Mortality salience

Objective: to study the association between vitamin C supplementation and common cold. Study design: double-blind, RCT, two arms (50mg or 500mg daily vitamin C supplementation) Sample size: n = 244, age 40-69, living in the region that has the highest mortality rate of gastric cancer, no history of gastric cancer or gastric surgery or liver cancer or cirrhosis or other cancer within 5 years before the research, no abnormal liver function, no β-carotene or vitamin C supplementation, living in the study area

Hardy 1 Adrew Hardy Barbara Buchanan ENG 112-003 7 December 2011 Safe Haven Laws The Safe Haven Laws for newborns is an alternative to leaving infants in unsafe places. Not all women who get pregnant are ready to raise a child and sometimes they see no options except to abandon the baby. Safe havens provide a new option; it allows a birth parent to leave a newborn infant (less than 72 hours old) with a medical worker in a hospital, a medical worker at a fire department or other emergency service

From 2007-2011 the overall mortality rate for cardiovascular disease in Macon-Bibb County was 129.3 per 100,000 and was higher than the state rate of 77.4 per 100,000 (Georgia Department of Public Health: North Central Health District website, 2013). The cancer mortality rate has been on the decline in Georgia (169.6 per 100,000) since 2007 but on the rise in Macon-Bibb County since 2010; the leading cause of cancer related mortality within the community for both men and women

that experimental drug, ZMapp, has helped treat Ebola infected individuals (Parshley,2014). Although ZMapp can be an expensive drug to produce, Ebola patients should be allowed to get access to this because it can help control their prognosis and mortality rate. Why is Ebola a Concern? Ebola is a global concern primarily because the disease is deadly, and scientists and researchers have very minimal information about the newer strains of Ebola. Due to the very little data, countries are less willing

telemedicine across multiple attributes: patient satisfaction, hospital readmissions, the number of physician and emergency department visits, the maximum length of hospital stay, cost-effectiveness, self-management, health outcomes, morbidity, and mortality. Surprisingly, there are many positive effects of using telemedicine in managing chronic heart failure patients. A total of 23 articles were deliberately analyzed and interpreted for common themes. A final consensus was made by three reviewers after

Positive Impact of Kangaroo Care in NICU Infants Introduction Special care and attention must be given to infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) because of their small size and the health complications they face. One particular challenge faced by health care professionals in the NICU is the management of pain for preterm babies. Preterm infants must undergo a wide range of tests, procedures, and, often, life-saving measures during their hospitalizations, which not only subjects them

fantastic nurse, but aside from working directly with individuals she also affected populations. She worked hard addressing matters of epidemiology, such as breaking the chain of infection as well as meticulously measuring health outcomes. She utilized mortality rates and surveillance in her research methods. Her accomplishments affected thousands of people. Florence Nightingale was truly a hero towards public health and can be considered the “Joan of Arc of Nursing”. Direct Care and Towards a Population

a. Inorganic arsenic is highly toxic and a significant public health threat throughout the world. Long-term exposure to arsenic through contaminated water can lead to arsenic poisoning and a variety of adverse health effects, including skin lesions, cancer, and respiratory and cardiovascular conditions. However, arsenic is highly abundant in the Earth’s crust and is naturally present across the world in the air, water, and soil. Arsenic integrates into the environment with natural processes including

The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor, a strong title followed by an effective introduction. William Easterly is a Professor of economics at New York University and Co-Director of the NYU development Research Institute also a previous World Bank Group employee. Easterly is an expert whose work The Tyranny of Experts is set to criticize experts. Easterly starts his book off with a story about twenty thousand local farmers in Ohio whose farms were burnt

Maternal and child health is currently a part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Child Welfare Services are now included as a part of the Administration for Children and Families. Historically, the major issue for women and children during the Great Depression in the 1930s was that when the federal budget was tightened, that led to a decline in health for mothers and children. President Franklin Roosevelt signed new legislation into law, including Title V of the Social