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vulnerable to the condition. Such individuals can help by keeping their blood glucose levels as normal as possible because increas...

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

HMOs now are listed as the responsible parties for 97 percent of all Americans who have insurance coverage and are not covered thr...

are intended to be marketing efforts for a variety of health services providers in the area. For a nominal fee, visitors can have...

to receptors that are on the surface of nerves (Pressman, 2004). What happens then is that they are transported to the cell body t...

Week, 2005). The etiology of the condition revolves around the inflammation and swelling of the synovial membrane as it is invade...

2% were on home hemodialysis (Freitas, 2002, 167). There are many chronic problems associated with hemodialysis including hyper...

2001, p. 217). Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic diseases that are characterized by high blood sugar (glucose) levels i...

Lung Disease Surveillance Report, 1996). This is true of the UK and the international environment, and is due to the delay between...

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

and strokes. Heart disease became commonplace. The rate of heart disease increased so sharply between the 1940 and 1967 that the W...

past three decades (Freeman, 1997), the idea of one vaccine to address three strains of meningitis is nothing short of phenomenal....

and treatments which are necessitated by the venereal disease Chlamydia. The venereal disease Chlamydia presents a number o...

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

COPD every four minutes (Walsh, 2007). The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute estimates that there are currently 12 million p...

flourodeoxyglucose and amyloid ligands" (Chertkow, 2008, p. 316). Other developments in the field include the "recognition of the ...

life, though they may never be completely free of the disease (Wilkins, 2007). Its important to recognize that OCD is different f...

was still excessive (Feltbower, Bodansky, Patterson, et. al., 2008). Not only is the increased threat of death concerning in Type...

with daily brushing and flossing, and regular cleaning by a dentist or dental hygienist" (Periodontal disease, 2007). One exceptio...

: The precise causes of ovarian cancer remain unknown, but some researchers believe that it has to do with the processes of tissue...

it to other men (CDC, 2004). The amount of men who have the disease appears to be 3.5 times higher than women (CDC, 2004)....

number of heart attacks is that heart disease is associated with the wide scale accumulation of gunk in the walls of the arteries ...

consumption is risky as well (Kuhn, Swartzwelder & Wilson, 2003). Food does absorb some of the alcohol. Also, in addition to alcoh...

to occur in someone who has had diabetes for many years" (Federal Citizen Information Center, 2006). Type 1 diabetics walk ...

the eating binge they feel guilty and purge "to rid his or her body of the excess calories" (Wolfe, 2003). In order to be diagnose...

type of bacterium that causes illness in newborn babies, pregnant women, the elderly, and adults with other illnesses, such as dia...

Surveys suggest there are more asthma patients with uncontrolled asthma than patients themselves think. The Asthma and Allergy Fou...

2000, p. 6888). Transmission Proteus is commonly found in such venues as hospitals and long-term care facilities (Gonzalez, 2006)...

is actually a form of tuberculosis. The story of Alexander Pope is just an anecdote and by no means signifies its origin. Skeleton...

to demonstrate that it is not easy to pinpoint or treat. It affects people from all walks of life. The bum on the street might not...