997). Survival rate is dependent upon the stage of the disease w...

Physical Effects of Smoking

is interesting to note that the increase of smoking in America has steadily correlated with the increasing incidence of lung cance...

Literature Review on a Cancer Patient's Emotional Needs

It seems that within the context of the work, there is little compassion shown for the protagonist with the exception of one oncol...

Refusal of Palliative Care/Bioethics

this incident may have contributed to her divorce. It is also true that her mother has had a problem with alcoholism for over twen...

Article Critique/Online Cancer Support Groups

these elements were viewed as variables that could significantly influence patients attitudes(Im, et al, 2007, p. 706). This quest...

Osteoporosis, Gout, Cancer, and the Impact of Nutrition

In twenty one pages this paper discusses the impact of nutrition upon such medical conditions as cancer, gout, and osteoporosis. ...

Sexual Health Maintenance

In 8 pages this paper discusses how to maintain sexual health in contemporary society in a consideration of cancer, sexually trans...

Etiology and Pathophysiology of Lung Cancer

cancer being observed (Wynder, Goodman and Hoffman, 1985). They also suggest that schools should place "major emphasis" on program...

Bone Cancer Case Study and Nursing Interventions

nurses as they engage in diagnostic, prescriptive, and regulatory operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). ...

Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Management

to the health care system, or that everyone should be screened just in case, but rather, that the testing can be uncomfortable, an...

Assisting in Grief Counseling

left to deny anything connected with the loss, either before or after the fact. Those left behind also need to acknowledge the me...