Introduction Performance-enhancing drugs have existed within sports for centuries which has inevitably resulted in positive and negative impacts on the health of athletes and on sport. Sport has been directly linked to the use of performance-enhancing agents since the original Olympic Games in Greece which...
Introduction The performance-enhancing drugs have been around for a long time and athletes and none-athletes have been using them since the early 1930s. These drugs were not widely used back then but as the new generation came to the world, the number of unsafe and...
Do you know what kinesiology is? Well, Google’s definition of kinesiology says “Kinesiology is the scientific study of human or non-human body movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, biomechanical, and psychological dynamic principles and mechanisms of movement”. Some people may view kinesiology like this but some may...
Kinesiology is the logical investigation of human or non-human body development. Kinesiology tends to physiological, biomechanical, and mental powerful standards and components of development. Uses of kinesiology to human wellbeing include: biomechanics and orthopedics; quality and molding; sport brain research; strategies for recovery, for example,...
Many ex-athletes have admitted to Cannabis use which is a drug in violation of sports anti-doping policies. Darren Heitner of Forbes wrote an article on the use of Cannabis in professional sports and found that it has great benefits for pain and inflammation. In fact...
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...
The approach to healthcare is evolving once again. Healthcare initially started as bedside medicine in the 18th century, in which care was directly delivered to patients in a holistic approach. Physicians and healthcare workers would evaluate the entirety of the patient’s wellbeing in order to...
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...
Beneficence and Non-maleficence are two interrelated concepts which consist of bringing no harm to others. Although the two are interrelated, there is a big difference between the two. Beneficence refers to the act of helping others whereas non-maleficence refers to not doing any harm. Therefore,...
Introduction 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...
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...