What is drug addiction? -Drug addiction is a complex brain disease. It is characterized by compulsive‚ at times uncontrollable‚ drug craving‚ seeking‚ and use that persist even in the face of extremely negative consequences. -Drug seeking becomes compulsive‚ in large part as a result of the effects of prolonged drug use on brain functioning and‚ thus‚ on behavior. For many people‚ drug addiction becomes chronic‚ with relapses possible even after long periods of abstinence. Drug addiction is a chronic
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HADM 5132 Managerial epidemiology Review of the article Understanding of swine flu Submitted by Review of the Article UNDERSTANDING OF SWINE FLU In the first section of the article author Henry I miller discuss about the extent and impact of swine flu which is epidemic. It is originated in Mexico and spreads rapidly too many countries and parts of us. The epidemiology of such disease outbreak is like a jigsaw puzzle. Within short period of time many number of cases reported in many countries
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thriving industrial centers of America‚ where rapid urbanization had not provided for adequate sanitation or living conditions for the burgeoning middle class. Major epidemics were caused by such diseases as yellow fever‚ cholera‚ tuberculosis (TB)‚ influenza‚ measles‚ scarlet fever‚ malaria‚ and diphtheria. The average American city during the 19th century was a breeding ground for the frequent epidemics that occurred‚ killing thousands. Port cities were particularly susceptible to epidemics of infectious
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communicable disease outbreak by doing the following: Describe the communicable disease outbreak. Avian Influenza‚ also known as the Bird Flu‚ is an influenza A virus caused by avian‚ which means bird. These viruses occur naturally in some birds. Wild birds in all areas of the world get the viral infections in their intestines‚ but do not usually become ill from them. The avian influenza is quite contagious among birds and can even kill domesticated species such as chickens‚ turkeys‚ and ducks
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years of AIDS from 1980 to 2004. The Spanish flu was an infectious disease caused by the (H1N1) virus. The pandemic led to important developments in medicine‚ for example the efficiency of vaccinations. This research essay will firstly consider the epidemiology of the Spanish flu in the united states between 1918 and 1919‚ then it will examine its treatment and prevention. To begin with‚ normal epidemics usually kill the elderly and young children who own weaker immune systems. The H1N1 flu was mostly
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Microbiology: An Introduction‚ 10e (Tortora et al.) Chapter 14 Principles of Disease and Epidemiology Test Bank 1) A commensal bacterium A) Does not receive any benefit from its host. B) Is beneficial to its host. C) May be an opportunistic pathogen. D) Does not infect its host. E) B and D only. Answer: C media. B) Some microorganisms don’t cause the same disease in laboratory animals. C) Some microorganisms cause different symptoms under different conditions. D) Some microorganisms can’t be observed
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Michael F Parry‚ Brenda Grant‚ Anthony Iton‚ Patricia D Parry‚ & Diane Baranowsky. (2004). Influenza Vaccination: A Collaborative effort to improve the health of the community. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology‚ 25(11)‚ 929-32. Retrieved November 24‚ 2009‚ from ProQuest Medical Library. Sangeeth K Gnanasekaran‚ Jonathan A Finkelstein‚ Paula Lozano‚ Harold J Farber‚ & et al. (2006). Influenza Vaccination among Children with Asthma in Medicaid Managed Care. Ambulatory Pediatrics‚ 6(1)
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Vaccinations are essential to the health of a community. As David Keller (a physician and former Chief of the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Program with the New Mexico Department of Health‚ and parent‚ puts it)‚ “In reality‚ nature places foreign substances….in his body all the time. Some of those are harmless‚ but others can be deadly. By using vaccines‚ I can carefully introduce into his body substances that mimic harmful foreign substances and‚ in so doing‚ teach his immune system to protect
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Ch. 2: Fundamentals of Epidemiology Causality: determining the cause of a disease Screening test: test given to people who have no symptoms to check for the presence of a particular disease Natural History of Disease: the course of disease if left untreated Latency period: time from start of disease process until signs/symptoms appear (Incubation period: time b/w infection & clinical disease) Nonclinical stage: no signs/symptoms present – pathologic changes occur Preclinical – sings/symptoms
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to understand further the differences between public and community health. Public Health According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2008)‚ the Institute of Medicine defined public health as “Organized community and multidisciplinary efforts‚ based on epidemiology‚ aimed at preventing disease and promoting health” (Definitions of selected terms‚ p. 48). Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) further
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