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    From a condom that changes color to a "ambucycle" (a hybrid mix of a motorcycle and an ambulance) -- 2015 is shaping up to be an interesting year for entrepreneurs. Thus far, most inventions we 've seen in the media, have been the result of successful Kickstarter and GoFundMe campaigns, in addition to sensational appearances at annual invention shows, like the one held every year by Pittsburgh firm InventHelp. Perhaps, though, you 've seen viral videos of science fiction style products that has

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    Cervical cancer malignant cancer of the cervix uteris or cervical area. It may present with vaginal bleeding but symptoms may be absent until the cancer is in its advanced stages, which has made cervical cancer the focus of intense screening efforts using the Pap smear. About 2.2 percent of women carry one of the 2 virus strains most likely to lead to cervical cancer. One of the symptoms of Cervical Cancer is very Unusual amount of discharge. Treatment consists of surgery

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    Informing both the girls the extent of confidentiality may have been helpful ahead of time. Letting them know that if results of their tests showed positive for something life threatening such as needing treatment for cervical cancer, parents would need to be consulted to aide in supporting follow treatment needed. Through communication with the two girls the nurse finds out that they have both been participating in sex parties and engaging sexually with multiple

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    supporting the vaccine as the only prevention for cervical cancer is an outright fraud.”(445) While Adams claims the evidence from the trials is a fraud, Allen finds the concrete results promising and trustworthy, both of which coming from the same source, Merck, the manufacturer of the accine. Now say that one decided not to take the vaccine, what would happen? Do the writers display any alternatives? Both Adams and Allen provided ways to prevent cervical cancer, both from different avenues. Adams recomended

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    Applying Ethical Framework in Practice Adele Wolf, RN Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS 437V Charlene Cowley, MS, RN, CPNP February 26, 2011 Applying Ethical Framework in Practice Confidentiality is the right of an individual patient to have personal, identifiable medical information kept private; such information should be available only to the physician of record and other health care and insurance personnel as necessary. The only time information

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    Every Woman Matters Program Early detection of breast and cervical cancer reduced the burden of disease in women. The practices of Screening shown reduce the level of mortality and improve quality of life. The Every Woman Matters (EWM)stared in 1992 it is a federally-funded program designed to remove barrier to early screening by providing awareness and make screening more financially accessible to woman who have limited or no health insurance. The eligible women receive pay for office visits with

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    Introduction As dental hygienists we are members of the healthcare community. That means that we have an extremely important role when it comes to the health of our patients. When patients present themselves in our treatment room, it is our responsibility to make sure we do not leave anything unexamined. We are professionals in the practice of identifying, preventing, and treating oral diseases. We do this by completing thorough extraoral and intraoral exams and being conscious of what to look for

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    papilloma virus (HPV) is a virus that can cause both cervical cancer and/or genital warts. In most cases of HPV there are no symptoms and individuals are unaware that they have the virus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], n.d.). It can be spread through vaginal, anal and oral intercourse and is the most common STI (CDC, n.d.). In 2006 a vaccine was approved to protect against the types of HPV associated with the majority of cervical cancer and genital warts (Gardasil, 2014). I have

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    Research proves that certain cervical cancers can be prevented by simply getting vaccinated against the Human Papillomavirus (Shafer, Cates, Diehl, & Hartmann, 2011). This virus is responsible for 99% of the cervical cancers (Smith, 2008). The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the most sexually transmitted disease in the world (Nath &Thappa, 2009). Four main strains of HPV exists, 6,11,16 and 18 (Smith, 2008). HPV strains 16 and 18 are the causative factors for 70% of the cervical cancers (Smith, 2008). HPV

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    Parents in the United States need to decide if they want to have their children have cervical cancer, genital warts or male teenagers passing HPV to every partner they have. Education parents are the main goal for health care workers and schools so parents get the correct and accurate information on the human papillomavirus or for any vaccine

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