opioids, depressants, etc. because they wanted to and it could easily be change like a lightbulb. However, according to the article, “Addiction is a Brain Disease, and it Matters”, written by Alan Leshner (1997), he identified that addiction is in the brain and it causes a lot of changes to the brain chemistry. The article is about what chronic addiction is and the domino affect it has, relating to public health and the various treatment approaches you can take to treating addiction. He opens the
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straight forward as it appears though we always have the utopian health definition of WHO to fall back upon which defines health as ‘not merely absence of disease but an overall of state of physical, mental, and social well-being’ (WHO 1950). Measures of health may vary with time and space but many health specialists are of the opinion that levels of disease in a population (morbidity) and frequency of death at a particular age (mortality) represent vital and gross health statistics (McKeown 1978). Basically
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All respiratory diseases characterized by chronic obstruction to airflow fall under the broad classification of COPD, also known as chronic airflow limitations (CAL). COPD is a condition of chronic dyspnea with expiratory airflow limitation that does not significantly fluctuate. Within that broad category, the primary cause of the obstruction may vary; examples include airway inflammation, mucous plugging, narrowed airway lumina, or airway destruction. The term COPD includes chronic bronchitis and
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Hepatitis B- Benchmark Hepatitis B is a viral infection that targets the liver and is caused by the hepatitis B virus. It can cause both acute and chronic disease within the body. Hepatitis or Hep B is an infection of the liver that can be deadly. It causes inflammation of the liver and is a major health problem all over the globe. Chronic liver disease and chronic infections put people at higher risk of death from cirrhosis of the liver and or liver cancer. The majority of people with Hep B do not have
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two major changes that have affected the U.S. health care system since World War II is having access to health care and funding. The arrival of antibiotics in the 1940s signaled the end of the dominance of acute infectious disease and the ascendancy of chronic illnesses such as heart disease, stroke, and cancer as the conditions that account for two-thirds of the deaths in this country. The role of medical care in preventing sickness and premature death is secondary to that of other influences; yet
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century, health care was illness orientated. Main causes of death up to that point were related to infectious disease. Around 1940, chronic illnesses including heart disease, stroke, and cancer became the leading of deaths. (McLeroy & Crump,1994). As the focus of health care changed, the role of nursing changed as well. Historically, nurses provided care to the ill and provided treatment for diseases without necessarily emphasizing health education. As healthcare has evolved, promoting wellness
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on the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease Keywords: Chronic kidney disease, self-management, patient education, end-stage renal disease The Effects of Self-Management on the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease Kidney disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States and was the 8th leading cause in 2010 (Arialdi M. Miniño, 2012). Approximately 20 million U.S. adults who are over 20 years of age have chronic kidney disease (CKD), and most of them
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Syphilis By: Roshni Patel Transmission: * Syphilis is primarily transferred through sexual contact. This can be from open sores around or inside the gentiles or mouth and the mucous membrane (1). * The disease can also be spread from the mother to the fetus via the placenta in utero, this normally occurs during the late stage of pregnancy (3). * Human to human contact thus far is the only known way to acquire syphilis (7). Reservoirs: * The bacterium lives in the human
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Pathophysiology: Neoplasia and Renal System School of Nursing 1. Cancer Staging Cancer staging describes the severity of a person’s cancer based on the person’s initial tumor, and whether or not the cancer has metastasized (American Cancer Society, 2012, www.cancer.org). Knowledge of the stage is very important in that is can be used to explain prognosis to the patient, and can be used by the doctor and the patient to plan treatment.
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Lyme’s Disease When a family plans their summer vacation camping in the park or near prime fishing and hunting areas, it is not in the front of their minds to be very watchful for nymph (juvenile) ticks, as there is a possibility they may contract Lyme’s Disease. What is Lyme’s Disease you may ask? Well I asked the very same thing in July of 2014 when I was diagnosed with just that. Since than I have read many articles, scientific research findings, ranging from the CDC websites, Mayo Clinics
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