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    com/drugs/psychedelics/lsd/" 4) "FAQ-LSD" (1995) from internet newsgroup: alt.drugs.psychedelics 5) "LSD: A total Study" Sankar (1975) 6) "Pharm Assist: The family guide to health and medicine" Interactive Multimedia CD ROM Software Marketing Corp. 1994 Phoenix AZ 7) "The LSD Story" Monroe‚ Judy‚ 1998 Current Health 2 1998 v24 n8 April-May p24(3)

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    men than their counterpart Caucasians (Health and Health Care of Japanese-American Elders‚ Tanabe). Individuals at high risk for this disease would include those who are overweight and/or obesity‚ smokers‚ and those who are physically inactive (Gelber‚ Petrovitch‚ Masaki‚ Abbott‚ Webster Ross‚ Launer‚ White‚ 2011). Maintaining a healthy lifestyle and healthy behaviors at a young age has shown to be of great importance in prevention of this degenerative disease. The Japanese religion of Shintoism emphasizes

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    Best Practices to Prevent Catheter Related Bloodstream Infections NUR 271 Fall 2013 The United States Centers for Disease Control estimates that each year one in twenty hospital patients will contract a Healthcare Associated Infection (HAI). When further examined‚ the number of infected patients is approximately 1.7 million per year resulting in nearly 99‚000 deaths (CDC‚ 2011). Due to numbers like this‚ healthcare organizations‚ professional associations‚ and patient advocacy

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    The study is anchored on the Health Belief Model by social psychologists Hochbaum‚ Rosenstock and Kegels working in the U.S. Public Health Services (1996) which is constructed to explain which beliefs should be targeted in communication campaigns to cause positive health behaviors. The Health Belief Model helps explain why individual patients may accept or reject preventative health services or adopt healthy behaviors. Social psychologists originally developed the Health Belief Model to predict the

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    surveillance for infections‚ an epidemic control program‚ education of infection control methods‚ policy and procedure formation and review‚ an employee health program‚ a resident health program‚ and monitoring of resident care practices. The program must also cover environmental review‚ antibiotic monitoring‚ product review‚ and reporting of disease to public health authorities (Goldrick‚ 1999; Friedman‚ 1999). There are three principal goals for healthcare infection control programs regardless of the

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    What is ‘disease’? Definition The term disease is the condition of the living‚ which leads to a disorder of the mind or body‚ which therefore destroys good health. (S-Cool A-Level). Biology online states that disease is a ‘pathologic condition in which the normal functioning of an organism or body is impaired or disrupted‚ resulting in extreme pain‚ dysfunction‚ distress or death.’ (Biology Online) Disease throughout History Over the years‚ there has ‘been a gradual decline in mortality from all

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    Project Periodontitis and Heart Disease Andrea Wilson University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Abstract According to the American Heart Association‚ cardiovascular disease and heart disease are used interchangeably. Cardiovascular disease is a disease that is associated with the heart and blood vessels. There are many different types of heart diseases and they all include a variety of problems. Periodontal disease is a complex chronic inflammatory disease that results in the loss of connective

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    Patient Falls and Prevention in Health Care Patient falls are a significant representation of adverse events in health care organizations worldwide. There are several common risk factors intrinsic to patients‚ which include reduced vision‚ musculoskeletal disease‚ altered mental state‚ history of falls‚ and other chronic diseases. Health care organizations are expected to focus on those intrinsic factors as well as the extrinsic‚ which are those present in their patient’s environment. For example

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    Health model programs are used to help people with type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) teaches people with diabetes to learn to eat healthy (Kramer‚ Kriska‚ Venditti‚ Miller‚ Brooks‚ Burke‚ Siminerio‚ Solano‚ Orchard‚ 2009). The Group Organized Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) Diabetes Prevention Program (GO-YDPP)‚ is a modification of the DPP that involves one hour of training two times a week (Ackermann‚ and Marrero‚ 2007). The DPP is a program developed

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    Lyme Disease Lyme Disease An emerging public health concern in the New River Valley is the increase in reported cases of Lyme disease. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ “Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vectorborne illness in the United States‚” although it is concentrated primarily in only thirteen states. The New River Valley reported a record number of cases in 2012‚ and is considered endemic to Lyme disease per the Virginia Department of Health

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