Health Sciences & Medicine Essays

The author states that dyslexia is a common form of specific learning disability impacting a child’s area of reading. Additionally, dyslexic children demonstrate characteristics such as struggling with phonemic consciousness. Struggles with phonemic awareness result in incapacitation to realize and work with distinct sounds in different words.

There is herbs positive effect of eczema treatment of which has been scientifically proved, such as aloe vera, chamomile, calendula, lavender, and those having only practical evidence of their efficiency without any scientific ground. This does not necessarily mean that the latter is ineffective or only symptoms suppressing because practice shows that the results of this treatment are positive.

The paper states that as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals, approximately 8.6 million Americans undergo health atrocities originating from tobacco use. Important to note is that the affected are not only first-hand smokers but also passive smokers, that is, people who get exposed to smokers.

The illegal drug trade has done much to increase the potency of drugs. its price soars for those desperate to get their hands on. Drugs are becoming extremely more violent nowadays and drug dealers wage wars with other drug cartels, which also affects America's borders with Mexico and how drugs are getting into the USA.

Medicine that is concerned with a healthy body and mind has developed to be incorporated into new fields, which are exciting such as psycho neuro-immunology as well as behavioral cardiology where psycho neuro-immunology is concerned with the relationship that exists between thoughts and emotions and brain chemistry as well as the immune system.

The paper shows that opportunistic pathogens can, therefore, be viewed as the cause of severe sickness leading to considerable transience thereby threatening public health. Hence, in order to check the transmission of such contagious germs to vulnerable people, the standard immunization requirements must be adhered to. 

Current research on dementia’s genetic in genes and iron handling presents useful outcomes. In addition to that, research has also documented proven results that link dementia disorders to aluminum toxicities. Over the years, epidemiological research has yielded results that link aluminum, tangles, and plaques.

Breast augment is a procedure which is characterized by a high rate of risk. The level of success is highly influenced by the qualifications of the plastic surgeon and the effectiveness of the equipment and facilities which are used in the procedure. Failure to meet the proper preconditions of the operation can cause the failure of the plastic surgery.

Many individuals die due to the shortage of organs and the financial demand which is associated with organ failure even before the time to pay for the actual transplantation. Studies have also shown that any processes which reduce or inhibit an increase in the number of available organs will also worsen the current situation.

The areas assessed include personal physical health, sexual health, and mental health. Among these strategies, various governmental policies have been developed, but this paper will solely concentrate on these three principles and the way the government is emphasizing these strategies to protect the health of the people.

 The following is a description of the family history as the cause of Alzheimer’s disease according to the Emory University School of Medicine article, “Family History of Alzheimer’s Disease”.

The article above underwent publishing in 1982, at which point J. Lieff had developed services for those patients who were terminally ill, those who were handicapped, and the elderly in connection with hospitals, nursing homes, and the Boston Housing Authority. Lieff has served as Chief of Geriatrics at Tuft University’s Lemuel Shattuck Hospital. 

Memory and smell are highly associated and sensing a smell can evoke surprisingly strong memories associated with that smell from the past. Thus aromatherapy is likely to have the potential to evoke strong relaxation responses in recipients, as long as the essences employed have relaxing sensations for the recipient of the treatment.

Massage Therapy is a kind of bodywork that improvises any kind of function within the body by use of the hand in different technical ways. Massage therapy helps in improvising the soft body tissues in order to enhance the health of an individual. It is a very old form of medical artwork that has cured many diseases and illnesses of human bodies. 

In conclusion, the mobile phone has specific properties that allow and encourage the owners to develop new rituals and behaviors that are not necessarily positive (Townsend 89). Not all users recognize the risks they are exposed to by electromagnetic radiation, which also means they are not taking any measures of precaution.

Penelope A. Lewis, in her essay “The Secret World of Sleep” has explained the advantages of sleep but her approach is rather technical and experimental. Being a neuroscientist, she has explained the whole concept of sleep, its advantages, and problems people are facing regarding sleep in much scientific way.

The earliest trait of this illness is pronounced fatigue that is sudden and characterized by relentless or deterioration, causing early and easy exhaustion as well the feeling of hangovers by someone who apparently has no reason for the feeling. Myalgic Encephalomyelitis is an incapacitating disorder and is also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

In many countries of the world, there are tendencies to adopt diets from other people. Even so, Roth warns that “the diet that individuals follow will determine, to a large extent, their health, growth, and development”. Action on the economic, cultural and political environment should be configured to one that promotes health.

The diagnosis of ADHD varies from state to state in the U.S, a state like North Carolina shows a high rate of ADHD diagnosis. Researchers have differing opinions regarding the diagnosis of ADHD. Some claim that over-diagnosis leads to over-medication, while others claim that increasing the production of stimulants is fueling over-medication.

Pundits put forth another argument against in its support saying that legalizing organ sales would ensure that they are carried out in hygienic conditions, thus reducing the risk of infection to the donor. The continued ban on the sale of organs only serves to fuel illegal and risky organ sales. It is the segregation of this practice that results in its being performed in very unwanted places.

I recommend that you approve the building of a community daycare centre, purchase the required furniture and hire people to run the place and take care of the children, within the next one to two years. This is consistent with the community goals for providing a safe environment for all the children in the neighbourhood. 

A report on observing the problem of decreasing breastfeeding rates in the United States. Moreover, an introduction of the problem and history is mentioned in the past 20th century and how things changed through the years and even after that why the breastfeeding rates could not achieve the aimed heights. 

Cherry argues that there is a need to recognize honestly that body parts are commodities to enhance greater trust in transportation. He also claims that persons have the right over their bodies and hence it is hard to provide legitimate proof that forbids an individual from selling a redundant internal organ. 

Infertility is a condition in which a male or a female cannot conceive while they do not use contraceptive and engage in regular sexual intercourse. If a couple cannot conceive within 12 months it is considered to be an abnormal condition for women below 35 years and women older than 35 years are advised to seek medical treatment after trying to conceive for 6 months.

The main risk factor for COPD is smoking. People who have a family history of COPD are more likely to get the disease if they smoke (NHLBI, 2009). Long-term exposure to other lung irritants also is a risk factor for COPD. Examples of other lung irritants include air pollution and chemical fumes and dust from the environment or workplace.

In the article Fogarty states that healthy people who have a family history of early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease in their families may wish to get tested for AD. Genetic testing is generally recommended for people who have family members with early-onset AD because this type of testing is only done for the one gene that is linked to early-onset AD. 

Epidemiological picture of HIV is rather grave nowadays: by the end of 2011, 60 million people had been infected by the virus. In 1981 American scientists discovered the first cases of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in gay men: this conclusion was made based on the unusual clusters of pneumocystis pneumonia and Kaposi’s sarcoma (Morison).

.Generally, alternative medicine broadly describes health care practices that are outside the domain of modern or conventional Western health care practices (Stewart & Faass 2001). In recent times, alternative and complementary medicine are becoming popular and even doctors are prescribing them as supplements to conventional treatment methods.

Alternative medicine is categorized under the complementary and alternative medicine bracket. Complementary and alternative medicine denote practices believed to have positive outcomes in patients, but that does not conform to conventional medicine. 

As a result, many are getting used to living under the constant influence of stress and continue wondering what is going wrong with them. Although many do not recognize this fact, their ability to cope with everyday tasks as well as the general state of health become negatively affected by the occurrence of stress. 

The governmental intervention has been crucial in taming the menace, which experts predict will escalate to crisis levels in the future. Food labeling and sensitization programs are among the steps that the government has undertaken towards the resolution of the menace. However, even with the steps the government has taken, the problem has not been resolved.

Unless the various governments come up with intervention, strategies, the problem will not fade.  Some of the suggested solutions to the problem are rural development, improved primary healthcare delivery and nutritional programs.  All relevant stakeholders should come together to implement the changes.

In this society, the queer behaviors and actions brought about by seizures added to many superstitions and ostracism. However, in 400 B.C, Hippocrates wrote the first-ever book which featured epilepsy entitled “On the Sacred Disease”. In Hippocrates’ time, epilepsy was known to be a curse. In his book, Hippocrates lent evidence suggesting that epilepsy is a brain disorder and not otherwise (Beaumanoir, 1982). 

Indeed tobacco is injurious not only to the person who uses it but more so in the case of people who do not make use of it. Research has shown that consuming tobacco in any form is highly injurious to health. Tobacco usage has been found to be one of the major causes of illnesses and deaths all over the world and the efforts made by the government in this respect has been very slow and gradual.

The article “Out of Area treatment in mental health” does not reflect any authority as there is no organization representing it. The article is a medical based one and is a contribution from Pritlove which acknowledges the people about the treatment pattern, quality and nature of mental health service offered by Leeds mental hospital.

Teenage pregnancy is a common problem in the present-day context. In this regard, effective measures are required to be undertaken with the aim of mitigating such a health issue. Subsequently, health education plays an important role in building awareness in the teenagers about teenage pregnancy, its consequences and prevention measures.     

There are apparently many benefits for the UK, its obstetric population and the children to be born upon the introduction of recommendations for weight gain. It has cost the UK millions of Euros in ensuring maternal and children’s health which could have been regulated with implementation and adherence of specifically recommended guideline.

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.

The critical analysis would show that EC in proper form does not prevent implantation and hinder life once the egg is fertilised. EC resorted to immediately after coitus has nothing to with abortion. The word “emergency” should carry the message that it is a prophylactic act and not a therapeutic one which is abortion. 

A key recommendation for next steps would be for the setting up of more rigorous experiments that refine the methods used here, and make use of larger sample sizes and iterations, in order to come up with more accurate data on the dose dependence of breast cancer cells to manuka honey (Alvarez-Suarez et al. 2014; Spilioti et al. 2014).

The development of medical science has enabled humankind to overcome and defeat many threats to physical and mental health. In its war against germs attacking the body, medical science devised the lethal weapon of antibiotics; in surgery, it was anesthetics and a wide range of surgical equipment and procedure.

Polysorbate-80 and ethanol, the formulation vehicles for etoposide and docetaxel, have been responsible for acute hypersensitivity reactions. Similarly, paclitaxel is formulated in the nonionic surfactant cremophor EL and ethanol. This vehicle has been associated with acute hypersensitivity reactions. 

Being a middle-income country, the strong health care policies in the country that put an emphasis on human development, have mainly followed the principle of equal access to all citizens, whereas the highest performance to the healthcare system has mainly been attributed to the public sector (Unger, De Paepe, Buitrón, & Soors, 2008: 636). 

Gait abnormalities result in gait patterns which this paper is going to examine in relation to Multiple Sclerosis. Gait patterns have been observed to be affected in several ways by Multiple Sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis is known for its limitation with regard to locomotion and activity. 

In the case history known as ‘The Wolf Man’ Sergei Pankejeff (a wealthy Russian aristocrat) is found to be suffering as a result of unbearable compulsions and fears as a result of his sexual development has gone awry during the childhood. Sigmund Freud concentrated on Pankejeff's attention on that particular childhood dream.

The incidence is about 2 per 1000 live births. It is more prevalent in more deprived socioeconomic populations. The cause of most cases of cerebral palsy is not known. Babies who have congenital malformations in systems such as the heart or spine are also more likely to develop CP, probably because they also have malformations in the brain.

There are ethical laws that nowadays deal with such kind of deaths and obviously the physicians and doctors who are made to be responsible present their case as well. But considering the fact that illnesses which are not at all curable or take very long for a patient to recover from may, in any case, lead a patient towards attempted suicide.

This catalyzes the production of melanin and other pigments by oxidation from tyrosine of melanin and other pigments. In molecular biology, it refers to an oxidase that is a rate-limiting enzyme used in controlling the production of melanin. Melanin is a substance that gives the hair, eyes, and skins color. 

Walking is a mode of locomotion where the body's center of gravity moves. The study of human locomotion is necessary both in diagnosis (podiatry) as well as in creating artificial body parts. Understanding the normal walking biomechanics also gives the basis for the design and development of the human ankle-foot emulator.

Tuberculosis has a long history that can be traced back thousands of years ago. The disease was first discovered in the spines of Egyptian mummies, the Greek physicians later developed the name consumption to describe the disease. During the 17th century, scientists made incredible discoveries about tuberculosis.