Rheumatoid arthritis

medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and aging people. My grandmother was a woman I loved dearly, however she was very sick and crippled she relied on a wheelchair. She became paralyzed at the age of 34 and developed Rheumatoid Arthritis she remained in mobile till she passed at the age of 79. She was the kindest, loving, strong willed woman that I’ve ever known. She lived with my aunt in Long Island, New York. My aunt could no longer take care of her, and my grandmother…

People are affected by stress everyday whether it be school, their job, or family issues at home. Most people know what stress is, but many do not know the story behind it. In 1936 Hans Seyle started first talking about stress and it turned out to be a stressful thing for him, afterwards many different types of stress came about, and with stress came the different ways to relieve it. Everyone knows what stress is, but nobody really knows what stress is. Stress was first introduced by Hans…

affects women twice as much as men and the manifestation occurs between the ages of 40-70 years old. Though occupation and stress are one of the major causes of CTS can also be a result of trauma or injury to the wrist, sprains or fractures, rheumatoid arthritis, and repeated use of vibrating…

Flowers in the Attic By V. C. Andrews Author Biography: Virginia Cleo Andrews was born on the 6th of June in 1923 in Virginia. In her teenage years, Virginia was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis that would later on keep her in a wheelchair. Upon completing high school, she would go on to complete a four year art course that she was able to take at home. She created a successful business for herself by selling her artistic abilities, but she soon realized that she wasn’t satisfied. She…

A writers thoughts are honest ones: many Americans dealing with the emotional toll of this busy society often don’t take time to adhere to their emotional and physical needs. One such woman, Karen Cangialosi, worker at Kaiser Permanente’s Positive Choice Wellness Center in San Diego and leader of a group called “Healing Through the Written Word” through the Creative Arts Therapy program, discusses the inability for people to cope in a positive way and introduces writing as a highly effective…

Osteoporosis Osteoporosis can be defined as a serious progressive skeletal disease that occurs when the body loses too much bone mass or doesn’t make enough bone mass which results in weakened bone that are easy to break Gronholz (2008). According to the CDC, osteoporosis is more prevalent in individuals 50 years or older and affects approximately 54 million American citizens within today’s society. It has been estimated that osteoporosis is responsible for approximately two million broken…

Pleural effusion is the most common manifestation of pleural disease. Pleural effusion occurs when there is an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space and is commonly known as “water on the lungs” (Cramer, 2015). The accumulation of this fluid prevents the lungs from fully opening, which may result in dyspnea. It is estimated that approximately one million Americans will develop pleural effusion each year. Pleural effusion itself is not actually a disease, it is the result of many different…

Background The United States spends more in total and per person on healthcare than any other nation in the world and yields arguably mediocre results. It’s generally not argued that the solution is to spend more on healthcare but rather find a way to spend the money that is allocated to healthcare more efficiently. It’s possible to both lower health care expenditures and maintain a high standard for healthcare in the US. Value-Based Insurance Design is one such solution to the problem of…

“The average person doesn't understand what a stem cell is. There's a lack of health literacy in our nation. So the public can't really get into this dialogue because they don't understand the complexity of stem cells, not the faith-based approach, not the ideological or political, but the science behind stem cells.” Richard Carmona Stem cells are an incredible type of cell that is able to develop into many different cell types in the body. When a stem cell divides, it has the possibility of…

cells, directed to differentiate into specific cell types, offer the amazing possibility of a source of replacement cells and tissues to treat diseases including spinal cord injury, stroke, burns, heart disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis that can always be replaced! (The New England Journal of…