Essays on Health Page 191

The fetal effects of marijuana use by pregnant Women mirror fetal alcohol syndrome ABSTRACT In many situations, people who use marijuana regularly claim that it has none of the long-term side effects of alcohol and that its short-term use creates a very different “high” than alcohol use, leaving the user more open and relaxed and…

              “One Flew Over Cuckoo’s Nest” was a story originally published in 1962 by Ken Kesey.  The story was based on his unique experiences working with wounded soldiers in California.  Many of story’s characters were the coupling of real life people he met at the Veterans Hospital and LSD…

Over the past several decades, obesity has grown into a major global epidemic. In the United States (US), more than two-thirds of adults are now overweight and one-third is obese. In this article, we provide an overview of the state of research on the likely economic impact of the US obesity epidemic at the national…

Introduction The leading cause of mortality in Australia is heart disease or, in clinical terms, cardiovascular disease (CVD). The common risk factors that are responsible for CVD include smoking, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, lack of exercise, and genetic defects from family history. However, the listed biomedical risk factors do not account for the total percentage of…

Nursing is defined as providing care to the healthy or sick individuals for preventive, promotive, curative and rehabilitative needs. The Consumers are patients with complex needs. With increased awareness of health care, health care facilities and Consumer Protection Act, patients/clients are getting awareness about their rights. Nurses also have now the expanded role, with the…

Death is a fact of life and everyone has to deal with it. There is no way around death but there are ways to die happy. In the essay “Death with Dignity,” the author, Dr. Kubler-Ross interveiwed many people that were dying. Eighty percent of the people interviewed wanted to die at home so they…

Characteristics The sensation of pain is essentially a warning system, making an organism aware that something potentially harmful is happening to the body. Pain is critical for survival. Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis (CIPA) is an autosomal-recessive disorder, the primary characteristic of which is the inability to feel any kind of pain (“autosomal-recessive” is…

This paper summarizes the research about the cause of eating disorders and how they effect family relationships. The paper will look at four topics sociocultural factors, familial influences, individual risks, and how eating disorders affect family life. When a family is faced with a child who has an eating disorder they often are faced with…

In some regions, such as Asia and the Mediterranean, there is a higher prevalence of individuals with one abnormal hemoglobin allele compared to other parts of the world where most people have two normal hemoglobin alleles. Studies have shown that those who have two abnormal hemoglobin alleles experience sickle cell anemia, a potentially deadly condition….

Introduction: Cleanliness is one of the good qualities. It is a part of our civilization. A man of dirty habits is far from civilization. So, with the progress of civilization man cleans himself more and more. He cleans his body. He cleans his mind and heart. He cleans all his action and manners. he cleans…