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Trends in health informatics

The value of the topic studied has also been presented in form of a discussion on how slow progress in the adoption of EHRs has hindered smooth delivery of healthcare services.
  • Subjects: Health IT
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 864

The Health Care Sector in Taiwan

To justify this position, the case of the health care sector in Taiwan after the inception of the National Health Insurance Scheme in 1995.
  • Subjects: Administration and Regulation
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 923

Trend in Canada: Care at a Distance (Telemedicine)

The traditional ways of accessing health whereby the patient and the physician have to meet physically has been the main hindrance for equitable provision of health services.
  • Subjects: Health IT
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2278

Risk Cluster Linked to Child Obesity

By analyzing other children's eating behaviors, physical activities, and other determinants of obesity, the children will be able to increase their awareness on obesity.
  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1360

The effects of radio frequency (MRI)

The advancements in the rates of technological adoption have greatly impacted the increase in the use of RF in MRI across the world.
  • Subjects: Public Health
  • Pages: 20
  • Words: 2747

Children Diagnosed with Down Syndrome

Down syndrome is a condition that can occur in any child of any family, and this makes it indispensable for everyone to have information regarding the condition.
  • Subjects: Geriatrics
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 3002

The effects of electromagnetic fields on human health

In the understanding of electromagnetic fields, it is important to note that there are several generators of radiations at workplaces. As a result, people are likely to experience the impact of radiations variedly depending on [...]
  • Subjects: Public Health
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2059

Childhood Obesity

The condition occurs when the weight of a child is over 120 percent of the median weight in relation to the height of the child.
  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1908

Significance of neural plasticity on visual perception

The environment in which the brain is related is its nature, and is largely defined by what the brain gets exposed to. This is dependent on neural plasticity and the personality of a person.
  • Subjects: Healthcare Research
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 587

The Problem of Assistance in Self-Deliverance

If the terminally ill parent focuses on his right and desire to die because the disease makes his life meaningless, it is possible to try to shift the parent's attention from the quality-of-life perspective to [...]
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 563

Commercialization of Organ Transplants

This research focused on the view of the society and professionals in this field, and it has concluded that it is ethical to commercialize organ transplant as a way of helping those suffering from defective [...]
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1109

Environmental Public Health

In Canada, The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors concerned with environmental public health is the only body that usually regulates and outlines the ethical conduct of health professionals in Canada.
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1378

Development of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

This is very similar to the practices of the 18th century where the victims of drowning were kept warm and the mouth-to-mouth procedure conducted to resuscitate them.
  • Subjects: Cardiology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1491

Two Activities for Motor Skills

Gross motors skills in a two year old child generally refers to the general movement of body muscles, while fine motor skills are masterly skills required by a child in aspect such as writing or [...]
  • Subjects: Geriatrics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 551

Food Ethics

Pojman notes that the government has enough resources and manpower to monitor operations of various food processors and determine the health conditions of the food they present to the public.
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  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1367

How Cleaning Products Affect the Body and Skin

This paper discusses the effects of cleaning products on the human's body and skin, the process in which these chemicals get absorbed into the body, diseases caused by cleaning products and how to prevent the [...]
  • Subjects: Public Health
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 826

Problem of Hydrocodone Addiction in US

To gain a better understanding on hydrocodone abuse and the implications of compulsive behaviors resulting from addiction in an individual, a closer evaluation of historical and contemporary cases with particular interest on prevention and treatment [...]
  • Subjects: Pharmacology
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2708

Asbestos and Rising of Cancer

The first category is made up of asbestos that is white in colour while the second is made up of asbestos that is blue in colour.
  • Subjects: Public Health
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1640

Bipolar Illness and Creativity

People should remember that bipolar disorder can be a very dangerous illness that is more likely to harm the creative capacity of an individual, rather than promote it. First of all, the author believes that [...]
  • Subjects: Psychiatry
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 553

Vegetarian Diet as a Health-Conscious Lifestyle

Making a transition from omnivore to vegetarian lifestyle, besides the impact on the person's health, people consider the public opinion and the community's reaction on their decision.
  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 861

Problem of Obesity in Modern Society

Obesity refers to a health condition that is characterized by the accumulation of excessive fat in the body due to an imbalance between the intake and spending of energy.
  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1152

Professional Communication With General Practitioner GP

The purpose of this interview is to link theoretical assumptions on effective communication, with real life communication scenario within the healthcare industry. Effective communication is required in order to maintain professionalism and efficient service delivery [...]
  • Subjects: Healthcare Institution
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 1004

Hookah Smoking and Its Risks

The third component of a hookah is the hose. This is located at the bottom of the hookah and acts as a base.
  • Subjects: Healthcare Research
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2157

Medicare and Medicaid in California

This means that this program offers subsidized services for all poor people and those that are disadvantaged in the society. This means that people earning above the average pay are not allowed to subscribe to [...]
  • Subjects: Healthcare Financing
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 545

Indoor Air Quality in Schools

The concentration of contaminants in the indoor air may lead to the occupants experiencing a range of health symptoms and discomfort. Numerous factors contribute to poor indoor air in the majority of the schools.
  • Subjects: Public Health
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1674

The Sentinel Site for Obesity Prevention

The Sentinel Site has succeeded in achieving the creation of a community to enhance sharing of knowledge, skills and finances because the site works as a community.
  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 949

Diabetic Renal Disease

The high blood sugar levels in the patient usually result in the incapacitation of the kidney hence hindering the normal functioning of this organ.
  • Subjects: Endocrinology
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1700

Effects of Noise on Hearing

The outer part of the year focuses the sound onto the eardrum. The ligament of the stapes of the ear protects the ear against noise but it is slower than sudden sound.
  • Subjects: Physiology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 539

DDT to control insect populations

The above aspects account for some of the factors that led to the DDT ban in countering the spread of malaria.
  • Subjects: Epidemiology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 556

Using DDT to control mosquitoe

It was reported that the population of some birds in certain parts of the United States had reduced. Their activities led to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency in the United States.
  • Subjects: Epidemiology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 562

Aging Issues: Elderly, Cultural Values and Support

The provision of long term care for the elderly is one of the issues in aging. These factors include the sources of long term care finances, the processes used in the determination of a person's [...]
  • Subjects: Geriatrics
  • Pages: 15
  • Words: 4077

Interpretation of Friendship among Confucian and Neo-Confucian writers

In his article "The Fifth Relationship; Dangerous Friendships in the Confucian Context", Norman Kutcher explores the friendship as outlined under the Confucian system. The above writers have different interpretations of friendship of the under the [...]
  • Subjects: Cardiology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1311

B-Cells and Anti Bodies

The second type of B-cells, memory B-cells, comes from aroused B-cells that are particular to the antigen met during the basic immune reaction.
  • Subjects: Immunology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 782

B-Cells Role in the Immune System

It also discusses the role of B-cells in the immune system, antibody production mechanism, and a disease associated with the malfunction of the B - cell mechanism.
  • Subjects: Immunology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 691

The Importance of Consent in Research

The aim of the informed consent is to ensure that research subjects understand the process, benefits, and risks associated with the study.
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 557

Correlation Between Poverty and Obesity

The present research seeks to achieve this through assessing the suggestion that today in the Western nations; the poor are now, for the first time in history, proportionately the most obese in the population groups.
  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1930

Benefits of Vegetarianism

Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and in spite of enormous research efforts and many treatment options, there is still no guaranteed cure for the disease.anou and Svenson assert that in [...]
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  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1640

The Role of Vitamin D for Tuberculosis Treatment

This study investigates the use of vitamin D for the deterrence and cure of tuberculosis and other contagious infections. The unearthing of vitamin D as a therapeutic agent begins with the detection of rickets as [...]
  • Subjects: Epidemiology
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 818

Importance of Red Wine to Human Health

The task of medical workers is to inform the patients about the benefits of consuming red wine and its risks. This is one of the benefits that red wine can bring to a person.
  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 12
  • Words: 3238

Microcytic Hypochromic Anemia

This paper looks at the direct and indirect impacts of lead deposits on the hemoglobin heights and the resultant effect on the blood levels of the same person.
  • Subjects: Other Medical Specialties
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1072

Ethics in Case Management/Rehabilitation

The objective of this paper is that of providing an overview of the most important ethical practices in addition to a number of detailed examples of moral concerns that might occur on a daily basis [...]
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1658

Effects of Globalization in Health Care Administration

In this regard, it fronts considerable challenges to the healthcare sector in the realms of administration and service provision. It is crucial to understand the provisions of globalization and how they affect the healthcare administration.
  • Subjects: Healthcare Institution
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1150

Park Therapeutic Recreation Programs

At the same time, the Berala on the Park is dedicated to providing excellence and compassionate care services to the aging members of the society.
  • Subjects: Rehabilitation
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1904

Childhood SES and Obesity

The data obtained was used to calculate the percentage rates of obesity and it was found that the set benchmark for the disease was exceeded with a margin of 14% for women and 15% for [...]
  • Subjects: Psychiatry
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 837

Why Hookah is better than Cigarette?

Most smokers start the habit as a joke due to peers' pressure during their tender age or in order to be included in the company and as a result spend the rest of their lives [...]
  • Subjects: Public Health
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 1861

Laughter is the best medicine

Kristine Nyhout writes about the importance of laughter to the health of the human body. She also argues that this leads to the increase in T-cell activity that is crucial in the avoidance of diseases.
  • Subjects: Alternative Medicine
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1107

Physician Disagreement Regarding a Patient’s Wishes

The case involves biomedical ethics where the doctors involved had to decide on whether to violate the original request by patient, John R, that he should not be resuscitated in case he was taken to [...]
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 686

Jamaican Healthcare System

The ministry of health in Jamaica is also trying to restructure the processes within the health sector to improve its services to the citizens, enhance service delivery and increase the accessibility as well as accountability [...]
  • Subjects: Healthcare Institution
  • Pages: 10
  • Words: 2776

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

The period proposed will be enough to select the sample to be used in the research. The research assistants to assist in the research will be recruited and trained within two months.
  • Subjects: Healthcare Research
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1146

The Morality of Euthanasia

In the meantime the medication and the doctors are not trivial anymore in stopping the pain and the victim despite all the sufferings, he or she is in a vegetative state and there is nothing [...]
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1361

Health Care Costs for Smokers

Higher Tobacco taxes Some of the smokers have the same viewpoint that the current level of taxes imposed on the tobacco is high, 68%, and most of them, 59%, are in agreement for the increase [...]
  • Subjects: Administration and Regulation
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1261

Healthy Case for Letting Doctors Judge Teens’ Best Interests

The role of parents and doctors in the youths' decision should be in informing teenagers about the consequences of their decisions be means of drawing the future outcome from the medical perspective, trying to apply [...]
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1636

MDMA Abuse Health Risks

MDMA is considered to be one of the most widespread drugs on the territory of the Midwest and the West Coast of America.
  • Subjects: Healthcare Research
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1103

Health Needs of Bourke NSW, Australia

In the case of the Bourke NSW community, the physical environment affects the health of the individual in accessing the health care services.
  • Subjects: Public Health
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 2155

Gender and Demographic Aspects of Eating Disorders

In the situation involving African American women, body image is much more of several factors that include how others react to them, comparisons of their bodies with those of the others in the same environment, [...]
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  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1350

Effects of Alcohol Abuse on Women

Among all these destructive substances, alcohol is the leading one and a significant companion of the 21st century people as well as a way of relaxing to escape the difficulties of posed by life. It [...]
  • Subjects: Pharmacology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 641

Major Langusage Area of Human Brain

For instance, one is to keep in mind that Broca's aphasia is characterized by the so-called telegraphic speech; while Wernicke's aphasia seems to represent the opposite state, when a person's speech is not low, grammar [...]
  • Subjects: Neurology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1403

Is Universal Healthcare a Human Right?

The question of whether universal healthcare is a right or privilege is at the heart of debate on how to reform American healthcare.
  • Subjects: Healthcare Institution
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 618

Head Injuries and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

This is because the proposed study involves examination of the existing cases of head injuries in the sampled population. The study will sample the general population and the patients within the outpatient departments of public [...]
  • Subjects: Healthcare Research
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1083

Medical Ethics: “Sicko” Documentary by Michael Moore

Virtue ethics is a framework that focuses on the personality of the ethical agent as opposed to the suitability of the act. Ethically, it is pleasing to fund a policy aiming at improving the health [...]
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 547

Diagnosis and Treatment for Autism Disorder

Children with autism are therefore able to reason and even interpret the feelings of other people but the challenge is to communicate the response to other people.
  • Subjects: Psychiatry
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 838

Eating Disorders Among Teenage Girls

According to recent research conducted, mass media has affected most teens negatively in the following ways: Media Version of physical beauty The teens are not mindful of the fact that the messages that they are [...]
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  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1573

Nutrition Challenges in UAE

The second article involves a study conducted by Al-Haddad, Little and Ghafoor which assessed the national prevalence of obesity among school children in the UAE.
  • Subjects: Healthcare Research
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1116

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention

Socio-cultural factors Some of the most common socio-cultural factors influencing the recovery of TBI patients centre on the role of family and friends in the healing process, education and prevention programs, how the patients cope [...]
  • Subjects: Public Health
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1600

Employee Use of a Complementary and Alternative Medicine

The priorities of medical personnel who work in military medical facilities are to selflessly devote their time and efforts towards saving the lives of soldiers who are injured during wars. The above findings indicate that [...]
  • Subjects: Alternative Medicine
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 546

Biological Factors Involved in Stress

The Role of Brain in Stress In addition, the brain is the main organ that plays a major role in the body's view and reaction to stress.
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  • Subjects: Physiology
  • Pages: 5
  • Words: 1380

Concept of Cardiovascular Diseases in UK

Around 19 per cent of male and 10 per cent of female die prematurely due to the disease totaling the number of premature deaths in the UK to 31,000 as of 2006 according to the [...]
  • Subjects: Cardiology
  • Pages: 9
  • Words: 1701

Battle Against Multiple Sclerosis

Recently the government formed a team of scientist and tasked the team with the task of determining the possibility of finding a cure for the disease.
  • Subjects: Neurology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 631

Patient Priority and the Cost Effectiveness

In addition, service providers find it hard in making the decision between saving the lives of people and compromising the quality of services due to their high cost.
  • Subjects: Healthcare Financing
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1973

Autism: Qualitative Research Design

Golafshani continues to argue that the use of the term "dependability" in qualitative studies is a close match to the idea of "reliability" in quantitative research.
  • Subjects: Healthcare Research
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 560

Music Therapy Effectiveness

In addition to this, research has shown that stroke patients become more involved in therapy sessions once music is incorporated in the treatment program; this is the motivational aspect of music.
  • Subjects: Cardiology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1147

Obesity Epidemic in the USA

Obesity is one of the leading causes of global deaths despite the notion that it is a preventable and avoidable condition.
  • Subjects: Healthy Nutrition
  • Pages: 8
  • Words: 2145

Mental Illnesses History and Treatment

Mental illness is mainly the disorder of the brain that interrupts with a person's thinking and the ability to relate to others.
  • Subjects: Psychiatry
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1997

Open-Loop Controlled Movements

The main difference between the ideas of open-loop controlled movements and closed-loop controlled movements is in the consideration of the further steps.
  • Subjects: Physiology
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 546

Placebo Theories and Mechanisms

The use of placebo and the consequent placebo effect in medical practice have elicited a mixture of reactions for many years.
  • Subjects: Alternative Medicine
  • Pages: 2
  • Words: 477

Animal Testing: Why It Is Still Being Used

The major reason for such "devotion" to animal testing can be explained by the fact that alternative sources of testing are insufficient and too inaccurate to replace conventional way of testing.
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 6
  • Words: 1627

Malaria’s and Agriculture Relationship in Kenya

This case study analyses the relationship between malaria and agriculture and some of the measures which have been put in place to lower the occurrence of the disease.
  • Subjects: Epidemiology
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1177

Medically Assisted Suicide Problem

If laws are passed permitting assisted suicide, relatives of sick individuals may even urge them to seek suicide to end the suffering and pain.
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 3
  • Words: 796

Ethical Dilemma in Medical Practice

The particular ethical principles that are inherent in this case include the following: Justice: the doctor, in this case, feels a strong sense of duty to serve the patient, though the patient cannot clearly satisfy [...]
  • Subjects: Medical Ethics
  • Pages: 7
  • Words: 1900

Critical Analysis of Health care system in Canada

Assumptions and stereotypes that health care providers have relating to Aboriginal people determine the nature of treatment that they receive from health care system. Thus, race and racialization are factors that contribute to discrimination of [...]
  • Subjects: Healthcare Institution
  • Pages: 4
  • Words: 1124
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