Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Unfortunately, in the United States, heart disease remains the number one cause of death in both males and females (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). It is indicated, “About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year, that’s 1 in every 4 deaths” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015, p. 1). Fortunately, many healthcare providers/organizations recognize the current issue and current interventions are being implemented across the nation with…

Microcephaly is a birth deformity where an infant’s head is littler than anticipated when contrasted with children of a similar sex and age. Children with microcephaly frequently have little brains that have not grown appropriately (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2016). There are two different types of microcephaly. Congenital microcephaly which is present at birth and postnatal microcephaly which occurs later in life (Hanzlik & Gigante, 2017, p. 47). During pregnancy, an infant’s…

individual from disease caused by the pathogen(11) When you get a vaccine, you get a small amount of a dead form of the organism which causes the antigens and antibodies to react and so this allows the immune system to get stronger. It is not the actual amount needed for a vaccine but the immune system still has the ability to produce certain antibodies that can recognise and attack the organism if you get exposed to it. These are also called preventive diseases which are used to prevent…

the imitated infection goes away the body remembers how to fight off that disease in the future (Gershon 2007). There are five types of vaccines that use different ways to fight of diseases. Some types of vaccines use a weaken version of a virus, or kill the virus while making the vaccine; weakened toxins, or toxoids are used to prevent disease caused by bacteria, some types use parts of the virus or bacteria of a disease, or use other types of bacteria to fight an illness…

Malaria kills more people than smoking per year! Malaria is a disease in third-world countries, caused by a parasite that infects the mosquitoes feeding on people. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), there are four types of parasites that infect people: Plasmodium Falciparum, P. Vivax, P. Ovale, and P. Malariae. There are about 198 million cases of malaria in the world and 500,000 people die each year of the disease--most are children in Africa (CDC). Malaria is an epidemic in…

Lymphatic Filariasis is a disease to the lymphatic system and is the “leading cause to permanent disability in the world” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The lymphatic system plays a major role to our immune system. Lymph is created from the lymphatic system which contain lymphocytes and white blood cells which as we know white blood cells are key to fighting off infections of any sort. Organs in the lymphatic system also dispose of some waste in the body. Lymph nodes are one of…

Better Safe Than Sorry Human papillomavirus, commonly known as HPV is an extremely infectious, causing around nine out of ten people to at some point in their lives become infected with it. This happens mostly within their late teens and can lead to serious health problems including but not limited to: genital warts, and many different types of cancer ranging from cancer of the vulva to cancer of the tongue and tonsils. I find that immunization should be heavily considered by parents…

Defining the problem How We Know CAUTI is a Problem According to Kennedy et al., (2013) CAUTI’s are identified as one of the most common healthcare related infections. As a result of the high incidence of CAUTI’s, in 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, stopped reimbursing hospitals for the costs of care for patients who develop a CAUTI during hospital stays (Kennedy et al., 2013). Unfortunately, there are approximately“One million catheter-associated urinary tract infections…

websites, which meet the credibility standards. The centers for disease control and prevention (CDC) is a credible website which is an important constituent of the Department of Health and Human Services. The CDC website, www.cdc.gov, is an easy accessible website which provide health information to the public on any health subjects. The mission…

the body does not properly process food for use as energy” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), n.d.). “Most of the food we eat is turned into glucose, or sugar, for our bodies to use for energy” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), n.d.). “The pancreas, an organ that lies near the stomach, makes a hormone called insulin to help glucose get into the cells of our bodies” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), n.d.). “When you have diabetes, your body either…