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Endometrial Cancer and what all women should know Leah Hanuska Mohave Community College Mea 205 Melody Redman April 14, 2017 Abstract This paper will explain what every woman, teenager, and parents who have female daughters needs to know about endometrial cancer, It is important for women to educate themselves about this common disease, but it is also important for parents. If you have abnormal vaginal bleeding that is not related to menses, if there is a clear vaginal discharge, If you have…

There are many milestones that occur during the aging process, one of those processes for women is menopause. The medicalization of menopause has created a market for treatment and prevention of the symptoms related to menopause (Burrell, 2009). Menopause is defined as the “occurring 12 months after a woman’s final menstrual period” (Bjorklund, 2015, p. 54). Women usually go through menopause between 47 and 55 years old and experience a drop in estrogen and progesterone during perimenopause…

Maternal Mortality has been on a steady decline in developed countries such as the United States. However, in the under-developed areas maternal mortality rates have remained unusually high. The alarming issue is not a new and emerging topic, however with over half a million women dying each year due to pregnancy complications the issue has become one of great prominence (Hunt & Bueno de Mesquita, 2014). In order to improve the issues changes must be made at the economical, social, political,…

Te chnology i s revolu tionizing the me dical field with the cre ation of robotic devic es and complex imagi ng. Mini mally invasive su rgery, or robot a ssisted surgery, is a co ncept surrounding many common proced ures that existed prio r to the i ntro duction of robots. The g oal of us ing robo ts in medic ine is to prov ide imp roved diagnost ic abili ties, a less invasive and more com fortable experie nce for the p atient, and the abi lity to do smal ler…

Electronic Health Record Systems offer many features that are designed to increase both the quality and the utility of clinical documentation and enhance communication between all healthcare providers. Choosing the correct electronic healthcare system is a very important task. Healthcare facilities should select an EHR system based on the selected goals chosen by the facility. Poor Electronic Health Record (EHR) system design and improper use can cause EHR-related errors that jeopardize the…

performed tubal ligations, a procedure that involves the severing the fallopian tubes, which results in the inability for the female body to reproduce.(Miller). Forced sterilization was also seen in a twenty-six year old woman was given a complete hysterectomy, which is the complete…

A number of years ago, I started having severe abdominal pain. I made an appointment and the physician informed me that the pain was being caused by a pregnancy that occurred very quickly after a miscarriage. I accepted this information without question. At 31 weeks, I went into preterm labor and spent the next four and a half weeks in and out of the hospital and in and out of labor. My baby was born premature, but was healthy enough to go home the same day I did. At my two week checkup, I…

Throughout The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, it is revealed that although science is helpful, it also has its own evils. Scientists stole people’s body parts, injected diseases, and did unnecessary treatments, all without patient consent. Henrietta Lacks was one of these unfortunate people. She was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Scientists then took those cells and started marketing them and doing experiments with them to come up with cures for various diseases. The family tells an…

The person I have chosen to study is one with a case of anorexia nervosa; “a disorder marked by the pursuit of extreme thinness and by extreme weight.” (Comer 266). For the purpose of this paper, I will refer to this person by the name “Sally”. Sally’s parent’s divorced before she was the age of two, her mother stayed in Nebraska while her father traveled around the world. After the divorce, her mother began to gain weight and eventually became obese. Sally would visit her father every summer in…

Response: Happiness was staying home and raising you while your dad worked and made enough for us to pay the bills and not be broke, and our family time on the weekend with no worries just each other. Question: After suffering from a life-threatening heart condition leading to open-heart surgery and almost losing your husband to a heart attack, did happiness take on a new meaning? Response: Of course. Now happiness is living one more day to see my wonderful husband, my daughter, and my…