Essays on Medicine

Altruism for a long period has been accepted to be the regulatory principle of moral organ donation in healthcare and has been used as a rationalization to reject or permit particular types of donation. Renal transplantation is prevalently preferred as the best mode of renal replacement therapy, and as previous...

Truth-telling and confidentiality concept applies majorly in the healthcare sector. First, truth-telling refers to that situation where a medic faces a dilemma of whether to disclose vital information about a patient's health. On the other part, confidentiality refers to the case where a healthcare attendant is required to keep information...

Evaluation Questions, Indicators, and Data Collection Methods/Sources Logic Model Components in Evaluation Focus Indicator(s) or Evaluation Questions Data Method(s)/Source(s) 1 Online Survey Participants ways of funding in IBHP’s CalMHSA, this was through the information that was obtained from the online surveys. The information was obtained from the online surveys that were conducted. 2 Filtering of...

There are three macronutrients required by humans namely; proteins, carbohydrates and lipids. Each of these contain calories per gram and it is required that individuals decide on their dietary needs to know which macronutrient best suits them. There are 4 calories per gram in carbohydrates. This is the macronutrient needed...

Horovitz authored an article, which focused on discussing issues that affect students’ decisions in relation to the food that they consume while in colleges. The author indicates that Philip Gant chose Yale over Harvard because of food and eco-savvy. As such, Yale is considered to be an institution, which engages...

The type of food eaten determines eating habits of individuals. 2. How DNA affects height. Variables: Independent: DNA                  Dependent: Height Hypothesis: The DNA of an individual has impact on tallness or shortness of a person. Data Analysis How Food affects Habits The appropriate data analysis techniques for the study will be use of Statistical Package for...

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...

The following paper aims at describing the pathophysiology of Addison’s disease (ADD) which occurs due to insufficient production of steroid hormones. The paper will utilise an article titled “Autoimmune Addison’s disease- An update on pathogenesis” authored by Hellesen, Bratland, and Husebye (2018). The title is based on the pathogenesis of...

According to Liu and Stein (2013), feeding is an important episode in the life of a toddler or an infant. Feeding mainly focuses on the attention of the caregivers and the parents in ensuring that the child is able to get proper food and proper social interface or interaction through...

A transient ischemic attack (TIA) is a disease that presents the symptoms of a stroke and is caused by a heart attack but lasts for a short while. The condition and effects of the disease are; however, not permanent (Galloway " Lakin, 2017). The disease is also referred to as...

The article discussed below is about the autoantibodies which have specifically been implicated preceding the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It was published by Markus Nielsen, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, Rob J. Van de Stadt, et al. It was aimed at evaluating through study the serial measurements of specific autoantibodies from...

It goes without saying that Nigeria is a nation that has continually been faced with financial strain for a long duration of time now. The country’s ever growing population (currently 186 million) has made it even more difficult to contain the spread of various epidemics’ such as HIV/AIDS, Ebola and...