Category: Health & Medicine

Atrophy of the muscles is a condition that occurs when the muscles have been in an inactive condition for a long period of time. The cast on the leg is the major cause of muscle atrophy. It reduces muscle activity and causes loss of the tissues. The major effect of the cast as indicated in…

Introduction Depression Depression is an unexceptional psychological disorder that is characterized by guilt feelings, low self-esteem, perturbed sleeping episodes, suppressed mood, lack of appetite, interest, or passion as well as the inability to concentrate (3). Causes The actual cause of depression has not been known yet by psychological experts. However, research studies have conclusively demonstrated…

The HIV/AIDS epidemic has spanned the past three-and-a-half decades so far. To fight against it, researchers and governments have mobilized and fundamentally altered the course of the disease and transformed the prognosis for millions of individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Now the frontier in the fight against HIV/AIDS has shifted to preventing the infection. Thus, HIV/AIDS…

Table of Contents Auditory Neuropathy Prognosis Treatment/Management Plan Summary References: Auditory Neuropathy The term “auditory neuropathy” was coined by Starr and colleagues in 1996, but was criticised by others who felt that the pathology may be misleading and instead preferred terms such as “auditory dys-synchrony”, “auditory de-synchrony” or “auditory mismatch” – terms they believe could…

Table of Contents Introduction Case Description Influential Factors Personalized Plan of Care References Introduction The creation of any plan of care requires the investigation of different factors, as well as the relationships that may exist between a drug and a patient’s body. The evaluation of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics is an important step because it helps…

The Hippocratic Oath should ensure that healthcare professionals adhere to a particular moral and ethical code, streamlining their behavior to an excellent standard. Breaching this promise leads to less than stellar healthcare practices, a decrease in the quality of services provided, and even medical fraud, punishable by law (Whistleblower Attorneys, 2016). Such deceptive practices may…

Poliomyelitis was a severe disease in the United States in the 20th century. That is why numerous American health care professionals tried to find ways of how to protect children from that health issue, and Jonas Salk was among them. The scientist managed to develop a vaccine against polio, but that process implied numerous challenges…

Managed care refers to various techniques, which are intended to; improve the quality of health care with a minimum cost. Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) refer to managed care services in the United States that are intended to cut down unnecessary health care costs via a variety of mechanisms. The introduction of HMOs dramatically changed the…

Table of Contents Introduction Advantages of Measurements Definitions of Terms Prevalence and Incidence Summary References Introduction Epidemiology is a study that deals with the distribution of diseases and their possible determinants in humans (Dubey, Gupta, & Jain, 2015). It is not enough to learn the terms and use them while analyzing a disease. It is…

Table of Contents Appearing on one side Is Shingles Contagious? Treatment methods What is post herpetic neuralgia? Shingles Vaccine Reference List Appearing on one side Since Herpes zoster (i.e. Shingles) lays dormant in the nerve tissue of the body, it usually travels from a person’s ganglia to the various axons and then reaches only a…