1 November 2012 The Benefits of Technology in Healthcare The development of technology has changed the world in so many ways‚ mostly for the positive. Most people think technology just stops with their iPhones‚ TV’s‚ and computers‚ but in the world of healthcare it strives far beyond that. Health care‚ hospitalization and even a trip to the doctors office are much more effective and proactive these days than they have been in the past due to the advancement in technology. Better technology and
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America is one of the countries that tests on animals most commonly. Government facilities in America that subject to animal testing are the Environmental Protection Agency‚ Food and Drug Administration‚ the Department of Transportation‚ National Toxicology Program‚ and the Department of Agriculture. But surprisingly these tests aren’t required by law in America. (Peta‚ “Animal Testing 101”‚ para. 3) Over 100 million animals suffer each year and $1 million is spent on experiments and equipment for
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Basic Terms • forensic (adj) 1. pertaining to‚ connected with‚ or used in court of law or public discussion and debate 2. adapted or suited to argumentation; rhetorical Forensic Chemistry • Forensic science (n.) – the application of science to criminal and civil laws. – Emphasizes the application of science to criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system. • Adversarial system – owes its origins to individuals such as Bertillon‚ Galton‚ Lattes
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Jan. 2006: 247+. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Gasnier‚ Céline‚ Dumont‚ Coralie‚ Benachour‚ Nora‚ Clair‚ Emilie‚ Chagnon‚ Christine and Séralini‚ Gilles-Eric. "Glyphosate-based herbicides are toxic and endocrine disruptors in human cell lines". Toxicology June 2009: 262 (3): 184-191. Grunwald‚ Michael. ’Monsanto Hid Decades of Pollution PCBs Drenched Ala. Town‚ But No One Was Ever Told ’ 1 Jan. 2002. Washington Post: A01. Malone‚ Andrew. ’The GM genocide: Thousands of Indian farmers are committing
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R E S O U R C E U N I T Intermediate Outcome Criteria | Content | Teaching Learning Activities | No. Of Hours | Evaluation | Reference | After the one-hour lecture the students will be able to: a. Understand the health adaptation of pediatric clients b. Enumerate and differentiate the sequence of physical examination of various age groups. c. Identify the guidelines in terms of pediatric adaptation. d. Role play the proper sequence of physical examination in various age groups
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"More than 100 million animals are poisoned‚ burned‚ crippled‚ and abused in other ways in U.S. labs each year."(#1video) Animal testing became a common method between 200-300 BC‚ these tests were often led by important male figures such as Aristotle. In 1242 Ibn al- Nafis used animals to test blood circulation‚ his theory of human blood circulation was later proven by William Henry many years later. In the 1660’s another scientist‚ Robert Boyle‚ theorized that living beings needed air to live‚
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What are the implications of personal genomes for drug discovery and development ? In the past decade‚ increasing amounts of dollars have been spent on drug development yet the amount of new drugs entering the market per year remains the same. Furthermore with 200 billion dollars of patents expiring in the past four years (Witty‚ 2010)‚ innovative pharmaceutical companies will need to look at new approaches to discover drugs. With the human genome being sequenced in 2003‚ a new field of science
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water‚ and the problem is they are unaware of the fact that buying bottled water is not necessarily safe‚ that you end up being exposed to other chemical compounds‚” cautioned Stephan King‚ (PH.D.‚ M.P.H.) a toxicologist and epidemiologist with Toxicology Inc. Bottled water can actually lead to health concerns for those with a weak immune system‚ such as the elderly‚ infants‚ and cancer‚ transplant‚ and HIV/AIDS patients (NRDC‚ 1999). According to healthnews.org‚ the chemical compounds released by
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United States‚ but warning labels are necessary on saccharin-containing foods ("Saccharin"‚ 2000). In 1997‚ a group of scientists urged the federal agency to keep the artificial on its list of cancer-causing agents (CSPI‚ 1997). The National Toxicology Program‚ NTP‚ said that declaring saccharin sage would‚ "result in greater exposure to this probable carcinogen in tens of millions of people If saccharin is even a weak carcinogen‚ this unnecessary additive would pose an intolerable risk to the
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Bibliography: 1. (2011). El Paso multiple sclerosis (ms) study . Environmental & Injury Epidemiology and Toxicology‚ Retrieved from http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/epitox/elpasostudy.shtm 2. What is multiple sclerosis? (2012). Retrieved from http://www.nationalmssociety.org/about-multiple-sclerosis/what-we-know-about-ms/what-is-ms/index.aspx 3. Rog‚ D.‚ & Burgess
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