In the state of Ohio, many considerable efforts are continually being made to try to eliminate the issues of poverty that are affecting our youth. When determining whether or not a child is living in poverty, many facts are looked at; such as, where the child lives, who they live with, whether or not the parents or parent works, and what is the mental health status of the parents is, and does the family qualify for any services? These are the key factors that are investigated when an individu...
Depression shows no bias from affecting the everyday person to people of notoriety, such as Kurt Cobain, lead singer of Nirvana who struggled with major depression that lead to his suicide. With depression, a number of physical and mental inclinations arise: difficulty sleeping, trouble concentrating, changes in appetite--overeating or loss of desire to eat--headaches, inexplicable pain, thoughts of failure, worthlessness, death, and suicide (Wade & Tavris, 2008). As with other ailments today...
Infection control is a vital part of everyday life in Operating theatre departments across the world. It is used to ensure patient and staff safety throughout surgical procedures and patients stay in a hospital. Key issues that effect many if not all trusts across the UK include Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) which is found mainly on the skin and in nasal areas of patients. This bacterium has become immune to antibiotics over the years and creates big problems in hospitals...
Osteoarthritis Arthritis Disease Summary Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common type of arthritis or degenerative joint disease. It is a leading cause of chronic disability. The disease most commonly affects the middle-aged and elderly, although younger people may be affected as a result of injury or overuse. Age is the strongest predictor of the disease and therefore increasing age and extended life expectancy will result in a greater occurrence of the disease. Patients affected by this dise...
The researcher proposes to undertake a study on Kayakalpa yoga as a means of preventing the occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases. The proponent would like to focus his study on proposing ways to teach Kayakalpa yog among among adolescent respondents in Australia using the techniques developed by an India-based organization. This would be placed in the general context of practicing KayaKalpa Yoga as a health exercise and a "scientific means of returning to rejuvenation (Govindan, 2000 )...
Blind Spot Enlargement in Non-Athletes Abstract Everyone has a blind spot in the visual field caused by an absence of nerves on the retinal wall where the nerve ganglia enter. Our brains "correct" this blind spot by filling-in the missing information so that we do not notice the blind spot in normal, daily activity. There have been a few studies conducted to determine how the brain compensates for the phenomenon. Recent studies indicate that in certain people seeking chiropractic treatment, u...
The subsequent proposal will present the complete details of my proposal to launch an organization that will create a benefit concert at Rutgers University to raise donations and awareness in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. It will demonstrate the models of accomplished fundraising efforts, and the features of which I have integrated into my own proposal. This project consists of the research I have carried out which measures the problem of Alzheimer's and shows why it is a serious iss...
Burundi is a small country located in East-central Africa, between 2°20 and 4°27 of latitude South and between 28°50 and 30°55 of longitude East; the altitude varies between 775 metres and 2670 metres. Bounded on the north by Rwanda, in south-east by Tanzania and in west by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi covers an area of 27,834 km2, of which 2,634 km2 are occupied by Tanganyika lake. With a population estimated at about 8.4 million and a life expectancy of 48 years...
The Atkins diet and the South Beach diet have one thing in common. They promote the latest craze of eating all the carbs you want, and still lose weight. I'm here to research to see if this type of diet can help promote weight loss as well as keeping your health. I'm going to look into some studies that can back it up and also rejects its ideas. There will be some case studies and research analyses that can help me find out if this type of diet is truly effective. Some diet experts are mad by...
Studies in animals indicate that methylprednisolone and naloxone are both potentially beneficial in acute spinal-cord injury, but whether any treatment is clinically effective remains uncertain. We evaluated the efficacy and safety of methylprednisolone and naloxone in a multicenter randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients with acute spinal-cord injury, 95 percent of whom were treated within 14 hours of injury. Methylprednisolone was given to 162 patients as a bolus of 3...
