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Anorexia Nervosa and Its Possible Basis in Biology

and anxiety has long been considered indicative of triggering behavior inherent to the eating disorder. An impulsive personality ...

Patients and Diabetes

of condition in terms of importance due the impact on lifestyle and ability to result in death is not treated correctly (King et a...

Diabetes and Families

CFAM. Structural Assessment Internal Structure The family as it exists today came into being in May 2004 when Joe and Jeann...

Factors Associated with Schizophrenia

schizophrenia and prevention of schizophrenia, 2004). This is one way in which environmental factors impact mental health. Biolo...

Infant Development and Breast Feeding

They are believed to work by enhancing the function of infant T and B cells (Field, 2005). "Neutrophils" are another important pl...

Case Assessment of Neurological and HEENT Assessment

muscle responses and her muscle strength appeared normal. She complained of pain during assessments of physical condition, but th...

Exploration of Congestive Heart Failure

In seven pages this medical condition is examined in terms of its symptoms and treatment with a consideration of the role depressi...

Has Health Care Been Improved by Managed Care?

receiving additional income for having patients who use less services. As Stone (1997) indicates, she received a healthy bonus che...

An Examination of African Sleeping Sickness and its Causes

responsible for the slower moving form (Ghaffar, 2005). It is this slower moving form which predominates in western and central ...

Implantation and Genetics

a whole host of other problems, they are also equipped with the option to choose genetic composition such as gender. "We currentl...

Miracle Drugs and Placebo Effect Applications

In five pages the placebo effect and miracle drug concepts are considered in this examination of health inequities, infectious dis...

Amniocentesis and Amniotic Fluid

In five pages this paper discusses the aspects and medical implications of amniotic fluid and amniocentesis during pregnancy in te...

A Discussion of Amyloidosis

In five pages the classification, histological diagnosis, and information regarding treatment and possible misdiagnosis of the dis...

Marijuana versus Prozac in the Treatment of Depression

This 6 page paper discusses the merits of treating depression with marijuana instead of Prozac. The writer argues that using marij...

Lance Armstrong Leader and Cancer Survivor

is called "drafting" (Harkins and Hollihan, 2009). When the cyclist in front becomes exhausted from the effort, he goes to the bac...

The Many Applications of Genetic Engineering

can be amplified. Copies can be made off of the original template to use in biological and medical research and other application...

The Law as Compared to Living Organisms

example lies in the laws that we have that relate to due process. The laws relating to due process are specialized laws that dir...

Women, AIDS and HIV in the District of Columbia

2009"). In responding to the crisis, the city government has not recognized the way in which "policies, and structural factors hav...

Article Analysis Of Refusal Of Pertussis Vaccination And Incidence Of Infection

possibility of spreading the disease in exponential proportions. Not only are unvaccinated children vulnerable to contracting per...

Favoring Stem Cells

in some tissues they become a "sort of internal repair system," creating enough cells to replenish those that die off, a process t...

Cigarette Smoking and The Health Care System

health outcomes are generally found in proportion to the number of cigarettes that a smoker uses each day (Goodwin, Keyes and Hasi...

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...

Treating Obesity with Nutrition

heavier than men), genetics, environment (lifestyle), illness, medication and the level of ones physical activity ("Obesity"). Psy...

America's Best Drug Policy Option

of the crime problem, they carried with them the frustration of knowing that despite all good intentions, alcohol (like drugs) wil...

A Background of AIDS and the Virus that Causes It

on large populations of many third world countries, particularly third world countries in Africa and Haiti. Within one decade of ...

An Overview of Schizophrenia

personality and impaired functioning of regular kinds of activities and tasks. Psychosis refers to distorted reality or a lack of ...

Preventative and Curative Health Care: An Economic Approach

also provides a valuable example of the economics of health care in general as obesity has been associated in recent literature wi...

Public Health Organizations

Both Winslow and Acheson make the link between society and health, and the role of social actions; a concept that was seen in many...

Healthy People 2020

who have these risks. They are: inactivity, 39.5 percent; obesity, 33.9 percent; high blood pressure, 20.5 percent; cigarette smok...