TCM‚ or Traditional Chinese Medicine‚ can be traced as far back as 1000 BC‚ where stone acupuncture needles were believed to be used. Texts from that period also talked of Yin and Yang and other concepts. The first written work on TCM is titled the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic‚ Huangdi Newijing (Gascoigne 11). This book was written in 300 BC‚ but entries date back to the early 2700’s BC. The book is still used in universities of Chinese Medicine around the world and is often called the bible
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I will begin this study by introducing a case that I witnessed while on placement that used a form of diagnostic technology. I will continue by defining nursing informatics identifying the technology used for diagnosis of this patient in more depth‚ and explaining why that particular technology was used above any other. In the case study I will discuss a 70 year old man admitted due to a fall and acopia with a past medical history of copd and ribhadomylosis. The patient was already on 4 hourly
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skin Skin conditions Skin conditions BOILS: A boil also known as a furuncle is a deep infection of the hair follicle or oil gland. When a boil starts to break out the skin becomes red and quiet tender. After a few days the boil becomes a white this is puss collecting under the skin‚ the boil becomes even more painful. When individual boils cluster together they are called carbuncles. Boils are cause by an in infection with the bacterium Staphylococcus aurous‚ this is generally harmless. Golden
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Prisons‚ facilities maintained for confining people convicted of committing crimes‚ were used to rehabilitate offenders while keeping them isolated from the community. The Quakers built the first prison in 1790 in order to seclude criminal offenders from society to think about their wrongdoing and to seek forgiveness in a kind‚ and spiritual environment. (Inciardi 497) Currently‚ there are three types of prisons within the Federal‚ State‚ and County governments. These are categorized by the
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Use of Technology in Medicine Nowadays‚ it seems like people can do everything on the internet‚ reading‚ shopping‚ arranging dates‚ trading stocks‚ communicating with others and even diagnosing their ailments. While‚ doctors are more professional on treat disease than patients themselves‚ not only because they have solid medical background‚ but also they understand well how to use technology to assists them by various tests. Authors of article “It’s Not a Tumor!” and “No! The One Word That
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Alternatives to Incarceration….Drug Courts There is no doubt that the United States suffers from an increase in crime and more people than ever being incarcerated. The numbers are currently overwhelming. “A nonpartisan organization called The Pew Center on the States‚ released a study February 2008 that found the U.S. imprisoned both more people and a larger percentage of its adult population than any other country. According to the study‚ by The Pew Center 2.32 million people were currently
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GENETIC TESTING Genes‚ the chemical messages of heredity‚ represent a blueprint of our possibilities and limitations. The legacy of generations of ancestors‚ our genes carry the key to our similarities and our uniqueness. When genes are working properly‚ our bodies develop and function smoothly. But should a single gene or even a tiny segment of a single gene go askew‚ the consequences can lead to deformities and disease‚ even death. In the past 20 years‚ amazing new techniques have allowed
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The debate of what type of medicine to use has been going on for hundreds of years. What is better for us to use holistic remedies or conventional medicine? What is safer for us to use? Most importantly what is going to work best to make us better? Exploring each side to see how they are different and how they are the same is the only way to answer these questions. Holistic and modern medicines are both effective healing methods‚ choosing the right one for you or a combination of both is the more
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bacteria is E .coli is a bacterium that is commonly found in the gut endotherms. E. coli and related bacteria constitute about 0.1% of gut flora‚ and fecal-oral transmission is the major route through which pathogenic strains of the bacterium cause disease. Cells are able to survive outside the body for a limited amount of time‚ which makes them ideal indicator organisms to test environmental samples for fecal contamination. The bacterium can also be grown easily and inexpensively in a laboratory setting
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Color Therapy as an Alternative Medical Treatment for Mental‚ Physical or Emotional Ailment Many aspects of our lives such as emotions‚ thoughts and energies are able to be influenced by color in different levels through color therapy (Wong‚ 2008). This is because we are surrounded by colors that we perceived in different ways. The effectiveness of these colors to influence us is through the right technique of using them. Overview to colors and chakras
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