I decided to take the cervical cancer health risk assessment. I chose this particular one because, when I was pregnant with my son and was having regular pap smear . I was told by my doctor that I had been exposed to one of the main causes of cervical cancer which is HPV(Human Papilloma Virus). I will get to what HPV is in a moment. Cervical cancer is cancer that forms in the tissues of the cervix. It is a disease in which the cells of the cervix become abnormal and start to grow uncontrollably,
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TIPERIA TANU 28 MAR 2014 HCA/240 HEALTH AND DISEASES: UNDERSTANDING THE PATHOS OF PATHOLOGY Introduction According to the reading the digestive system is made up of the digestive tract. This is a series of hollow organs and solid organs in the body with its main function of digestion of food. What can affect this purpose from running smoothly? Right now I would like to focus on one specific organ, its functions and a particular disease that can affect it. Function of the Pancreas
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are very negative stigmas associated. California Congresswoman Jackie Speier, Democrat, wants to federalize a state law to protect pedophiles. In October 2013, the top cleric in Poland’s Roman Catholic Church said parents share blame for certain cases of pedophilia. Recently, Iranian legislature approved a law that will allow girls under the age of 13 to marry as long as the permission of her father is granted. This research paper will examine the historical, cultural, and psychological information
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Many children suffer from Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. In many cases, it is a sever disorder that has no other outcome other than the children taking medication to help with their disorder. “Approximately 11% of children 4- 17 years of age (6.4 million) have been diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in 2011” (CDC, 2014). That does not include children that have not been diagnosed by a medical professional due to parents not wanting to seek medical attention
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of the population are unable to do so, and instead endure through the suffering of the anxiety disorder, ‘Agoraphobia,’ also known as an, “extreme or irrational fear of open or public spaces,” according to the Oxford English Dictionary. In extreme cases, victims of Agoraphobia are unable to leave the safety of their own home. It is estimated that 0.5% to 1% of the population have Agoraphobia to this extreme, meaning over half a million people are trapped within their homes.
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than 99% of those cases, the viremia lasts only for a short time and does not result in clinical disease. In the other less that 1% cases, the viremia persists and goes into the central nervous system and this causes paralytic polio. Next, there are three different types of polio. These three types include subclinical, non- paralytic, and paralytic. Subclinical polio does not affect the brain nor the spinal cord. About 95% of the cases of polio are subclinical cases. These patients
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Heroin Addiction Psyc 305 B-03 June 15, 2015 Abstract: This paper will serve to provide information about heroin addiction in our society. Heroin addiction is an epidemic problem in the United States and is growing every year. Factors such as genetics and environmental factors will be discussed as they relate to heroin addicts. Trends with prescription pain medication and their effects on heroin use will be discussed. This paper will also highlight the prevalence of heroin
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weekly, or long-term whichever one works for you, use one, two or as many techniques as you need to keep you on track. Not everyone has organizational skills come naturally, but we can all try different strategies that may work. According to Mayo Clinic staff, “To get started, choose one of these strategies, try it for two to four weeks and see
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Huntington's but there has been some progress in slowing down the disease. “People who are diagnosed with Huntington's disease don’t usually have any signs or symptoms until they are between the ages of thirty to fifty” (HDSA.org). In some very rare cases the symptoms can start in childhood. This type of the disease progresses much faster and the teenager or child who gets it usually only lives ten to fifteen years after being diagnosed. “In the early stages of Huntington's the most common symptoms
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to be controlled though has to be monitored like any other disease. Lowdermilk, D., Perry, S., Piotroweki, K., (2003), says that postpartum depress happens within the first 4 weeks from birth of the child. They state that most all women have a mild case of depression or baby blues. Baby Blues is just another term for postpartum depression. There are three different categories of postpartum depression the first is postpartum blues, postpartum depression without psychotic features and postpartum with
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