Essays on Illness

Gardasil Vaccine: Preventing HPV Infections Gardasil refers to a vaccine that is administered to prevent particular strains of human papillomavirus (HPV), especially HPV types 18, 16, 11, and 6, which are harmful (Siddiqui & Perry, 2006). Strains of HPV types 18 and 16 have been found to be responsible for up...

Advancements in Controlling Disease Outbreaks With advancement in the medical knowledge and technology, it is possible to study and control the spread of diseases and outbreaks. From an epidemiological perspective, an outbreak refers to a sudden increase in the number of infections above the normal expected rate and within a limited...

“General meat consumption has been reported to be associated with all-cause and specific-cause mortality (Abete et al., 762).” Although people identify animal meat as something that is unavoidable in human life, it comes with its cost in human health. While eating animal meat, people are supposed to be careful about...

Establishment of Gun Ownership Policies Establishment of policies on the gun ownership and use among the residents of North Carolina is one of the strategies that can aid in the improvement of the welfare of the residents of the previously mentioned region. An analysis of the policies in the North California...

The society tends to accept the standard normal people who are able to relate to the rest of the people easily. Unfortunately, some might not be lucky enough to fall under the ‘normal people' bracket and end up having a tough time trying to fit into the society. During birth,...

Addiction is a complicated, chronic, and severe illness since it affects the proper operations of the brain. Besides, it leads to relapse that contribute to habitual drug seeking and utilization (Meier, 2016). Although the users in the first instant may use the drug willingly, chemicals in the substances influence the...

Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications Type 2 diabetes is a medical condition that occurs when the process of sugar metabolism is altered. The body’s main source of energy is sugar, and once the way the body metabolizes it is affected, almost all body processes are altered as well. Insulin is...

Drug addiction has been described as both a chronic and progressive disorder that is characterized by compulsive drug seeking and using, despite the undesirable end results. Chronic use and abuse of drugs, whether illicit in nature or prescribed, can cause long-term damage to both the user’s body and brain. Most of...

The Main Idea of the Article The main idea of the article "Depression in the Elderly: A Descriptive Study of Urban and Semi-Urban Greek Population" is that depression is a common mental disorder in the elderly. Financial Burden and Increasing Rates of Geriatric Depression Additionally, the article highlights that the geriatric rates of...

In the current society, our bodies and physical attributes are increasingly under scrutiny with the judgments getting harsher. The body and society compare to each other in a way that ensures everyone in the planet is unique and different. Based on that, someone’s body image can get reflected in either...

In the 21st century, a lot of young people with most of them not being overweight want to be thinner. As a result, they work towards weight loss mainly by skipping meals or dieting. The increased worry becomes an obsession among many youths hence a turning into a severe series...

JACKmail: A Growing Mail Delivery Business Jackson West, a young man from Canberra, Australia, started a mail delivery business known as JACKmail. The business has grown into a carrier service that offers delivery and picks up of emails to and from the post office. JACKmail services major their operations in the...