Essays on Health Page 244

A strong genetic relationship is present between asthma and allergic diseases. This paper in this issue identified specific loci that are shared between the diseases and provide treatment of the diseases. Asthma is a chronic respiratory syndrome of the airways in the lungs. Asthma causes inflammation and narrowing inside the lung and restricting the air…

The liquor industry brought in a record breaking $26.2 Billion in sales in 2017, rising 4% from 2016. It was the eighth consecutive year that sales rose to break records. Governed by both state governments and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS), marketers must navigate a myriad of regulations to compete in…

Just picture a hospital emergency or intensive care wing. Feel the rush of doctors and nurses trying to get patients stable and looking at different things such as blood spurting out of an arm or seeing a bone break through skin. Just feel the rush of trying to save people’s lives. This is the life…

Everyone’s perspective of the world is different and unique. A worldview is the fundamental basis of reality, theoretical, beliefs, practices, relationships, and is shared by religion and/or culture (Shelly and Miller, 2006). In my nursing practice, it is important to consider the meaning of spirituality and provide compassionate care to each patient and/or caregiver which…

Although I didn’t initially choose physical therapy as a career in healthcare, my true passion was discovered while applying to Drexel University for my undergraduate studies. While pursuing a major in biomedical engineering and aiming to design prosthetics and other supplies, I realized that engineering wasn’t the right path after being required to take AP…

After the Japanese fleet bombed Pearl Harbor surprisingly killing many US soldiers in December 1941, the United States entered into World War II. The text described World War II as “the largest and most violent armed conflict in the history of mankind”. The United States during the war required a tremendous amount of manpower that…

As currently just in a span of three to four months, panic buttons are on the rise in the global economy, for the pandemic of COVID 19 has forced the entire world to be in a state of complete lockdown. Coronavirus is spreading across at an alarming rate, severely affecting the entire economy and throwing…

Underage drinking is rapidly becoming wide spread matter within United States. It considered to be a serious problem not only nationally, but also globally wide. Drinking under the legal age has hiked its way up the ladder to one of the most common forms of substance use.Therefore, what are the health risks, and the preventative…

Nursing has existed throughout history and has changed drastically from where it has started. In current times nurses are one of the most respected and well-deserved careers to have. They play an important role in the medical field when taking care of patient’s. The first record of nursing was written around 300 AD. During that…

Social determinants of health is a body of research for which strongly suggests that wealthier individuals prosper more and poorer individuals will tend to suffer more. There are no constructs to define in this theory but plenty of determinants that can be described. The first one is the social gradient which states that life expectancy…