Essays About Medicine

The nurse has admitted a patient with a new diagnosis of pneumonia and explained to the patient that together they will plan the patient’s care and set goals for discharge. The patient says, “How is that different from what the doctor does? ” Which response by the nurse is most appropriate? “In addition to caring […]

Outline legal requirements and agreed ways of working designed to protect the rights of individuals in end-of-life care? Caring for patients at the end of life is a challenging task that requires not only the consideration of the patient as a whole but also an understanding of the family, social, legal, economic, and institutional circumstances […]

The discovery of two genes associated with breast cancer susceptibility enables the identification of individuals at an increased risk of developing the disease. However, the effectiveness of DNA-based susceptibility testing is still uncertain. Around 200,000 cases of breast cancer are detected annually, but most are not caused by inherited factors. Nonetheless, research indicates that approximately […]

Diseases and sicknesses have always been prevalent in today’s society due to a vast mixture of factors and elements. For decades, people have been battling with all sorts of disorders, making every move to make their life safe and clean as possible. These sicknesses may come in different forms, and it is usually the knowledge […]

1. Define the following terms as they relate to cardiodynamics: stroke volume, end systolic volume, and end diastolic volume. Define the following terms and state how each relates to systemic arterial blood pressure: cardiac output and total peripheral resistance. Stroke Volume- the amount of blood pumped out of the ventricle during a single heartbeat. End […]

Hair grows everywhere on the human skin except on the palms of our hands and the soles of our feet, but many hairs are so fine they’re virtually invisible. Hair is made up of a protein called keratin that is produced in hair follicles in the outer layer of skin. In our society today, some […]

Child abuse is prevalent in the U. S. , about 2. 5 million children per year are victims of maltreatment. Because of this people are now very keen in observing and reporting signs of child abuse. Cao gio or the Vietnamese medical art of coin rubbing is seen as abusive by some physicians. The practice […]

Darwinian medicine, utilizing the adaptationist program from evolutionary biology, seeks to elucidate the reasons behind individuals’ vulnerability to infections and diseases. Unlike Western traditions, this approach does not attempt to ascertain the causes for one person falling ill while another remains in good health. In contrast to traditional medicine, which focuses on treating diseases after […]

The elderly have a higher susceptibility to dental problems like chronic diseases and increased medication use due to aging, chronic illnesses, and medications. Dentists have observed a growing demand for dental services among older people. Thankfully, the introduction of better dental care, fluoride utilization, and greater awareness of dental health has resulted in lower rates […]

I still remember the day when this horrible incident happened to me. I had been to a Mexican restaurant with a friend. He had been praising the restaurant to the skies for many days in the past and I was compelled to check it out. We went to this place after office hours and were […]

The biopsychosocial model (abbreviated “BPS”) is a general model or approach positing that biological, psychological (which entails thoughts, emotions, and behaviors), and social (socio-economical, socio-environmental, and cultural) factors, all play a significant role in human functioning in the context of disease or illness. Indeed, health is best understood in terms of a combination of biological, […]

There’s always a time in one’s life, when a hero comes along. Somebody who has inspiredyou, and helped you learn what life is about. I remember it as if it was yesterday, surprisingly, as my state of mind on that cold December night can be described only of numbness and confusion. It was around eight […]

The aim of this essay is to examine the interaction between a health professional and service users as depicted in the DVD clip titled “Someone to Watch over Me.” It investigates the notions of health and communication, highlighting the importance of the nurse/patient relationship and how interpersonal communication is essential in conveying health information. To […]

Introduction Unilab’s Vidastat  The Price Buster Pricing pays an important role in the success or failure of a new product. Price penetration strategy or offering a lower price against competitors, was used by United Laboratories, Inc, or Unilabas it is better known, in launching Vidastat, a brand of simvastation (an anti-cholesterol drug) against the market […]

In my quest for an intellectual hero in the field of Speech Language Pathology (SLP), I encountered a few limitations. Some well-known figures in this field have authored books that read more like instructional guides rather than personal accounts. However, I soon realized that not all intellectual heroes in SLP possess doctorate degrees. Often, it […]

In the article, Scheper-Hughes and Lock examine the western beliefs associated with the mind and the body. In doing so they present three ways the body can be viewed, there is the individual body, social body and the political body. The individual body is the one that we all use in order to distinguish our […]

From the day of birth the majority of humanity is taught that we are split into two categories: male and female. As a child, it may be hard to understand otherwise, and these two genders serve specific roles in society. But as one grows older they find that there are people who try to break […]

Medical sciences have made significant contributions to improve human lives in our century. However, it is quite amazing to know that the life blood which sustains humanity has never been reproduced artificially which suggests that the very source of life is in the human body itself. It also implies that humans are interdependent and that […]

The introduction of evacuated tubes greatly enhanced the precision and accuracy of test results by reducing errors in collection, (eg, blood-to-additive ratios or contamination). This article reviews the history of evacuated tubes, the regulations and manufacturing of evacuated tubes, the additives used in evacuated tubes, and some environmental factors influencing product performance. “A laboratory test […]

In 1951 at Johns Hopkins Hospital, a black woman was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She underwent treatment there as it was one of the limited number of hospitals that accepted black patients. Without her knowledge or consent, cells were extracted from her cervix during an examination. These cells, referred to as HeLa cells after her […]

She previously smoked 70 per week, but has since cut this down to 3 per day, due to cost and health issues The patient doesn’t drink alcohol. The patient has a relatively healthy diet. Patients presenting problem The patient has a four unit bridge on her upper anteriors, she has ten missing teeth and others […]

Albert Fish a psychiatric phenomenon, known for his sexual fetishes is what interested me to research sexual abnormalities. Sexual sadism will be the topic of my final project. “The feeling of sexual excitement resulting from administering pain, suffering, or humiliation to another person”(Fahmy, n. d. ). The pain is real whether it is physical or […]