Health Care Essays and Term Papers

Kaiser Family Foundation, "African Americans account for more than half of the 40,000 new HIV infections estimated to occur in the United States per year. Moreover, AIDS is the number one killer among Blacks between the ages of 25 and 44." This frighte…

Regurgitation is when the valve does not close completely. This causes the blood to flow backward instead of forward through the valve. Another major problem is stenosis, when the valve opening becomes narrowed or does not form properly, inhibiting…

occured in the 6th, 14th, and 17th centuries that killed a total of 137 million people. At it's worst, during the middle ages, it killed 2 million people per year. From 1000 10 1360 the estimated european population was: Year Population …

popular vitamin supplements in the US, it is also one of the most controversial. Vitamin C works as an antioxidant in aqueous environments of the body both inside and outside cells. Most other animals can manufacture their own vitamin C, but humans…

you see a drunken parent with a small child, you can't help but to feel sympathy for the child. What will become of the child? The topic of 'Alcoholism and the Effects It Has On Children,' had a great appeal to me because of the personal experiences…

cigarettes that can stain a smoker's fingers and teeth yellow/brown. It is also sometimes known as total particulate matter and is inhaled when a cigarette is smoked. Some of the chemicals in tar include benzene and benzo(a)pyrene. Tobacco Smoke …

whether or not the youths are overweight and if there is a connection to how they eat and exercise. In Dagens Nyheter Malin Byström wrote that 25% of children was overweight at the age of ten and 1998's statistics from the mandatory military…

sudden, intense bursts of electrical activity in the brain. This abnormal electrical activity in the brain causes seizures, which may briefly upset a person's muscle control, movement, speech, vision, or awareness." My definition of Epilepsy is pretty…

by low bone mass and decay of bone tissue. This leads to increased bone fragility and risk of fracture, mostly of the hip, spine and wrist. Any bone can be affected, but doctors pay more attention to fractures of the hip and spine. A hip fracture…

The number of varieties and sources of heroin available, combined with an increased domestic demand make the heroin market the fastest growing drug market reported. While there are indications of increased use of heroin among younger, suburban users,…