Health Essays

Domestic violence as it occurs in heterosexual relationships can be defined as belonging to two categories: spontaneous violence that occurs as a reaction to stressful situations and which may be initiated and participated in by both partners; and, domestic violence perpetrated exclusively against the female by the male which seeks …

What is artificial nutrition and hydration? Artificial nutrition and hydration is a form of life-sustaining treatment. It is a chemically balanced mix of nutrients and fluids, provided by placing a tube directly into the stomach, the intestine or a vein. It is very common for doctors to provide fluids and …

Right bundle branch block (RBBB) is a commonly encountered cardiac abnormality on  the electrocardiogram (ECG). As the name suggests, ‘Right bundle branch block’ (RBBB) occurs when the  transmission of electrical impulses is  either delayed or does not take place at all, along the right side of the heart (Rowlands, 2003). …

Rheumatic heart disease is a condition in which the valves of the heart are permanently damaged as a result of rheumatic fever. The damage stems from a disease process that usually begins with strep throat, which is caused by the streptococcus A bacteria, which in turn can eventually evolve into …

Learning Objectives • Explain the prevalence of anxiety and depressive disorders at the workplace, their economic and social costs, and their effects on productivity and functioning at work. • Recall the wider consequences of anxiety and depression at the workplace, beyond the affected individual, and the adverse effects of not …

ABSTRACT Pecan nuts and walnuts are rich sources of polyphenolic compounds and nutrients, which have antioxidant capacity results in favorable reductions in plasma lipids and lipoproteins. However, the health benefits of these nuts may not be limited to blood lipid changes. There has been very little investigation into the contribution …

Death is a topic that is conventionally associated with either grief or fear.  The poem “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman, which mourns and elevates the death of a young athlete, and the poem “Dog’s Death” by John Updike, which professes grief over a dog’s death, are two …

Death is a shared human experience and therefore a universal theme in literature.  Poetry, fiction, and drama venture into the dark recesses of life by exploring the inevitable fate of everyone and everything that breathes.  Death differs from person to person and the treatment of death in literature differs from …

Psychology’s conceptualization of anorexia nervosa illustrates how the discipline deals with the body. On the one hand, there is an emphasis on the body as a physiological apparatus. On the other hand, specific approaches such as social constructionism stress the non-physiological body as something to which certain discursive meanings get …

            The Black Death was an outbreak of bubonic plague that wreaked a wide swath of death throughout Europe and the Mediterranean area in 1347 through 1351 (MSN Encarta, 2008). Although the plague can be transmitted or carried by a variety of rodents, such as …