Essays on Health Page 150

“I am so fat. Just look at these bulges. I hate myself!”… ..Anorexia Nervosa. It effects a lot more people than you could ever think. Sometimes the signs aren’t even noticable. You usually see the normal anorexic as: extremely thin, bone protruding from their body, a manic depressent. That is only the extremes. You don’t…

Abstract As a discipline, Nursing is increasingly defining its own independent functions and contributions to health care. The Development and use of Nursing Theory provide autonomy in the practice of nursing in many ways. As nurses demonstrate that nursing does indeed make a difference and that nursing service are valuable, the discipline become more independent….

To date, most research on mental illness and disorders have centered on adults. However, mental health community has now begun to focus on mental illness in children. Researchers are looking at childhood development in terms of what is normal and abnormal, trying to understand how factors affecting development can have an impact on mental health….

October, 1997, New York, NYThe analytic instrument we feel most comfortable wielding, journalistically, in exploring the cause of Gulf Syndrome is Ockham’s Razor. It is named for, but apparently was not quite explicitly stated in the writings of English philosopher William of Ockham (circa 1300-1349). Also called the Principle of Parsimony, it states that: “Entities…

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy and Billy Budd by Herman Melville present two tragic characters who differ a lot from each other with a few common characteristics. The death of Ivan is a natural one whereas Billy receives capital punishment. The former fails to get any admiration even from his own people…

Imagine in your early adolescents being diagnosed with a disease that increases your aging. Doctors tell you that there is no known cure and that you will die by the age of fifty. There is a disease that increases your aging, that disease is known as Werner Syndrome. A medical student named Carl Wilhelm Otto…

Positive feedback Positive feedback is a mechanism by which an output is enhanced, such as protein levels. However, in order to avoid any fluctuation in the protein level, the mechanism is inhibited stochastically (I), therefore when the concentration of the activated protein (A) is past the threshold ([I]), the loop mechanism is activated and the…

The eruption of the Coronavirus in China has forged a wave of uncertainty and agitation across the world. Coronavirus, which is a family of viruses that can generate a range of illnesses in humans from the common cold to more acute forms of illnesses like SARS and MERS that could prove to be deadly. The…

Hello all! I have recently attended a managers training confrence that has taught me a multitude of skills that I think will be very valuable to our working enviroment. On a monthly basis we will have different areas of focus that we will work on improving upon. The different skill building areas that we will…

In conjunction with ASK Lamming’s Entrepreneurship Day, I am pleased to note that there are many tall’s and booths selling and showcasing a variety of traditional and innovative products. Managed to find some time to go around the venue and visit most of the stalls and booths. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. Today, I…