Category: Health & Medicine 13691
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Trends in Consumer Eating Habits
Contemporary consumers tend to practice a variety of eating habits caused by health, ethical, and sustainability issues. In particular, a versatile number of restrictive diets have become very popular in the recent past. They include vegan baking trends, vegetarian diets, gluten-free, paleo, nut exclusion, and others. These frequently observed consumer eating habits will be explored…
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Informed Letter Consent: What It Includes
Table of Contents Consent procedure Ethical Considerations Confidentiality Consent Agreement References The requirements for human use are informed by guidelines for good clinical practice as outlined by the Institutional Review Board [(IRB) Brown, 2011]. In this study, the rights and well-being of patients are a priority and will transcend societal and scientific interests. Each subject…
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Electron Microscopy in Pathology
Table of Contents Introduction Specimens Specimen preparation Usefulness of EM References Introduction Electron microscopy has become established as a useful diagnostic tool in pathology. Diagnostic electron microscopy entails the utilization of electron microscopy and its associated methods in all of their ramifications for the study of human disease as well as animal disease (Zond &…
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The Aspects of Arterial Stiffness
Introduction Study purpose The study’s purpose is to assess the results of blood pressure measurement by different devices and the relation of these findings to arterial stiffness. The study purpose stated in the article is to analyze the differences between oscillometric blood pressure devices and a sphygmomanometer about the healthiness of the elderly population because…
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Areas of Difficulty Faced by Nurses
From the viewer’s perspective, nurses are seen as hardworking and loving caregivers in their communities and hospitals. In addition to this, nurses are also people with thoughts, feelings, and limitations on how much stress they can handle. Both areas of difficulty that I have encountered are caused by a lot of workplace stress for nurses.…
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“Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human” by Ramachandran
Table of Contents Introduction Uniqueness of the Brain The Information Transfer Puzzle The Subject of Autism The Mind and Art The Aptitude of the Brain Conclusion Reference Introduction Written by Ramachandran, the book The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes us Human is a must-read research on the main incredible and contentious topics…
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An Adult Male Patient With Tonic-Clonic Seizure
The patient is Kurt Johnson, a white male 48 years old. He was admitted to having a tonic-clonic seizure. The patient had a head injury after falling off a ladder at work a year and a half ago. CAT scan showed scar tissue overgrowth in the frontal lobe. What is Kurt’s GCS, and what does…
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Treatment Alternatives Evaluation
Policymaking requires standards – criteria against which policymakers test the anticipated outcomes of alternative treatments. According to Collins (2005), five criteria should be applied during treatment evaluation: relevance, progress, efficiency, effectiveness, and impact. These standards help in understanding if the intervention contributes to the health needs of the target population, what the projected results are,…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis: Determining the Effectiveness of Anti-CCP Antibodies
Proposed Methodology Overview The study will be conducted because specific, reliable and predictable diagnostic tests for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) are lacking (Niewold, Harrison & Paget, 2007). Yet, studies have shown that RA is the most common form of autoimmune rheumatoid illness and affects thousands of people in the US and millions in the world (Dollah,…
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Protocol for Focus Group
Table of Contents Introduction Specific Aims and Hypotheses Background and Significance Theoretical / Conceptual Framework Design (including justification for choosing your design) Methods of Data Collection Results Discussion Conclusion Reference List Introduction Focus group for the study is required for proper analysis and assessment of the input data, and for further offering of the possible…