Overmedicating children has been an issue that has received much widespread attention in the past few years. More children are being diagnosed with mental health conditions, such as bipolar disorders as young as the age of 4. Prescribing medicine for children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has also been...
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Introduction Sickle cell anemia is a complex disease that is characterized by many factors that include the creation of new approaches that impact health in many ways. Sickle cell anemia must be better understood in order to accomplish the desired objectives and to recognize the importance of the disease and...
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This paper reviews medication errors from the perspective of the healthcare system. An overview of medication errors is provided, including the effect that medication errors have on the healthcare systems as a whole. Methods for reducing medication errors are provided among healthcare professionals individually and as a group. Medication Errors:...
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Prescription errors can have devastating health effects on a patient, or may not have any risks at all. The decision to disclose or not disclose errors lies with individual physician. Adverse incidents can occur from appropriate treatment plan executed correctly such as drug related side effects. To avoid prescription error,...
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We are only given one life to realize our potential and this realization was a major factor in my decision to return to school to pursue a career in the medical field. Medicine was always my dream as a child but certain life circumstances led me to a career in...
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New experimental drugs are being developed daily by pharmaceutical companies, each looking to make the next big drug that will bring about big results, and big profits. The process to get those drugs to market is an arduous and costly one and drug companies have a long way to go,...
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Watching the PBS Frontline webcast “The Medicated Child” underlined several issues, both social and medical, associated with mental health and mental health medications. The webcast did a good job of presenting the issues in a balanced way. For example, it seems as though Nicholas were simply a rambunctious 3-year-old who...
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I still remember how one of my aunt’s family had to declare bankruptcy due to enormous medical bills as a result of my aunt’s pancreatic cancer. The family might not have been very rich but they could be considered middle class in America. No one could have predicted it but...
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Many Americans turn to both prescription and over-the-counter medications for the health needs on a daily basis. For many, medications are necessary in order to live or to conduct a normal life so imperative to work and home. But, there are environmental considerations that must be appreciated by all, because...
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Diabetes mellitus affects millions of people across the globe every day by producing dangerous balances of sugars in the blood stream and body cells. There are three distinct types of diabetes with their own pathophysiology and, therefore, their own drug treatments. Type 1 diabetes was previously known as insulin-dependent diabetes...
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Introduction Alcohol abuse is one of the biggest killers in the under 40s in the United States, with the disease itself affecting around 17 million adults (Hasin et al., 2007). It is now stated that around 1 in 10 children live with a parent who has some form of alcohol...
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Conduct disordered adolescents are complex and some of the most frequent inhabitants of the criminal justice system. The goal of the justice system is to get them treatment so that they can be rehabilitated and grow in to successful adults. Conduct disorder differs from other psychological conditions in that is...
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Director of the Division of Hypertension at Boston’s Mass General Hospital, Randall Zusman, has recommended that consuming foods with substantial concentrations of potassium, magnesium and calcium is especially helpful for those who eat significant amounts of canned and processed food. It is also helpful to those who take certain medications...
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The arguments that are advanced by the religious front against medical euthanasia include: Medical euthanasia as a practice is against the will and word of God. The religious argument is not that people cannot harm or kill themselves. Rather, they acknowledge that the free will that people have been given...
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Quality and Safety Improvement Health care is a very dynamic industry because of the consistent progressions in the society that lead to changes in the needs of the patients. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report was launched in order to provide a framework along which improvements can be enhanced in...
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Clonazepam is a benzodiazepine that is principally used to prevent seizures and to treat panic attacks and other anxiety disorders. It is marketed by the Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche under a number of brand names, and best known as Klonopin in the United States. It was first approved by the...
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1. According to the article Where does Ebola hide between epidemics? How is it expected that humans may have first contracted the Ebola virus? According to the National Geographic article, Ebola may hide in fruit bats or in birds between epidemics. The CDC states that scientists are not sure where...
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In my opinion, yes, the incorporation of holistic and alternative medicine with traditional medicine is not only a good idea, it is necessary. The reasons why I believe this is a fundamental history of medicine. The first point I want to make is that the word alternative and traditional are...
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Military medicine is knowledge, personnel and actual occupation to ensure a health life of military personnel including treating combat injuries. This discipline has been operational since the introduction of military systems. The occupation has since invention aimed at ensuring a fully health life of a military participant. Due to harsh...
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Defensive medicine describes the unnecessary practices and medical procedures that are done by the medics to avoid legal processes. These tests are carried out as self-protection measures for various malpractices. Defensive medicine is a mechanism that is employed in medical situations that are characterized by professional negligence. Extra medical operations...
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Abstract After September 11, 2001, it was apparent that Islam was a misunderstood religion in the United States. Developed in the Middle East in the 7th century, Islam is a monotheistic religious tradition that was founded on the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad. According to Islam, God created humans and...
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The purpose of this paper is to discuss how a complementary and integrative health approach using western and herbal medicine supports optimal health. The example that I use here is how western medicine involving herbs and spices makes individuals resilient by supporting their weight loss. While it has to be...
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Community paramedicine is the newest specialization area in Emergency Medical Services (EMS). It is also known as Mobile Integrated Health Paramedicine. In healthcare research, community paramedicine is a new concept of prehospital care which means that paramedics serve as a bridge between the community and primary access services. This paper...
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T.R. Reid is a foreign correspondent who has been all over the world covering news stories. When he required invasive shoulder replacement surgery, he decided to find out if other, less drastic options could work as well to reduce his pain and raise his mobility and capacity. This is how...
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Albuterol is a beta 2 adrenergic agonist which can be used in the treatment of asthma symptoms (Ahrens & Smith, 1984). Beta 2 adrenergic agonists are drugs which a class of drugs which are bronchodilators. This class of drugs bind to Beta 2 adrenergic receptors which are found on the...
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