ChiAnne Rodriguez Mr. Dippie Adv Anatomy 20 November 2017 Cervical Cancer Cervical cancer is a disease that forms in the cervix‚ it is caused by abnormal growth that can spread to other parts of the body. Symptoms of this cancer are vaginal bleeding‚ pelvic pain‚ and pain while having sexual intercourse. Cervical Cancer is very uncommon here in the United States there less than 200‚000 cases per year occur. Most cervical cancers begin in the cells in the transformation zone. Cells do not
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CELL BIOLOGY ESSAY -- PATHOGENESIS OF CERVICAL CANCER Introduction According to the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health (2011)‚ cervical cancer becomes the tenth commonest cancer in Hong Kong in 2008. Cervical cancer usually arises from sexual activity and human papillomavirus (HPV) (Bellentir‚ 2002). In this essay‚ Human papillomavirus would be further discussed. For example‚ the signal transport pathway of HPV 16 and HPV 18‚ which many scientists believe that they are closely
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Breast Cancer and Cervical Cancer Many women do not take breast cancer or cervical cancer serious‚ by getting screened‚ until the disease has begun to develop or has spread. Cervical cancer use to be the main cause of deaths caused by cancer for women‚ but over the past forty or fifty years‚ the number of cases of cervical cancer and the number of deaths from this disease has decreased significantly‚ leaving another horrible disease in its place. Now breast cancer is the second major cause of
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positive in newborn screening. This hilarious evidence makes every individual more cautious of the lives of the infants. Moreover‚ even rich people may be vulnerable to this. In the Philippines‚ 9.7% of all screened infants are positive to newborn screening as of 2011 based on the Philippine Health Statistics‚ DOH and Region VII ranked 2nd for most number of positive result of newborn screening. Problem arouses when parents’ knowledge and attitudes towards newborn screening causes an alteration
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Manuscripts > * PMC2947955 * Performing your original search‚ compliance of mothers on newborn screening‚ in PMC will retrieve 926 records. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 October 1. Published in final edited form as: J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2009 Oct–Dec; 23(4): 326–334. doi: 10.1097/JPN.0b013e3181a1bc1f PMCID: PMC2947955 NIHMSID: NIHMS182350 Newborn Screening: An Appeal for Improved Parent Education Audrey Tluczek‚ Ph.D.‚1‚2 Kate Murphy Orland‚ M.S.‚1 Sara
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Holistic Health Model vs Health Promotion Model Holistic Health Model is a system of comprehensive or total patient care that considers the physical‚ emotional‚ social‚ economic‚ and spiritual needs of the person; his or her response to illness; and the effect of the illness and the ability to meet self-care needs. It’s the practice that integrates conventional and alternative therapies to prevent and treat disease and most importantly to promote optimal health. As the definition implies‚ a holistic
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Beliefs Related to Health Care Traditionally the family must be involved from the start‚ to deal with any terminal illness. Some families‚ relative and friends may wish to prevent the communication of the diagnosis and prognosis from medical professionals to the dying person. The families of a few patients insist on being informed of bad news first‚ but the patient is usually told as well. Emotions may be displayed openly. For instance; anger‚ despair‚ depression. This is an acceptable means of behavior
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Beliefs About Health and Wellness: A Comparison of American and Chinese Cultures Being knowledgeable about cultural differences prevents misconceptions of a culture by the viewing of another. The culture in which a person lives tends to imprint its beliefs and morals on that person from the time he/she is born. In this essay‚ I will compare cultural values and beliefs about health and wellness in American and Chinese cultures. Since this is a huge subject I will limit the discussion to
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Japanese Health Beliefs and Practices Kristin Santiago Cal State University‚ Dominguez Hills School of Nursing Concepts of Professional Nursing Practice BSN 306‚ Section18 Caole A. Shea‚ PhD‚ RN‚ FAAN Novemeber 4‚ 2012 Japanese Health Beliefs and Practices As the Japanese began migrating to the United States in 1885‚ throughout the decades‚ the cultural integration and assimilation of the western culture has been embedded into the Japanese Americans. Early traditional Japanese immigrants are called
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Cervical cancer begins with the abnormal growth of cells lining the cervix. The cervix is located in the lower‚ more superficial‚ region of the uterus. The two types of cells that make up the cervix include nonkeratinizing‚ stratified squamous cells on the exocervix and mucus-secreting‚ columnar cells on the endocervix. The transformation zone contains the squamocolumnar junction where the columnar and the squamous cells meet. This area is the embryonic cell population that is involved in cervical
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