Alcoholism Jennifer Gruberman American Military University January 30, 2014 Abstract Alcoholism is a disease that is a major concern in the United States because alcoholics endanger themselves and society. Alcoholism follows a certain course with known physical, psychological and social symptoms. Once addicted, the alcoholic continues to consume alcohol despite the destructive cost. The definitions of an alcoholic, alcoholism, and alcohol abuse and
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DRUG ADDICTION ERIN GETZ LYNN FUTRAL PSYCHOLOGY 1101 28 NOVEMBER 2014 Drug Addiction Most of us know of someone who has struggled with addiction. About 15 percent of the American population is addicted to alcohol or drugs or a combination of the two (Chapter 1: What is Addiction?). Drug addiction can tear families apart by changing the people we know into someone who lies, cheats, and steals to get their next fix. Drug addiction is a serious psychological and physical illness that
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Erika Manyak August 18, 2012 SOCI-1001-A723-2012SU3 Rose Hayes Alcoholism in Society Define the Problem Alcoholism, as defined by Merriam Webster dictionary, is “a chronic disorder marked by excessive and usually compulsive drinking of alcohol leading to psychological and physical dependence or addiction” (2012). Many people in today’s society have drinking problems, ranging from sporadic alcohol abuse to total alcohol dependence. Approximately one in every 13 adults either abuse alcohol
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Chronic Disease Description of Lung Cancer: Lung cancer disease develops inside the lung tissue, specific within the cells that line the air passages. Lung Cancer has two principal developments: non-small cell and small cell. The actual diagnosis is created by how the lung cells and cancer cells materialize under a microscope. Risk factors for lung cancer: The great number of all lung cancer affecting situations are caused by smoking cases are smoking nicotine in which is toxic. The carcinogens
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condition has affected almost all ages with children obesity being on the rise. Obesity can be linked to the onset of some diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and some heart diseases that have increased the risk of death and reduction of an individual’s health. The answers that we seek are concerned with sugars’ role in the development of obesity and the emergence of related diseases. It is important to consider an individual’s genes when determining vulnerability to obesity but what doctors mostly
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Medical Marijuana Throughout the world there have been many different studies on how to cure illness that have led to a medication called Medical Marijuana. Medications are not very effective as they can have many side effects, a very possible addiction problem, and/or death. Prescriptions are all meant to help cure one thing, but they may have many or few consequences, such as liver failure from taking too many of one prescribed medications. The same consequence and many others can be associated
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Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns. The Hispanic people were found to have a high rate of obesity and other health related problems. From looking the different social, cultural, behavioral, environmental, and economic aspects, obesity, and chronic diseases impact not only individuals and families but society as a whole. Their strengths and weaknesses were put into two clusters and nursing diagnoses were provided for each cluster. Next, they were prioritized by level of importance and a rationale
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Child abuse and maltreatment is not limited to a particular age and can occur in the infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age years. Choose one of the four age groups (infant, toddler, preschool, or school age) and discuss the types of abuse that are most often seen in this age. Discuss warning signs and physical and emotional assessment findings the nurse may see that could indicate child abuse. Discuss cultural variations of health practices that can be misidentified as child abuse. Describe
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Population Health, Part 2 Tobacco Use as Behavioral Risk Factor and its Impact With the rising expenditure of healthcare, focus should be on health promotion. The expenses for health promotion and disease prevention are much lesser than the treatment of a disease. According to Hancock and Cooper (2011), to create a healthy nation it is important that the easy and obvious choices available to people are also the healthy choices. Unhealthy Lifestyle and poor health habits can be considered as a
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Technology Diminishing Addiction There are millions of people in the United States that are addicted to smoking. There are more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States due to smoking (Smoking & Tobacco Use). This addictive passtime is due to one of the major components of cigarettes, nicotine. According to the Addiction Center, a website educating and offering the public help with addiction, explains, “Nicotine is a highly addictive substance found in tobacco products. There are approximately
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