Essays on Medicine Page 12

Medical Research With or Without Informed Consent In 1952, paralytic polio peaked in the United States with 21,000 reported cases and numerous deaths. It was in February 1952; Jonas Salk developed the world’s first polio vaccine at the University of Pittsburgh and by testing it on cultured “HeLa” cells, proved it to be effective for…

The story, Love Medicine, is constructed as a chronological story. It does not follow a strict set of chronological events, but contains chronological events that could be characterized as being “loosely” constructed. From reading this story, the narration of it is a bit different. Throughout the chapters of Love Medicine, the narrator is a different…

Epidemiology of Rubella Pregnant women are one vulnerable group susceptible to contracting a viral disease. One viral disease that pregnant women can contract is rubella. Rubella is often a mild disease that affects children, adolescents, young adults, and is susceptible to pregnant women. The disease can be devastating when transmitted to the fetus. This paper…

Introduction Forensic Serology is defined by Bowman, Labbe and Mullings as “the science that deals with the identification, isolation, characterization of blood and bodily fluids from the victim, suspect, and the environment of the crime scene for the purpose of comparison to the known standards” (quoted, Olshaker, Smock, Jackson, p.235). It is commonly referred to…

For example, insulin is a hormone that is synthesized in the body; it is called a hormone when it is synthesized by the pancreas inside the body, but if it is introduced into the body from outside, it is called a drug. Many natural substances, such as beers, wines, and psychoactive mushrooms, blur the line…

Cannabis has been in the world for many years yet there are disputes whether cannabis should be legalized or not. There have been many groups which support the legalization on cannabis but others disagree. Many major countries and cities such as Canada and Amsterdam allow the use of cannabis but only by a small dose….

R.S. is a long-time smoker who developed bronchitic chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He also has a history of coronary artery disease and peripheral vascular disease. His arterial blood gas (ABG) values are pH = 7.32, PaCO2 = 60 mm Hg, PaO2 = 50 mm Hg, HCO3 – = 30 mEq/L. His hematocrit is 52%…

What body systems are primarily affected and what physiological changes would you expect Joe and Frank to experience during such rigorous exercise? The body systems that are primarily affected are the respiratory, circulatory, cardiovascular, and muscular systems. The changes that they would probably experience would be that their muscles would probably become fatigued because the…

The Accounts Receivables has been in the 70-80 days range for several months now and has even reached above 100 days this month. Marysville General reaches its optimum cash flow when Accounts Receivables is at 55 days. As discussed at the meeting, there are several things that can be done by the medical staff, business…

The three series of element originating from the filling of the 3d,4d and 5d shells, and situtedinthe periodic tabular array following the alkalic Earth metal, are normally described as ” passage elements ” , through this term is sometimes besides extended to include the rare earth and actinoid ( or inner passage ) elements.they exhibit…