diseases. Infectious disease is caused by an organism or an infective agent, known as pathogens. It can be passed from one person to another directly or indirectly where the pathogen transmits from the environment to people. Whereas, non-infectious diseases are not caused by pathogens, they are inherited. It can only be passed from generation to generation as the disease may be running in the family or it can be genetically inherited. Down syndrome is an example of a non-infectious disease as it is not
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synergistic relationship between humans and technology. However, while some would believe this relationship has been beneficial for us, we believe there have been detrimental effects from our growing dependence on technology. 1 Introduction No one can argue against the fact that the human race has made enormous bounds in advancements in the last century. From developments in technology which affect society, how we communicate, the field of medicine and education. Technology has not left any aspects
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Nutrition Concepts and Controversies Introduction Nutrition can be defined as the process of absorbing nutrients from food and processing them in the body for growth, replacement of tissues, and maintenance of good health. Historically, women have been responsible for cooking and providing meals for their families. Often, that food was grown in the family garden or local community. The women may not have had much formal education, but they seemed to know, almost instinctively, what
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medicine was or is made to fight off infectious diseases like cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, etc. Ella and John have three children, Sam, Lila and Joe. Sam is divorced with a son that he does not have a relationship with and he is an alcoholic. Lila is married with a daughter that is in college and she is a diabetic. Joe is also married with three children. Joe oldest daughter Lucy is bipolar and has a drug problem. Josh who is the middle child is beginning to have a drug problem also
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that are treasured within societies, and an example of a social role would be a grandmother fulfilling the role as a grandmother. For the grandmother to fulfil her role, the individual has to look after the grandchildren so that the parents of the children can go work, therefore allowing them to fulfil their role within the society as a doctor, nurse or teacher. Parsons, explain that illness prevents a person from fulfilling their role within the society, and this is seen as a form of deviance as
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Doyle quotes from one of those newspapers advertisements stating, “A Certain Person wants a Wet Nurse into the House, to Suckle a Child” or “A young Women with a new breast of milk, wants a place in a genteel family, as Wet Nurse” (960). Today, can one really imagine bringing a Wet Nurse in their home that one doesn’t know to feed a newly arrived infant. People today are worked up over seeing a breast, when during that time, mothers either had no choice to breast feed because of the infant mortality
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Paper February 10, 2015 Anorexia Nervosa What is Anorexia Nervosa? Anorexia Nervosa is an Eating Disorder where the sufferer has a fear of any weight gain. Anorexia in extreme cases can be deadly due to the sufferer losing too much weight and not getting the right Vitamins and Nutrients. Anorexia if left untreated can most certainly result in death or irreversible health issues such as osteoporosis. This potentially deadly eating disorder is characterized by self starvation and excessive weight loss
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FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING * Think about it… * ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ * Is represented as 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 * Then: * H-A-R-D-W-O-R-K * 8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11=98% * K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E * 11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5=96 % * A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E * 1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5=100 % * And look how far the love of God will take you * L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D * 12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4=101 % NURSING * Is the extent to which an individual or group is able to realize
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essential oils and contains considerable amounts of camphor oil. Sambong is commonly used in the philippines. It is a good source to enhance fertility in women. Decoction of leaves will clean the uterus, and it helps to condition it. Sambong leaves can also be used to treat colds and mild hypertension. Benefits: Good as a deuretic agent; Treatment for colds and fever; Effective in the dissolving kidney stones; Aids in treating hypertension and rheumatism; Helps remove worms, boils; Treat dysentery
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1) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of using BMI to assess weight classification? Advantages -It is simple, quick, effective and can be used by adult, women and children -Quickly assess weight -Provides a range of different “normal” weight classes based on body structure Disadvantages -Not a good measure of body fat to muscular weight ratio, this makes very muscular people seem “overweight” and many underweight people to seem “healthy” -Not suitable for pregnant women or very short
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