Health Disparities: Focus on the Filipino-American Population in the USA As a Filipino-American nurse living in Los Angeles‚ California‚ this writer has been a witness and an active participant in the multifactorial influences/aspects that affect the Filipino-Americans‚ in health and illness. Being a grandmother of wonderful grandkids has brought me further exposure to the plight of elderly Filipino-Americans in the United States of America. The Institute of Medicine’s Report on Unequal Treatment:
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What is Pancreatic Cancer The pancreas is a gland that is located behind the stomach and in front of the spine made up of two major parts. It produces digestive juices called hormones that regulate blood sugar and help break down food. Pancreatic cancer is a disease when cells in the pancreas start to grow out of control. Which then a tumor is formed in side of a person pancreas. Pancreatic cancer is fundamentally a disease caused by damage to the DNA.This damage is often referred to as mutations
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more than just the symptoms of a common cold. It can lead to larynx cancer. Larynx cancer can be an abstruse topic. Most questions people have for this cancer are 1) What is it caused from? 2) What are the symptoms and treatments? and 3) What does a patient do after a laryngectomy? Also‚ the technology provided to help patients’ benefits more than it did twenty years ago. The most common questions people have for larynx cancer are 1) Where is it? and 2) What are the causes‚ or symptoms
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A common dichotomy people make in American society is that of rural and urban lifestyles. A separation of classes is also associated with this dichotomy in that people who live in urban areas‚ such as cities‚ are financially well off and usually have more powerful jobs; whereas rural residents are not as well off‚ but live a modest lifestyle in regions with few inhabitants. Urban areas are equipped with modern amenities and technology‚ which act as catalysts in informing and educating residents in
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Sexual infidelity among married and cohabiting Americans has shown itself to be a frequent action by many. Though more than 90% of the general public speak out against infidelity saying it is “wrong” for married people to engage with another human being in a sexual manner‚ many still find themselves guilty of this action. In this essay I will go over the three underlying topics‚ the first being the challenges that researchers encounter while trying to collect reliable data‚ and the steps that are
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*Cancer* Cancer (medical term: malignant neoplasm) is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display ’’uncontrolled growth’’ (division beyond the normal limits)‚ ’’invasion’’ (intrusion on and destruction of adjacent tissues)‚ and sometimes ’’metastasis’’ (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). There are over 150 types of cancers. Cancers in teens:- 1. Osteosarcoma (Pronounced: os-tee-oh-sar-koh-muh) is the most common type of bone cancer.
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Breast Health Education among Hispanic Elderly Women Program Analysis Name Course Date Tutor Breast Health Education among Hispanic Elderly Women Program analysis Introduction Older women are at a higher risk when it comes to developing breast cancer and dying from the disease than their younger counterparts. The use of mammograms as scanners and clinical breast examinations as the best practices for early detection of breast cancer are available to this age group‚ though they do not have
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Breast Cancer Awareness Community Service Project 20142015 Ringgold High School Ringgold‚ LA 71068 Table of Contents PURPOSE OF PROJECT……………………………….2 Planning and Development of Project…………………..5 Implementation………………………………………….7 The Impact and Benefits………………………………...9 Evidence of Publicity…………………………………..11 Supporting Documents…………………………………12 Community Service Project Breast Cancer Awareness Presented By: DeQuaja Whitfield Artavion Cook
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Policing in American Society The goal for both the U.S. government and law enforcement is to serve and protect civil rights and liberties for all individuals‚ protect life and to promote community safety. The government passes the laws and the police enforce them for the good of society. The U.S. government has a hierarchy within the three branches just as law enforcement agencies have a hierarchy within their organization. Within these hierarchies there is a chain of command to ensure professionalism
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I. Introduction In today’s fast paced society‚ technology is a growing field that is evolving at an astounding pace. Since the 1900s‚ when the first energy powered airplanes were invented‚ breakthroughs in aircraft technology have grown exponentially‚ leading to the creation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)‚ or drones. Drones are vehicles that do not need a person within it to operate and can be controlled in a remote location or by programming. By the 1930s‚ new drones emerged as a combat training
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