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Medical Info: B.W. has dementia, Gerd, glaucoma, hypertension, diabetes, macular degeneration, osteoarthritis, and she had breast cancer and had a mastectomy. Life Story: B.W. is an eighty-six year old female that has been living at the Arbor since June 10th, 2014. She likes her room to be dark and quiet, that is how she feels happy, and this was the experience I got from my visits with her. The first day I asked if I could turn the light on and she said yes, but immediately wanted it turned…

Diabetes, also known as Diabetes mellitus to the medical field, is a combination of diseases that affect metabolism so that the individual has raised blood sugar levels. This can be due to a lack of insulin, and/or a body’s change in how it responds to insulin. Approximately 382 million people in the world are directly affected by diabetes. The three types of the disease include Type 1 or Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 or Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus, and Gestational…

Healthy eating plan This semester a large amount of information was obtained for healthy eating for life style. Taking care of the body consist of a bunch of things. A healthy body is contingent on the health of a person, what the person eats, physical activity and supplements that could help. At the beginning of the spring semester, the nutrition student was pregnant. It was recommended that she had an intake of at least two thousand calories. The student intake of calories was barley meeting…

The son warns his father, “I have to watch you all the time” (39). When the father promises to take food, but later refuses it to give to the boy, the son urges, “If you break little promises, you’ll break big ones”(39) Without it being presented in the narration, conversation between the two alludes to man’s promise to not leave him alone in the world. The boy is basically saying the man may not keep that promise either, thus foreshadowing to the end of the story when the father dies and leaves…

There can be many reasons of why a person will classify the reason for their medical condition or illness. Some think it may be contributed to genetics, while others look to find blame on a particular thing that would have caused the chronic condition. I was introduced to a Hispanic male named Thomas, a grandfather, in his early 80’s, with a medical condition called Diabetes. He was diagnosed between the age of 40 to 45, as it was hard for him to recall the exact age. As Thomas became the head…

Discussion and Key Policy Analysis (4 pages) There are essentially three policy options that can be used to successfully resolve the nation’s conflict with marijuana. The first, and most simple way to handle the dilemma, would be to pertain to the status quo. In other words, the policy option’s aim would be to continue perceiving marijuana as an illegal drug within the United States. Most importantly, the citizens who cultivate or distribute the drug will continue to be criminalized and will…

The“Marijuana” is an ancient plant which is known to have been used long before it was recorded by man as early as 6000 B.C, by the ancient Chinese when the seeds of the plant were used as food. It is believed that the word Marijuana came from the Portuguese word marigu-ana, which means "intoxicant”. And some believed that it was originated from Mexican Spanish, which means ‘To get high’ or ‘Prisoner’ (Martin booth, Wikipedia, 2014). Marijuana is also known by other words such as “cannabis, weed…

Abstract “Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, care, and prevention of disease can occur.” (Michael Fox).The aims of this research is to present an overview that focus on the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary, cardiac and ocular Sarcoidosis. In the area of etiophathogenesis, clinical doctors and researcher have collectively gather a better understanding of the immune response that leads to the disease as…

Overview Diabetes is a metabolic condition that causes the body’s blood glucose (sugar) levels to rise higher than normal. Type 2 diabetes was originally known as “adult-onset” or “non-insulin dependent” diabetes, though it has changed because type 2 diabetes may be diagnosed before adulthood and sometimes needs treatment with insulin. Type 2 diabetes is quite different than type 1 diabetes. In type 2 diabetes, the pancreas secretes too much insulin ultimately trying to keep up with the body’s…

During Policy Development, policies may be developed and applied at several stages and may vary from formal regulations and legislation to the informal procedures by which governments function (Policy Development. n.d.).An example of policy development would be in government policy that is related to youth, children and health developed at national and federal; territorial and provincial; community, local and district; or international levels by elected executives transversely with a quantity…