Essays Tagged: "medical condition"

Angina Pectororis

Angina pectoris is a medical condition that literally means a choked chest. The victim feels acute pain in his chest for ...

(2 pages) 58 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Headaches

headaches, and they range from being an infrequent annoyance to a persistent, severe, and disabling medical condition. There are also many procedures that can be tried for the different types of heada ... lities. (Migraines and cluster headaches fall under this category.)Secondary headaches are cause by medical conditions such as sinus infections, neck injuries, and strokes. Nearly two percent of heada ...

(2 pages) 44 0 1.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Explaining Hypertension.

m. In the United States about 50 million people age 6 and older have HTN. Hypertension is a serious medical condition because it may lead to a Heart condition, Stroke as well as many other health rela ... A diagnosis, of HTN is given when multiple high blood pressure readings. Hypertension is a serious medical condition because when in high risk patient, can lead to a heart disease, arteriosclerosis, ...

(5 pages) 241 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The Use of Animals in Medical Research.

h easing the burden of chronic diseases and ensuring humans a safe food supply. Using animals in biomedical research is necessary.Laboratory animals can play an important role as biological models for ... e functions in humans, and as disease models for understanding the mechanisms of human diseases and medical conditions. Animal models can help make clear many aspects of a disease or medical condition ...

(4 pages) 84 0 3.4 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Vincent Van Gogh: Epilepsy

s usually diagnosed after a person has had at least two seizures that were not caused by some known medical condition like alcohol withdrawal or extremely low blood sugar. The seizures in epilepsy may ...

(2 pages) 53 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

"The Count of Monte Cristo"(title and book) by Alexandre Dumas.

antes meets and befriends an old priest. Dantes soon learns that the priest is dieing from a severe medical condition, and shortly before the priest dies, he bequeaths a secret fortune entirely to his ...

(2 pages) 50 1 3.7 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Work Cited 1.www.nas.com/downsyn/ 2.www.ndss.org/ 3.www.ds-health.com 4.www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/ 5.www.downsyndrome.com/

Down syndrome is about 55 years, though life span varies depending on the individual and his or her medical condition.Normally, what causes Down syndrome is that each egg and sperm cell contains 23 ch ... increased risk of thyroid problems and leukemia. Children with the disorder should receive regular medical care including standard childhood immunizations.After have health problem a child with Down ...

(3 pages) 65 3 4.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Hypothyroidism

will have symptoms associated with a slow metabolism. Over five million Americans have this common medical condition. Ten percent of women may have some degree of thyroid hormone deficiency.There are ... mmation caused by the patient's own immune system. The second major cause is the broad category of "medical treatments". As noted on a number of our other pages, the treatment of many thyroid conditio ...

(4 pages) 49 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Should obsity be considered an epidemic?

ustrialized world" even more so.Some would justify themselves by rightly implying that obesity is a medical condition (being "obese") bearing a substantial resemblance to other medical issues like mal ...

(3 pages) 111 1 3.4 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

My Teaching Lessons for a Student that doesn't know anything about AIDS

drome means - a collection of different signs and symptoms that are all part of the same underlying medical condition.HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It was originally isolated in Pa ...

(3 pages) 30 0 4.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Depression

Depression is a medical condition leading to persistent feelings of worthlessness and hopelessness, where people hav ... e and feeling better is within your reach.Some people find comfort just by learning depression is a medical condition. Learning more about your condition is often a good first step toward feeling bett ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

A Case Study in the Pharmacological Regime of an AIDS Patient

y:Read the following case study then:* Identify and briefly discuss the pathophysiology of Rodney's medical condition.* Describe the pharmodynamics of each of the drugs Rodney was prescribed linking t ... nisms involved in antiviral resistance.Identify and briefly discuss the pathophysiology of Rodney's medical conditionAlthough available clinical documentation concerning Rodney S is incomplete, enough ...

(12 pages) 87 0 3.6 Oct/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

Robert C. Noble's, There is No Safe Sex

ian, Dr. Noble is reluctant to agree.Dr. Noble has found that people lie or just do not offer their medical condition to their prospective partners in intimate situations. Even the most seriously infe ... deadly communicable diseases will lie. He explains that even those who are aware of their partner's medical condition, are likely to forget at least once during the course of their relationship to use ...

(1 pages) 23 1 2.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sex & Sexuality

A critical analysis on Georgia Me's poem "Full figure potential"

Georgia brings out a good point that in today's society, that it is a sin to be fat, if there is no medical condition. So fat women look for some type of excuse to mask their gluttony. The constant lo ...

(1 pages) 19 0 3.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

member that MSBP is a relatively uncommon disorder. More often than not, a child with a mesmerizing medical history or frequent hospital visits does have an underlying medical condition that has elude ... ur categories:1.         Parents of vulnerable children- a child may be born with a medical problem or have chronic conditions, and the parent may subsequently see the child as being v ...

(8 pages) 78 3 4.3 Feb/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Adolecent Depression: How to Recognize and Treat Your Teens Disorder

iscouragement, loss of self-worth, and loss of interest in usual activities.Depression is a serious medical condition. In contrast to the common emotional experiences of sadness, loss, or passing mood ... risk for depression due to other factors. Some events the trigger a teens depression are Lingering medical illness, Illness or death of a loved one, Ending a relationship with a boyfriend or a pal or ...

(6 pages) 140 1 4.8 Aug/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide

This is an essay depicting the different ways that Christians might respond when faced with the issues of abortion and euthanasia.

at abortion should be legal. If there isn't enough money in the family, or the child has a terminal medical condition, the Methodist Church would accept abortion as the lesser of two evils. Another of ...

(2 pages) 21 1 4.5 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Blinded by Perfect Vision: An analysis of Raymond Carver's "Cathedral."

Blindness is a medical condition that affects many. They are unable to see the world around them. Even people with ...

(4 pages) 122 0 0.0 Feb/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Plantar Fasciitis

Every year, about one percent of the world's population seeks medical help for Plantar Fasciitis (Collin, 1999). Plantar Fasciitis is a medical condition. In this ... re it will feel like walking on knives. If your case of Plantar Fasciitis is severe you should seek medical help as soon as possible.To prevent Plantar Fasciitis from happening to you do the following ... ur Plantar Fasciitis from hurting.If your case of Plantar Fasciitis is severe you will have to seek medical help. One medical treatment is to bathe your feet in a whirl pool. Some doctors believe the ...

(2 pages) 3294 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Stress: Wilson Concept Analysis

observed that patients suffered physical symptoms not caused directly by their disease or by their medical condition (Berczi, 2004). This physiological response is known as the general adaptation syn ...

(9 pages) 231 0 4.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Depression, Stress & Suicide