Essays on Health Page 244

During this semester I interned at an outpatient physical therapy clinic in Yonkers, New York called Professional Physical Therapy. At this location we only had one Physical Therapist and 3 physical therapy aides. Throughout my time as an intern I had the opportunity to work hands on with a variety of patient. These patients had…

This article goes into detail about what smokers and drinkers impose on everyone else through health and economic factors. The first point addressed was the comparison between the balance of payment of smokers and drinkers versus non-smokers and non-drinkers. With current taxes on alcohol there isn’t a balance and drinkers are only paying for half…

I have witnessed the impact of mental illness through personal experience and understand how challenging the road to recovery can be. However, the experience of seeing an individual walk away lighter to live their own personal journey after healing from physical, mental, or spiritual wounds is a humbling experience. There is nothing greater than seeing…

In this 21st century, we are living in an increasingly mobile-connected age. Many and many people in this whole world are having a smartphone no matter what age they are, from the young to the old. For a tool that once could only be used for making calls and sending messages, smartphones have become a…

Mr. Jones, a 59-year-old African-American male, who has no history of alcohol use and who denies smoking cigarettes. On the weekends, he coaches a basketball team, Mr. Jones consumes high sodium food like hot dogs and nachos following basketball games. Mr. Jones is being monitored for HTN and previously reported a blood pressure of 168/92…

Childhood obesity is a complex issue within the United States which can lead to immediate health problems as well as future health complications. Childhood obesity is defined by the CDC as children having a BMI at or above the 95th percentile. The body mass index (BMI) is a measurement tool used to determine whether an…

Ancient peoples were using iron as early as 4000 B.C.E. for making various tools, weapons, and other objects. They apparently obtained the iron from meteorites. The composition of those earliest iron artifacts was higher in nickel than native iron ores on Earth, in keeping with the composition of meteorites (Steel). In fact, the word ‘iron’…

How could cell phone use cause negative effects on someone social skills and in what way does that make people more depressed and have weekend social skills. Cell phone use has drawn us to an antisocial state, cell phones have made it harder for us to understand or even feel basic emotions such as love…

The ratification of this crucial treaty had come close to failure. As to the condition the Assembly imposed, Dobbs recognized the importance which many Assembly members attached to securing Mosul and commented to his wife that the Colonial office “may be vexed by this sentence. I can’t help it. They are lucky to get the…

Society is technologically the most advanced it’s ever been, religion and science have lived in the same world for decades now. So many problems have been solved with new discoveries, anti-vaxxers ignore data and use past mistakes as meaningless points in their argument. Humans have extended the life expectancy with innovative modern medicine, a woman’s…