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Introduction: In the early 19th century, if you are diagnosed with last stage heart failure you were good as dead with no donor. However, in 1957, at Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Kolff and Dr. Tetsuzo Akutsu brought the concept of an artificial heart to reality through a series of animal implants; in which one such implantation, a dog had survived for approximately 90 minutes. On 28 July 2013, 40-year-old Matthew Green left hospital and headed back home to his family after having his heart replaced…

Mariotto, Meekins, Topor, & Brown, 2008). As a result, outpatient oncology clinics are experiencing high patient volumes as the prevalence of cancer continues to rise. It must be noted however, that cancer services are not only related to the number of cancer patients seen, but rather impacted significantly by the increasing complexity of cancer care the patients are receiving as well. Due to increasing demand, oncology clinics are experiencing increased workloads resulting in delays in…

increased income and wealth allows access to more or higher quality health-promoting resources (Cleveland et al, 2012). Also a lower level of education and living in an area that has a greater rate of household poverty has been shown to be connected with the risk of knee osteoarthritis; the causes could be because of less access to clinics, safe public transport options and safer places to exercise (Cleveland et al,…

Music was once a place to get away. All throughout time, music has been love, passion, exercise, therapy, and fun. Music has changed dramatically in the last fifty to sixty years. Rhythm and Blues music was once known as rock and roll but was changed when the two different types of music took their own way. Rhythm and Blues started big in the 40’s and 50’s. It was the biggest and most popular type of music and made the most impact in history. R&B (Rhythm and blues), which consists of soulful…

you are not getting overheated before dental procedure, staying well hydrated, do not skip meals, do not get to exhausted before your dental procedure and to make sure you stand up slowly to give the blood time to circulate through your body (Cleveland Clinic,…

Simpson, "When you're already kind of upset about other things, it's like a brick on a scale. I mean, everything just weighs on you." Broken-heart syndrome is not uncommon according to Dr. Steven Nissen, chairman of cardiovascular medicine at Cleveland Clinic. When someone undergoes a loss like a death of a loved one or some other horrible stress-related event, the part of the heart muscles stops contracting for a while. It will look like as heart attack but it's not a blocked coronary. He…

patients who are suffering from pulmonary hypertension (PH), a rare lung disorder, will also eventually develop cardiovascular diseases.Patients might show symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, angina, dizziness and fast heartbeat (The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 2014). In this case, the blood vessels that transport blood from the heart to the lungs become narrower, blocked or destroyed. This lowers the ability of blood to flow through the vessels. Hence, the blood pressure in the…

We all have different sides to us that change when we’re around family, friends, co-workers or even our significant other. But which one of those is the real us? Maybe it’s none of those; maybe it’s who we are when we’re alone. When we’re surrounded by certain people our personality shifts, not a significant amount, but we change. We can be calm, quite, goody two shoes with family and co-workers, but with friends we’re the craziest, most daring one in the group, and then with our significant…

Healthcare Reform Implementation The purpose of this paper is to examine healthcare reform implementation in the state of Ohio. Healthcare reform has been the subject of much criticism since the Obama healthcare bill became law in 2010. It has changed the landscape of the healthcare system for the entire country. Healthcare Reform Overview We are recognized by other countries for our technological advancements in medicine, but still criticized for the high cost of healthcare (Nies & McEwen,…

As any country Germany does have some setbacks whereas the U.S. have been able evolve at a faster rate. Since there are no physician networks or a set of providers that the German population are tied to, the continuity of care is not substantial. The German population suffers setbacks from physician and clinician inconsistency. Also, this makes the previous medical records non accessible since none of the providers are linked. Redundancy of care becomes a big issue because physicians order…