Because we synthesized the two most common kidney stones‚ calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate‚ we will focus on those two in the discussion of formation‚ treatment‚ and prevention. Calcium stones like calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate stones form when urine is “supersaturated with the constituent ions that comprise the stone” (Figge). This means‚ when urine is supersaturated with calcium and oxalate ion that type of stone is more likely to form. This supersaturation results from the ionic activity
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Community Health Education Center Amy Humphreys Kaplan University HW215: Models for Health and Wellness Professor: Kristen Popp The Community Health Education Center has locally-based knowledge and cultural competence is emphasized in all training and health education materials. It has a program schedule that is the same statewide. All training costs are reimbursed by the company. In this paper I will be explaining this company’s success
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Community mental health is a vast concept with various initiatives and programmes under its umbrella. The area chosen for the purpose of the assignment is to address community mental health initiative addressing psychosocial needs of the people who have experienced massive forced displacement and/or identify as refugees. People migrate due to economic crisis‚ natural disasters‚ construction of dams and various others reasons that lead them into search for other opportunities‚ away from conflict and
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Current Event Adults who Experience stroke before age 50 have higher risk of death over long-term. The article is from March 19‚ 2013‚ in the Medical News Today it examines a study done by the University Nijmegen Medical Centre in the Netherlands to find a long-term prognosis for adults whom suffered from a stroke between the ages of 18 to 50. Even though “the fatality rate from stroke has dropped by one third in the United States since the 1980s”‚ strokes are still one of
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Osteoporosis‚ meaning porous bones‚ is the most common metabolic bone disease with over 10 million diagnoses in the United States of America.1 Another 34 million people are affected by osteopenia‚ the early stages of osteoporosis.1 Osteoporosis decreases bone mass and also causes micro damage to bone structure‚ increasing the likelihood of fracture and other injuries. There are two classifications of osteoporosis: primary and secondary (primary being the most common type). It affects people of all ages
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At the end of 6th grade year a lot of important thing happened such as if i wanted to be on the cheerleading team‚ if I wanted to be in advanced choir‚but i was asked a very important question at the very end of the year.The question was if I wanted to be in accelerated classes for my 7th grade year. At that point in time I didn’t know wether to say “yes or “no.” I asked my counselor if I could have some time to think about it and she said “get back to me in 5 days with your decision.” That day
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The Public Health Problem in Ethiopia Ethiopia is located in the horn of Africa with 72.4 million populations which over 50% of whom are under 20 year-old. Its GDP per capital is 470.22 USD ranked as the 11 bottom in the world. Malnutrition is a major public health problem in many developing countries‚ and it is one of the main health problems facing women and children in Ethiopia. The country has the second highest rate of malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa. The 4 major forms of malnutrition
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Shawn Shaw is a twelve year old boy who is getting low-C average grades in school. He struggles with multiplication tables and has trouble remembering things when he goes back to school because of the 3 month summer break. Long summer breaks in traditional schools is a problem. It can be solved by introducing year-round schools. The traditional 3 month long summer break is a problem for today’s youth. Year-Round school is a system where students will go to school 180 days just like the traditional
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their rights to keep their information private and safe. In recent years HIPAA has been making an attempt to make changes to better the system and help protect the patient’s privacy more adequately. Although the government sees these changes as helpful they may not be as helpful to the patient and their needs. In February of 2007 President OBAMA signed a bill to add changes to HIPAA. The changes will be made over the next few years as technology and medical records practices change. Breach notification
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Practice Problems Ch. 7‚ Practice Problem: 14 Evolutionary theories often emphasize that humans have adapted to their physical environment. One such theory hypothesizes that people should spontaneously follow a 24-hour cycle of sleeping and waking—even if they are not exposed to the usual pattern of sunlight. To test this notion‚ eight paid volunteers were placed (individually) in a room in which there was no light from the outside and no clocks or other indications of time. They could turn the
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