Medicine/medical treatment is defined as the "use of therapies, such as prescription medications or surgeries, that are specifically order and supervised by a physician" (CFIDS). This differs from medical quackery in that the treatment is supported by scientific data and research, proving to efficiently treat the injury, illness, or disease. ... People choose to turn to alternative medical treatments for a variety of reasons. ... Also, as medicine develops and mainstream medical treatments are beginning to become ineffective, therefore frustrating the population with conventional med...

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Over the past fifty or so years, childbirth and pregnancy has undergone the process of medicalization, that is the expansion of medical jurisdiction into the realms of the other previously non-medically defined problems, a process which dearly serves the interests of medicine with its increasing focus on the indictors of disease rather than individuals' experience of health and illness (Cahill, 2001:338-339). ... But the questions this medicalization raises are plentiful. ... High-tech, high intervention treatment distorts the human experience of pregnancy and childbirth and can expose ...

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In any case, marijuana is useful in the medical field and should be legalized for that purpose. ... Marijuana was first mentioned in an American book in 1843 where it was recommended as a treatment for gout, tetanus, hysteria, depression, and common insanity. The drug was also prescribed for the treatment of dysentery, which was highly prevalent among Civil War soldiers, and until 1937, it was listed in the U.S. ... According to studies conducted by researchers at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Cornell Medical College in New York, and the National Institute of Health; marijuana undoubtedly c...

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Abstract Utilization of medical imaging continues to rise. ... Utilization of medical services increases annually. ... What impact does that have on patient safety in medical imaging? ... The ALARA protocol stands as an ethical obligation to practitioners to observe due diligence across all medical imaging domains. The Imaging Gently campaign specifically addresses the use of safe medical imaging in pediatrics. ...

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In rural counties all over the United States it is easier to check out a book at the library or rent a video from the local store than it is to find a doctor who can provide medical treatment. ... These illnesses could be managed with proper medical treatment; however, Americans living in rural areas, have access to only about ten percent of the nation's doctors. ... The Association of American Medical Colleges state the average debt for medical student graduates is about $156,000 (AAMC, 2006). ... What this means is patients have difficulty getting health care, experience long waiting...

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According to Sole, Klein and Moseley (2013) they described consent as the principle of autonomy based on a competent adult that have right to self-determination and who can make decision about their rejection or acceptance of medical care or treatment. ... The significance of the credibility of medical regulatory bodies to uphold human right during delivery of care and treatment have led to the creation of ethical guidelines for registered health professionals. ... However, the Fraser Guideline (Wheeler, 2006) suggested that a minor can at some peculiar moment be granted the right to consent t...

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New technologies and treatments were researched and investigated by medical scientists around the world in order to provide aid for the new war's casualties. ... A mastectomy is a medical treatment for breast cancer. Often when the tumor within the breast is too large or if the patient's tumor does not respond to either radiation or other forms of treatment, the patient will need to have the tissue in the breast removed. ... There is a rare medical condition called gynecomastia. ... The treatment fo...

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In addition, outside organizations provide specialized types of medical coverage. ... Almost all NHS hospital treatment is free of charge along with drugs administered in hospital. ... Although this health policy provides excellent general medical treatment, specialized conditions are often deterred and a greater hassle. ... An innovative system that combines citizen's physical medical needs with individual social care. ... This method has proven to be effective in speeding up patient treatment time. ...

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There have been numerous studies conducted which identified the medical causes of alopecia as an autoimmune disease. ... The majority of those who seek medical assistance have concerns about its inception and are curious as to rather the loss of hair could spread. ... Lastly, women who experienced a loss of hair felt isolated personally, socially, and medically (Hunt & McHale, 2005a). ... More specifically, examining the experience of the disease personally, socially, and medically of women with alopecia and how it influences their lives. ...

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We can also distribute an empathy consulting service throughout the entire medical community, saturating all medical fields. ... Primary data sources will involve conducting surveys in the facilities rendering cancer treatment, such as doctor's offices and hospitals. ... A viable survey will include a sample of the proper representation of the population market mix that has consulted an oncologist or received cancer treatment and has experienced a doctor's bedside manner in this regard. ... During her illness with colon cancer one of the researchers has experienced the treatment and ...

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Of these services, medical and psychological treatment is tantamount to stabilization. ... Many returning veterans do not seek out services and benefits from the government, and there are many more that do report medical and psychological issues without benefit of exaggeration. ... In essence, the participants in the studies illustrated a need to rely upon their disability, self-report, and symptomology to indicate the presence of a medical illness versus direct medical evidence of a medical condition. ... The implications eventually reduced to the potential for neurological dysfunction an...

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Much of what has been found to treat Vicodin addiction is learned from the treatment of heroin addiction. Both are opiates so the treatments are very similar in regards to how the addiction process works. ... Subject to individual tolerance, many medical experts believe dependence or addiction can occur within one to four weeks at higher doses of Vicodin (DEA, 2007). ... These people are not "drug addicts" in the stereotypical sense, but people with real medical conditions who find themselves in the same situation as drug addicts. ... The medical community lacked the desire to find a treatm...

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Treatment of an HIV/AIDS Patient 5. ... Medical professionals were conscious enough of its fast pandemic, while political figures were less conscious of the disease. ... TREATMENT OF AN HIV/AIDS PATIENTS Treatment and care for HIV/AIDS consists of a number of different elements apart from antiretroviral drugs. These include voluntary counselling, protection from stigma and discrimination, prevention and treatment of opportunistic infections. ... Training, Education, and InformationThe Human Resources Department and the Medical Officer in any has to provide an appropriate training and in...

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The chosen patient is Mr Thomas, who is 34 years of age and was admitted to the medical ward after being diagnosed of having a cardiovascular accident. ... Also, secondary complications emanating from stroke will be viewed and mapped with medical care. ... Stroke is a medical emergency in which every minute counts and requires rapid diagnosis and intervention. ... His consistency with previous medication treatment should be assessed thoroughly. ... All subsequent therapy and medical management depend on the result of the CT scan too rule out whether the stroke is of ischemic or haemorrhage or...

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Gradually patients began to seek the right to choose to receive treatment or to refuse further treatment if they did not want to prolong their agony rather than the doctor getting to make the decision. Thus, in what became a groundbreaking law, in 1976, California became the first state to allow terminally ill patients to die when such a patient chooses to withdraw further treatment. ... It has allowed the public to support the idea of having the right-to-die, favoring possible physician assisted suicide when appropriate and has led to patient legal rights including the ability, through medic...

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They cannot control their drinking even when it becomes the underlying cause of serious harm, including medical disorders, marital difficulties, job loss, or automobile crashes. Medical science has yet to identify the exact cause of alcoholism, but research suggests that genetic, psychological, and social factors influence its development. ... The idea of an inherited biological mechanism is not always a part of disease theories, although it has been a major source for medical research (Schuckit, 1984). ... Disulfiram treatment requires careful medical maintenance and is therefore a very e...

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Subsequent Supreme Court decisions made it illegal for doctors to prescribe any narcotic to addicts; many doctors who prescribed maintenance doses as part of an addiction treatment plan were jailed, and soon all attempts at treatment were abandoned. ... The act dealt with prevention and treatment of drug abuse as well as control of drug traffic. ... Morphine , a strictly controlled opiate, and synthetic opiates, such as fentanyl, are most often abused by people in the medical professions, who have easier access to these drugs. ... It is seldom used illicitly except by doctors and other medical...

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According to doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center, the calcitonin hormone works together with the parathyroid hormone to regulate calcium levels in the body (University of Maryland, 2013). ... Thyroid Cancer Important research into thyroid cancer is being done right now in many university hospitals, medical centers, and other institutions around the country. Each year, scientists find out more about what causes the disease, how to prevent it, and how to improve treatment. ... Martin Surks and his colleagues in a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association ...

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For that reason, there are several diverse treatments. ... Americans are faced with decisions about the treatment options for cerebral palsy. ... The main objective of physical therapy is helping a patient to attain independence-all treatments involve physical therapy. ... According to Mosby's Medical Dictionary, athetoid cerebral palsy can prevent a person from speaking, eating, touching, or making it impossible to grab an item, and other skills that involve synchronized motions (3:8). ... The Mosby's Medical Dictionary, states that ataxic cerebral palsy (also caused by damage to th...

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For that reason, there are several diverse treatments. ... Americans are faced with decisions about the treatment options for cerebral palsy. ... The main objective of physical therapy is helping a patient to attain independence "all treatments involve physical therapy. ... According to Mosby's Medical Dictionary, athetoid cerebral palsy can prevent a person from speaking, eating, touching, or making it impossible to grab an item, and other skills that involve synchronized motions (3:8). ... The Mosby's Medical Dictionary, states that ataxic cerebral palsy (also caused by damage...

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In response to this, some medical schools have started teaching students how to break bad news to patients.11 The Ethics in Medicine Web site at the University of Washington School of Medicine contains a six-step protocol titled "Breaking Bad News." ... But in some cases it is only after a treatment has been started that a proper diagnosis and prognosis can be made.1 Treatment that can be withheld can also be withdrawn. ... Decisions for writing a DNR order are based on the patient's preference, determinations of medical futility, and the patient's quality of life.8 The presence ...

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According to a study done by Saitz "85,000 deaths, along with substantial disability from medical and psychiatric consequences, injuries and "secondhand" effects (ex: motor vehicle crashes) are attributed to the use of alcohol" (Saitz, 2005). ... Alcohol dependence has a much more pronounced medical effect on women than on men. Medical problems due to alcohol dependence, involving brain, heart and liver damage are more severe and advance quicker in women than men (Stephens, 2007). ... There are two main treatment methods for alcoholism that are the source of controversy t...

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Insurance companies now always area allowed to stop the coverage before the treatment is complete, deny certain patient, and give only a specific amount of money to pay for the person's needs. ... People will no longer be denied coverage due to an illness they had before; they will always have the treatment they need and pay affordable prices for getting treated. ... Now, when people become ill or get sick, they will have access to a treatment; they will be able to go see a doctor. ... There were many cases out there of people in desperate need of care but sadly denied coverage either i...

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Methods Medical Medical abortions are those induced by abortifacient pharmaceuticals. ... Early medical abortion regimens using mifepristone, followed 24–48 hours later by buccal or vaginal misoprostol are 98% effective up to 9 weeks gestational age. If medical abortion fails, surgical abortion must be used to complete the procedure. Early medical abortions account for the majority of abortions before 9 weeks gestation in Britain, France, Switzerland, and the Nordic countries. In the United States, the percentage of early medical abortions is far lower. ...

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Patient care, medical research, medical education, and the administration of health services are beginning to undergo revolutionary changes as information technologies advance (Wallace, 2001). ... Ashley (2002) defines telemedicine as "the practice of health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, transfer of medical data, and education using interactive audio, video, or data communication." ... New modes of medical practice with new names have sprung up. ... Procedures and treatments that have traditionally required direct physical contact by a practitioner can now be performed ...

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