Essays on Health Page 82

The controversy of whether or not marijuana should or should not be legalized started in 1996 when California passed Proposition 215. The proposition made marijuana medically available in California. Although not a lasting solution, it does provide a defense in criminal instances. If marijuana were to be legalized throughout the United States, would it be…

During the learning process, information is encoded, stored, and retrieved. Initially, the sensory organs receive information from the environment and briefly store it in the sensory cells. By paying attention to this information, it gets transferred to the working memory/short-term memory. If rehearsed, information can stay in short-term memory indefinitely but often gets displaced by…

Most of the food are not well protected from flies, which may carry food borne pathogens. Safe food storage temperature are rarely applied to street food. The street food industry plays an important role in meeting the food requirements of urban dwellers in many cities and towns of developing countries and the industry feeds millions…

Both eating disorders have a significant impact on psychological and nutritional aspects. These disorders are complex manifestations of underlying problems related to identity and self-perception, often influenced by traumatic experiences and societal ideals of beauty and value (Eating Disorder Resource Center, 1997). The Eating Disorder Resource Center (1997) states that eating disorders can be caused…

Throughout history, rulers and dictators have sought to exert control over their subjects, treating them as subordinates and disregarding their rights. These oppressive leaders have compelled their citizens to perform degrading tasks, endure brutal assaults, and labor in unproductive fields. Despite claiming superiority, these beliefs are fundamentally flawed. All individuals should be treated fairly regardless…

Nathaniel Hawthorne conveys descriptive detail in this writing to portray a relation between Clownishness’s physical appearance and inner emotions. By doing so, the author reveals that, “one of this man’s shoulders rose higher than the other, the slight deformity of figure” (58). Clownishness’s name also presents some irony throughout the novel. When you think of…

1.      Angina pectoris, also known as angina, is chest pain due to ischemia (a lack of blood and therefore  oxygen supply) of the heart muscle, which is commonly as a result of  obstruction or spasm of the coronary arteries. Angina pectoris is the result of myocardial ischemia caused by an imbalance between myocardial blood supply…

The nurses, physicians, allied health professionals and assistive personnel make up the health care team. They coordinate work efforts, collaborate decision making and combine their different skills for the provision of quality patient care. Propp et al. (2010) stated that “if teams are the foundation of health care delivery, then communication is the cement which…

The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) is a security measure to preserve the confidentiality of medical records and standardized electronic data interchange (EDI) among providers, insurers, and government agencies. Ethics are a set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong. Ethics gives a standard of conduct or code of…

Vertebral column is one of the basic anatomical component of our body structure .It is divided into four parts which include cervical, thoracic, lumber and sacral components of the column. The vertebral column is made up of different types of small bones which are two to six inches in diameter. Many anomalies may affect the…