American medicine and nursing can be defined as the process of the diagnosis, treatment as well as the perceptions of the disease. This process is mainly done in the hospitals where many lives of the people are saved. In this essay, I will discuss the American medicine and nursing in the year 1850. I will […]
The arthritis drug Vioxx showed it had a protective effect on the hearts of mice. Yet, 27,000 heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths happened before the drug was pulled from the market. The use of animals for scientific research is not always accurate and animals lives are abused because of it. Though animals are used […]
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Get startedBirth Control is a combination of medicine that can be used to prevent pregnancy in the form of pills, injections, shots, etc… and is used differently for every teen and woman but it is widely known for preventing pregnancy during intercourse. There is a dispute in America between whether or not birth control should be […]
The ethics of death penalty is already a huge controversy itself. However, when an individual whose goal is to make others live participates in such an action, the public and critics undeniably retaliate against it. Just how an ambulance intentionally crashing into a person is contradictory, physician participation in the death penalty is not any […]
Medical education has been a developing thing that has resulted in the positive development in the medical field. However, the medical training does not focus on the the teaching of ethics and “psychological biases that contribute to gender and ethnic disparities in health” (Stone). One of these psychological biases being gender bias. Gender bias in […]
We have been healing since the first time man walked the earth. Dressing injuries, fighting off disease and infection. It has always been human instinct to eliminate our pain. In nature, medicine is evolutionary. It is essential that it adapts and overcomes the maladies that plague this world. But never had medicine taken a larger […]
Spillage of hazardous material is dealt with using the following procedure. Rescue the area of spillage is evacuated and assistance is provided including use of eyewashes and safety showers then seek medical help after the area is decontaminated, Confine restrict the area where spillage has occurred by closing the doors then keep the contaminated persons […]
Introduction The diagnosis starts with visual observation of the patient as one tries to establish communication for further enquiry. This is important as it makes sure that one is able to detect any irregular signs or symptoms. Once you establish that the patient can communicate well, there is need for further enquiries from the patient, […]
Introduction DNA evidence is the use of body products like saliva, blood, skin cells, semen, and any biological material to develop investigative leads. Forensic DNA analysis is accurate and reliable, and as a result, its evidence is essential in exonerating people who are convicted wrongly. The popularity of DNA evidence has captured the headlines as […]
Introduction For Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers to provide effective ventilation, they must work on controlling the airway (Navarro, 2015). This is the single most essential pre-hospital intervention. Although the practice sounds like an easier one this is not usually the case. Most practitioners attribute inadequate airway control as the primary source of preventable death […]
Background Adrenal hemorrhage is a rare condition that results in adrenal shock, death, or adrenal crisis unless treated on time (Dahiya et al. 2). Unfortunately, the symptoms of the disease are not easy to identify because they are unclear. In fact, most patients discover that they are suffering from this disease when being scanned for […]
On July 1, 1982, seventeen year old Brett Kavanaugh attended a conventional high school party. Students sat around drinking, playing games, and talking amongst themselves. Teenagers were together having a good time, as they would at any other party. It was a symbol of typical, American, high school that everyone has probably seen at some […]
According to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) (2013), Dissociative Identity Disorder is characterized by “disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states,” “recurrent gaps in the recall of…events,” along with the existence of significant distress and the absence of any cultural, religious, and substance-induced alternate explanation (p. 292). Although it is clearly […]
How would you feel if you picked up the phone to hear your mom saying through tears “the doctor said I need a heart.” More than 114,000 men, women, and children are on the national transplant waiting list as of August 2017 (organdonor.org). Ninety-five percent of adults in the United States support organ donation yet […]
According to National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), “[i]n 2013, there were 19.8 million. Current users—about 7.5 percent of people aged 12 or older—up from 14.5 million (5.8 percent) in 2007” (“Nationwide Trends” 1). Marijuana use has increased by approximately 2 million users of teenagers within the span of 6 years. With the increasing popularity, […]
Marijuana also known as cannabis sativa is being used illegally by many Americans today of all ages. Before the 1960s, many Americans had never heard of marijuana, but today it is the most used illegal drug in this country. All types of marijuana are mind-altering drugs. They all contain THC, the main active chemical in […]
Just in, California has become the first state to legalize pot! Unfortunately, for all you proud owners of a two-foot-bong or a three-inch bowl, you must have a prescription from a medical doctor before you light up. Perhaps it’s only a crack in the ice, but it is a start to a long-awaited, controversial issue […]
Epilepsy In 2015, 3.4 million people in the nation had active epilepsy (CDC, 2015). It is essential to have proper treatment of epilepsy, as a high frequency of seizure activity can result in damage to the brain and developmental delays (Porter & Jacobson, 2013). Self-treatment of epilepsy with marijuana has gained a large amount of […]
Is the use of marijuana ethical because it is legal in some states? Greg Cole has retired from the Marine Corps with several life-threatening injuries and insomnia. Living in California, Greg used medical marijuana to ease his pain and help him sleep at night because he did not want to get addicted to pain pills. […]
“Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic disorder that is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain, joint stiffness, and fatigue.” (Gostine et al., 2018) Numerous amounts of people around the world are suffering from this disorder. About 5% of the adult population has been diagnosed with FM, no real cure has been made, and no new medication has […]
Introduction: Cannabis; is the general name of the plant scientifically known as “Plant Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis”. Cannabis is usually defined to be as the “appear tops of the cannabis plant”. Its chemical form is also known as “Marijuana.” Data collections elaborate cannabinoid drugs have a potential therapeutic value, especially for symptoms […]
