Essays on Health Page 246

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…

The barriers that stand in the way of children and adolescents getting vaccinated should be minimized to little or none. Vaccination is the “injection of a weakened organism that produces immunity in the body against that organism.” While many worries about injecting part of the virus into the human body could be dangerous. It is…

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…

All patients from childhood to early and late adulthood can utilize orthotics. Some can argue that the general population uses orthotics on a daily basis. Shoes are the foundation to all lower extremity orthoses. The design of the shoe can facilitate or inhibit body mechanics, shock absorption, and provide stability. For example a running sneaker…

Down syndrome (DS) is a genetic disorder that affects the body interiorly, exteriorly and mentally as well. When babies are born, they are born with twenty-three pairs of chromosomes, one chromosome that comes from the mother and one that comes from the father. Within those twenty-three chromosomes that the body creates at an early stage…

Medicare Fraud Medicare fraud is a topic I am familiar with due to working in the Durable Medical Equipment industry for just over ten years in various departments including compliance. While in compliance and billing management positions, I have attended webinars regarding fraud as well as kept up to date on ever-changing Medicare regulations. For…

Have you ever had this instance when you woke up in the middle of the night and you’re hungry so you get up and eat? Well, what if I tell you that there is this eating disorder that makes you get up in the middle of the night and smash on a lot of food….

An activity that welcomes all no matter the age or size, surfing for some become a lifestyle and the ocean becomes their home. The ocean is a surfer home but it is an also a sharks’ domain, so we should do our best to protect it. People know the risk they take when they go…

My family has never been one with a significant amount of health problems. My grandparents are the ones who suffer the the most from health related illnesses, but mostly because of their age. After completing the family tree, the only re-occuring problem I found was hypertension. I chose to write about hypertension because it is…