Nuclear medicine is classified as the branch of medicine that deals with the use of radioactive substances in research‚ diagnosis‚ and treatment. It’s imagery devices are used to determine the severity and treat a variety of diseases‚ including many types of cancers‚ heart disease‚ gastrointestinal‚ endocrine‚ neurological disorders and other abnormalities within the body. This category of medicine was first introduced when Ernest Orlando Lawrence invented the cyclotron. Ernest Lawrence was an American
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Female Pioneers of Medicine and Health By Emma noon 9PA and Noa Kusman 9GB Florence Nightingale ∗ Florence was born in Italy on 12th May named after the Italian city. She then moved to England with her family. ∗ In Victorian Britain‚ poor women worked in factories or as servants ∗ Rich women like Florence were expected to marry and look after the home‚ maybe do charity work ∗ Florence was very religious. From the age of 16 she believed God wanted her to do important work. When she was 22‚ a young
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Kantian Deontology Vs. Medicine Dignity is an innate feature of human beings: they are born with it. Maintaining it over the course of life gives it an acquired status: preserving it is not an easy task. Human Rights are one form of laws that try to conserve human dignity and many countries abide by them. Nonetheless‚ attempts to preserve this dignity date back to centuries before the United Nations decided to publish its chart on Human Rights. During the eighteenth century‚ Immanuel Kant described
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The development of medicine has seen substantial progress in its lifetime; from primitive bleeding techniques to the treatment of cancers with chemotherapy. In the early 1800s‚ the world of medicine was introduced to anesthetics‚ followed by the invention of syringes‚ and the development of the first vaccines. The 1900s introduced a plethora of medical inventions and discoveries. The electrocardiograph was invented‚ insulin for diabetic patients‚ penicillin‚ cardiac pacemakers‚ and even the first
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Institute of Medicine Review Paper Penny Isham NU420 Kelley Madick 10/27/2014 The Institute of Medicine published a report in 2008 with its recommendation to improve the future of Healthcare in our country. There were eight recommendations. 1. Remove the scope of practice barriers 2. Expand opportunities for nurses to lead and diffuse collaborative improvement efforts 3. Implement nurse residency programs 4. Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80 percent by
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vaccination policies intrigued me. I took part in different biomedical investigations ranging from genetic and protein engineering to biomedical diagnostic‚ including open surgery in small rodents‚ giving me an excellent academic preparation for medicine. During the first surgery my rat died before I could complete the practical despite being very careful; this made me ponder on the delicacy of life‚ the ultimate trust patient give to surgeons and consequently the right of appropriate heath facilities
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My decision to pursue medicine has not arisen from an epiphany or childhood dream‚ but is one I have come to after careful consideration. My interest stems from the science behind the biological processes in human bodies and I have relished the chance to explore them further in my AS Levels‚ from carcinogenic free radicals in Chemistry‚ to the impact of diet on cardiovascular disease in Biology. I have also striven to develop my understanding beyond the curriculum‚ such as by reading articles in
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Sackett (1996) father of evidence based medicine (EBM) defined EBM as the “conscientious‚ explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients”. EBM in practice means the integration of distinct clinical experience with the best available research evidence. Later on the revised definition was given by Masic “a systematic approach to clinical problem solving which allows the integration of the best available research evidence with clinical expertise
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The Civil War: A Change in Battlefield Medicine Have you ever thought about when battlefield medicine became so efficient? The answer to this question is very surprising as well as interesting. Most people think of the Civil War as the era where many died sue to the unavailability of modern-day medical strategies. This is an accurate assumption‚ but there is also a little more to the story. Little do people know‚ the Civil War started a whole new era of medical tactics on the battlefield. In April
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In the wake of a national terrorist attack such as the ones that occurred on September 11‚ 2001‚ the nation was lost. While attempted terrorist attacks had been carried out in the past‚ many of them had been foiled and the successful ones weren’t nearly of this magnitude. While most victims of September 11th were killed‚ the survivors and first responders suffered many health complications. Health professionals across the nation were called upon for their expertise in dealing with the aftermath of
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