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that choose this procedure. “Abortion is invasive and unnecessary and the evidence shows that it offers a real threat to women's physical health.” “Dr. Louise Brinton recently published research in the journal of cancer epidemiology, biomarkers and prevention, which concluded that abortion increases the risk of triple-negative breast cancer in women.” how does proof 1 connect to topic sentence): women have a high risk of losing more by having this procedure done than actually going through with…

A story written in the New York Times about the childhood obesity epidemic featured Mary Savoye. Mary Savoye, a dietitian recalled an encounter with a 16-year-old boy that displayed signs of liver disease because he was sixty pounds’ overweight. Upon discovering his condition his mother took him to a pediatric weight management clinic in New Haven, Connecticut. The mother a nurse herself did not like the advice from the dietitian. The mother was unable to accept the harsh fact that she played a…

Cloos, Rhonda, and Tish Davidson. Consumer Health Care, Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2014. 264-272. Health and Wellness Resource Center. Web. 13 Nov. 2015. This article defines what vaccinations are and describes the importance of immunization for the general public. Cloos and Davidson list the most common illnesses and diseases that people are susceptible to, and how the respective vaccines prevent and combat these viruses. They provide support as to why the public should vaccinate themselves,…

Eliminate the purchase of soda and candy from SNAP funds intended to provide nutrition and not empty calories to obesity, diabetes, and other chronic related diseases. Restricting junk food enables SNAP participants to make better food quality choices because funds are made available to purchase food that is high in nutrition value. For example, a child who drinks a soda, consumes the same amount of calories as…

The world we live in is so diverse with different cultures and beliefs. Culture is define as a system of knowledge, beliefs, experience, values, attitudes, religion, etc shared by a relatively large group of people. In the healthcare sector, culture, race and ethnicity are important factors in relation to patient healthcare. According to Jhutti-Johal, race and ethnicity needs are important dimensions of healthcare delivery from a legal, moral and sometimes medical viewpoint. Patients of…

my assignment I have compared the topic of influenza vaccination with two different websites. The first website is U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (https://www.va.gov/VETDATA/docs/SurveysAndStudies/VETPOP.pdf) and the second Centers for Disease control and prevention (https://www.cdc.gov/flu/index.htm ) to identify how each website shows their information, what audience they attract and to see the difference in style and context. The publichealth.va.gov present information targeted towards…

Family Health Promotion and Chronic Illness: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Elizabeth Ogg Ohio University Family Health Promotion and Chronic Illness: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease I will be discussing a patient with the chronic illness chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and three ways the nurse can provide health promotion to this patient’s family. Family health promotion provides an outline of activities that families engage in to improve health and strengthen…

(Kennedy). There are different techniques for the various situations. “In 1958, Peter Safar and James Elam came up with the airway and breathing technique. The circulating-closed-chest cardiac massage. In the mid 1990’s, University of Arizona Sarver Heart Center discovered continual chest presses to keep blood circulating in adult victims. Then, in 2008, the hands only method came around. With adults two hands are required, one hand is required with young children and two fingers with infants.…

the life expectancy for elderly Americans will increase dramatically (Singh, Bajorek, 2014). Americans life expectancy has increased over the last few years, and as of 2015 Americans can expect to live an average of 78.7 years (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 2017). Over the next 33 years, the United States elderly population is expected to be around 83.7 million adults, that is nearly double what it was in 2012 (43.1 million) (CDC, 2017). The state of Arizona is ranked in the…

The Boy He grew up in a home full of abuse and neglect. His father left him when he was only eleven years old. Today the boy is fifteen and struggles with depression, self-abuse, anger, and violent behavior. The boy feels unwanted and worthless. Is it his fault he does not know he was made for good? There are many stories just like this boy, who grow up in homes full of physical abuse, drug abuse, and neglect. In a Christ in Youth advertisement in Relevant Newspaper, a picture of a boy is…