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Facts may not always represent reality and truth, but they allow the human’s mind to be free from the aversion of uncertainty and ambiguity. Facts play a crucial role in the health/medical field. As a health profession, it is important to rely on facts in order to accurately monitor a patient’s health. At the same time, it is also crucial for the patient to understand the facts of one’s condition in order to have it treated respectively. I am both a health paraprofessional and a patient. As an…

Alcatraz prison is located in the San Francisco Bay and was home to 1576 men. The prison coded in 1963 and reopened as a historical site in 1972. But how much do we really know about what happened behind closed doors? Here is my list of four untold facts about one of the most famous prisons in the world Visitations were allowed as long as it was approved by the warden. Inmates were granted one visit per month providing there was no physical contact or reference to any current affairs regarding…

Important Facts about Blood Pressure The heart is the most important organ in the body as it helps to pump blood to other parts of the body. Blood pressure can be described as the force that the blood exerts on the arteries as it moves throughout the body. Generally, blood comes out of the heart at a higher pressure and later reduces as it is circulated through the arteries. High blood pressure is one of the leading silent killer diseases in the world today. This is because it is not easy to…

Fun Facts: You may think that the Grease history might be boring, but it isn’t. It’s really fascinating, even just for a person like Aristotle. Did you know that Aristotle was considered the most intelligent person who had ever walked on Earth? Well, it says it on the Internet and said by historic authors, so you have to believe it! Also, during at the age of 17, he was living in the richest and largest city of Grease! It was called Athens, he lived there almost his entire life! I guess it was…

This app has an array of food items with accurate nutrition facts labels. A possible ethical dilemma with this app is the occurrence of inaccuracy within restaurant dishes nutrition fact labels. There have been times where the menu of the restaurant will have a calorie count that does not match the amount on the app. The app itself is free to download, but there is the possibility…

make the perfect choice. Therefore, it is crucial to learn how to read and comprehend the Nutrition Facts Label. Since I am interested in majoring in Nutrition and Dietetics, I feel it my duty to assist and guide consumers in order to reach the ultimate healthy lifestyle. Based on the information that I collected, the following method is ideal for both reading and understanding the Nutrition Facts Panel. First, reading the food label consists of checking the serving size and the amount of…

5 Facts About FHIR The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a data exchange draft standard that is published and maintained by Health Level Seven (HL7). It is less complex and more user-friendly than earlier data exchange standards. It facilitates real time data exchange through web-based technology. https://www.hl7.org/fhir/overview.html Technology Driven Changes The federal government, regulatory bodies and major health care organizations have been advocating for the…

that atrophied Europe between 1347-1351, taking an equitably greater amount of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that point. The Black Death is broadly thought to have been the result of infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. 5 Facts: • Many doctors believed that bad smells could force out the plague. Therefore, treatments for the disease included applying feces and urine, and other substances that were much more likely to spread disease than to cure it. • Y. Pestis utilized…

Faith Vs. Fact The universe is a vast and endless portal of knowledge and experience whose origin and creation is not fully proven. There are two ideologies that the human race has adopted into giving reason for our existence as well as our evolution; this being, religion, and science. Science and religion have been in a conflicting battle against each other in discovering truth about the universe and their main ideas disregard the other making them ultimately incompatible. Throughout history…

Drug Addiction is an ongoing universal problem. According to an article titled “Drug Facts: Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction”, “drug addiction is a complex disease, and quitting takes more than good intentions or a strong will. In fact, because drugs change the brain in ways that foster compulsive drug abuse, quitting is difficult, even for those who are ready to do so.” In the article “Most Commonly Addictive Drugs”, the author mentions that the most commonly abused drugs are prescription…