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practice safe sex because of the belief that sexually transmitted diseases do not happen in old age. Diagnosis can take longer because the symptoms of AIDS such as weakness, weight loss, fatigue, infections and night sweats are associated with aging (Saxton, Etten, & Perkins, 2015). This is an area where awareness is needed because many think that older adults are not sexually active. According to Center for Disease Control and Prevention, older adults face issues such as: • “Many widowed and…

Strachan, & Asher, n.d.). Some people may experience stronger symptoms during physical activity or at nighttime. Asthma attacks can be fatal when airways are blocked and oxygen fails to enter the lungs. Asthma is an incurable, but treatable chronic disease that affects mostly children with 334 million people worldwide and 25.7 million people in the United States ("CDC - Asthma," n.d.). Children can outgrow asthma in their teens if asthma symptoms develop before the age of seven. However,…

For as long as diseases and viruses have been around, people have been looking for a cure for sickness. Society has yet to develop cures for everything, but there are plenty of preventative methods, which can help keep the body healthy. The most viable preclusion is vaccination, which is an injection that helps produce antibodies and better immunize the body. Vaccines have been around since 1798, when the smallpox vaccine was developed by Edward Jenner. Despite how helpful vaccines are, many…

Management of chronic diseases has garnered many concerns at Haywood Memorial, a 250 bed, non-profit health care organization, located in Houston Texas. Moreover, recent data analysis has revealed that the organization has a 45 percent readmission rate in which the majority of…

Does learning about birth control in school deter teenage pregnancy? Over the past three decades the discussions regarding teenage pregnancy have been one filed with conflicting viewpoints and strong opinions. However, education on the issue of teen pregnancy can be healthy for the mind and healthy for the baby. The benefits of education to teenage children regarding birth control are very important as this allows the teenage population to become more responsible about the decisions that they…

would become vegetarian, and the main answer is because of the health benefits it provides. A vegetarian diet provides more health benefits over a diet that includes meat, because it lowers the chance of heart disease, cancer, and type two diabetes. A Vegetarian Diet Lowers the Risk of Heart Disease Many people think that a vegetarian diet is destructive to the heart but the opposite is actually true. Our society eats meat in such large quantities it becomes unhealthy.…

Assignment: MMR Vaccine Healthy People 2020 is a report created by the Surgeon General that focuses on wide-spread, “health promotion and disease prevention (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, n.d.).” One of the major goals Healthy People 2020 specifics is, “increasing immunizations and reducing preventable infectious diseases (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, n.d.).” In regards to this goal, one of the major vaccinations seeing a drastic decrease in use is…

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National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) began in 1991, according to the 2013 results released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention” (Center for Disease Control, 2014). “By achieving a teen smoking rate of 15.7 percent, the United States has met its national Healthy People 2020 objective of reducing adolescent cigarette use to 16 percent or less” (Center for Disease Control, 2014). Although, there is a decrease in teenage smoking, there still a challenge to get every…

White Paper on the Power of Active Aging While aging is accompanied by its share of challenges, seniors who remain active are apt to benefit in a wide range of ways. Active aging can help seniors to improve physical wellbeing, but it also helps to improve mental acuity and stability. Seniors who engage in an active, healthy lifestyle may find that they are more socially active, as well. This white paper serves to illustrate the ways in which seniors may benefit from living an active lifestyle.…