Health & Medicine Essay Examples and Topics. Page 90

There are several causes, including damage of the hair cells and impairment of the neurotransmitter cells that are responsible for ensuring that sound is transmitted to the brain.

Camargo published in the Journal of American Geriatric Society on 11/19/2004 intends to determine the rate of inappropriate administration of drugs to the elderly in emergency departments.

The complexity of the technology for producing GM organisms is combined with its fantastic imperfection, which is the reason for the presence of biological risks in the commercial cultivation of GMOs and the use of [...]

The purpose of the future project will be to investigate the potential of technological applications in achieving and supporting the wellness of people."Health" and "wellness" are two terms that are often regarded as synonyms; however, [...]

The main purpose of the given teaching plan is to provide a concept of sexually transmitted diseases, their types, routes of transmission, pathogens, and signs and methods of prevention.

The next step in the pre-operative management is the organization of the theatre team and the environment for conducting the surgery to make it safe for a patient.

Before a patient is diagnosed to have schizophrenia, the person must have two or more of the following symptoms for at least a month according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth [...]

Social ecology includes the hub of the suppositions of human health and the progression of useful strategies to enhance personal and combined welfare.

Healthy People 2020 is a science-based governmental program designed to track progress on the national goals for improving public health in the United States. The scope of Healthy People 2020 is broad.

The analysis of the leading causes of death across the country identifies the most problematic health issues on the national scale.

The primary purpose of the study conducted by Zhai et al.was to explore the link between perceived family and peer gambling and binge drinking and problem gambling.

Based on the study by Hailu, Mergal, Nishimwe, Samson, and Santos, the majority of adolescents receive no advice from parents concerning the unwanted consequences of sexual relationships, including STDs. Since 2013, in people aged 15-24, [...]

However, the negative side of it is that such an intervention is limited to those patients who are verbal and have limited vocabulary.

The urgency of the problem is manifested in the fact that isolation of the aging period and the development of gerontological issues are associated with a complex of socio-economic, biological, and psychological reasons.

I am told that it will take a few months for the experiment results to be properly sorted out and analyzed.

The first relates to a couple that uses the method correctly every time the couple has sexual intercourse and the latter is for an average couple who actually do not use the method every time [...]

The programs should be designed in a way that in the end, the customers can be able to see the results or some change as the program goes on.

Hence, the topic of AI and smart health devices and its application in healthcare was chosen for this paper because of the relevance and its ability to address the contemporary issues existing within the context [...]

The research question of whether there is a connection between rates of patient satisfaction and patient outcomes is of importance to current healthcare research.

The performance of the microsystem is generally high, and there are processes in place to measure outcomes consistently, report any gaps to managers and staff, and implement improvement processes.

There is a probability of bleeding and infection with every surgery but these are complications that can be managed without posing a serious health risk Nerve damage is one of the more serious risks associated [...]

The cause of death in SIDS remains inexplicable in spite of a thorough examination of history and a detailed postmortem. In the United States of SIDS is the leading cause of post-neonatal infant mortality.

Applied kinesiology is very different from kinesiology, which is the study of movements of the human body. However, the technique aims to diagnose illnesses in patients by testing the level of strength of the various [...]

The latter depends upon the ratio of replaceable and irreplaceable amino acids in those proteins, as well as their digestibility in the alimentary tract.

The survey consisted of 20 questions and wherein they assessed the procedures in place for HIPPA compliance, the involvement of the Health Information Managers with regards to setting HIPPA policy, the incidents of confidentiality breaches [...]

Body image distortion, wherein the individual has an inaccurate perception of body shape and size is considered to be the cause of the intense fear of gaining weight or becoming fat witnessed in individuals with [...]

The value of the study is linked to a large range of recommendations for improving public environments to increase the health outcomes of the population.

The Eden Alternative is a nursing home model of care that places decision-making power into the hands of its clients and their families.

Thus, the discharge treatment plan for the patient should acknowledge her input and focus on providing her and her family with support and health maintenance activities.

I talked to the patient's daughter to get additional information about the patient's medical history and symptoms. In the future, I will consider more therapies and lifestyle changes to offer to the patient.

An important aspect of the pathogenesis is the autoimmune lesion of the orexin neurons of the hypothalamus, which leads to a decrease in the level of hypocretin-1.

Considering the rapid onset of the patient's symptoms and the history of hypertension, vascular dementia seems to be the most appropriate diagnosis for him.

The US is one of the front emitters of carbon dioxide in the world and the current policies of the federal government that led to withdrawal from the Paris Agreement only worsen the situation.

The purpose of the paper is to overview and discuss the processes of environmental decision-making regarding the population's health burden from chronic illnesses.

Using this approach in the context of the dilemma in question gives a possibility to analyze the ability of the nurse to reason morally and to exercise the virtue of telling the truth.

According to the National Institute of Health, the arrhythmias in a patient's heart is the leading cause of a cardiac arrest in most patients.

Cardiovascular disease and breast cancer are the major diseases which are affecting Canadian women. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for women in Canada.

Studies show that the threat of patient abuse in the nursing environment rises with the extent of emotional and physical pressure experienced by nurses in the workplace environment.

In general, this condition develops due to insufficient bone mass and alterations in the amount and composition of proteins in the bones.

This is related to the increase in the number of stroke survival patients and the growth of the elderly population. The Bobath concept views the functional disabilities of a stroke victim as a problem, that [...]

In the United States, up to one-half of the citizens will spend at least a few years of their lives in a nursing home.

I believe that spiritual care involves listening to a person and providing for their spiritual needs in a manner that fits both the care providers' and the patients' worldview.

The comparison is no pharmacological treatment or placebo to exclude the use of other medications, and the outcome is the reduction of delirium severity.

The purpose of this research proposal is to identify the need for implementation and evaluation of a valid intervention aimed at pain reduction in osteoarthritis patients.

On the contrary, intrarenal acute renal failure is associated solely with the processes in the main parts of the kidney, such as glomeruli, interstitium, intrarenal blood vessels, and tubules.

To fight against it, researchers and governments have mobilized and fundamentally altered the course of the disease and transformed the prognosis for millions of individuals living with HIV/AIDS.

The most common is the post-concussion syndrome, known as PCS, which affects up to 10% of patients with a history of a single concussion.

In recent years, the medical community has pondered the radically new approach to cancer treatment, which is isolating and collecting T-cells from the patient.

Thus, the purpose of the current paper is to present a PICOT question on the issue of reporting violent accidents as present evidence to supplement the research on the topic.

The purpose of this work is to determine how to avoid or reduce the number of specimen collection errors in the process of clinical medical research by finding evidence in academic literature and discussing a [...]

According to Garran and Rasmussen, the patient's prejudice towards the doctor about the race of the latter is one of the examples that are found in care facilities periodically.

The current status of health is highly reliant on a number of factors, which are linked to the everyday life of a population.

The Gerontological Society of America is an organization, which aims to research and ensure the health and wellness of aging among American older adults.

The log also presents the analysis of the social characteristics, attitudes of other people to the observed individual, and the general conclusions about the developmental stage and its relevance to the theories of aging.

This paper will explain how physical examination needs to be adjusted to better meet the needs of children between the ages of five and 12 and describe the case of a child patient in relation [...]

When nurses engage their colleagues who have the requisite skills in community service and team building, they increase the scale of knowledge held by the new professionals in the team.

It is one of the key themes in the Bible, and it shapes the Christian vision of a place of a human being in the world.

But it was in the middle of the twentieth century that the name transsexualism was fixed for this disorder for the first time by Cauldwell and after a few years Benjamin in the US and [...]

The experiment was performed using a Snellen chart and FrACT to test the acuity of the participant's vision. Figure 1 summarizes the results of the hearing test, while figure 2 displays the outcomes of the [...]

On the other hand, the common cold can be caused by more than two-hundred types of viruses, and the attack of the virus is more concentrated in the nose.

However, to avoid all this, a physician must decide on a policy with the patient before testing, which will decide with whom the results will the shared and under what circumstances, the confidentiality may be [...]

Osteoporosis results from the loss of the normal density of bone the spine, hips, and wrists are common areas of bone fractures from Osteoporosis.

In this instance, the patient was admitted to the hospital with the assistance of his daughter, who was with her father when the MI happened.

Besides a description of HPV pathogenesis and epigenetics, the paper provides an overview of the global incidence and prevalence rates pertaining to infection and cervical cancer. HPV and HPV genotypes 16 and 18, in particular, [...]

Some of the contributing factors are eating foods rich in energy and fats, lack of exercises, changing work forces whereby people spend the whole day sitting down in the offices, urban sprawl, advertisements of foods [...]

Emerging diseases refer to the newly identified pathogens that have been recognized in the past few decades that lead to a new manifestation of diseases.

To achieve this, Non-anesthesiologists performing sedation should be fully trained in the physiology of sedation, the pharmacology of sedatives and analgesics, the monitoring of patients, and in airway support, ventilatory care, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Ability to understand by which the individual is declared competent if one has the ability to knowingly act on information given in the process of obtaining consent.

In the area of new reproductive technologies, for instance, some women have campaigned to end the use of techniques such as IVF, seeing them as potentially genocidal and of no value to women.

The main arguments that the authors suggest are: Inconsistent use of labels for the alternative plans minimized the likelihood that the public would understand the details of any of them; The conflicts frame narrowed public [...]

The council faced rising pressure to address the long hours worked by medical residents and a rising public concern from the safety of the patient and this was followed by attempts by the residents to [...]

There exist several theories about the causes of schizophrenia, the most convincing of them are: the theory of genetic predispositions, the theory of prenatal or vital antecedents and the theory of social and environmental causes.

The nurse of the future is business-and-patient orientated, able to manage administration tasks and engage with software and hardware to record accurate reports of practices, as well as delegate responsibility, follow chains of command, work [...]

Whether nanoscale silver or stem cell research, patients realize that the benefits of this technology go without saying. While silver provides many effective applications, stem cell research is the best alternative for curing pancreatic cancer.

Other methods of birth control are avoiding intercourse in the vagina and sexual abstinence. The most effective methods of birth control are sterilization, intrauterine devices, and implants.

Other studies show that levels of dioxins increase the risk of cancer, reproductive and developmental problems, and an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes.

Anorexia nervosa is more common in the industrialized countries, where being thin is considered to be more attractive, and is more frequent in Whites than the nonwhite populations. In the age group of 10-14 years, [...]

The rationale for this position is mostly based on the fact that teen pregnancy tends to create more complex problems in the future pertaining to the education and literacy rate of the population, the increase [...]

Accumulation of too much fat in the lining of cardiovascular arteries and other organs of the body may result to health problems such as hypertensions, stroke and heart diseases. The risk of getting heart problems [...]

The combination of full-time work with full-time study immense pressure on an individual to keep a balance between the two activities and also the problem to meet family commitments, participate in leisure and other activities.

The article by Seley and Weinger, improving diabetes self management attempts to address the possible barriers to patient education and the role of the nurse in assisting the patient to manage diabetes.

The presented data suggested that obesity is a major cause in increasing the incidence, and the incident cases of diabetes are becoming more obese.

The research works to eliminate all of the unique aspects of the environment in order to apply the results to the largest possible number of subjects and experiments.

This will mean that what men are supposed to do is to get assistance and checkups so that they can have treatment of their disease within the time when the signs show in their bodies.

From these statistics, it is easy to deduce the effect of the disease of humankind. At the international level, more and more funds have been committed to the treatment of AIDS.

This disorder can be a chronic problem and is associated with negative consequences that may reduce the quality of life for the individuals who struggle with it.

The growing number of homeless people in the 4 new states calls for immediate action in terms of giving them medical cares since other hospitals require a medical scheme from any person seeking treatment. An [...]

Bones, on the outside, are sturdy structures that protect and support the internal organs of the body and also affect the posture and overall shape of the body. It is composed of calcium and the [...]

Seven closely related variables can be identified in the problem, namely AIDS, Sexual intercourse, homosexualism, multiple sexual partnerships, use of condoms, psychological afflictions like perversions, and Awareness.

The American Cancer Society or the ACS is the "The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based voluntary health organization. The goal of the American Cancer Society is the impediment of cancer thereby saving the [...]

Diabetes type 2 is a disease that occurs when the body does not respond to insulin normally, leading to the rise of a sugar level.

The American Nurses Association recognized the necessity to offer culturally competent care and established in the association's code that nurses, in all qualified relations, are required to practice with care and respect for the intrinsic [...]

The therapists engaged in home healthcare have to move recurrently to the residences of their patients. Additionally, progress in treating sufferers of heart attacks, mishap victims, and untimely infants will boost the requirement for the [...]

The cancer of the early blood-forming cells that develop in the bone marrow is termed leukemia. This paper briefly discusses the environmental risk factors involved in acute lymphocytic or acute myelogenous leukemia.

Most people are suffering from various pregnancy-related traumas as more and more couples are experiencing conceiving difficulties due to the current unhealthy food intake and environmental conditions; thus, having a baby could change a lot [...]

The disease develops gradually and is said to be a disease of the old because it relates to the inability to remember.

It is likely that allergy often plays a role in the development and exacerbation of intrinsic asthma. The characteristic inflammatory cells of asthma are mast cells and eosinophils.

Galek, Flanneily, Vane & Galek posit that there are seven major constructs to examine when one assesses the spirituality of the patient conceptualizing the constructs of belonging, meaning, hope, the sacred, morality, beauty, and acceptance [...]

The argument exists that because some embryos are created in petri dishes and require implantation into a womb to achieve their full potential that they should not be considered human life, and therefore, can be [...]

The lack of knowledge in the field of domestic violence reduces the ability of nurses to help victims of intimate partner violence.

Under this circumstance, the nurse is supposed to play the role of stabilizing the patient, limiting both physical and psychological complications as well as optimizing the health potential of the patient.

The movie is devoted to her immense donation to the universal HIV/AIDS struggle in India, but along with the help to HIV infected people, she made the greatest ever contribution to the matters of peace [...]

Lewis points out that, "HIV/AIDS has sabotaged all of the socioeconomic indices, and the continued damaging western policies in trade and aid and debt, serve to drive the nails into the coffins".

One main technological advance that has contributed to the rise of obesity is the advances in the entertainment and electronics industries.

This disease is a type of brain disease which if remain unnoticed affects the entire personality and life of the patient.

The mission of the program is to assist older adults by promoting improved nutrition and better health. The project needs more volunteers, government funding, and donations to make the job of the staff easier and [...]

However, by improving the reciprocity between a patient and a nurse with the help of different types of media, one can address the issues temporarily, at the same time working on long-term goals such as [...]

The human body's normal functioning is strictly dependent on the balance of oxygen in the blood, and any abnormalities lead to a number of pathological conditions.

Spirituality is seen as one of the important components of care since this aspect is closely related to people's recovery and ability to adjust to new conditions.

The combination of excessive exercise, stress, and weight loss leads to the reduction in the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and amenorrhea.

Similarly, in the story of Henrietta Lacks, informed consent was not obtained, and the woman was unaware that her cells were being used in research.

Crisis Management which was limited at the corporate level has now been extended to the National and International level, after the outburst of terrorist attacks in the US, UK, and India and also the spread [...]

The range of barriers and challenges linked to the topic include the lack of public transportation services in rural areas, financial instability, disability, and health issues that prevent individuals from safely driving.

To effectively respond to accidents, it is extremely important to learn more about the reasons for natural disasters and the way the staff makes emergency decisions.

Hence, selection of the technique most valuable in guiding management during the acute phase of injury is essential, as is the assessment of the additional value of the technique in predicting outcome.

She is the guardian of Lanesha and, despite raising another grandson and caring for her elderly mother, she is responsible for the health of the girl.

Therefore, strategies for assisting older adults to transfer to a new stage of their development and retain the extent of their activity are important goals. Moreover, it is critical to ensure that the healthcare needs [...]

One of the most important tasks for society is to control the spread of diseases, and rabies is among those that are targeted the most.

The patient's preliminary and current symptoms align with the typical presentation of syphilis, thus suggesting the onset of the condition's second stage.

There is no denying the importance of the fact that its development was greatly connected with the progress of biology, medicine and anatomy which opened the issues of cloning, genetic transformation.