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Coral Springs Medical Center Sage: Oral Care Protocol Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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The determination and change of these risk factors have caused the drafting of strategies that may preclude the high incidence of VAP. These measures respond to the root causes of VAP prevalence, its treatment, and infection-control associated means that have been accountable for the  US-wide reduction of VAP incidence (Gaynes et al, 2001).
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Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Society Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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These microorganisms are quite ubiquitous that scientists have delved into research to know more about them and find good use with their numbers. This paper is aimed at looking into the morphology and physiology of the bacterial cell and discusses its significance in the field of medicine, biotechnology, and society. All life forms are classified into five major kingdoms. These are Kingdoms Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia.
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Basic Environmental Health Health Sciences & Medicine Thesis
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The main property determining the absorption of particulate matter in particle size. Large particles are restricted to the nasopharyngeal region from where they are coughed out, medium particles stop at the tracheobronchial region and smaller particles reach the lungs from where they may be phagocytosed or absorbed.
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The Use of Chemotherapy in Cancer Health Sciences & Medicine Research Proposal
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Liposomal therapy is a type of treatment that involves using chemotherapy drugs that have been enclosed inside liposomes. These synthetic fat globules help the drug make its way into the cancer cells more selectively, with the benefit of decreasing possible side effects such as alopecia, nausea and vomiting.
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Role of Estrogen in the Endocrine System Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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It is known that the normal functions of all organ systems are regulated by this system. The endocrine system controls maturation, development, growth, and regulation within the body. It consists of glands (such as the pituitary, the pancreas, the adrenals, and the testes) and hormones, which are natural chemical messengers.
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The Style of Society has Changed the Catering Industry Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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Health, convenience, and indulgence are the key trends in the food industry. ‘Free-from’, selections and lower-calorie options have doubled in shelf space in supermarkets in the past year. 40% of adults now say they’re being more careful about what they eat.
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Vancomycin-resistant Entercocci as a Possible Bio-Terrorist Weapon and Health Care Defense Tactics Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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ssibility as the bacteria is difficult to treat, is acquired and transmitted easily, and has been shown to transfer genetic resistance to other gram-positive organisms in the laboratory environment. The effects of VRE used as a bio-terrorist weapon can be reduced by improved
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Challenges of Type 2 Diabetes Health Sciences & Medicine Literature review
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The glucose, which remains unabsorbed, accumulates in the bloodstream and damages the blood vessels and capillaries.  Type I diabetes is also known as ‘juvenile diabetes’ or ‘insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus’. This develops when the body’s immune system destroys the pancreatic beta cells, which are responsible to make the hormone insulin to regulate blood glucose.
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Plastic Surgery in the USA Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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The author states that people will often turn to the internet or to newspaper articles as their major source of news.  They use these venues also to gather important information and advice regarding significant decisions in their lives.  Unfortunately, many of these articles, due to lack of space, sources used the position of the author.
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What Are the Effects of Oral Care on the Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Health Sciences & Medicine Literature review
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Researchers have applied several antiseptic and antibiotic solutions, primarily chlorhexidine, but also povidone-iodine and topical antibiotics.  Findings consistently indicate that oral care diminishes the incidence of VAP by reducing colonization of patients’ mouths by pathogenic bacteria and fungi, hence decreases also the mortality-rate of ICU-patients dependent on mechanical ventilators.
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Inter-Professional Practice for People Using Health Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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The paper discusses the Collaborative Approach to IPP wherein different conditions where the collaborative efforts can produce better results are discussed. Service User Involvement in IPP is another important issue. The support and care become more effective when the support is coming from the service user also. 
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Chinese Herbal Therapies and the American Traditional Practice of Medicine Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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Today the world is aggressively looking to solutions alternative to western science in the field of health-related problems. TCM, with its wide scope and possibilities, is definitely an answer but the Native American has also recognized the importance of its own culture while adopting the Chinese techniques of treatment.
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Leadership and Management for Nursing Practice Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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A new model of primary care illustrates shared mental health model which aims the provision of all-round services with the aid of amply developed resources through nicely integrated endeavors. Among the various changes that have been recommended in this specified area aiming to facilitate the release of the best possible services for meeting the clients’ satisfaction. 
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Safety of Soy-Based Infant Formulas Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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The author states that the estimated prevalence of galactosemia is 1 in 40-50000. The gene encoding for GALT is located on chromosome 9p13. This deficiency of GALT causes an accumulation of galactose-1-phosphate in tissues and erythrocytes.  Galactosemia can be in the form of an acute fulminating disorder.
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Anorexia as an Extreme Form of Mind and Body Dualism Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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Increased exposure to Western media also seems to have influenced women in third-world countries.  Eating disorders have been described in South Asian women and seem to be not just an incorporation of contemporary Western ideals of female morphology, “but a reassertion of an instrumental strategy of self-renunciation in situations of experienced constraint”
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What It Really Takes to Become a Veterinarian Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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College of Veterinary Medicine’s DVM degree brochure, students seeking an education at this school should have already been working toward this goal in high school.  Students are expected to have a “sound background in the biological and physical sciences and general knowledge of the arts, humanities, and English”.
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Different Rates of Morbidity and Mortality Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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A satisfactory explanation for the ubiquitous socioeconomic status-health gradient remains elusive suggesting, in part, that an adequate model of this relation is probably complex and multifaceted. In this answer, we provide an overview of data indicating that income is inversely correlated with exposure to suboptimal environmental conditions.
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Basic Environmental Health Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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The urinary metabolites were used as biomarkers of exposure, providing estimates of parathion/paraoxon exposure from all routes. The main disadvantage of the measurement is that multiple urine collections must be made between 12 hours Monday's post exposure to completely quantify exposure using this technique.
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The Role of Spirituality in Medical Care and Clinical Practice Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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Despite its religious connotation, spirituality is more closely connected with people's essential humanity, says Peter Gilbert (Breathing Space, 2006). Moreover, spirituality unites the inner self with the universe. Studies have confirmed definite relations between spirituality and physical and mental health conditions (BMA).
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New Public Health Approaches to Tackling Breast Cancer Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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“A New York Times poll reveals breast cancer is the most feared disease among American women, even though strokes and heart disease kill far more. Some doctors fear this public awareness may lead to over-treatment, with women insisting on very aggressive therapies even when their cancers are small and slow-growing” (Reiss 2001).
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Effect of AIDS in the Workplace Health Sciences & Medicine Research Paper
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It is recommended that every company does what it can to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS.  While community planning groups exist working to create an epidemic profile, assess needs and resources, create and implement community-level plans and update and review those plans, this type of service could be further enhanced if businesses became involved in the process.
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Human Eye and Colour Vision Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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The paper is an effort to establish a relationship between the age and changes in human’s ability to respond to various wavelengths. The aim of the project is to observe changes in human ability to notify various wavelengths of the visible light and the degradation of this ability of color vision. The human vision system is based upon the difference in the wavelengths of light.
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Current Development and the Importance of the Major Histocompatibility Complex in Transplantation Health Sciences & Medicine Research Paper
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Although treatment with immunosuppressive agents prevents rejection, it, however, makes the transplant recipients more susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumor development.  The purpose of this study was to know more about the role of MHC, B and T cell receptors, cytokines and the current development in the field of transplantation, and the alternative approaches being tried for inducing immunological tolerance.
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The Dermal-Epidermal Junction Health Sciences & Medicine Dissertation
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The author states that skin lesions can lead to serious consequences for health due to the risk of infectious diseases, allergic and toxic reactions to the hazardous impacts of the surrounding. Skin participates in the thermoregulation, has the complicate system of neural receptors, takes part in vitamin D3 synthesis.
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Interprofessional Working in Health and Social Care Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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The author states that in practical terms, Interprofessional working may be described as a process that places the patient/service user at the center of the activity, where individual contributions of the care team are collaborative in nature and where roles and functions may overlap in order to provide the best possible care for the individual.
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The Context of Consent Health Sciences & Medicine Coursework
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Gillian (1994) feels offering each patient net benefit requires respect for the patient's autonomy. In other words, to ensure patients are benefited from the treatment and no harm is brought upon them, either in physical or psychological terms, the practitioner should obtain the consent of the patient.
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Cultural Variations in Comfort Foods Health Sciences & Medicine Dissertation
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The author states that the concept of ‘Comfort Foods’ has social, emotional and contextual implications as also cultural dimensions and the concept itself seems to change with time. The complexity in the concept of comfort foods could be explained from the perspective of its cultural as also global orientations.
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Individual Characteristics of Down Syndrome Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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 Down syndrome is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome 21, hence the classification Trisomy 21 (Leshin, 1997). Trisomy of human chromosome 21 is one of the most frequent aneuploidies in humans and results in Down syndrome, affecting approximately 1 in 700 live births. Down syndrome is a major cause of mental retardation and congenital heart disease in humans. 
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Retrospective Analysis of a Change in the Psychiatric ICU Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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A new Nursing Director was now appointed. A senior member of staff with little experience to manage a Director level post only made the nursing department more chaotic. Her management style did little to bring cohesion or commitment back to the staff, much less address their concerns. The department was only losing its permanent staff under her leadership.
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Lifestyle Factors and the Male Cognitive Function Health Sciences & Medicine Literature review
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men from advantaged childhood backgrounds who later in life experienced downward mobility scored poorer on each cognitive test than their counterparts who remained in the most advantaged groups throughout the life course. There was a strong, graded association between cumulative socioeconomic disadvantage and cognitive function.
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The Question of Hospice Services in England Health Sciences & Medicine Coursework
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The worldwide Internet was found to be a crucial tool to approach this study. By using a search engine to enter keywords and phrases, the prevalence and commonality of the issues were soon discovered. The following bulleted phrases were introduced into the search engine, and are followed by how many so-called “hits” came up were for each topic.
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Psychosocial and Communication Issues in Cancer Care Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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The author states that clinicians have long recognized the importance of identifying and addressing psychosocial aspects of cancer. Professional clinicians groups insisted that a strong focus on comprehensively meeting the needs of persons with cancer should be made. For half a century various service groups throughout the world offer support services.
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DNA Methylation Effects in Friedreich Ataxia (FRDA) Health Sciences & Medicine Book Report/Review
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This paper will analyze the possible effects of DNA methylation at the FRDA gene promoter in FRDA in two sets transgenic mouse tissues, one of which contains GAA repeat expansion mutations, whilst the other does not. There is evidence that Friedreich ataxia could be caused by an iron overload in the mitochondria.
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Achieving a Healthy Society Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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In the case of Botswana, antiretroviral treatment is free for everyone though it is applying rationing to a certain extent, not really surprising considering the extent of the need compared with the available resources (Rosen et al, 2004). Presently, the government is trying to target public awareness and education regarding AIDS in a new way.
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Research Findings for Asthma Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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Rates of asthma varied markedly with the child's sex; boys had twice the rate of asthma as girls. In addition, the factors associated with asthma varied with the child's sex. For boys, wheeze during infancy, early eczema, and parental asthma were all significant risk factors; for girls, the only risk factor was early eczema.
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How Access to Health Care Affects Women with Disabilities Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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The author states that as baby boomer women age, they find that they need access to the health care system more than ever. Health care practitioners and researchers are coming around to closing the disparity between services offered to men and to women. For example, the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine no longer accepts studies.
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Multi-Professional Teams Working In Primary Care Health Sciences & Medicine Literature review
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Documents such as the NHS Plan (Doll 2000), The Way to Go Home (Audit Commission 2000) and the National Service Framework for Patients (DoH 2001b) focus on the potential of therapeutic working that enables and empowers individuals. This potential is widely recognized and emphasizes the need to put patients, their needs and those of their families at the center of policy and practice.
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Factors That Delay Thrombolysis Being Given in Acute Myocardial Infarction Health Sciences & Medicine Coursework
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Drugs and procedures for reducing mortality and morbidity have come into being as a result of advances in science and technology. Even so, there is a concern that a wide variety of reasons within the health care environment and outside of its lead to delay in the use of these measures and thereby are not able to deliver the full potential of reduction in morbidity and mortality.
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Pregnancy Complicated With Diabetes Health Sciences & Medicine Coursework
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The midwife needs to collaborate with health care professionals at different levels of the health system and other care providers, including traditional birth assistants, social workers, etc. However, this collaboration must be based on mutual respect and recognition of the skills of each type of care provider.
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Physiotherapy Management Programme Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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The aspiration of the current research was to compare and contrast the effects of two of these techniques in post-cerebrovascular treatment. The two approaches chosen were Bobath and Motor Relearning Programme. The Bobath model represents a theoretical framework in a reflex-hierarchical theory, while Motor Relearning Programme is based in system theory, and is basically task-oriented.
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Screening Procedure for Retinopathy of Prematurity Health Sciences & Medicine Coursework
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The analgesic properties of oral sucrose in neonates have been documented in various studies. The sweet taste of sucrose probably triggers the release of endogenous opiates. AAP's recently published guidelines on pain have also recommended the use of sucrose in NICU patients undergoing a wide variety of procedure.
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Methadone Treatment during Pregnancy Health Sciences & Medicine Assignment
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The author states that heroin is a potent opiate drug processed from morphine. With repeated administration of heroin, an addict can develop a high level of tolerance. In most study series, “the pregnant addicts were young, unmarried or separated, lacking in social supports and disproportionately concentrated in minority ethnic groups.
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The Influence of Postgraduate Education on Clinical Decision Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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One objective of the majority of nursing programs is to improve students' cognitive abilities and clinical decision-making skills. This study researched the differences in critical thinking ability and decision-making skills among 121 associate degree, diploma, baccalaureate, and masters prepared nurses.
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Needs of a Child With Tourettes Syndrome Health Sciences & Medicine Research Proposal
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The TS student who shows inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances also meets a federal criterion for ED. Within the normal routine of the classroom, a student who suddenly jerks his body or shouts out an obscenity shows inappropriate behavior. A short temper and a tendency to be confrontational are also abnormal behaviors;
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The Structure and Function of Human Chromosomes Health Sciences & Medicine Coursework
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Nondisjunction occurs in 95 percent, mosaicism occurs in 2 percent, Robertsonian translocation occurs in the remaining 3 percent. Most chromosome-21 translocations are sporadic. (Bettencourt J, 1998). However, some are inherited from a parent who carries the translocation balanced by a chromosome deletion. (Newberger DS, 2000).
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Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Its Implications Health Sciences & Medicine Case Study
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At the first onset of symptoms, antacid therapy for short-term relief and non-pharmacological lifestyle changes for long-term relief should be implemented. If symptoms persist, Histamine Receptor Antagonists should be used. If desired results are not obtained, proton pump inhibitors (PPI) therapy should be instigated.
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An Analyst for the Office on Aging Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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The author explains that Joan, the Deputy Director that had responsibility for the office, was an inspirational leader who exhibited a genuine interest in the development of her staff. A strategic planner, Joan was organized and collaborative; she possessed the ability to clearly communicate her vision to both her staff and the community at large.
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Biomechanics and Physiology ( Rehabilitation of the anterior crugiate Health Sciences & Medicine Essay
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The most common injuries are strains, sprains, and contusions. Injuries to the lower extremity are the most common with the medial collateral ligament sprain or tear being the most frequent lower extremity injury. Upper extremity injuries, especially to the shoulder, hand, and fingers are also very common.
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Can Alcohol Screening Tools Assist to Combat Effects of Binge Drinking Health Sciences & Medicine Dissertation
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The author states that it is important for individuals to have sufficient information to make informed choices about their drinking and to act more responsibly. All resources are to be utilized to prevent people from the misuse of alcohol, and to treat them in such a way that they abandon alcohol intake and encourage others to do the same.
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The Reasons and the Problem Associated with Stress Health Sciences & Medicine Term Paper
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Stress becomes prominent in the workplace because of various factors.  Issues like competition, high absenteeism, staff turnover, industrial disputes, may add to the stress but the root cause is different. While the origin of stress may arise from personal reasons like marital status age, occupation, ultimately the effect is felt at the workplace.
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