Smoking and Its Health Benefits One of the most common problems today that are killing people‚ all over the world‚ is smoking. Many people start this horrible habit because of stress‚ personal issues and high blood pressure. Companies selling cigarettes‚ cigars have a warning on their packages‚ ‘Warning: Smoking is Injurious to Health’ yet no one pays attention to this. Smoking cuts of 10 years of a person’s life‚ yet people continue to smoke. So‚ why people are still smoking? The answer is obviously
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Case study- Quit Smoking A young adult man met his primary care physician for the first time‚ during which his prior military history came to light. The young man recalled the anxiety he experienced when he received his military orders for deployment to Iraq. Prior to the notice of deployment‚ he smoked cigarettes only occasionally‚ maybe 1 or 2 cigarettes a day. As the time for deployment approached‚ he started smoking more cigarettes and by the time he arrived in Iraq was up to a full pack a
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Seasonal affective disorder The syndrome of winter depression‚ is called seasonal affective disorder (SAD)‚ is specifically related to the changes in the length of daylight from the seasons. It begins to lift as spring approaches with daylight hours becoming longer. SAD is rare in the tropics‚ but is measurably present at latitude of 30 degrees N (or S) and higher. People who live in the Arctic region are especially susceptible due to the effects of polar night. Prolonged periods of
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Medication and Treatment for COPD Inhaled Therapies NICE COPD guidelines have made specific recommendations regarding the use of inhaled long-acting bronchodilators and inhaled steroids separately and in combination‚ but newer studies have assessed these drugs singly and in combination over longer periods of time. Bronchodilators (relievers) Short-acting beta2 agonists (SABA) Beta2 agonists act directly on bronchial smooth muscle to cause bronchodilation. They are the most widely used bronchodilators
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Depression in children Medical vs. System Approach Donnie Dwyer CCMH/565 DEBRA FARRELL Depressive disorders during youth occur frequently. During childhood there are an estimated one to two percent of children between the ages of six and twelve that have a Major depressive disorder. That rate changes to two to five percent in adolescents or ages thirteen to eighteen. Fourteen to twenty five percent of youth experiences at least one episode of major depression before adulthood. Depression has
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Should Stimulant Medications be used to treat our Children? What is Attention deficit Hyperactivity Disorder? With no cure for ADHD‚ stimulant medication should be considered for the overall management of the disruptive symptoms associated with the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most common mental health problem in children. Children with ADHD often have problems with attention span‚ hyperactivity
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medication‚ NARIs also have side effects‚ which include excessive sweating‚ difficulty sleeping‚ difficulty urinating‚ sexual difficulties and increased heart rate. These are some of NARIs used for depression and other mental and behavioural disorders: bupropion (Wellbutrin‚ Zyban)‚ atomoxetine (Strattera)‚ maprotiline (Ludiomil)‚ viloxazine (Vivalan) and eboxetine (Edronax). Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors (MAOIs). This type of antidepressant is the first to be developed and used as a treatment for depression
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DOI: 4/18/2003. The patient is a 71-year old male groundskeeper who sustained a work-related injury to his low back as a result of lifting heavy batteries approximately 75 pounds. As per OMNI entry‚ the patient is status post two lumbar surgeries and spinal cord stimulator implant. He was deemed to have reached Maximum Medical Improvement on 09/15/2009. Future medical care includes office visits‚ medications‚ physical therapy‚ testing‚ and possible removal of L3-4 pedicle screw. Per medical report
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Bipolar Disorder English Comp Akron Institute Christie Stark April 17‚ 2011 Since we could remember many of us have gone through many changes in our lives‚ some good and some bad. All of us can say during our lives that we have periodically had some sort of mood swing. Whether it was from a recent death in the family or an event in our lives‚ but to be able to link it to a disease we should know about the disease. Bipolar Disorders what is it? How is it diagnosed? Can it be treated? These
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Week 2 Writing assignment; congenital disorder‚ a mental health disorder or a skin disease Zombies. It seems like the whole US population is absolute in love with the idea of the so called "walking dead." And why not? Nothing is more fascinating than for the dead to come back to life to eat the living. However‚ for some people feeling like they are already dead and rotting is already a reality and regardless of how glamour’s it seems on all the TV shows‚ for the person and family it is an absolute
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