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Term Papers on Health and Medicine
Malpractice Or Poor Judgement?
Number of words: 946 - Number of pages: 4.... Rs. 125 annually
now has to pay up to Rs. 1500. These costs will only be passed along to the
patients in the long run, and the condition is only going to worsen. Take for
example the United States, where surgeons annually pay an average of $75,000 on
insurance premiums. On top of these premiums, doctors who practice very
defensively add as much as $21 billion US to the health care bill every year.
Twenty percent of the tests prescribed by doctors were not necessary, but they
are the result of defensive practising by doctors who do not want to be held
liable .....
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Teenage Stress
Number of words: 746 - Number of pages: 3.... is an unavoidable part of life.
The challenges caused by stress help to develop new skills and behavior patterns. The problems occur; however, when stress becomes excessive. It can become destructive and can turn into distress. Too much stress on your mind and body can make you feel miserable, worried, sad and ill. Contrary to popular belief, stress is not the pressure from the outside, such as divorce, death, burned supper, vacation that didn’t seem like one, and isolation. Those are simply the stressors, causes to the stress, but your response to thos .....
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Sickle Cell Anemia
Number of words: 190 - Number of pages: 1.... Cell Anemia are pale skin, short of breath, easily
tired, and whites of eyes turn yellow.
Ethnic or special groups affected with Sickle Cell Anemia are mostly
blacks, and Hispanics of Caribbean ancestry. The disease also affects some
people of Arabian, Greek, Maltese, Sicilian, Sardinian, Turkish, and Southern
Asian ancestry.
How transmitted type of gene or chromosomes that causes the disease.
Sickle Cell Anemia is a sex linked gene. One way somebody could get this
disease is if both parents are a carrier for Sickle Cell Anemia. There is one
in four chance that a baby will have the disease.
How the .....
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Drug Dependence
Number of words: 203 - Number of pages: 1.... 20,000 from use of
illicit drugs. Many of the adverse health effects associated with the use of
tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs result from long-term use caused by
substance dependence (i.e., addiction)---a cluster of cognitive, behavioral, and
physiological symptoms indicating sustained psychoactive substance use despite
substance-related problems. In addition, substance dependence is characterized
by repeated self-administration that usually results in tolerance, withdrawal,
and compulsive drug-taking behavior. Nicotine is the psychoactive substance in
cigarettes and other forms of tobacco that acc .....
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Acupuncture
Number of words: 490 - Number of pages: 2.... tiny one-to-two inch needles are inserted at
selected acupuncture points. Acupuncturists recognize nearly 400 of these
special locations on each side of the body and another 250-300 "extra-
meridian" points outside the meridian lines. The needles are typically
turned clockwise or counterclockwise to evoke patient response and to
intensify or change the needles tip polarity. Manual or electrical
manipulation of the needle or the application of heat or cold to the handle
will change polarity and direction of the current (Kanigel 3).
One common question abou .....
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Rural Healthcare
Number of words: 2124 - Number of pages: 8.... through dangerous, winding, mountainous roads, which can be impassable in winter or when it rains can hinder people receiving medical services. Winstead-Fry, Tiffany, and Shippee-Rice (1992) stated that low incomes and high poverty rates are suffered by great amounts of the rural population, making health care insurance a relative luxury. Because of this, many ailments and injuries tend to go untreated.
Another problem is the lack of physicians willing to work in rural areas. The Hill-Burton Act of 1946 represented a major effort by the federal government .....
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An Essay On Abortion. Both Sides Of The Issue Are Stated
Number of words: 1460 - Number of pages: 6.... are four to five times more likely to abort than married and the
abortion rate has doubled for 18 and 19 year olds. Recently the U.S. rate
dropped 6 percent overall but the rate of abortion among girls younger than
15 jumped 18 percent. The rate among minority teens climbed from 186 per
1,000 to 189 per 1,000.
The most popular procedure involved in abortions is the vacuum
aspiration which is done during the first trimester (three months or less
since the women has become pregnant). A tube is simply inserted through the
cervix and the contents of the .....
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Schitzophrenia, Childhood, Mental, Anxiety And Other Disorders
Number of words: 1483 - Number of pages: 6.... to just
everyday kids harrassing him at school. The show was taken off the air in 1993
because of sponsers.
Records of types of disorders are unknown along with many of other
records of treatments to people inflicted with a disorder. This is mainly
because in the early 1900's people thought that people with disorders were just
stupid and they did not investigate further into the matter. The quanity of
people that have a disorder is unknown. There is an estimated guess that 15% of
the U.S. population has some sort of disorder but that is not factual. This is .....
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