Category: Disease

Introduction Heart failure is a syndrome arising from the deterioration of the heart’s pumping function, resulting in its inability to provide a regular blood supply to the entire body. There are disturbances related to the circulation of nutrients and oxygen, which lead to blood stasis. Otherwise, heart failure is called ventricular dysfunction syndrome, which causes…

Despite the high level of development of modern healthcare, the medical community still faces problems that have a negative impact on patient outcomes. The tasks faced by doctors and nurses include not only the provision of qualified care but also the search for opportunities to exclude issues related to public health. One of these problems…

Despite the high level of development of modern healthcare, the medical community still faces problems that have a negative impact on patient outcomes. The tasks faced by doctors and nurses include not only the provision of qualified care but also the search for opportunities to exclude issues related to public health. One of these problems…

Table of Contents Introduction Mesothelioma Disease and Asbestos Statistics Identification, Control and Prevention of Mesothelioma Safety and health Conclusion Reference List Introduction Following industrialization, the production of materials that would be used in development increased. Production increased development as the companies developed economically. Production involved making of chemical substances. Little information was known about the…

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis affecting previously healthy young infants and children. During its first acute stage, it manifests as a high fever (over 101°F) that persists for at least five days (Patel & Shulman, 2015). Furthermore, four of the following clinical characteristics are required to diagnose KD: “bilateral conjunctival injection; erythema of…

Abstract Leprosy is a highly contagious disease that is caused by M. leprae. The disease affects the cooler parts of the body, especially acral parts of the body. Leprosy is endemic and mainly found in low socio-economic communities across the globe. Leprosy evolves from a local to a general form of the disease as it…

Defining the Community The specific population for the assessment is the geriatric population (the elderly), which is defined as a population aged sixty-five years and older. However, in some cases, the age cutoff of sixty and older is acceptable for defining the population as geriatric. Within the U.S. community, a geriatric population possesses skills and…

Schizophrenia is a very dangerous mental disease, which affects a human mind in numerous ways. It warps a person’s perception of reality, disrupts standard patterns of thinking, and can even affect them on an emotional level, making them unable to feel certain emotions, such as empathy (“Schizophrenia,” n.d.). Treating patients diagnosed with schizophrenia can be…

Table of Contents CDC OSHA ACHC CMS FDA References CDC CDC is the abbreviation for the Centers for Disease Control. The given regulatory agency remains one of the most important institutions related to healthcare in the United States as it the range of its responsibilities is definitely broad (“About CDC 24.7,” 2017). The agency is…

Public health genomics may be defined as the field of study where gene sequences can be used to benefit the society. With the knowledge of genes and their functions being known to the scientific world, one can put those stored and retrieved data to a great use to tackle public health challenges (Public health genomics,…