Organ Donation The Mad Christian Scientists The constitutional guarantee of religious freedom has often butted heads with the state. Though religious freedom was once the cornerstone of this country, its position has slowly eroded. The state has justified this by what the law has turned into another god: science. The area of children’s health and well being had become one of the major

OxyContin OxyContin: Savior or Killer' THESIS STATEMENT: The recent death’s from the misuse of OxyContin have caused government officials as well as the manufacturers of OxyContin to begin taking steps in trying to curb it’s abuse. I. OxyContin A. What it is B. Abuse of OxyContin C. Deaths from OxyContin abuse II. Taking steps to stop abuse of OxyContin III. Steps DEA is taking to

Physical Therapy The principles of physical therapy have been part of the healing arts since the beginning of recorded time. The instinctive rubbing of a bruise or an ache is a basic form of physical therapy. As early as 3000 B.C., the Chinese used rubbing as a therapeutic measure. Hippocrates advocated it in his writings in 460 B.C. The Romans, as well as every other civilization, us

Physical Therapy The principles of physical therapy have been around since the dawn of man. When people think of physical therapy they think of someone who is trying to relearn how to walk after a debilitating car accident or some circumstance like that. When in reality the act of physical therapy can be as little as rubbing a bruise or scratching an insect bite. Physical Therapy is as

Pacemaker Wire Pacemaker’s battery will be recharged by some external energy through the wire that expands from the battery to the skin button. This wire should be conductive, have strength for a long time, have flexibility to ensure patients comfort, and should be visual under radioscopy in order to monitor its condition over time. Also should be not toxic to the body. Usually material

Chiropractors Using basic herbs for medicinal purposes' Never! Most general practitioners would balk. Dating back to the times of the Neanderthal man, living off the land also meant healing off of it. “Chiropractors use natural medicines to promote general well being and to increase immunities” (Klein). Through the neurological system, parts of the body are connected that wouldn’t be

Nursing The Approach To Excellence There are many challenges faced by aboriginal health care providers in today's society. Most health care providers such as Licensed Practical Nurses, Registered Nurses, Special Care Aides, Porters, Clerks face many obstacles in their everyday lives. Among these professions, one of the most complex is nursing. Nurses are faced with many obstacl

Could Parkinsons Have A Cure Could there be a Cure for Parkinson’s The article by Nicholas Wade, “Promising Results Are Seen in Small Parkinson’s Trial”, has a very good explanation on a new experiment tried on five patients to attempt to alleviate the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s disease is a disease that kills neurons that produce dopamine, a nerve-to-nerve messeng

Hip Dislocation Hip dislocations are an orthopaedic emergency due to the vast amount of trauma that can be caused to the neurovascular system that correlates to the hip. JA is an eighteen-year-old male patient who was consulted at Wilkes Barre General ER on August 11, 2003. JA was at football practice and was hit by another football player in the area of his anterior hip. JA felt his

Medicine In contrast to the psychiatrist who did not question his decisions or actions, the narrator in “An Ounce of Cure” Munro 255-262 does indeed question herself all the way through the story. It is clear to the reader, almost from the beginning of the story, that there is a plenty of anxiety and uncertainty surrounding the narrator’s decision to become intoxicated while in a positi

Plague THE BUBONIC PLAGUE Rana Kundu Introduction Plague, was a term that was applied in the Middle Ages to all fatal epidemic diseases, but now it is only applied to an acute, infectious, contagious disease of rodents and humans, caused by a short, thin, gram-negative bacillus. In humans, plague occurs in three forms: bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, and septicemic pl

Physical Therapy Occupational Outlook Physical therapy has been used for many generations in the aid of helping crippled children with birth defects, used for surgery patients to regain full use of there body for the best recovery. Physical therapists also work to prevent and treat athletic injuries, to reduce pain and improve the range of motion. These days Modern therapy started in A

Physician Assisted Suide In today's society, one of the most controversial issues is physician-assisted suicide for the terminally ill. Many people feel that it is wrong for people, regardless of their health condition, to ask their health care provider to end their life; while others feel it is their right to be able to choose how and when they die. When a physician is asked to help a p

Chicken Pox What do you think of when you here the term chicken pox' Probably a very itchy time in you life or an itchy time waiting ahead for you, unless you are one of the few lucky one’s. I know catching chicken pox probably wasn’t the greatest time in your life but almost everyone has to go though it. It’s reminds me of getting your shots before you can begin school, you hate

Autism Autism AUTISM: A Pervasive Developmental/Spectrum Disorder Autism or PPD (pervasive developmental disorder) is defined by the Columbia encyclopedia as a rare neurodevelopment disorder characterized by the inability to relate to and perceive the environment in a realistic manner. The onset of the disorder is in infancy or early childhood, generally before the age of thirty m

Death With Honor Death with Honor As we enter the twenty-first century more people than ever are living into there eighties, nineties and even past one-hundred years old. This means that quality of living is going to be more important than ever before. Just because someone is able to live to a certain age does not necessarily mean that they are going to live a life that they consider

Healthy Age HEALTHY AGE Abstract This paper is a functional assessment of a seventy-one-year-old female client who is in good health. The client is a member of the Lumpkin County Senior Center located in Dahlonega, Georgia. The functional assessment includes physical, cognitive, psychosocial, and environmental aspects. As part of the assessment, the basic activities of daily livin

Child Births Child births: Wave Of Future In-Vitro Fertilization More than 20,000 women have selected this new way of bringing life into the world. Year after year, couples have been disappointed about the prospect of having a Child the conventional way. This leaves them in such distress that they look toward Alternative m

Position Paper On Nursing Mandatory Overtime Mandatory overtime is an increasing problem for nurses working in hospitals. Nursing groups and unions define mandatory overtime as a time when nurses are made to work extra shifts under the threat of being fired or disciplined in some way if they refuse (Lovern, 2001). Nurse managers are demanding nurses work extra shifts, sometimes even fo

Prenatal And Neonatal Abstract Neonatal and prenatal complications have been shown to occur with greater statistical frequency in persons with schizophrenia than controls. This paper provides an overview of literature relevant to this topic. Neonatal and prenatal complications related to schizophrenia are broken down into four general areas of research: family history, gestational in

Prenatal And Neonatal Health Abstract Neonatal and prenatal complications have been shown to occur with greater statistical frequency in persons with schizophrenia than controls. This paper provides an overview of literature relevant to this topic. Neonatal and prenatal complications related to schizophrenia are broken down into four general areas of research: family history, gestati

Pro Legalization Of Marijuana Legalization' I choose to discuss the positive aspects to the legalization of marijuana in America. As with prohibition, if every hard working, bill-paying citizen wants to be involved with an activity, the laws have to be eventually changed to accommodate that. After all, this is a government for the people by the people. To debar the individuals right

Prostate WHAT IS THE PROSTATE The prostate gland is a solid, chestnut-shaped organ surrounding the first part of the urethra in the male body. The prostate gland is situated immediately under the bladder and in the front of the rectum. The prostate gland produces secretions that form part of the seminal fluid during ejaculation. The ejaculatory ducts from the seminal vesicles pass

Autism Autism often brings to mind a non-verbal, non-emotional, severe behavioral problem child. Some people think that autistic children can not love and can not be loved. This is extremely far from the truth. For one thing everyone can be loved, it’s just up to people to decided if they want to love that person or not. Most people dislike what they don’t understand, and most people

PTSD In Children Although not everyone exposed to traumatic injury will develop PTSD, others go on to develop the full-blown syndrome. Children are especially vulnerable to being diagnosed with having PTSD after sustaining a traumatic injury from more common. PTSD is extremely common in children who have sustained injuries in everyday occurrences, it could be as a result of a single t

Forced Medications To insure that all patients have rights, President Bill Clinton passed a bill in September 1996. This bill was appropriately called The Patient’s Bill of Rights. This bill states that no patients can be physically, emotionally, sexually, or financially abused or neglected. One of the rights in this bill is the patient’s right to take part in one’s own medical treatme

Medicinal And Recreational Drug Use In The 20th Century Medicinal and Recreational Drug Use in the 20th Century The 20th century spawned several cures for illnesses which have plagued mankind since the beginning of time. According to The History Channel’s website, in the 1800’s the average life expectancy was between 40 and 50 years old, but with the advances that medicine made in the

Coli What is E. coli O157:H7 ' E. coli O157:H7 (or simply E. coli) is just one of the hundreds of strains of the bacterium Escherichia coli. Most strains of E. coli are harmless and live in the intestines of healthy humans and animals. E. coli, however, produces a powerful toxin that can cause a severe infection. (The combination of letters and numbers in the name of the bacterium refer

Alternative Medicine Alternative Medicine Throughout recorded history, people of various cultures have relied on what Western medical practitioners today call alternative medicine. The term alternative medicine covers a broad range of healing philosophies, approaches, and therapies. It generally describes those treatments and health care practices that are outside mainstream Western

Ciggarette Smoke and Lung Function Cigarette Smoking:Destroys Lung Function The facts are conclusive, smoking causes both lung cancer and emphysema. Ellen Brown's article Waging War On Lung Cancer and Carol Lewis's article Causes Of Emphysema prove that smoking cigarettes cause both lung cancer and emphysema. Although both diseases are treatable, neither is curable, both i