Category: Health & Medicine 13691

Executive Summary Virtual reality (VR) is a rapidly developing technology that contains significant potential for medical application. The ability to develop and deliver sufficiently realistic visuals augmented by auditory and tactile enhancements has been successfully utilized in a number of medical interventions. The areas of VR implementation include treatment of eating disorders, phobias, post-traumatic stress…

The increase in the consumption of opioid drugs in Canada has led to overdose prevention centers that offer peer-assisted drug injection and supervised drug injection. The author shows that different sites offer different services. For example, Mike’s site in Moss Park is a peer-assisted injection site where volunteers like Mike inject the users with safe…

The most interesting information related to the research is the relationship between the skeletal and immune systems. There is bone marrow inside the interior walls of the bones, which is essential for proper immune system development. In addition, there are stem cells inside this region, which are crucial for immune system maintenance. The process of…

Introduction Medical devices decontamination services for re-processing re-usable invasive medical devices used by several hospitals is a very important undertaking in view of the critical role that these medical devices play in the lives of human beings (ISO 14971:2000). Consistency of contamination control within the clean room is therefore of utmost importance. This can only…

Lung reduction surgery can help relieve symptoms by removing the most affected and no longer functioning parts of the lungs. This procedure, however, has been the center of much controversy over whether the potential benefits may be outweighed by the potential harm and expense. Hence, it is reasonable to present the crucial points regarding the…

Table of Contents Introduction Strategy, Vision, and Alignment Innovative Aspects in HIT HIT Governance Computerized Provider Order Entry Benefits of CPO Details Conclusion References Introduction Health Information Technology (HIT) includes various modern technologies used in healthcare. First of all, HITs are used in order to improve the effectiveness and quality of healthcare. Second, they increase…

Contraceptive methods have increasingly gained popularity over the last decade. They are perceived as one of the most effective ways to prevent unplanned pregnancy, and for this reason, they have massively gained acceptability among women. This paper discusses the subdermal contraceptive implant, exemplifies how it works, and provides statistical evidence of its effectiveness. Some of…

Table of Contents Goals Accomplishment in the Project Nature of Personal Experience Beneficial Resources in the Project Importance of a Navigator in the Project References Goals Accomplishment in the Project The goal of the program “Reducing door-to-balloon time for acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in the primary percutaneous intervention” was to develop practical strategies to reduce…

Yvonne, a 38-year-old housewife and mother of three, complains that she has a hard time closing her jaws. In fact, she says that she is unable to close her mouth completely. She says that this started 2 days ago when she opened her mouth really wide and yawned, right after she had just woken up.…

Introduction Renal failure is also called kidney failure and refers to a condition where the kidneys become dysfunctional. It can be divided into chronic and acute renal failures that occur due to a wide variety of medical problems. The detection of renal failure can be done using measurements of serum creatinine and find whether they…