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Female Genital Cutting
Female Genital Cutting
Introduction
The female genital cutting is a crucial element of ritual initiation ceremonies in some communities, since it marks the transition to adulthood for girls. Female Genital Cutting (FGC) is a popular belief as a means of controlling female sexuality (Adam et al 2010). The ...
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Healthcare Costs and Families
Healthcare Costs and Families
Introduction
The prospect of health reform in the United States is a daily topic in the media, part news, and part conjecture. While the outcome of the current debate about moving closer to universal coverage is unknown, we do know we've been down this ...
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High-Fructose Corn Syrup
Introduction
High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), a sweetener derived from the industrial processing of corn, increasingly appears on the ingredient lists of American processed foods. Corn syrup began being used in the 1800s, but HFCS was not developed until the 1950s and 1960s. In 1967, HFCS began appearing in ...
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Health care in the Media
Health care in the Media
Introduction
Health messages on television and other mass media have the potential to significantly influence the public's health-related knowledge and behaviors, but little is known about people's ability to comprehend such messages. To investigate whether people understood the spoken information in media ...
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Rough Draft on ADHD
Introduction
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a developmental disorder. It caused with young children and is very common. Reasons behind this disorder are that children do not get attention at home which then creates hyperactivity. ADHD has become very common within children, because they say that they ...
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Food Borne Illness
Brief Description of Food Borne Illness
Food borne illness takes place because of consuming food or drinking beverages that have bacteria, parasites or viruses. A harmful chemical also leads to borne illness when the foods are affected by unwanted substance. The diseases of the stomach might lead to symptoms ...
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HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE
HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE
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In this study we try to explore the concept of “Health Information Exchange” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Electronic Health Record Exchange and its relation with “benefits and history of Health Record Exchange”. The research also analyzes many ...
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ASTHMA
Asthma
Asthma
Introduction
Globally, asthma incurs a large burden of disease, affecting an estimated 300 million persons. Only recently, however, has the condition been recognized and addressed at the international level through efforts such as the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA). As more attention is given to asthma and its increasing rates, the ...
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Childhood Autism
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Autism was first defined in the 1940s by Leo Kanner, a psychiatrist, and was considered a disorder caused by an emotionally unavailable mother. This theory was the prevalent thought throughout the 1970s, with a gradual shift to understanding that autism is a brain-based disorder of undetermined origin. Educational ...
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Ginkgo biloba
Introduction
Herbal supplements are plants or plant parts (e.g., leaves, flowers, seeds, bark, etc.) valued for their medicinal properties, flavor, and scent. These supplements may contain a single herb or mixtures of herbs. Commonly used herbal supplements include echinacea, ginseng, gingko biloba, garlic, and ginger, flaxseeds, and St. John's wort. ...