Category: Health & Medicine 13691
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Measles Virus Persistence and Its Consequences
Treponema Pallidum is a spiral spirochete that is shaped like a corkscrew. It is the causative agent of syphilis, penetrating into the damaged area of the skin. The disease is prone without treatment to a chronic course and relapses, which can affect all organs and systems. The periodization of syphilis is regarded as an expression…
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Case Study: Community Blood Center
The healthcare system is highly dependent on blood donations that hospitals receive from local and national centers. However, those supplies may be expensive, especially if a community has a monopolist. The case under consideration describes an attempt to establish a new blood center that would provide affordable material to hospitals in Charlotte, NC. However, it…
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Iron Deficiency Anemia Diagnosis and Symptoms
Based on the description of Ms. A’s condition, the patient has the most common type of anemia – iron deficiency anemia, “particularly microcytic anemia, which is characterized by the small number of red blood cells” (Mayo Clinic Staff, 2016, para. 2). It is important to mention that microcytic anemia can also be attributed to inherited…
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Financial Implications of Nurse Understaffing
Background In recent years, the relationship between nurse understaffing and adverse events such as medical errors, poor patient outcomes, and burnout has attracted considerable interest among nurse practitioners and other medical stakeholders. Research is consistent that nurse understaffing has affected many countries globally due to factors such as cost-containment, commercialization of medical institutions, deterioration of…
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Promotion and Implementation of Evidence-Based Medicine
Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusions References Introduction Leading science in the wrong direction can be caused by different aspects. The fraud, as an important cause, can be an aspect, but omitting the bad intention factor, the science can be sometimes directed by ideas that are directly implemented into practice, driven by forces that…
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Cholera Outbreak in Sierra Leone
In my study, the empirical research problem is cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone. As such, the principal aim of this study is to identify the causes and the extent of the outbreak. The units of analysis will be the prevalence of the disease and population, causes of the outbreak, and the role of poverty in…
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Aggression, Violence, Psychopathy
Violence is a striking problem nowadays which is obvious in society. This way of negative emotional expression is the intention that is needful for people being impulsive and unbalanced. This problem is still being discussed and researched by plenty of psychiatrists and medics. The paper is dedicated to analyzing the four points according to the…
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Discussion: Overeating and Behavioral Approach
Health behaviors are specific actions taken by people that affect their health. Overeating is the particular health behavior being addressed; it is a common habit that is difficult to break. The decision to break this cycle was made because eating too much is a major cause of obesity. Moreover, it can potentially cause chronic illnesses…
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NP Bill Review: S3506 or A1535
Table of Contents Bill Description Effect on Nurse Practitioners Local Representatives and Bill Support References Bill Description The bill under review can be regarded as either S3506 or A1535, and it dwells on the possibility of providing nurse practitioners with more freedom in terms of individual patient care. This bill is exceptionally important because it…
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Who is Responsible for our Weight
The essay “Are you responsible for your own weight?” describes the min problems and causes of obesity and obesity-related diseases in America. The author states that obesity is a direct result of unhealthy eating and eating disorders. As western pop culture is shipped abroad to sell western commodities, the problem went as well like unwanted…