Ultimate Medical Academy Laura A Cain BC 1025/ Section 2 When Cancer Hits Home Kimberly Wilson June 22‚ 2013 This subject of prostate cancer hits very close to home. My husband Tom has just finished his treatment for prostate cancer February 15‚ 2013. All of our information about prostate cancer came from the VA Hospital in Ann Arbor Michigan. My husband Tom was diagnosed with prostate cancer in November of 2012. The VA Clinic in Lansing‚ Michigan had been testing Tom’s PSA level
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Cancer is a serious health issue that has tremendous impact on a person’s life. The diagnosis is a distressing moment for patients and families. In association with cancer‚ pain is a subjective multidimensional experience for an individual that affects the quality of life of patients and their families (Ovayulu‚ Ovayolu‚ and Aytac‚ 2014). Pain is major concern of patients‚ which can inevitably effect quality of life when undermanaged‚ such as affecting relationships negatively. Currently‚ families
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Drug Legalization/Research The debate over drug prohibition ending has been going on for decades. People worry that it will bring more deaths and crime‚ but can it really get any worse? The drug war is costly and controversial since we don’t know the outcome. It could be a better solution‚ where people realize they craved drugs because it was the forbidden fruit and it loses publicity. Or it could cause more deaths since it may be easier to obtain and there’s no consequences if you decide to
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generic drug stores launched with the support of the state government are yet to spread to all over the state. Yet‚ these generic stores have helped to save up to Rs.2 crore to the patients in the state so far. The Jeevandhara generic outlets have turned out to be a big hit among the poor patients and have been doing good business. Started with sales of just Rs.2000 per day in 2010‚ today the outlets are having a sale of Rs.25‚000 to Rs.28‚000 every day. All the 330 categories generic drugs are offered
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“Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of death in both men and women in the US‚ with over 158‚900 deaths in 1999. Worldwide‚ lung cancer kills over 1 million people a year. Extensive prospective epidemiologic data clearly establish cigarette smoking as the major cause of lung cancer. It is estimated that about 90% of male lung cancer deaths and 75–80% of lung cancer deaths in the US are caused by smoking each year” (Hecht‚ 1999). Clearly‚ lung cancer is an important and widespread disease
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lung cancer and heart disease. Last year Chinese authorities warned the US embassy not to publish its data. But the embassy said the measurements were for the benefit of embassy personnel and were not citywide. The number of lung cancer cases in the Chinese capital Beijing has soared over the last decade. According to figures published by the state-run Xinhua news agency‚ they have increased by more than 50%. Beijing health officials say smoking is still the number one cause of lung cancer‚ but
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and 1 in 3 American women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime (American Cancer Society‚ 2013‚ p. 1) ‚ and over 500‚000 die each year from various forms. (American Cancer Society‚ 2013‚ p. 1) In 2013‚ an estimated 1‚660‚290 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed. While cancer is currently incurable‚ there are ways to lower your risk of developing cancer through good nutrition‚ and lifestyle choices. CAUSES What we think of as “cancer” is actually a collection of diseases‚ each affecting
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A Community Assessment Inside the Breast Clinic at Roswell Park Cancer Institute A Community Assessment Claudia Ames Empire State College Table of Contents Inside the Breast Clinic at Roswell Park Cancer Institute 1 Claudia Ames 1 Empire State College 1 Table of Contents………………………………………………………………………………….2 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Community Overview……………………………………………………………………………..4 Windshield Survey……………………………………………………………………………..….6 Epidemiology……………………………………………………………………………………
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Matter of Life or Death India is the seventh largest Country in the world‚ home to one billion people and vast ethnic diversity. It has been making great leaps with education‚ industrialization and technology. Literacy rates are continuously going up along with life expectancy. India has been making continuous progress in many aspects for a country that has been relatively poor and extremely poverty-stricken. India is also one of the world’s largest democracies meaning that citizens have a great
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According to Cancer Research UK‚ 1 in 2 people born after 1960 will be diagnosed with a form of cancer in their lifetime. Every two minutes someone is diagnosed with cancer. Every four minutes someone dies from cancer. Above are some hard-hitting facts about cancer; it is rare to have not known anyone in your lifetime who has contracted the disease. Because cancer is so prominent and deadly‚ it is understandable why a lot of research is undertaken into the causes and the process of cancer. Understanding
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