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    Abstract and Introduction Microorganism identification plays a very critical role in the medical significance of modern medicine. One example of reasoning behind it can be for the detection of a disease causing organism in a patient, so it can be certain that it will be appropriately treated. Numerous species of bacteria can appear to share identical morphology (spirilli, cocci, rods), when looking through a microscope. There are many methods and biochemical tests that can be performed to differentiate

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    Modern medicine relies on antibiotics to save lives through antibiotic treatment of severe infections and the performance of medical and surgical procedures under the protection of antibiotics. However, we have not kept pace with the ability of many pathogens to develop resistance to common antibiotics. The most common use of antibiotics is in the agricultural industry, and within the agricultural industry the most common antibiotic is tetracycline (Sanramaria, 2011; Mathews, 2013). Tetracycline

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    deemed morally acceptable and how that relates to our desires. Is it acceptable to steal, if your intentions are good? In order to answer this question, I will analyze two concepts: Kantian Ethics and Communitarian Ethics. Using Ethical Issues in Modern Medicine by Bonnie Steinbock, Alex London, and John Arras, I will explain both concepts and their understanding of moral reasoning. Focusing on categorical imperatives and the universality test, I will explain Kantian ethics in reference to the good will

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    experiences and the text, I do agree with the author that modern medicine lacks emotional intelligence, as healthcare providers generally disregard patient tears while continuing to present medical facts. The truth stands, “Medicine in modern society has defined its mission it terms of curing disease – the medical disorder – while overlooking illness – the patient’s

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    practitioner’s credibility. However, alchemy was still practiced and discussed in all levels of society. Alchemy has been discovered in recent times to have been central to the development of early modern science and medicine. The practice of alchemy has made many contributions to the development of modern chemical medicines. Alchemy was said to be the production of a new substance by experimenting and changing natural matters in a laboratory. These new products were regarded as artificial, as they did

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    Eliminating the Depths of Depression with Modern Medicine Depression is like drowning with no hope for air. Of course, everyone hits that point in their life when everything seems to be unbearably hard, but until one lives with depression one will never know the damage it brings. Untreated depression is the number one cause of suicide today. There are many causes and solutions to this problem starting from genetics to therapy. Depression is a serious problem in our world today, especially if one

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    surrounding towns in rolling hills area of Tennessee. (Cellucci et al., 2014). This people talks about the planning and actions of a new surgical robot the hospital wishes to purchase to assist doctors with performing surgery. Module 5 Assignment In modern medicine, robotic surgery has become a new and exciting technology in the surgical profession. At Rivers Medical, marketing and public affairs director Belinda Sheldon and media specialist Rick Stallings were attending a meeting about the acquired purchase

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    Before the existence of modern medicine and its Constitution of synthetic drugs, and there were stations, ancient civilizations knew how to use them strategically to treat common diseases and even life-threatening diseases. Papyrus details "Egyptian Ebers" old, moved from 1550 BC is more than 100 pages long, 700 medicinal herbs and how to use them. Greek hibokratikom corpus of sixteenth century BC also details using herbs medicine.1 Later, during the nineteenth century and early twentieth century

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    Introduction: Medical devices used generally in hospitals, are the articles used in treating health related issues e.g., a disease in humans or in animals with the purpose of curing them from the health problem. These medical devices are needed for modern medicine as they perform many patient monitoring and management functions. Such medical device is called implantable if it is partially or totally introduced into the human body or placed on the surface of the body. In recent years, implantable medical

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    Wound Care Management in the Elderly Modern Medicine and the Benefits of Natural Medicines: Community and Residential Aged Care Setting A wound by definition is a breakage in the skin, there are varying causes of this however the most common recurring wounds in the elderly population are pressure areas and skin tears (Wild, Rharbania, Kellner, Sobotka & Eberlein, 2010). Due to comorbidities, wound healing is often compromised therefore the healing process can be prolonged which can lead to a chronic

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