Essays on Medical Practice & Treatment

Louis Pasteur is the most influential in terms of comprehension of disease of the entire time frame as he is truly a giant in medicine. He was born on December 27, 1822, and he would die on September 28 1895. He was a revolutionary chemist...

Imagine a world without medicine. Those who became ill were given days to live until the disease completely overtook their bodies. Their organs began to shut down, eventually killing the person suffering from this disease. This was the world before the year 1860. People were...

Introduction Blood services are an essential part of the health-care delivery system. Every government has a responsibility to ensure the availability, accessibility, adequacy and safety of blood supply for its people. The blood donation is the only source of blood but the recruitment of voluntary,...

Blood is perhaps the most significant resource a person needs to survive. Human blood is an essential component of human life and there are no substitutes to it. Availability of safe blood and blood products is a critical issue in improving health care. And it...

A stroke is a neurological condition where the blood supply to the brain is disrupted with on following cell death as a result. Strokes can be divided into ischemic strokes and hemorrhagic strokes. Depending on the affected area, the symptoms of a stroke and the...

“The Effect of Diabetes on Hospital Readmission” discusses the effect of a diabetes diagnosis on hospital readmission and ways to decrease potential readmissions. A large study of hospitals also showed that being Hispanic, along with hypertension and congestive heart failure, were additional predictors of readmission....

As health care workers we are sometimes faced with ethical problems in our careers. We must make sound decisions based on our moral values and principles. In the ethical principles of health Care ethics, we are guided in using four main popular principle approaches in...

“Sickle cell anemia does not bind me, it drives me. It covers with hurt allowing you to see and taste the freedom of health and when you least expect it makes you beg to be normal. I am its keeper and though it hurts to...

Abstract The topics discussed include the definition of atrial fibrillation, and how to prevent readmission to the hospital for patients. This will include education of atrial fibrillation by staff, medication compliance, and routine follow up visits with a cardiologist. There will also be a description...

Medicine is the field of helping, saving, and healing. It is a world made up of doctors and nurses. It is separated into many different branches and departments such as anatomy, biochemistry, biomechanics, genetics and many more. One of its departments is a field in...

Introduction Caregivers may find it difficult to obtain the information they need to feel prepared to safely and adequately care for an infant. Studies show that first-time parents often turn to family, friends, internet searches, and social media as a means to increase knowledge regarding...

Cardiac arrest refers to the sudden loss of heart function due to a fault in the electrical transmission system. It interrupts the pumping mechanism of the heart and consequently, the body is deprived off blood and oxygen. This condition is usually accompanied by cessation of...

Modern medicine and approaches to disease treatment have undergone a paradigm shift due to significant advances in regenerative medicine. This field of stem cell research has remarkable potential in the development of therapies to regenerate and repair dysfunctional cells. Stem cells are undifferentiated cells with...

“Stem cell research holds enormous promise for easing human suffering, and federal support is critical to its success” – Tom Harkin. Stem cells originate from adult body tissues and embryos, but they can also be donated through bone marrow, peripheral stem cells, and umbilical cord...

Stem cells. What is it? What does it do? Where does it come from? All these questions and more will be answered soon enough. Stem cells are undifferentiated, or cells that are so new and have yet to be signed a role of what to...

The plastic surgery industry is one of the largest and most lucrative industries in the United States, if not the world. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Americans spent an estimated $16 billion on plastic surgery in 2016, which was more than any...

A 42-year-old woman regained her breasts after undergoing a mastectomy; a 5-year-old child’s face was made recognizable after enduring third-degree burns; and a transgender woman was freed from the wrong body that she was born in. For these individuals, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery was an...

This paper will explore the problems associated with cosmetic plastic surgery. While plastic surgery is focused on repairing disfigurements in order reconstruct a normal function and appearance, cosmetic surgery is uniquely intended to enhance the patient’s appearance. There are numerous complications that can accompany any...

The purpose of this research paper is to gain more information and knowledge regarding ADHD and why Methylphenidate is the number one drug prescribed to treat its symptoms. The following information is from different researches and meta-analysis studying the effects of Methylphenidate on adults. Studies...