Each system of our body has different structures and functions that work together to keep our bodies healthy and functioning. Musculoskeletal system consists of 2 systems- muscular and skeletal systems. These systems are responsible for body movements, protection of internal organs, support, and posture. Skeletal system is divided into two skeletons: axial and appendicular skeleton. Axial skeleton contains the skull,...
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‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’, by Rebecca Skloot (2010) tells a story of a poor African American woman whose cancer cells were extracted without her awareness or consent and used for medical research at a lab of the Johns Hopkins University hospital. These cancer cells, later known as HeLa cells would become a major breakthrough in the field of...
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A mental health disorder characterised by persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities, causing significant impairment in daily life. Possible causes include a combination of biological, psychological and social sources of distress. Increasingly, research suggests that these factors may cause changes in brain function, including altered activity of certain neural circuits in the brain. The persistent feeling of...
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Taking cells from patients is a standard practice of biomedical research worldwide from the 50s till today. The first immortal cell line (HeLa cells) were created from cervical cancer cells taken from Henrietta Lacks, a young mother of five children died in 1951 at the age of 31 after seeking treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital for an aggressive form of...
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In the medical field, a virus named Hepatitis was disclosed by Dr. Baruch Blumberg in 1965. Dr. Baruch Blumberg received a Nobel Prize for his significant discovery that impacted the medical field with its benefits of knowing about the disease. The primary name of Hepatitis was called the 'Australia Antigen'. 'Australia Antigen' was found when scientists looked for an Australian...
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The human body is made up of various kinds of organ system. Out of which, the system which comprises of bones etc. is known as Skeletal System. This system is made up of Bones, Ligaments, Cartilages, Tissues etc. and forms the basic structure of the human body which provides the shape, size and rigidity to it. The skeleton can be...
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Before we effectively deal with drug addiction, we must get a clearer picture of the problem as it stands in the current social context. The development of technology and the transformation of Malaysian society have caused the effort of the government, public institutions and parents in solving the drugs abuse among the young break off. The development of technology is...
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“VA insurance is refusing to pay his surgical bill since the surgery was not performed at a VA hospital and Jason is currently appealing that decision” (Khan, 1). This is a problem majority of veterans may face when needing assistance with bills or money. Veterans’ benefits system has been around ever since the 17th century when pilgrims passed a law...
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People know quite a lot about addiction - not only about drug addiction and alcoholism, but also about bulimia, shopaholism and deceit. Cinematography is often referred to the topic of non-chemical dependencies: these topics are touched upon, for example, in Lars von Trier's ‘Nymphomaniac’ and Damien Chazelle's ‘Whiplash’. However, in the classical literature, other types of addiction are more common....
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Coronary artery disease is one of the most normal but dangerous disease in the world. It spreads widely because the huge morbidity. Coronary artery disease is always happen in people who are smoking, drinking too many alcohol, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, overweight, high stress in their life, and, family history. For the family history, if your parent, grandpa, grandma...
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Pain is the body voice that you need to listen to your body. Chronic body aches really make you suffer a lot; relieve it with natural methods and Ayurvedic remedies and herbs. “It’s not just pain. It’s a complete mental and emotional assault on your body” – Jamie Wingo. Popping up pills is surely an instant but not permanent solution...
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Spinal cord injuries (SCI) are debilitating injuries affecting a large portion of Canadian society. Motor deficits, a hallmark feature of spinal lesions, can be improved in less severe cases through neuroplasticity in the central nervous system. However, commonly used psychoactive drugs, such as alcohol and cannabis, have been shown to impair cortical neuroplasticity, which may impair recovery in individuals with...
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In 'Stress: Portrait of a Killer' a documentary by National Geographic goes in depth about how dangerous stress can be. For humans stress is always present. There is always a worry about work, finances, relationships, and other situations that poses a challenge. In most mammals stress is a few minutes of terror in a in a habitat full of predators....
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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a group of diseases that can be transferred from person to person or between sexual partners through sexual intercourse. These diseases travel via semen, sperm, blood or vaginal fluids from one person to the next through sexual contact, and from mother to child. These includes diseases such as gonorrhoea, chlamydia, syphilis, HIV and genital herpes...
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When a patient is admitted to the hospital the issue to tackle is not necessarily only the immediate course of evaluation and treatment, but to also address what lies ahead of the initial admittance. The lack of follow-up care post hospital discharge is a matter of contention within the United States healthcare system and a direct causation of high readmittance...
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Ebola virus disease mainly about a zoonotic disease caused by Genus Ebola virus infection. It is an epidemic disease and commonly causes fatality not only among the humans infected but also among the animals like chimpanzees, monkeys and gorillas. The Ebola virus commonly infect people who lived in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra and Leone. This disease was first discovered in 1976...
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Sneezing, runny nose, red eye, itching... No doubt, the pollens are back. How can we protect ourselves from it? What are effective treatments? When the good days come, your eyes sting and tearful, your nose runs, you sneeze. The signs don't deceive, you're probably allergic to pollen, a common health problem. We tell you more about the symptoms and treatment...
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Our America is full of diversity and multiple ethnic groups, this is what makes us unique. How does this help us, if we do not understand the basics about each other? Everyone in healthcare needs to establish and understand their own cultural beliefs before trying to understand those of a different ethnic group. The purpose of this paper is to...
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An individual who loves and accepts themselves is one thing, yet one who is in love with their appearance is another, someone of this nature is seen as narcissistic. The word narcissism originates from a Greek mythological figure named, Narcissus. Narcissus was a young, vain, self-absorbed man who fell in love with his reflection in the water. Being unable to...
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In the work of an occupational therapist, prejudice is very relevant. Prejudice is a big issue in any health sector professions, as professionals are interacting with a wide range of people every day from minority groups. A study done in 1998 of the rates of prejudice among nursing students showed that most of them had a limited awareness of race...
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Merle Mishel was born in Boston Massachusetts in 1939 and much of her practice in nursing was geared towards her theory of perceived ambiguity in illness scale, later named uncertainty of illness (Bailey & Stewart, 2017). This uncertainty of illness focuses on one’s outlook of what is happening to them, whether it is a new diagnosis or a chronic illness,...
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The day you find out that you have lupus is a day you’ll always remember. It sticks with you like remembering where you were the day Elvis died. It is like a dividing line between the “normal” days before and your “new normal” afterward. Everyone has different symptoms that lead them to make that first appointment. Mine came when I...
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Based on a research, it has been estimated that Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL) are more likely to occur in 0.83/1,000 newborn children (Prieve& Stevens, 2000). Children with UHL face a unique set of challenges as they grow older (Bess & Tharpe, 1984; Culbertson & Gilbert, 1986; Giolas & Wark, 2014). According to American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, UHL defines as having normal...
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Some athletes take a form of steroids, acknowledged as anabolic-androgenic steroids or just anabolic steroids, to enlarge their muscle mass and strength. The important anabolic steroid hormone produced by your body is testosterone. Testosterone has two most important outcomes on your body. Anabolic consequences promote muscle building. Androgenic consequences are responsible for male traits, such as facial hair and a...
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Students face a variety of academic challenges in universities. University is harder than and very different from high school, thus many students find it hard to cope and find balance. Students are required to put in more effort than usual in order to understand and chow the course. The magnitude of academic difficulty is high, so focus and discipline are...
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Major depressive disorder (MDD), one of the leading causes of disability worldwide (Thornicroft et al., 2018), is a common psychological condition categorized under mood disorders in the DSM-5. Mood disorders consist of conditions that involve predominant problems with either mood or affect (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). According to the World Health Organisation, the prevalence of MDD in all age categories...
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Americans in the 1800s and early 1900s sought unconventional methods such as the use of botanical drugs, steam baths, cold water therapy, magnetic healing, homeopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic, and naturopathy for the treatment of ailments (Wharton, 2003). Doctors were not readily available and most care was provided by family in the home. The use of blood-letting, induced vomiting, purging of the...
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Polio continues to be a global public health issue, and even though it has been eliminated from most of the republics of the world, some countries, threatens the dream of total elimination of polio from the surface of the world. The spreading of polio virus has never been eliminated in some countries, but even worse is the number of republics,...
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For my project I observed the people at my job. I work at Taco Bell, so this group of people consisted of people from the ages of 16-40. The observations I made took place during three different days I worked, observing for a total of 24 hours plus. Stress is a major factor that I discovered taking place during the...
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The human skeleton is the internal framework of the human body. The skeleton main function is to support and give the human body shape. The major bones of the skeleton are: The skull- It is made up of the cranium, mandible, and maxilla; The shoulder girdle- It consist of the clavicle and scapula; The arm- It consist of the humerus,...
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