The Morbidity of Obesity Throughout the world, 2.8 million, at least, pass away each year as a result of being obese. Obesity is defined as the presence of excess adipose tissue, tissue that is fatty. Obesity is a widespread health problem and many people suffer from it. In individuals, the percentage of body adipose tissue differs by gender (greater in grown-up females than males). Obesity is a major health problem that can be caused not only because of inactivity and junk food but also because
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understand Epidemiology of Tuberculosis, a communicable infection disease, discuss insight and contribution of Community Public Health Nurses and deliberate role of NCHHSTP play in prevention, treatment and controlling of TB on national basis. TUBERCULOSIS Tuberculosis (TB) is a serious multisystem infectious disease. Ancient Greece consultants classified such sickness as “phthisis or phthisis pulmonails” referring as a wasting away disease. First sign of tuberculosis was found in 8000BC cadavers that’s
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weight related health problem, which stem from obesity these disorders include a host of chronic health problems, including high blood pressure, heart disease, high blood cholesterol, diabetes, stroke, gallbladder disease, arthritis, sleep disorders, respiratory problems, and cancers of the breast, Uterus, prostate, and colon cancer. Obesity will also increase the incidence and severity of infectious disease is linked to wounds healing poorly, and surgical complications, and increase pregnancy risks
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Park West Health Systems, Inc., incorporated in 1972, to provide family medical services from four locations to the community and residents in Park Heights community and surrounding areas of Baltimore, Maryland ("Park West Health Systems", n.d.). The Park Heights community is composed of residents that are at, near, and below federal poverty income levels. This establishment offers full range health services to men, women, and children, in the form of medical care, dental care, internal medicine
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consider the health of the population, their lifespan, the extensiveness of preventable diseases or deaths and the availability of health services that can be used as an indication of their health status (National Center for Health Statistics: Health). Some health problems that the Hispanics face today are heart disease, stroke, diabetes, chronic liver disease, cancer, asthma, obesity and tobacco use. Cardiac disease is the main cause of death for all ethnic groups in the United States and some risk
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Natives When compared to the National average inequality and the persistent challenges that American Indians and Alaska Natives face are troubling. Demographics and economy along with poor health standards, drug and alcohol use and disproportionate disease burden exist due to inadequate education, high rates of unemployment, discrimination in the delivery of health care and cultural differences. In this paper we will explore Native Americans current health status and the barriers that influence health
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Influenza From 1918 to 1919, a flu outbreak, later termed a pandemic, was the most notorius and lethal of its kind. The exact number of deaths is unknown, but it estimated to be from 50 to 100 million people. This outbreak has been described as “the greatest medical holocaust in history” was comparable in impact to the Black Death. (Langford, 2002, p. 1-20) Influenza, also known as ‘the flu’, is a highly contagious illness caused by influenza viruses that infect upper respiratory tract and lungs
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into a conclusion on how the health condition should be resolved. Since CF is inherited, the defective gene must be passed from both the parents to the child in order to acquire the disease else if only a faulty gene is inherited, the child becomes a carrier. Actually carries of cystic fibrosis do not have the disease but can pass to other individuals. There are proposals on improvements as well as challenges in executing the CF treatment process. The paper discusses the proposal below. Literature
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Op-Ed Who pays the bill and who makes the profit in treating chronic disease? .............................. Lack of financial incentives means prevention is often ignored John Roberts Bellingham, WA 98226 Correspondence to: Dr Roberts jcroberts@hinet.org “A courtyard common to all will be swept by none” goes a Chinese proverb. Sadly, this ancient saying remains true in the modern American medical system. At the start of the third millennium of Western culture and progress, the
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Injurious Adulterants/Contaminants in Foods and their Health Effects S.No Adulterant Foods Commonly Involved Diseases or Health Effects Adulterants in food 1 Argemone seeds Argemone oil Mustard seeds Edible oils and fats Epidemic dropsy, Glaucoma, Cardiac arrest 2 Artificially coloured foreign seeds As a substitute for cumin seed, Poppy seed, black pepper Injurious to health 3 Foreign leaves
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