Cleveland Clinic

While athletes may be tempted to use steroids to improve their performance, in reality steroid use can lead to serious health complications and require medical treatment. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2006), steroids promote the growth of skeletal muscle (anabolic effects) and the development of male sexual characteristics (androgenic effects) in both males and females. Steroids are referred to as performance enhancement drugs as well. Steroid abuse is found in most cases…

Julia Gill Government 2305 Dr. Stone 12 November, 2014 Gay Rights Most people believe that they deserve the rights they are granted by the government. Not all citizens are given equal rights. Gay and lesbians are constantly denied rights that are typically taken for granted by any American. Specifically, gay and lesbians couples are denied the right to marry even if they are citizens. America is most valued for the amounts and right to freedom you have, but to not be able to get married…

Many Americans are increasingly concerned with the nutritional value of the foods they consume and just how harmful processed food and genetically modified food is for the body. Consumers have come to rely on food product labels to help them make healthier decisions about the food they eat (Portland, Maine, n.d., par. 1). Initially, nutrition labels were introduced to “help people determine the amount of fat, salt, or sugar” a product contained (Fera, 2014, par. 1). Today’s consumers, however,…

Avoidable readmissions come at a great cost to patients/residents, healthcare providers, and taxpayers, a $25 billion cost to be exact. This is the estimated amount that avoidable readmissions cost the nation on a yearly basis and is one of the largest contributors to the enormous growth in national health care costs. Readmissions are the result of several difference aspects from incomplete treatment, poor post-acute care, lack of coordination in discharge planning, or even the unavailability of…

Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Facts about Alzheimer’s: 3 Usage of Data analytics in the healthcare sector 3 Internal Processes 4 1. Clinical Trials 4 2. Systems Biology 4 3. Simulation of processes: 4 4. Better disease prediction: 4 5. Risk and compliance management: 4 External Processes 4 1. Real-time health tracking 4 2. Electronic health records and Electronic medical records 4 3. Cross-selling applications 5 4. Credit services to medical practitioners 5 Internal Process – Clinical…

“On May 1, 1962, guests in the Twin Cities area wake to the news of Target 's first grand opening in Roseville, Minnesota. Heralded as a, "new idea in discount stores," Target differentiates itself from other retail stores by combining many of the best department store features: fashion, quality, and service with the low prices of a discounter” ("Target through the years", 7). Target Corporate reports, “by the end of 1962, Target opens additional locations in St. Louis Park, Crystal and Duluth,…

While most Americans don't realize it, the consumption of meat inspires a wasteful misuse of the earth's valuable resources, leaving an irreparable scar on the earth and squandering sources of food that could be used to feed the hungry. 20 billion livestock occupy the earth, three times the number of human beings (Motavalli): in the U.S. alone livestock outnumber people 25 to one. The amount of room required to raise all these animals is massive (Corliss). In South America, about 70 thousand…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…