Essays on Illnesses

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Sickle Cell Anemia: Types, Symptoms, and Treatment

2 pages / 1106 words

Sickle cell anemia, or sickle cell disease, is a genetic disease and red blood cells that are normally shaped like a disc have instead a crescent shape. This causes them to have a difficult time going through small vessels throughout the body. A mutation on...

Sickle Cell Anemia

363

Pregnancy Complications Hypothyroidism

3 pages / 1445 words

The functioning of the thyroid gland is significantly altered by pregnancy. The production of thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), increase almost one and half times in pregnancy. In healthy women, these changes take place seamlessly as a part of the normal physiology of pregnancy but...

Pregnancy Women’s Health

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Osteoarthritis (oa)

1 page / 297 words

Osteoarthritis (OA), which is a progressive degenerative chronic disease, can cause joint stiffness, swelling, pain and loss of mobility, characterized by cartilage and synovial inflammation. A high prevalence of OA is seen mainly in elderly population (85% of above 65 years of age worldwide). Although...

Arthritis Chronic Pain

365

How Pregnancy Affects Memory and Attention

3 pages / 1143 words

Approximately two thirds of pregnant or recently gave birth women suggest some degree of cognitive deficits such as in attention and most prevalent in memory, during pregnancy (Brett & Baxendale, 2001). This report will investigate the scientific evidence on the effects of pregnancy on memory,...

Pregnancy

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The Importance of Seeking Medical Attention for Women in Preventing The Risk of Heart Attack

1 page / 363 words

Every year, over a million American women, experience a heart attack and almost a half of them are fatal. Though most people believe that heart attacks mostly affect men, research by the American Heart Association Has proved that the leading cause of death and disability...

Heart Attack

367

The Importance of Sleep for College Students

3 pages / 1186 words

It is a common practice among the college students to pull an all night before a test. All-nighters forego sleep at the expense of other activities usually to study. The increased demand makes it impossible for students to have a feasible consistent studying schedule. Work,...

Heart Attack

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High Blood Pressure and The Measures to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease of Hypertension

4 pages / 1867 words

Introduction Hypertension has been one of the causes of deaths of many people all over the world, but still there hasn’t been any meaningful improvement in how the condition is management. The management of hypertension across the world still remains poor. There is need to...

Hypertension

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The Heart Disease of Hypertension

6 pages / 2565 words

Hypertension (Rakta Vata) or high BP is a disorder distinguished by more than usual force at which the body-fluid or blood levels are being propelled by the heart. The major function of the heart is to propel body-fluid into the arteries and to obtain the...

Hypertension

370

A Study and Survey on Pain and Pain Relief

5 pages / 2266 words

Introduction Pain is a significant public health problem, with many different origins and treatments. I surveyed my statistics class on the topics of pain and pain relief to learn about their personal experiences with physical pain, and the methods they used to relieve that pain....

Pain

371

A Reflection of Living My Life at My Grandmother's House and Witnessing Her Death

3 pages / 1269 words

After I graduated high school, I received my first acceptance letter from a university in Riyadh. This is the capital city, but is located about two hours from my hometown, which was unfortunate. Due to my father’s job my family could not accompany me so...

Death Grandparent University

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The Unusual Car Accident of My Friend

1 page / 647 words

Being in the place of Stanley, I am no longer a part of this world of living things. I am already dead and now to my great surprise, my friend, the author Conan Doyle as well is going to meet me for he lost his...

Car Accident Death Friendship

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The History of The Death Penalty

4 pages / 1994 words

The death penalty has been a capital offense of significance across many years. The decision to put someone to death has been productive over the years. The nature of the Death penalty punishment brings the worst fate to criminals over history. The capital punishment has...

Death

374

Implications of Constant Media Attention to The Negative Effects of Concussions on The Health of Football Players

3 pages / 1145 words

Recently, warnings about the risks of concussions in football have come from retired players, coaches, medical professionals, the media and active veterans. The public seems to take even the new studies on the long terms risks of concussions with a grain of salt. Concussions have...

American Football Concussion Football

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How Noise Damage Affects The Hearing Ability

5 pages / 2415 words

Executive Summary We are connected to our surroundings by five senses: Sight, smell, taste, touch and hearing. Hearing is more than sounds, it is a biopsychosocial process. There are sounds, with specific features, that can damage our hearing causing Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL); a...

Hearing Loss Sense

376

Facing Life's End in Poetry

2 pages / 1017 words

The Dawn of Life and the Dusk of Death Every living thing on this planet are guaranteed two things: life and death. The duration of one is dependent on their fate and the date of their conclusion is undisclosed; the gift of one will eventually...

American Literature Death Hope

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Christina Rossetti and James Weldon Johnson on Death/dying

2 pages / 842 words

Introduction Death is a common theme explored by various poets across the globe, primarily because it evokes a spectrum of feelings and emotions shared by all humans. It is a universal subject as it impacts individuals from all walks of life, often experienced through the...

Death Poetry

378

An Evaluation of The Current Trend in Acute Asthma Care

3 pages / 1303 words

Introduction Asthma is among the life-threatening medical complications that require emergency acute nursing care. Cockcroft (2018, pp. 12-18) categorizes causes of asthma as allergic and non-allergic. Irritants such as dust, smoke, airborne substances, and pollen are allergic causes while non-allergic causes include the flu; cold,...

Asthma

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The Speech and Language Deficits of Children with Down Syndrome

3 pages / 1361 words

Years of research have concluded that children with Down’s syndrome will present with speech and language deficits. Children with Down syndrome are extremely likely to experience difficulties with semantics, grammar, phonology, and pragmatics (Martin et al, 2009, p. 113). These children are also equally likely...

Down Syndrome

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The Causes and Physical and Mental Effects of Down Syndrome

1 page / 551 words

Down Syndrome occurs when an individual’s cells contain a full or partial extra copy of the 21st chromosome, while typically, individuals have 23 evenly paired chromosomes without any extras. According to the National Down Syndrome Society, roughly 400,000 Americans have Down Syndrome and one in...

Down Syndrome