1. What is Lung Cancer? Lung cancer is one of the most common and difficult malignancies, and is thus a major focus of research. To understand lung cancer, it is important to understand the anatomy of the lungs. The lungs are organs found in the chest and are responsible for oxygen and carbon dioxide exchange. Each lung consists of lobes. The left lung contains two lobes, and the right lung contains three lobes. When you breathe
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One of the leading risk for infection is the one and only guinea worm disease, also known as Dracunculiasis. It definitely affects those who live in poor communities, due to the lack of safe drinking water. It is clearly a disadvantage in the communities in Africa. There is definitely a limited of safe drinking water and health care education. In the following case study, it delineates the lack of efforts to eliminate the disease in parts of sub-Saraharan Africa and in Asia. “The fight against guinea
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there are opportunities to prevent these conditions from worsen or (reverse them all together,) and assisting aging adults in coping with their conditions. According to studies, numerous interventions and programs are needed to help seniors become more active in self-monitoring symptoms, and self-managing their conditions and medications (Pearson, Mattkle, Shaw, Ridgeley& Wiseman, 2007). As with prevention programs, there is no one size fit all for self-management strategies. However, investment
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Monique Nguyen 4-26-15 RD4 (without full discussion) Abstract Utilizing individuals’ cognitive maps (CM) of the neighborhoods where they live and work provides insight into how they traverse and utilize resources in those regionslocations. CMs are particularly useful for developing personalized obesity control and diabetes prevention programs by identifying gaps between resources and health. Cognitive mapping of program participants and their families will help identify features of their home
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Introduction What is health? Health means different things to different people. The World Health Organization (2015) defines health as “a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (as in the 1947 WHO definition). Studies show that older adults feel healthy when they are able to accomplish something independently, are able to manage their symptoms, accept and adjust with optimism, connect with others, and have satisfying energy
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Since the beginning of time, humans have feared the unknown. However, with global communications and world travel at our fingertips this may no longer be an option as diseases such as Ebola spreads at a dangerously high rate, taking countless lives with it. With the internet around, where everyone is informed of all natural disasters affecting areas around the world, ignorance is no longer a valid excuse. Caring for one another is the only way to progress in this world which I learned through a devastating
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In this week’s reading a disease called Bubonic Plague appeared from trade paths opening in Asia and they were supported by merchants and soldiers in eastern Asia to China. The disease syphilis started to spread in 1500’s and 1600’s from individuals having sex in different towns and cities. Another disease called Tuberculosis that spread in the 1800’s. In spread across the air in cities and urban streets that crowded in Europe and the United States. Aids was another disease that spread between the
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Every year 300,000 Americans die from an obesity-related disease or disorder. Of course, this is not a surprise considering the unhealthy diets and lack of physical activity Americans are so accustomed to but what if there was a way to reduce the number of people dying from these avoidable diseases and disorders? How much money and food could the U.S government save if we just got rid of all the couch potatoes taking up most of the space in the United States? Obesity is very much a common problem
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Black lung disease has impacted the lives of more miners in West Virginia and elsewhere than originally thought, according to a new study. The authors of the study say the disease is a "real phenomenon." For the study, researchers from the University of Illinois examined government benefits claims filed by black lung patients dating back to 1970 and identified over 4,600 severe cases of the disease. More than 50 percent of the cases were filed within the past 16 years. Further, they found that black
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Many of us have heard the term STD's throughout our lives, and tend to think very negatively about them. Due to the stigma associated with the term, several doctors have begun to just refer to STD's as STI's; however, there is a difference between the two terms. What Explanation Extended STI's vs. STD's Sexually transmitted Infection Sexually transmitted disease STI's develop before STD's and occur when either bacteria, viruses or microbes begin multiplying inside the body at an alarming rate.
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