Canabinoid‚ marijuana‚ and hemp are the compound of the cannabis ‚which are the most important component in the manufacture of medicine (National Academy of Sciences‚2017). Medical cannabis used for therapeutic purpose. There are 2 main benefits of medical cannabis‚ which are treated in physical and mental health disorder. Medical cannabis is used for treating many diseases such as HIV and Multiple sclerosis. Normally‚ patients with HIV disease are loss of appetite. Therefore‚ they are weight
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Marijuana‚ clinically known as Cannabis‚ is a leafy plant found in many areas around the world. Cannabis has two main subtypes: Cannabis indica and Cannabis sativa (Gerich‚ 2015).The medical benefits of marijuana include analgesic‚ anti-emetic‚ sedative‚ anti-inflammatory ‚ anti-convulsive and laxative effects (Audu‚ 2014). The phytochemical composition for Cannabis involves over 500 chemical compounds of which the cannabinoids are the most clinically relevant. They can be derived from three sources:
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Modern medical technology has made it possible to extend the lives of many beyond the point of death. Death in recent times‚ often esures a long painful fall where on looses control both physically and emotionally. Some people accept that modern technology buys them time. While others find the loss of control frightening. They want their relatives to remember them as they were and not as a life prolonged by machines. Some people rather die than to live in pain. The demand for assisted suicides
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come in “acting crazy” post cannabis use (young adults). marijuana remains to be classified as a schedule I substance under the federal Controlled Substances Act‚ “a designation declaring it to have high abuse potential and no currently accepted medical use “.(Bostwick‚ 2012). But the article does show that “at least some benefit for smoked marijuana in stimulating appetite‚ particularly in AIDS-related wasting syndrome‚ and in combating chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting‚
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is a branch of the governemt who evaluate laws‚ clarifies laws‚ resolves disagreements and decides if a law goes against the Constitution. According to Dana C. McWay‚ there are four elemens a AAG must show to succesed in a negligence clain for medical malpractice. The first element to provide is the “a duty of care is owed to the patient”( MacWay‚ 2016 ). This means the health care provider have the duty and responsible for provideding treatment or care to patient (Baranoski &
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due to the benefits and progress it allows in medicine and cosmetic areas. Experimenting on animals has contributed to the creation of many treatments and cures used these days. According to California Biomedical Research Association‚ almost every medical breakthrough in the last century has involved experimenting with animals in some way. Various medicines‚ such as insulin‚ were a product of research through animal testing. Diseases like brain injuries‚ malaria‚ childhood leukemia‚ breast cancer‚
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for coding purposes must be assigned based on medical record documentation. A physician may be queried when documentation is ambiguous‚ incomplete‚ or conflicting. The queried documentation must be a permanent part of the medical record. The objective of the cases and scenarios reproduced in this publication is to provide practice in assigning correct codes‚ not necessarily to emulate complete coding‚ which can be achieved only with the complete medical record. For example‚ the reader may be asked
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Stryker Medical Introduction The meteoric rise of the Stryker brand of ambulance stretchers is due to the outstanding quality and service Stryker provided versus its competitors. Brand loyalty interview: the brand and its competition I interviewed Pat Crowe assistant Director of Cheboygan Life Support Systems Inc. He has been a paramedic for over twenty years. When he started working as an emergency medical technician in the late eighties each ambulance
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Animal experimentation is a big part of medical progress. Opponents of animal testing point out the amount of animals used and the different types of animals used but if you look at it‚ it’s all for a good reason. Animal experimenters don’t do this just to do it. It’s for a purpose. There are thousands upon thousands of medical situations that couldn’t have been done without animal experimenting. Animal suffering is pointed out but for the most part animals go without feeling any pain. Animal experimentation
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Admission to medical schools Before applying to any medical school‚ a candidate must earn a bachelor’s degree with credits in certain required subjects. The most common pre-medical degrees include biology‚ psychology‚ medical technology‚ pharmacy‚ nursing‚ and physical therapy.[1] In addition‚ a candidate must take and pass the National Medical Admissions Test (NMAT)‚ the national entrance exam for all medical schools in the Philippines.[1] Notable medical schools The following are the largest
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