Medicine Essays

Most developed nations have universal health coverage. Why doesn’t the United States have universal health coverage? In that health care issues in the United States have been a hot topic for some years, many involved in the discussion have compared the successes and failures of other developed countries’ healthcare policies …

SUBJECTIVE: This is a pleasant 27-year-old white female who is new to the practice. She presents today for a couple of medications. She was given a script for Patanol by her eye doctor to help with some allergic conjunctivitis issues. She also has been prescribed Metrogel by her dermatologist for …

A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating mental disorders. Psychiatrist can prescribe medication and can use a combination of treatment such as, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, behavioral counseling, and in-patient care. It takes many years of education and training to become a psychiatrist. The first step …

Malnutrition In The Philippines – How Will World Health Organization Deal With It? When you say malnutrition, it just means bad nutrition. Everyone who has bad nutrition usually does not have nutrients that a healthy body has. Poverty is the main cause if malnutrition because people are not able to …

One advantage that cannot be disputed is that vegetarian’s conscience can be at peace in the sense that he does not cause the death of animals grown for meat and fat such as rabbits, poultry or pigs. This idea alone persuades many people, especially women to start embracing vegetarianism as …

In 1555, during the Ming dynasty imperial Zong Shi, a royal physician fled to the city of Zhangzhou (Fujian province) because it is not satisfied with the emperor was very cruel. The physician was settled in a temple located in the East Pushan under Zhangzhou City as a monk. He …

Human beings have been gifted with five basic senses those of touch, sound, smell, sight and taste. Hearing is one of the very essential and treasured senses; any disruption causes us immense concern. However, some of us are most unfortunate to get affected by loss of hearing. The ear is …

There are many core competencies needed by a graduating student into the field of nursing. Many are defined, but many also remain unnamed. This paper will address only three of those defined core competencies. The difference between a new nursing student and a senior one can be seen in many …

All the wealth in the world is useless if you don’t have the health to enjoy it. To me health IS wealth. It’s as simple as that. If one is in good health, he can find wealth but show me anyone who can buy good health. Good health is a …

Do you ever wonder who tests your blood or diagnose disease? Medical Laboratory Technologists are one of the most important people when it comes to the health of a patient. Ever since I was a little I always wanted to be a doctor. After doing a little research on Medical …