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The paper below discusses what Medicare and Medicaid are. It also talks about who is eligible for these two programs, and what they consist of. Medicare offers 4 different parts of health care. Part A, B, C, &D. These parts focus on hospital and medical insurance, as well as prescription drug coverage. Medicaid offers many different programs, such as programs for children, long term care facilities, and community and home-based patient’s. The program that they offer for children is called CHIP,…

Methadone revolutionized the treatment of opioid addiction in the 1960s by providing the first effective, practical, and legal alternative to detoxification. Detoxification is generally inadequate on its own to provide lasting sobriety because most addicts eventually relapse without additional treatment. Medication-assisted treatment with methadone provided the first legal treatment that was effective in reducing relapses. Treatment with methadone also reshaped our understanding of opioid…

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (www.adaa.org) Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental illness in the U.S., it affects 40 million adults in the U.S., but what about children? If so many adults are diagnosed with anxiety disorders, why are only one in eight children diagnosed with anxiety? Is mental illness in children being overlooked? Children with anxiety disorders typically are at a much higher risk to perform poorly in school and disassociate themselves…

An estimated 110,000 students between the ages of 18-24 are arrested every year for an alcohol-related violation, such as public drunkenness or driving under the influence, 80 percent of U.S. college students have abused alcohol, and the amount of students who abuse prescription drugs has increased by 450 percent over the last decade (“Facts and Statistics of College Drug Abuse”). Medications used to cure diseases, ease pain, and overall benefit society are the same medications that misused, can…

As an addict, you gave control of your life to opioids. However, there is often a reluctance to give control of your treatment to your healthcare providers. Humility is the word to ponder. The more you insist on controlling the recovery process, the less likely for a positive outcome. If you are not truthful or only partially truthful with your treatment providers, how can you expect a good outcome? If you miss appointments, demand controlled medications, don’t pay clinic fees, or purposefully…

Hypertension is the most common medical disorder in pregnancy ranging from 12% to 22%, and is directly responsible for 17.6% of maternal deaths in the United States (Davidson, 2012, p. 461). Hypertension in pregnancy is classified into four groups: preeclampsia-eclampsia, chronic hypertension, chronic hypertension with superimposed eclampsia, and gestational hypertension. The most common type of hypertensive disorder in pregnancy is preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a syndrome that affects…

What does the classic triad of normal pressure hydrocephalus correctly consists of? A: Gait disturbance, aphasia, dementia • The reason this is the wrong answer is because aphasia is not consider to be part of the triad in normal pressure hydrocephalus. It is possible for some patient exhibit symptoms of aphasia, agnosia and apraxia which are known as cortical features. B: Gait disturbance, urinary incontinence, dementia • Normal Pressure hydrocephalus is a condition caused by enlarged…

Aim: Identify positive and negative colors seen from substances contacted with Marquis and Mandelin reagents Introduction: Drug location includes introductory screening of tests for medications and in restorative applications the screening tests results specifically utilized for medicinal assessment. For legitimate purposes, the screening technique takes out all negatives, positive results viewed as possible and require affirmation utilizing corroborative strategies, for example, elite fluid…

Kaartinen, M., Puura, K., Helminen, M., Salmelin, R., Pelkonen, E., & Juujärvi, P. (2014). Reactive aggression among children with and without autism spectrum disorder. Journal Of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 44(10), 2383-2391 9p. doi:10.1007/s10803-012-1743-1 This author created a research study on twenty-seven boys and eight girls with autism and developmental disorders, she used thirty-five controls and were matched according to gender, age and total score intelligence and were…

Drug abuse is a chronic public health issue that effects people in every level of our society. Drug abuse effects more than just the user. It interferes with relationships, status I society, health, and one’s employment. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), approximately 10 percent of nurses reported dependency on drugs while working in the field (Copp, 2009). Why is it that nurses have a relatively high incidence of substance abuse? The goal of this research paper is to present…