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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…

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…

What is there to debate? Several sources repeatedly convey similar information on the care that a physical therapist provides. The Handbook of Physical Therapy, written by Robert Shestack, Current Physical Therapy, a book by Malcolm Peat, and “A Future in Physical Therapy,” an internet publication by The American Physical Therapy Association, have notably parallel information…

For years, heart attacks have struck fear into the eyes of Americans. All cardiovascular diseases together are the widest cause of death in the country, with heart attacks alone accounting for about twenty-three percent of all fatalities (Staff, 1997). Doctors have tried to reduce this risk over time by advising patients about lowering cholesterol levels,…

Adolescents want to try new things and seek new risks to create their own identity. Adolescents differ from adults because they consume an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period and are less likely to report withdrawal symptoms. Adolescents perceive that alcohol and substance use is “normal” because many people engage in them. The…

Most spinal cord injuries have an almost immediate and devastating effect on the person’s motor control. These severe impairments result from the interrupted communication between the brain and spinal cord, which deprives the spinal cord below the injury of instructions from the higher-level executive functions in the body. Without the essential sources of direction and…

Over the past few years, marijuana and its many compounds have been becoming increasing popular around the world. One compound in particular, cannabinoid (CBD), a non-psychoactive compound of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), has been of great interest as a potential treatment for numerous medical diseases. As recent as 2018, cannabinoid has been approved as an alternative anticonvulsant…

Growing up I never considered becoming a nurse, however, I knew I wanted a job that allowed me to care for others because it comes naturally to me and provides a sense of fulfilment. This led me to join various clubs and organizations whose goal was to provide care to the elderly, sick and shut-ins…

Our understanding of inheritance of genes goes all the way back to 1866. Gregor Mendel was the first scientist to study and popularize the concept of recessive and dominant alleles in genetic inheritance. Although the mechanisms have been studied for many years, our understandings of the genetic contributing factors of Down syndrome are incomplete. However,…

How Instagram is pushing plastic surgery on young women In today’s society, Instagram has taken a massive role in deciding what it means to be beautiful. The idea of having an hourglass body shape with a narrow waist, a wide bust, and broad hips is the image that has been popularized by certain celebrities and…