Gastroenterology

If you were depressed, feeling alone, and you wanted to end it all, but a small dose of LSD, or peyote could save your life, would you take it? This is a question many people ponder, and the answer always comes back to ethics. For this reason, psychedelic drugs should be used to treat physical and mental illnesses. What psychedelics are used to treat illnesses? There are many. LSD, or lysergic acid diethylamide, psilocybin, found in magic mushrooms, DMT, or dimethyltryptamine, mescaline, found…

From June 27 to the present, I have been volunteering as a Student Ambassador at Pennsylvania hospital. I work throughout the hospital in various departments, depending on the day of the week. My supervisor is Ms. Barb, who assigns us into different departments and makes sure that we sign in and out for the day. Pennsylvania Hospital was founded on May 11, 1751 by Benjamin Franklin and Dr. Thomas Bond. Pennsylvania Hospital is known to have been the first hospital in the American colonies and is…

Adults spend nearly one third of their lives at work, but working in a career helping to make the world a little better helps to take the sting out of those statistics. Registered nursing is a career that requires passion, patience, dedication, and lots of hard work but at the end of the day it is a career that provides a sense of fulfilment that is worth all of the hard work, sweat, and tears. Besides the personal benefits of nursing, nursing is the fastest growing occupation in the United…

13. Offer relief for rheumatoid arthritis Clinical studies have shown that curcumin is very effective in providing relief for rheumatoid arthritis as a result of its powerful antioxidant effects. Curcumin is highly potent because it can neutralize free radicals and other chemicals that are known to cause damage to healthy body cells and cell membranes. Common arthritis symptoms such as joint pain are caused by the presence of free radicals. Because of its high degree of efficiency, the effects…

Gene-environment interaction and its effect on obesity disease Unlike what is usually portrayed on media, obesity is not just a problem of unhealthy lifestyle but in fact influenced by genetic factor as well. Genetic factor is believed to attribute 40 – 70% in the development of obesity (Shawky & Sadik, 2012). In other words, environment, genotypes and the association of these two factors play roles in the phenotype expression, which, in this case, is obesity. With regards to environmental…

The article¬–“Humor In The Physician-Patient Encounter”–features three Medical Doctors. Board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology with a specialty in hepatology and clinical nutrition, Dr. Jeffery T. Emeritus Professor of Preventive Medicine at Stony Brook University, Dr. Jack Coulehan. Lastly, the final member of the Trinity in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Associate Professor in Medical Education-Medical Humanities and Bioethics at Stony Brook University, Dr. Catherine…

After graduating from Central Texas College, in 1996, with a certificate in Health Information Management, I began working as a transcriptionist for a small psychiatric practice. In this position I was responsible for covering the front desk and transcribing dictated reports. I remained in this position for about four months before moving to Seattle later that year. Upon my return to Seattle, I worked for about a year with Good Samaritan Mental Health Services as a front office receptionist…

One of the major types of nurse entrepreneur is legal nurse consultant (LNC). LNC refers to registered nurse that applies acquired knowledge from nursing education, training and extensive clinical experience to function as a healthcare provider which attains the capability to evaluate the standard of care, identify problems and develop solutions through specialized training that focuses on the consultation related to medical-legal claims. LNCs are trained to solve complicated situations,…

Legalizing Marijuana As of Tuesday, November 9th, 2012, Colorado and Washington legalized the use of Marijuana (pot). Allen St. Pierre, the executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws states, "These two states are the only places on the face of the Earth that have actually put the imprimatur of the state on legalization of cannabis.” Elsewhere, marijuana law is either decriminalized, ignored, or convoluted. But Washington and Colorado have now completely…

My interest in healthcare began in 1994 when began a two-year certificate program in Health Information Management at Central Texas College. The education that I received provided me an introduction into health service delivery and gave me an opportunity to work for a small psychiatric practice as a transcriptionist. In this position I developed entry level skills while covering the front desk and transcribing dictated reports. I only remained in this position for a brief period and worked…