Essays on Health Page 34

According to WebMD.com, obesity is a significant problem affecting both adults and children in the United States. The World Health Organization considers it a global epidemic and public health issue, particularly due to the influence of Westernization. Studies have indicated that around 55% of American adults are overweight or obese, emphasizing the necessity for clinical…

I heard the familiar sound of the back door closing gently. My father was returning from driving his dirty, green John Deere tractor in one of our fields. Although he begins his day at 5:00 a.m. every morning, he usually returns at around 7:00 p.m. I never really questioned his schedule when I was a…

In addition, while communicating with a patient at the pharmacy, I believe a pharmacist needs to be aware of their environment. The pharmacist needs to be aware of keeping their patient’s information confidential by speaking only to the patient involved and making sure nobody else is listening in on the conversation. In addition, a pharmacist…

My internship was focused on adding or adapting programs to help veterans gain access to all the resources they needed. In the beginning of my internship I was focused on spirituality and how it would be beneficial for veterans to participate in being spiritual. I made resource sheets for people in the home and the…

As clinical trials and human research became more organized, ethical considerations also grew. However, in the cases of Gelsinger and the Tuskegee syphilis study, the desire for progress overshadowed these ethical considerations. As a result, there was unnecessary human suffering. Although the Tuskegee experiment affected a significant number of people (600 subjects in total), both…

The Tuskegee Syphilis Study ran between the years 1932-1972: a total of forty years. African American males were highly encouraged to participate in the study as they were told that they had ‘bad blood’ and would receive aspirin as medication. These men were not aware that they had contracted syphilis, and would continue to engage…

Every year when the fall season comes around, Halloween does too, People prepare for the festivities by decorating their homes with spooky, haunting decorations. Everyone that participates wears costumes of all sorts. Some costumes are fun, scary, orjust ridiculously unique I question Halloween as a holiday. It serves no extraordinary purpose. It also contradicts several…

Music is a talent that has become part of my personality and my ability to build character. I’ve been accustomed the ability to play a musical instrument that has benefited me in many different ways throughout the past several years. I have the ability to read music which in return would make it possible for…

What is adversity? Adversity is a state of hardship, difficulty, or misfortune that one deal with in life. Some individuals overcome adversity; however. some individuals’ adversities control their lives. Nevertheless, there is a limit to how much adversity an individual can face before it results in death. In the short story “The Dancing Hear,” the…

AIDS by modest estimation can be characterized as the 21st Century answer to the plague. The question most inevitably arises upon whether or not the virus that causes AIDS, HIV, was man made or a natural outbreak. Religious thinkers point to the ever worsening moral landscape of society that brought on God’s wrath in the…