Socialized medicine and nationalized medicine

In the United States of America, as of 2022, healthcare exists as a hybrid system, with some participants relying on privately purchased insurance, while others receive their healthcare through systems administered by the government, such as the Veteran’s Administration, Medicare, or Medicaid, or the Health Insurance Marketplace. A hybrid system, such as the one the … Read more

Discuss the Impact of Aesthetics in Surgical Endodontics

Defining Aesthetics Anterior dental aesthetics concerns both the teeth and soft tissue envelope. The teeth display variance and nuances, showing individuality in a given dentition in terms of their size, shape, intra- and inter-arch relationships. The size of anterior teeth is determined by the mesio-distal width divided by the inciso-gingival length, which yields the width/length … Read more

Treatment of Apolipoprotein L1 with CRISPR and Chinese Medication

Summary: Chronic Kidney Disease and Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis are affecting humans all over the globe. Apolipoprotein L1 is the cause of kidney diseases, especially in African ancestry. Through CRISPR and  Chinese Medication, kidney disease can be cured or controlled. CRISPR can target the risk variant and eliminate the high risk genotype from the variant. Chinese … Read more

Ethics in counselling case study (depression)

1) Presenting issues – Ethics within counselling is broadly defined by acting in the best interest of your client, whether that be in maximizing their goals, and rights, whilst also minimizing harm. The ethical codes and principles that result from this definition are designed to balance any sense of power that the counsellor may have … Read more

Voluntary placement evaluation (women in prostitution)

INTRODUCTION PLACEMENT OVERVIEW The Leicester voluntary organisation that supports for people in crisis; women, girls involved in or at risk of prostitution and sexual exploitation. The Organisation started as a small development within Leicestershire Aids Support Services when it was acknowledged that women working on the street were more on danger of contracting HIV. The … Read more

Revolutionizing Healthcare in the Age of Control Societies

Revolutionizing Healthcare in the Age of Control Societies: From Disciplinary Institutions to Strategies of Self Quantification and the Influence of Visual Cultures. “Discipline is, above all, analysis of space; it is individualization through space, the placing of bodies in an individualized space that permits classification and combinations.” – Michel Foucault, Incorporation of the Hospital into … Read more

Preeclampsia and fetal lung maturation

Generally speaking it has been the understanding that preeclampsia has a beneficial influence on fetal lung maturation. This, however, has been questioned by recent studies suggesting no positive effect of preeclampsia on fetal lung maturation, which form the basis of this paper. From the multiple studies analyzed in this paper a big disagreement is found … Read more

Hip implants

Hip implants are a crucial piece of medical design that helps patients regain painless movement at the hip joint. Hip implants were first introduced in 1960 and as of 2008, 80,000 hip replacements occur each year in the UK (National Joint Registry, 2008). There are two main types of hip replacement, metal-on-metal hip resurfacing, where … Read more

Studies on the impact of social media on mental health

Any platform that allows social interaction is considered a social media site, including social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc. These programs offer today’s youth a portal for entertainment and communication and have grown exponentially in recent years. For teenagers in the modern-day social media has become the primary form of communication between … Read more

What impact does social media have on the mental health of teenagers?

Oxford Dictionary defines social media as “the websites and software programs used for social networking”. Studies carried out on teens’ usage of social media show that more than 90% of teenagers use social media, and by the age of 17, three-fourths of teenagers have at least one active social media account. Social media has a … Read more

Leprosy transmission

Abstract Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is a chronic infectious disease caused by the intracellular pathogen Mycobacterium leprae. This mutilating and highly stigmatized disease is mainly characterized by dermatoneurological signs and symptoms. The upper respiratory tract is considered the main portal for entry and exit of M. leprae. Nevertheless, there is still a lack … Read more

Managing change in the implementation of the Childhood obesity programme

The importance of managing change and evaluation in the implementation of the DoH’s ‘Childhood obesity; a plan for action’ programme. Executive Summary The childhood obesity epidemic is one of the major public health concerns facing the 21st century (WHO, 2019). For successful policies and project a key component is the effective management of change and … Read more

Program to promote sexual health care

Priority Population & Key Health Issues Denton, Texas is a city north of Texas being the most diversified city compared to other cities. Denton population is mainly made up of Caucasians, the white population being the largest and American Indian being the least populated in Denton, Texas. The population in Denton is 1292% higher in … Read more

Oral leukoplakia (OL)

Introduction Oral leukoplakia (OL) is the most common potentially malignant disorder of the oral mucosa. [1] Leukoplakia may occur anywhere on the oral mucosa and its prevalence varies from 0.2% to 5.2% of the Indian population. [2] The tobacco chewing habit both in smoking and smokeless form is the most common cause for oral leukoplakia. … Read more