Epidemic

The Silent Epidemic A silent epidemic is sweeping across the Unites States and is taking the lives of our youth of today, suicide This is a silent epidemic due to the fact that a teen will act and will not be found until it is too late. If we can get a grasp on what is driving the youth to want to end their lives, so that we can help them work out their problems. Their problems can be as small as another youth looking at them wrong, to their parents beating them. Low self-esteem, unworthiness,…

Part Three: The Stealth Epidemic Part three movie indicated that thirty percent of the Americans (nearly 100 million) are the victims of chronic illnesses such as diabetes, congestive heart failure, asthma, and many others. Treatment of these chronic illnesses consumes more than 70 percent of all health care resources. Healthcare professionals are unable to prevent needless suffering, even death. In addition, the healthcare management system does not provide enough education and prevention for…

This unfortunate misconception also unfairly assigned the association of filth and disease with those who were poor and underprivileged. The Cholera Epidemics of the 19th century clearly revealed a crises over immigration, ethnicity, poverty and class. Many blamed the underprivileged and impoverished as the root cause and spread of the disease without taking note of (now) commonly understood biological…

One year after the major earthquake in Haiti, that occurred in 2010, the country is dealing with a cholera epidemic. This is the first outbreak of cholera in Haiti in over one-hundred years. The year following the earthquake “there has been some 140,000 cases with the death toll well over 3,000” (Brown, 2011) and was reported to have exploded rapidly in late October, 2010. Even though measures are being taken to fight the cholera outbreak, cholera is a bacterial disease of poverty and is…

These Flu Epidemics come regularly, but around this time society’s scientists weren’t medically advanced as it is now. They didn’t have a vaccine to prevent from becoming infected. The only problem with flu vaccines is that a different strain comes every time. Every thing an infected individual touches, it leaves the virus there, then when the next uninfected individual comes, the virus attaches itself. When an infected individual coughs, that cough forms a cone that covers many people, landing…

/community nurse is not only the protection of children from bullies but also determining a solution to the nationwide epidemic of bullying. Public health nurses need to be on the forefront in the development, implementation and evaluation of programs designed to eliminate the negative effects of bullying and other health related issues in the community. Bullying Bullying is a worldwide epidemic that can cause depression and even suicide in…

In recent years, diamorphine has killed more people than ever before. It’s street name? Heroin. Heroin is a highly euphoric, highly addictive type of drug extracted from the opium poppy plant. The opioid epidemic has reached increasingly large numbers and is very prevalent nowadays. People use opiates for many different reasons. They are considered analgesic drugs because the relieve pain. All opiates, including morphine, hydrocodone and oxycodone, require a prescription by a doctor and are used…

Weight loss is becoming a health issue for adults and children. If this epidemic does not turn around people won't live as long. Or they may spend more time on medication and possibly in the hospital. There couldn't be a better time to lose weight now. Not only are American adults obese or morbidly obese, so are their children. This is the wake-up article to give you the top reasons to lose weight now. It's time to start making important choices necessary to remain healthy. Just to give you an…

Obesity is an epidemic of excess. It is everywhere, in every neighborhood, school, and workplace. Obesity is more than just a cosmetic concern; it does impact the way we look but also can change lives forever. It can lead individuals to heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes type 2, and high cholesterol. There are psychological effects connected with obesity. Obese children are more prone to depression, negative body image, and low self-esteem. Obesity can be stopped without the need…

The US obesity epidemic achieved several areas of progress, including the strength of increased awareness, the political involvement and the social involvement that will address the issue of obesity, the new treatment option and the elaborate evidence based for the prevention and intervention strategies. The obesity remains to be a national and global health challenge and a risk factor for an increasing set of chronic diseases, including the cardiovascular disease (CVD), diabetes, chronic kidney…