How Can we Prevent Mass Shootings Columbine‚ Sandy Hook‚ and Virginia Tech‚ all have something in common. When you hear these‚ you probably think “mass shooting.” You may even remember where you were when you heard the news‚ or‚ when you were told the story. Many people claim that guns are not the issue and mental issues are the only reason these tragedies occur. However‚ when you take an unstable person with psychological issues and combine that with a weapon‚ the outcome cannot be anything short
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The Wilson’s Disease The Wilson’s disease is a genetic disorder of the thirteenth chromosome. This disease is an inherited disease and it is mostly likely to be in all of the offspring if a parent had it. It is the unnecessary increase of copper in the liver and brain. This is cause by a defect in the transport of copper. Wilson’s disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the copper transport resulting in the copper buildup. It is also known as Hepatolenticular Degeneration as the
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I completed my internship at Just Believe Recovery Center in Jensen Beach. JBRC has been open for approximately two years. They offer men’s‚ women’s‚ and outpatient programs. The men’s and women’s PHP(in patient) program is an average of 30-45 days. The Intensive outpatient program is an average of three to six months. It is a Florida model program‚ with separate residences for the men‚ women‚ and a coed outpatient residence. JBRC also offer halfway houses for clients once they complete outpatient
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A Resilient Architecture for Automated Fault Tolerance in Virtualized Data Centers Wai-Leong Yeow‚ C´ dric Westphal‚ e and Ulas C. Kozat ¸ DoCoMo USA Labs‚ 3240 Hillview Ave‚ Palo Alto‚ CA 94304‚ USA e-mail: wlyeow@ieee.org‚ {cwestphal‚kozat}@docomolabs-usa.com Abstract—Virtualization is a key enabler to autonomic management of hosted services in data centers. We show that it can be used to manage reliability of these virtual entities with virtual backups. An architecture is proposed to autonomously
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Citrus Diseases Citrus Canker Citrus canker is a highly contagious bacterial infection of citrus trees causing yellow halo-like lesions or scabs on the fruit‚ leaves and twigs of citrus trees. Severe infections can cause leaf loss‚ blemished fruit‚ fruit drop and die back. The canker bacterium spreads easily and quickly on air currents‚ insects‚ birds and on humans by means of clothing and infected implements. There are a variety of sprays designed to protect against infection including using
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Living in the Shadow of Heart Disease In the United States‚ every year more than 1 million Americans suffer from a heart attack. This number although it may not seem like a lot‚ is indeed quite high. Heart disease is a major killer that can in fact be controlled. If more people would watch what they eat‚ do simple exercises‚ and restrict physically damaging activities‚ such as smoking‚ they could lower their risk of a heart attack or heart disease. Many people do things that short term‚ have little
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Some say addiction is a disease not a choice‚ what do you think? With addiction there is no physiological malfunction in the brain. Addiction is a choice; in the moment. It is not a disease like cancer or diabetes. Addiction is not a disease that comes unexpected‚ it is what you choose to do‚ it is a choice. Addiction is chosen not by the brain does it come unexpectedly. “In a true disease‚ some part of the body is in a state of abnormal physiological functioning‚ and this causes the undesirable
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Choose a health topic related to primary prevention‚ secondary prevention‚ or tertiary care. Explain why this is an important topic of discussion based on your personal belief‚ and based on valid research. Paper should be 1.5 – 2 pages. APA format must be followed. Detailed assignment information will be provided. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women and the 2nd most leading cause of their death. It is estimated that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their
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CHRONIC DISEASES A chronic disease is an illness that is prolonged in duration‚ does not spontaneously resolve‚ and is usually not cured completely. Examples of chronic diseases are rheumatoid arthritis‚ lung cancer‚ and heart disease. Heart disease is an illness that involves the blockage or narrowing of the blood vessels. It is the leading cause of death in the US with approximately 81.1 million people‚ or one in every three adults living with heart disease. The illness causes swelling in feet
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Fall Prevention Falls are one of the most common adverse events in health care institutions. Health care facilities are entitled to monitor patients and visitors who are in the risk of falls when entering their premises. Education is part of fall prevention. We can educate health care employees as nurses‚ physicians‚ health care employees‚ patients and visitors on how to prevent a fall. The way we can educate all the employees in the health care field is by instructing them on conferences‚ meetings
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