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11 Jun 2008
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Development and Implementation of Electronic Medical Records System

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

Abstract In recent years, nursing practice has been notably impacted by the development of computer technology. As a result the practice of nursing informatics has increased drastically. One of the most notable technologies to develop in this area has been the electronic medical records (ERM)...

10 Jun 2008
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Comparing and Contrasting the Phonological and Cerebellar Theories of Dyslexia

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

By definition, developmental dyslexia is a “discrepancy between the reading ability and intelligence in children receiving adequate reading tuition” (Ramus et al, 2002). There has been substantial empirical evidence lending support to genetic causes of the condition. It is characterized...

09 Jun 2008
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Brain Craniotomy

Case study - 10 pages - Medical studies

Undoubtedly, the brain is an essential organ of the human body. Without this vital organ, senses such sight, hearing, tasting, smelling and feeling cannot be put to use. The brain controls everything in the human body 1 and is considered a complex structure. It is a mass of nervous tissue...

06 Jun 2008
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The RotaShield Fix

Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies

The field of biomedicine is wrought with ethical questions and dilemmas. As researchers and medical professions work to improve our quality of health, they must constantly evaluate the appropriateness of their efforts, especially when weighted against the experimental and the adverse unknown....

06 Jun 2008
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Mixing Anthropology with Medicine: Various Implications of Cultural Influence on Medical Practice

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

The implicit belief of medical anthropologists is that culture does have an impact on the structure, realities, and perceptions of medical practice. Medicine is distinctive to specific cultures, and regardless of whether or not such individualized practices fall within the realm of Western...

06 Jun 2008
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Peruvian Encounters with Unsafe Abortions

Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies

For the women of Peru, obtaining an abortion is an incredibly risky and life-threatening affair. The unsafe techniques and lack of proper care translate into a substantial amount of maternal morbidity and mortality. Considering that the technology for safe abortions is widely available, Peru...

06 Jun 2008
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Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Uzbekistan

Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis is an extremely threatening disease for an individual and a country to contract. TB patients in the Central Asia Region are ten times more likely to have MDR-TB than rest of the world (1). Uzbekistan especially should address their alarming rates of MDR-TB...

06 Jun 2008
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Hypertension: One of The Leading Causes of Death in Venezuela

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

Hypertension is an extremely prevalent disease whose burden is most influential on the development of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Considering the ease of its prevention, hypertension should be employed as an effective route for avoiding and reducing cardiovascular disease burden...

05 Jun 2008
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Epidemiological Profile: Cervical Cancer in Haiti

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

Cervical cancer takes a pervasive yet insidious toll on the lives of women. Haitian women in particular are dramatically affected by death and disability induced by cervical cancer. Yet the characteristics and natural history of cervical cancer are not unknown, making the only mysterious aspect...

05 Jun 2008
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Bolivia: Macro Issues in Micronutrient Deficiencies

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

Bolivia experiences a level of micronutrient deficiencies strong enough to cause concern for the health and development of its population. Iron and vitamin A deficiencies affect the scope of the population, with a particularly strong toll on rural areas. These deficiencies are fundamental to...

05 Jun 2008
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Communicating the Fight for Polio Vaccines

Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies

For our society, polio was an intense and dramatic disease that was eradicated almost as quickly as it came. Now polio remains a fleeting memory of both the tragedy of disease and the “miracle” of science, yet other nations who are not so fortunate are still living the history and...

05 Jun 2008
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Issues in Communicating the Avian Influenza Pandemic

Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies

The threat of avian influenza is one that differs significantly from the annual dose of flu we experience, and the occurrence of an influenza pandemic would be devastating if the public relied only on its current typical flu attitudes and practices. Avian influenza presents an enormous challenge...

05 Jun 2008
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Tuberculosis and HIV Coordination

Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies

Tuberculosis and HIV are responsible for the greatest burden on public health systems around the world. Their individual burdens continue to rise, straining the abilities of public health through their subsequent morbidity and mortality, yet their disease patterns are also linked to each other....

04 Jun 2008
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How the Human Body Responds to Physiological Health Threats

Essay - 5 pages - Medical studies

The onset of a cold of the flu often brings with it a host of maladies that are difficult for the individual to manage. Fevers, coughing, sneezing and vomiting are just a few of the things that take place when the body gets sick. While most of these problems wreak havoc on the individual's...

04 Jun 2008
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Dilemmas surrounding Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Essay - 6 pages - Medical studies

Over the course of the last three decades, scientists have made many notable advances in medicine and technology. While many of these advances have been viewed as a boon for the development of society, some have brought with them precarious ethical and moral questions that have promulgated...

04 Jun 2008
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AIDS in Africa (2005)

Case study - 12 pages - Medical studies

Research on the historical development of HIV/AIDS demonstrates that the first cases of this disease can be traced back to 1978. Although AIDS had not been identified at that time, five men in different parts of the world had died from unusual, yet similar diseases. These five men were all...

03 Jun 2008
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The Race to Locate BRCA1 (Breast Cancer 1)

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

In an interview, Dr. Mary-Claire King said, “To me, the most interesting questions are those that have potentially a very practical outcome.”1 One of these questions was, What causes breast cancer? This question perplexed Dr. King since she was thirteen years old and lost her best...

03 Jun 2008
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The progress that has been made in research development regarding how the body produces and regulates cholesterol

Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Medical studies

In recent years, cholesterol has become a topic of paramount concern for public health. Research on cholesterol has shown that increased levels of this compound in the bloodstream can increase an individual's risk for the development of a host of chronic health problems including coronary heart...

03 Jun 2008
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An essay on the benefits of breast feeding

Essay - 2 pages - Medical studies

Child and maternal health have become significant issues for public health officials. Although infant mortality in the United States is currently at an all-time low, this is not the case in many developed and underdeveloped nations. For this reason, organizations such as the World Health...

02 Jun 2008
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A Critique on Investigation of the coping antecedents to positive outcomes and distress in multiple sclerosis

Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and progressive illness of the central nervous system that damages the brain and the spinal cord. It may take different forms but all disrupt nerve function causing symptoms ranging from mild numbness and walking difficulties to paralysis and blindness. It...

02 Jun 2008
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Sepsis

Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies

Sepsis is described as a syndrome which is characterized by a general, systemic inflammation as a reaction of the body to infection or systemic inflammatory response syndrome, that is, cases where sepsis was also be observed to develop even in the absence of bacterial, viral, fungal or parasitic...

30 May 2008
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Menstruation Suppression, Seasonale, and Women's Bodies in the 21rst Century

Case study - 8 pages - Medical studies

For many women, a menstrual cycle is an inextricable part of being a woman. From the onset of menarche, through childbirth, and into menopause, a woman's feminine nature is defined by menstruation, a uniquely female experience. In the twenty-first century, women are becoming aware of the option...

12 May 2008
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Renal diet

Thesis - 1 pages - Medical studies

This diet is for people with renal diseases. This is when the function of the kidney tissue is diminished. The diet allows 70g of protein, 2000mg Sodium, 1500mg Potassium and 2000 or more calories per day. Protein has to be within ½ g, sodium within 23mg and Potassium within 39 mg. 2/3 of...

28 Apr 2008
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Sudden Cardiac Death

Presentation - 40 pages - Medical studies

Half of all cardiac deaths are sudden, accounting for approximately 300,000 deaths per year in the United States. SCD is death due to instantaneous, unanticipated circulatory collapse within 1 hour of initial symptoms and is often, but not always, due to a cardiac arrhythmia. More than 70% of all...

25 Apr 2008
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Cells Involved in Immunity

Presentation - 22 pages - Medical studies

Development of T & B Lymphocytes Thymus-derived cells (T lymphocytes) mediate cellular immune responses; bone marrow-derived cells (B lymphocytes) are involved in humoral immunity. Both T and B lymphocytes are derived from precursor or stem cells in the marrow. Precursors of T cells migrate to...

25 Apr 2008
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Atopic Disease

Presentation - 20 pages - Medical studies

Clinical manifestations resembling allergic hypersensitivity can also occur in the absence of an immunologic mechanism. Specific examples include nonallergic (intrinsic) asthma, which is triggered by the effect of inhaled dusts and fumes, weather changes, viral respiratory infections, and stress...

25 Apr 2008
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The commercialization of the Medical Profession

Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies

With injuries happening daily it is no wonder that the medical field is constantly growing and evolving. This field has actively changed since its early incarnation during the Roman Era in which medicine was based on theory not science (Greig 41). With practices based on theory the profession was...

25 Apr 2008
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Find the Right Doctor to Give You Hope

Essay - 2 pages - Medical studies

In today's environment of advanced medical practices and practitioners, it still amazes me that some doctor's are so set in their ways that they are not willing to try alternative therapies for more debilitating conditions. When scientists can clone animals, cure diseases from newborn stem cells...

15 Apr 2008
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Running head: Circadian Photoreception A look at circadian photoreception in blind people

Case study - 4 pages - Medical studies

In humans, the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) controls the body's circadian rhythms. Each day, sighted people have the opportunity to reset their internal clock based on the amount of ambient light entering their retinas. The retina contains a subset of retinal ganglion cells specialized in...

09 Apr 2008
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PERCOCET: How it works

Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Medical studies

Percocet is a well known pain killer used to treat pain for moderate to severe sufferers of a wide variety of ailments. Percocet, or similarly composed products containing narcotics, are prescribed by doctors quite often for various forms of serious pain (ranging from severe, chronic, cases such...