The New England Journal of Medicine: Incidence of Childhood Obesity in the United States General Summary: Childhood Obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States. Prevalence data has been documented; however, gaps in the incidence study still exist. Thus, a study was conducted on data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health in order to track the incidence of obesity. The National Center for Educational Statistics selected a nationally representative cohort using probability
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Cholera * A Passage from India: Cholera * Cholera * Infection of the small intestine that causes a large amount of watery diarrhea * Vomiting * Related to bile * Learned Questions * Nature of the microbe causing cholera * Identifying the name of the causative agent * Origin of the disease * History of discovery of the agent * Pandemics of the disease * Impact f the disease on society * Origin and Spread * Endemic
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Chickenpox Pamela Nauerth Grand Canyon University April 20, 2014 Chickenpox Varicella infection, commonly known as Chickenpox, is a member of the herpes virus group. Varicella has the capacity to stay latent in the human source. It stays in the sensory nerve ganglia and the recurrent infection is called Herpes Zoster or Shingles. This essay gives the description, causes, symptoms, mode of transmission and the treatment of varicella. It describes the mortality, morbidity, incidence
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A cross-sectional study of secondhand smoke exposure and respiratory symptoms in non-current smokers in the U.S. trucking industry: SHS exposure and respiratory symptoms The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Citation Laden, Francine, Yueh-Hsiu Chiu, Eric Garshick, S Katharine Hammond, and Jaime E Hart. 2013. A cross-sectional study of secondhand smoke exposure and respiratory symptoms in noncurrent
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Danielle Sauter-Henson Professor Davis BIOL 215-01 14 March 2017 Chlamydia Etiology Chlamydia trachomatis is among the most common bacteria transmitted within the united states. This specific type of chlamydia can cause several sexually transmitted and congenital diseases such as lymphogranuloma venereum and trachoma. They are nonmotile and their replication can only occur within vesicles of host cells. Originally, scientists believed that chlamydia was a virus because the size of it was small, and
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Cite and discuss a historical factor that has affected the health status and behavior of Americans. There are so many factors that contributes to the health status and behavior of Americans, from industrial revolution which brought with it an influx of immigrants, who then because of the absence of adequate planning and consideration for the density of the population resulted in the spread of infectious diseases (Wilson & Mabhala, 2009). They further noted that these unsanitary conditions
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Comparison Paper Jessica Johnson University of Phoenix NUR/408-Epidemiology June 11, 2012 During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries public health had few formal positions. The people who were in charge of public health were usually those of a social elite class. The expectation of a public health officer was to act in the public interest and they typically were men of property and means. (Scutchfield & Keck,). Health regulations were prepared and rewritten not due to what the needs
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Module 2 DQ 1 According to world health organization, health is a state of physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not the absence of diseases or infirmity. Health starts at home, school, workplace, neighborhood, and communities. Eating well, no smoking, immunization, screening tests, seeing doctors when we are sick, good food and relationships. (HP 2020 data)The social determinants, these includes (1) Personal income, like if the income is low, it will affect the daily living. (2)social
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The Tuskegee Study was the most unorthodox and the longest nontherapeutic research study in the history of United States (Thomas, 2000). Initially Dr. Talliaferro Clark wanted to conduct a study that would study syphilis in black men for 6 to 9 months, a year at the most (Gray, 1998). Then do a follow up with treatment. Others involved in the study had a different idea. They wanted to study the natural history of syphilis, and so they did for 40 years, 1932 - 1972. Syphilis is an infectious
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Communicable Disease: MERS Outbreak In September of 2012, beginning in the country of Saudi Arabia, hospitals began seeing increased cases of a respiratory virus never before seen in humans. They named it Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. MERS is a viral respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus. It was originally thought to have started there in Saudi Arabia. It was not until later that they were able to trace the origin back to Jordan starting in April of 2012. All outbreaks of MERS
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