Race and Cardiovascular Health Related to Health Literacy
Litterature review - 3 pages - Medical studies
In examining the correlations between race and cardiac ailments, it is essential to have insight into this subject's place in the bigger scheme of public health and equitable healthcare. Therefore, searching for pertinent information on race and cardiovascular health is necessary, drawing...
Prevalence and Health Impacts of Vitamin D Deficiency Among Young African American Children in the United Kingdom: A Systematic Review
Dissertation - 3 pages - Medical studies
Vitamin D is one of the essential nutrients for a child's average growth. It exerts a significant influence on bone mineralization and immune responses. Despite being an essential nutrient, its deficiency is predominantly worldwide, leading to an alarming public health issue. Also, studies...
Prep for Women Promotes HIV Prevention Options for Women
Case study - 4 pages - Medical studies
In this stage connected to preventing HIV and Prep, it is evident that people have started to recognize the advantages of using Prep as an effective way to prevent transmission. This change is caused by increased awareness derived from several sources like association with healthcare...
Lab experiment to determine the anatomy and physiology of the renal system
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Medical studies
The mammalian urinary tract is an organ system that primarily functions in collecting, transporting, storing, and eliminating urine from the body in a series of complex steps that are highly coordinated. The constant filtration and flow of blood and urine within the renal system, i.e. in the...
Respiratory Health
Litterature review - 2 pages - Medical studies
The development of the respiratory disease model calls for accurate data in regard to changes in average respiratory rates, access to relevant and comprehensive databases is vital. In the pursuit of finding such resources that can be useful for the city of Alexandria, Virginia as well as the...
Immunology - The Role of Autoantibodies in Autoimmune: Disorders/Diseases
Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies
Antibodies that respond with self-antigens are known as natural antibodies or autoantibodies. Such antigens can be highly specific for a particular type of cell in one organ or found in multiple cell types. Autoantibodies act as the first line of defense in the body in resistance to infections...
Cervical Cell Carcinoma
Case study - 5 pages - Medical studies
Lasting HPV (Human Papillomavirus) are known to cause more than 99% of all cervical cancers. Approximately 500,000 new cases of cervical cancer and 250,000 deaths due to cervical cancer are recorded every year worldwide. Majority of the cases (80%) are reported in developing countries. Women from...
Case-Based Learning - Sepsis
Case study - 3 pages - Medical studies
A 34-year-old nursery schoolteacher at 34 weeks' gestation contacted her community midwife complaining of a sore throat, feeling shivery and achy skin to 'flu-like' symptoms. She also reported nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and generally feeling unwell. The midwife arranged for...
What is Cholecystitis?
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Medical studies
Cholecystitis or acute cholecystitis is caused due to the inflammation of the gallbladder, usually this happens when a gallstone blocks the cystic duct. Acute cholecystitis can be divided into two types, calculous and acalculous cholecystitis (NHS Inform, 2019). The main opening of the...
If we conclude that there is some knowledge we should not pursue on ethical grounds, how can we determine the boundaries of acceptable investigation within an area of knowledge?
Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies
Ethics come into play in almost all fields of investigation; it is the line separating right and wrong, telling an individual to what extent they can go without breaking ethical boundaries. An ethical question is raised when an individual crosses or breaks ethical boundaries; boundaries are the...
Investigating mutation of human ?-globin gene by PCR
Case study - 6 pages - Medical studies
This comprehensive study investigates the molecular basis of sickle cell anaemia (SCA) by employing bioinformatics tools and PCR techniques to analyze mutations in the HBB gene. The research effectively differentiates between wild-type and mutant gene sequences by designing specific primers. The...
Investigating the osmotic fragility of erythrocytes and investigating the components making up human blood
Case study - 5 pages - Medical studies
The document is an example of project which can be submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the BSc (Hons) Degree in Biomedical Science. "This experiment is important because it teaches us how the blood is tested in labs for their osmotic fragility. (...)"
Evaluate and Discuss the Current UK Bowel Cancer Screening Programme
Case study - 3 pages - Medical studies
Bowel cancer sometimes referred to as colorectal cancer (CRC) is a disease that can be caused due to a multitude of factors. Statistically, it is known to be the third most diagnosed cancer after breast cancer and lung cancer (National Cancer Institute, 2013). CRC is also known to cause the...
Double versus Single Checking Interventions
Course material - 1 pages - Medical studies
There are various nursing interventions which have been put in place to reduce the number of medication errors, and a majority of these are focused on the reduction of errors which are associated with the dispensation of prescribed medications.
The Specificities of Surgery
Worksheets - 5 pages - Medical studies
Surgery can refer to an invasive treatment, which is an aggressive approach that causes inflammation and involves "violating" a natural barrier in the human body (penetrating the skin or a mucous membrane to "work" inside the human body). An important concept in invasive treatment is the...
HIV / AIDS - Definition, Transmission Mode and Prevention
Course material - 3 pages - Medical studies
AIDS or acquired immunosuppression syndrome, revealed in 1981, is the serious consequence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), responsible for a reduction in cellular immunity which is a source of opportunistic infections. The improvement of immune functions under multi...
Web-based intervention among cancer survivors
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Medical studies
Patient empowerment is linked with the improvement of patients' health outcomes. It is said to help patients to take care of their health conditions, and in return, improve their health outcomes. Web-based intervention has been one of the methods used to empower patients. It has been used to...
The impact of evidence-based methods in nursing
Dissertation - 7 pages - Medical studies
In the field of nursing, evidence-based practices have been frequently utilized as a way of improving the practice and the quality of care that nurses provide to their patients. This approach is founded on the independence of research and patient experiences where nurses are supposed to utilize...
How can nanomedicine help conventional medicine and what is its future?
Presentation - 10 pages - Medical studies
This document is a presentation on what nanomedicine is, its applications, and how its evolution could impact conventional medicine.
A Genetic Disorder - Down Syndrome
Course material - 7 pages - Medical studies
Down syndrome is also referred to as trisomy 21 is a genetic disorder that occurs due to the presence of all or some of the third copy of chromosome 21 (Head et al., 2016). The disorder is characterized by delays in physical growth, moderate intellectual disability, and characteristic facial...
Broadening perspectives on reflective nursing practice
Diploma Thesis - 4 pages - Medical studies
Reflective practice is an approach to learning through experience. It promotes the continual development of a nurse and helps nurses gain knowledge to challenge their prior concepts and ideas. Reflection involves seeing what happened through a new perspective that helps in personal growth and in...
Mentoring and clinical supervision
Practical guide - 4 pages - Medical studies
In an effort to maximize benefit and reduce harm, clinical supervision is centered on collegial relationships rather than power dynamics. It is a procedure that can aid qualified physicians in resolving issues, enhancing productivity, and provide a platform for discussion and development. In...
Children living with Cerebral Palsy (CP)
Worksheets - 4 pages - Medical studies
The maturation of the brain begins at the conception and is continuous after birth. All trouble of cerebral tissues before, during and after birth can affect certain part of brain and, depending on the degree of injury, can cause a permanent trouble characterized by the progressive injury.
New digital tools for hospitals - CHU Saint-Pierre
Presentation - 12 pages - Medical studies
This presentation gives points as to why hospitals need new digital tools to treat and take care of their patients.
Considerations when recruiting foreign nurses and the ethics of international recruitment
Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies
The nursing shortage has always been one of the biggest concerns in the healthcare field. Since nurses make up the majority of the healthcare workforce, many solutions for this problem have been presented: improving recruitment, offering opportunities for advancement, suggesting contracts with...
Advanced knowledge for nurse educators
Essay - 6 pages - Medical studies
Concerns are raised concerning the safety of patients as cases of error and injury escalate globally. To improve the security of patients, nurses are thus supposed to recognize variations in the condition of the patient. Besides, they should be in a position to anticipate orders, prioritize and...
Dental informatics
Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies
Dental Informatics is a relatively new field which has gained popularity in proportion to the increasing use of computer systems in dental practices. Sittig, Mirshner, and Maupome define dental informatics as "Application of computer and information science to improve dental practice, research...
Genetically modified foods: a feeding system in need of improvement?
Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies
Genetically engineered food has become a very controversial topic over the past few decades, and the issue continues to gain importance as more companies are producing genetically engineered/modified foods. The process of genetic engineering involves taking food products, alternating their...
Why does nursing care differ for patients who suffer from dementia?
Essay - 2 pages - Medical studies
Dementia is one of the most difficult symptoms for patients to cope with. There are three main forms of dementia. The most common cause, Alzheimer's disease, is responsible for dementia. It afflicts 4 million Americans (Dolhi and Rogers, 2001). It is a degenerative disease that affects the brain...
The analysis of the link between posttraumatic stress disorder, stress-induced cortisol production, and heart disease
Case study - 5 pages - Medical studies
A number of links between posttraumatic stress disorder, cortisol, and heart disease have been established, although the final synthesis has yet to be developed. The pure correlation between heart disease and posttraumatic stress disorder has become a standard conclusion. Recent studies have...
