Drugs Article Reviews Samples For Students

Of the three articles assigned this week the most interesting was “to be Quechua the symbolism of coca chewing in highland Peru” by Catherine J. Allen. The author explains the coca leaf chewing rituals of the Quechua people. The coca plant is the natural source of cocaine, a drug known all over the world for its intoxicating effects. The world has therefore resented the Quechua way of harvesting and consuming coca leaves. However, it has been more than mere consumption of an intoxicating substance for the Quechua; it is a way of life they have lived ever since the beginning ...

The article talks about the influence of Clinical Trials in determining apparent-benefit ratio. It analyses the effects of evidence based medicine, whereby, outcomes of two trials could lead to the alteration of unrealistic estimates of drug effectiveness. Reviews from the food and drug administration (FDA) were among the methodologies used to arrive at the findings. It included about twelve antidepressant agents covering a total of 12564 patients. A systematic literature research was then conducted to identify corresponding publications (Turner et al., 254). Reported trials during this research and its published outcome were then critically compared to the FDA outcomes. Further ...

Autism is a mental condition that becomes evident when a child is one to three years. Early detection of the disorder may minimize the symptoms as compared to discovering the condition when one is an adult. Autism is characterized by various degrees of difficulty in social interaction, memory, verbal and non-verbal communication. People suffering from autism have an intellectual disability, low motor coordination and health issues such as sleep disturbances. A number of environmental factors have been found to increase a child’s risk of becoming autistic. This includes maternal illness during pregnancy, oxygen deprivation during birth and the parents’ age at ...

Why do Drug Dealers still live with their Moms?

This chapter explains about the culture of drug which explores a fascinating perspective concerning about drugs in an extremely poor south Chicago neighborhood. It has also observed the daily activities and cause or effect actions with those long-drawn-out individual behaviors. The main concern of this chapter is to prove the mistaken misconception for those who are drug dealers and produce lots of money. It also describes about the incredible issues and troubles that have occurred with youths who have turned to the streets as they don’t have an option or parent to contribute in drug dealing. According to Levitt ...

- A weakness in the study design was that all of the participants sat together as they were administered the drug, and therefore could observe and tell when others were acting out of character. Their own behavior could have been affected by the behavior they saw in others around them, as a result of their expectation of how they should themselves should react.
- Twenty-two of the thirty six patients who took psilocybin described having a ‘mystical experience,’ and twenty-five stated at the end of the sessions that they had had one of the most meaningful spiritual experiences of their ...

The study aimed to offer description on the use, as well as the effect resulting from low-dose ketamine or LDK for the analgesia cases in the emergency department (ED). The study used a retrospective mode of data collection where information on patients who received LDK for analgesia were used to describe the effectiveness and safety of the drug. The study used those patients who were aged 18 years and above and were given ketamine in the ED within a period of two years when the study was conducted. Parameters such as dose, route used to administer the drug, as well as ...

ARTICLE REVIEW

Steel Walls and Picket Fences: Rematerializing the U.S. Mexican Border in Ambos Nogales
Steel Walls and Picket Fences: Rematerializing the U.S. Mexican Border in Ambos Nogales
In the article “Steel Walls and Picket Fences: Rematerializing the U.S. Mexican Border in Ambos Nogales”, McGuire (2013) looks at the reason for the borders separating the United States and Mexico and the feelings of the Mexican in both sections of Nogales. McGuire is an authority on the thoughts and feelings of these people, as visits across the borders started from as early as 1972. He started off as a visitor to ...

CRITICAL REVIEW

CRITICAL REVIEW

Gairik Sengupta, Subhrojyoti Bhowmick, Avijit Hazra, Ananya Datta, and Musfikur Rahaman (2010), wrote on the “Adverse drug reaction monitoring in psychiatry out-patient department of an Indian teaching hospital”. The topic as stated by the authors shows only a general possibility in the medical field. In this case, the authors do not seem to be specific in which drug is been studied. At this point the reader of the article is left guessing what could be the drug under investigation. The need to have a single or a range of particular drugs give the researcher specific objectives other than the blanket ...

According to the article Nicotine: Harder to Kick than Heroine, which was published in “The New York Times” on March 29, 1987, despite the numerous evidence that proves that tobacco is destroying people lives, more than 53million Americans continue to smoke. Sandra Blakeslee largely reports on a nicotine experiment that was carried out by Dr. Henningfield in 1985, whereby he was experimenting the euphoric qualities of nicotine. In this study, Sandra reports that, Dr. Henningfield used a total of 8 (eight) drug users in his experiment. She further reports that, given intravenously in gradually larger doses, Dr. Henningfield discovered that nicotine ...

Technology has led to efficiency in the health care industry. This technology continues to expand due to high investment in research and development in health care. As the technology improves, so will there be more job opportunities for practitioners. New careers will materialize as people handle technology in affecting the health care (Fett, 2006). Technology has given a major boost in quickly gathering medical records since they can rely on the computer system. The computer system enables the review of patients’ records and scheduling of appointments as well as administration of treatment. There have been significant innovations in the field ...

The term “transnational gangs” has always been used to refer to the spread of Central American gangs such as Mara Salvatrucha into Washington DC, North Carolina and Maryland. Most of these transnational gangs were formed by refugees in the 1980s fleeing the war in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras. The gangs were a form of protection. In January, the Congressional Research Service filed a report showing that these gangs were continuing to expand. Kamala Harris, the State Attorney General, feels like the term “transnational gangs” should also include the cooperation that is seen between the Mexican cartels and the California prison ...

The inside preoptic place (mPOA) of the hypothalamus gland is involved in the control of two essential and normally fulfilling behaviors: sex-related and expectant mothers’ actions. Medication of abuse apply their results by taking advantage of organic neurobiological compensate systems, especially the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) program. However, the mesolimbic program does not function in solitude, and feedback from other reward-relevant components is factors in cocaine's fulfilling results. Appropriate behaviors reactions to organic compensate are necessary for success and reproduction success. To this end, neurobiological compensate systems have progressed to strengthen actions such as sex-related communications and parent care. However, ...

Reducing Drug Induced Deaths

During the year 2005, approximately 22m Americans were experiencing alcohol or drug related problem. Around 99% of people who abused substances or drugs were not aware of the problem they were experiencing. 273, 000 people out of those who identified their problem unsuccessfully sought treatment of their identified problems. The problems suffered included domestic violence, homicide, suicide and motor vehicle accidents/ crashes. These incidences emphasize the importance of enhancing measures to prevent and treat substance/ drug abuse and their related disorders. Such measures will improve the safety, health and life quality of the victims. This paper explores the 2020 ...

The article corresponds to a study aimed at analyzing the effectiveness and efficiency of modern Pharmacy clinical decision-support (CDS) software, which contain and consist of drug-drug interaction (DDI) information. It is widely believed and accepted that these systems and software empower the pharmacists’ to detect clinically significant interactions in a much more refined and improved manner. But off-late studies have shown that these systems are not as effective and efficient as recognized and may miss some vital interaction. The article puts across a detailed and elaborate study to verify such claims about the performance of CDS systems or programs.
The study ...

Response Paper: Sonny's Blues

Sonny's Blues, James Baldwin's 1957 short story, is all about two brothers, the narrator and Sonny, who have been estranged for a long time, but because of an unfortunate incident in each other's lives, found a way to mend their broken relationship and come to understand each other. Although the story is told from the narrator's point of view as he tells what happened to his brother and what he believed led him to do drugs and heroin, it is also about how the narrator feels about his brother. It tells about how Sonny's actions and eventual life has affected his ...

The November’s election marked the legalization of marijuana for recreational use in the Colorado and Washington. What is the situation in the two states? Have pot shops mushroomed in all localities within the two States? Are marijuana users smoking everywhere? The possession limit of marijuana has been put at one ounce for the adults over the age of 21. In Colorado, individuals are allowed to plant up to six plants for personal consumption. As for the commercial marijuana stores, they will have to wait till 2014 when they will be allowed to open up after the legislature comes ...

Health care was expected to be one of the serious issues of the decades following the period of Clinton’s presidency. The costs of health care had already been rising rather quickly for more than a decade. Bill Clinton had already embraced health care reform during his candidacy and the public favored him for this. Public opinion polls during the election showed that after the federal budget deficit and the economy, one of the major concerns among voters was health care. To deal with this concern, the very first initiative that the Clinton took was the Health Security Act (HSA) (" ...

Lance Armstrong: A True Sport or Not?

Joining and winning competitions may bring one to the peak of his career, yet can also lead him to the unexpected downhill road. Cyclist champion Lance Armstrong is the epitome of one who has recently lived this cycle of life. He worked towards the peak of his career in cycling only to find himself rolling down the road with the entire world’s eyes on that tragic journey.

The article I chose to write a review on is The Unfinished Road of Lance Armstrong written by Jason Gay published in Wall Street Journal. I chose to read this article because ...

Article Review

This paper presents the present research state of modalities that could help achieve a natural form of immunity against malaria. Several previous literatures and research articles were reviewed to provide this journal review article. The article focuses more on the role of chemoprophylaxis and its effects on achieving or enhancing naturally acquired immunity against Plasmodium microorganisms (especially Plasmodium falciparum) which are the culprits of malaria infections.
The article provided a broad overview of the prevalence of malaria globally with certain areas marked as endemic having the highest number of deaths. The paper highlighted some of the challenges that have delayed ...

Genetically Modified Foods (GMFs)

GMFs are foods whose DNA has been manipulated by scientists to change the essential genetic constitution of plants and animals (Mather, 2012). This modification involves inserting genetic material from one species into another one so as to give it desired characteristics like pest resistance and resistance to herbicides. The use of GMFs is highly controversial; while they are accepted in countries like the United States, they cannot be sold in Australia and the European Union without labeling, and are banned in Egypt, Japan, and Ireland (Mather, 2012).
Proponents of GM foods cite several reasons to advance their cause. ...

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Osteoporosis is a bone thinning condition that threatens the lives of 44 million Americans (International Osteoporosis Foundation, IOF). Currently, 10 million Americans are suffering from the condition with 68% of them being women (IOF). Against the backdrop of these disturbing statistics, an article in the NaturalNews.com by Sherry Baker, recommends the use of Green Tea in place of prescription drugs to naturally prevent and Treat Osteoporosis.

The article presents statistics relating to the prevalence of osteoporosis by indicating that more than 34 million people have low bone density and are thus at high risk of suffering from osteoporosis. The article ...

Article review

Article review
The aim of this paper is to one, summarize in a succinct manner the salient points of a recent article from a peer reviewed nursing journal, two, to support and/or refute the authors’ position by integrating ideas and concepts and finally, to critic and describe the relevance of the findings by the authors to clinical practice as well as their impact on the family, community and society.
The article chosen for this assignment is authored by Gadsby,Galloway, Barker, & Sinclair (2011) and is titled “Prescribed medicines for elderly frail people with diabetes resident in nursing homes—issues of ...

Musculoskeletal pains are common and disabling condition to the elderly. Conditions predisposing people to rheumatic pain such as osteoarthritis and conditions of the soft tissue which include tendonitis are generally incurable. Pain management being paramount to maintain quality of life is diverse and unique for each patient. Management involves a combined use of non-pharmaceutical and pharmaceutical treatments which begin with educating the patients.

They are then encouraged by healthcare professionals to practice personal goals and be attentive to healthy habits including exercise and weight control. Although Studies on the efficacy of herbals and supplements on the elderly have proven limited, ...

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In 1972, the United States government banned the use of DDT after the awful discovery of the effects of this insecticide on the environment. The United States government raised concerns over the toxicity of this insecticide stating that the concentration of the drug in animal tissues, thus end up harming the animals in the process. A report carried out on the issue indicates that this insecticide had contributed to the extinction of birds and the thinning of eggs. However, the WHO released a statement on the issue stating that DDT is a useful drug especially for the control of malaria. According ...

The Pharmacotherapeutics for the treatment of type 2 diabetes is varied but revolve around attempts to ensure that blood glucose levels are lowered. The primary treatments for type 2 diabetes involve controlling the diet and exercise. In severe cases, medications may be recommended.

Diet and weight control

Patients suffering from type 2 diabetes should eat at about the same times each day and ensure that they are as consistent as possible to the types of food they choose to eat. This attempt will ensure that the blood sugar levels are always kept constant. This is best achieved through meal planning which includes choosing ...

Testing Drug Safety and Efficacy by Martin King

Article Summary

In this article, King, (2010), explores how general practice nurses (GPNs) and general practitioners (GPs) can work with CROs (Contract Research Organizations) and also how patients are selected in participation in clinical trials. The trend in patient treatment leans towards personalized treatment. This is because patients respond individually to treatment as a result of various factors like genetic make-up, status of disease, sex and age. Research processes are investigating the application of matching genetic makeup and drugs. Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) ask patients for voluntary blood samples which are analyzed for drug responsiveness which are then matched with ...

Introduction

The article, “Genotyping and identification of mycobacteria by fingerprinting Techniques” by Khosravi and Seghatoleslami (2009) shows how fingerprinting can be used to identify mycobacteria in combating Tuberculosis (TB) which for a long time has been a serious health concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). Some of the techniques used in molecular epidemiology like MIRU-VNTR and spoligotyping are described in the article.

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The article has deeply illustrated the various ways of carrying out Genotyping of mycobacteria for carrying out epidemiological studies. It has also shown that through molecular typing of MTB the disease can be controlled. The study of the epidemiology ...

The attempt to control drugs in the United States has its roots in the 1960s. There have been numerous attempts and approaches that have been used to deal with drugs and try to control its usage and movement in the country. This has come with some failures that suggests a new system must be implemented to improve and enhance the status quo. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze and review two chapters of a book which describes the relationship between race, drugs and incarceration. This will evaluate the main narratives of the chapters and evaluate the ...

Introduction

The United States experienced numerous cases of suicide deaths associated with some factors. In 2009, the federal government allowed users and distributors of medical marijuana to distribute the drug to health care centers, leading to an increase in the number of registered distributors. Consequently, recreational users found a new method of obtaining the drug legally. The increased usage of medical marijuana has some implications including suicidal attempts among cannabis users. Melanie Rylander, Carolyn Valdez, and Abraham Nussbaum conducted an investigation to establish the relationship between the legalization of medical marijuana and increased suicide. The team conducted their investigations in ...

Ray WA, Chung CP, Murray KT, Hall K, Stein C. Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain. JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain
Wayne A. Ray, PhD1; Cecilia P. Chung, MD, MPH2; Katherine T. Murray, MD2,3; Kathi Hall, BS1; C. Michael Stein, MB, ChB2,3
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JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

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Importance  Long-acting opioids increase the risk of unintentional overdose deaths but also may increase ...

The website explains in detail how the drug development takes place and how investments made in pharmaceutical companies are affected by this process. The website begins by asserting that there is higher probability of getting 12 male children in a row than a drug seeing the shelf of a pharmacy (Williams par. 1). With that noted, it is therefore imperative for an investor in the health sector to understand the dynamic of drug-manufacturing.
The initial stage is the drug discovery which involves identify a molecule e.g. a protein or gene that participates in a disease (Williams par. 2). If ...

There is a vast variety of drug types all over the world, which are considered to be both licit and illicit. The most notorious legal drugs are alcohol and nicotine, which are allowed from the age of 21 and 18 respectively. What about the illicit drugs, the most popular are methamphetamine, sedatives, inhalants, marijuana, cocaine, stimulants, heroin, and some other that produce a destructive effect on a human body (Bartollas and Miller, 2014). Despite the fact, that licit drugs are not so harmful in comparison with the illicit drugs, they can lead to some inevitable results, especially for the ...

The article: Juvenile Drug Court Program Admission, Demeanor and Cherry-picking: A Research Note by J.C Barnes among other authors examines how demeanor of either a parent or a juvenile influences the admission of the juvenile into the Drug Court program for purposes of treatment. It does a critical analysis of 76 case files so as to get a picture of the case whether demeanor indeed influences the admission of juveniles into the program. The second concern of the article is to explore whether the source of such demeanor whether parent or the child is determinant of whether a juvenile is so admitted. The article ...

Novel drug sourced from snake venom

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The cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases have continued to be some of the leading death causes across the globe. In the recent times, the field of medicine has received substantial advancements, particularly in the areas of pharmacological treatment and the prevention of the disorders such as the plasminogen activators, platelets GPIIb/IIIa antagonists and the direct thrombin inhibitors. The development of the novel drug, the tirofiban sourced from the Echis carinatus venom been highly reported to be of great importance. Tirofiban, an anticoagulant factors isolated from Echis carinatus has a variety of immune responses that includes both acute inflammatory responses ...

Marijuana is used often in modern society because it is easily accessible and even people who do not need it for medical purposes use it. It is not legally available, but it is used to alleviate pain related to various severe diseases. Cannabis has been used in ancient times as well as it is used today and it has side-effects apart from helping people deal with pain. It will be available to people in the USA for medical purposes even more in the future.
People who suffer from multiple sclerosis need help in getting legal marijuana because they need ...

The New York Department of Mental Hygiene prepared a 16-page guidebook, entitled “Take Charge, Take Care: Ten Tips for Safer Use”, for the purpose of helping heroin users on how to use the drug safely and prevent overdose. This pamphlet should reduce the harm associated with injecting heroin before they get into safe treatment and recovery. However, this pamphlet came under fire, as it can be used to inform people on how to use drugs, such as by using new syringes, preparing them carefully, taking care of the veins, knowing the HIV status, and by not sharing the drugs. About ...

Economy

Economically, Mexico is emerging from a ‘rock bottom’ situation. After the signing of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) 1993, nearly 10 million farmers were left bankrupt (The Economist). This because cheap food stuff was imported into Mexico from other neighboring countries making farmers in northern Mexico unable to continues with farming.

Experts further assert that the economy worsened during the financial crisis suffered the United States, the biggest trading partner of Mexico. Recession in United State’s economy reduced exports from Mexico by about 25%. This decline in exports pushed the economy of the country into deep recession. Mexicans ...

Cohn, M. L., Machado A.F., Bier, R., & Marthe C. Piroxicam and Doxepin-An Alternative to Narcotic Analgesics in Managing Advanced Cancer Pain. West J Med 1988 Mar; 148:303-306)

This article is about a research which was conducted to determine the effectiveness of Piroxicam and Doxepin when used as an alternative to the Narcotic Analgesia in the management of advanced cancer pain.

Research Question

Does Piroxicam and Doxepin effectively relief pain when used as an alternative treatment to narcotic analgesia in the management of advanced cancer pain?

Research Hypothesis

The research hypothesis stated that treatment with a nonnarcotic drug regimen which consisted of the long- acting non-steroidal ...

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The discussions of addiction challenged the way I view substance use problems because they contain a lot of scientific information. Alan Leshner (1997) stressed that drug addiction is a disease that is the result of the prolong effect drugs on brain. It includes behavioral and social-context problems. The author stated that the public perception of this problem does not respond real scientific facts. The important idea is that people should be aware that drug addiction is a real disease in order to treat in a right way. Sally Satel and Scott Lilienfeld (2010) mentioned that the ...

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In Jan.1, 1914, Tony Jannus flew an aircraft designer by the name Flying Boat No. 43. He flew the aircraft into the aviation history and across Tampa Bay. The journey took 23 minutes with only one passenger who paid $400. The trip became one of the first scheduled commercial flight in the world. During that day, Fansler told people that the Airport line would be a sign of great activity. In addition, Fansler asserted that the things that were impossible yesterday would be the accomplishments of today. The rickety seaplane struck many people yet it was only powered by 75-horsepower ...

Introduction

The article provides information about the new move taken by medical specialists to handle depression which remains one of the most complicated mental health disorder. Depression is believed to be a disorder that enlists more sadness to a victim and has severe symptoms. The article provides the readers with new dimensions of understanding the disorder and brings the view of doctors regarding the same. I find the article important to mental health nursing because it provides some insights that can assists biomedical scientists in gathering information about the causes and possible ways handling the disorder. Besides, it impels the ...

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Cancer of the lungs is among the leading causes of cancer in the world. It has two forms; small cell lung cancer (SCLC), and non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). NSCLC constitutes about 85% of cases of lung cancer. Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and its mutations are found to have an important role in this cancer. Therefore, EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) can work effectively against NSCLC. Gefitinib, which is a first generation TKI, and afatinib, which is a second-generation TKI, are effective as a first-line therapy for advanced NSCLC. Erlotinib is effective as a second-line therapy for advanced NSCLC. ...

The article underscores the significance of the Centres of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in the identification and treatment of disorders related to the use of opioids among million Americans. In particular, the article explores the strategies by Medicaid in the prevention of harms resulting from the use of opioid. Over the years, many Americans have become victims of opioid which has led to increased cases of addiction resulting from overdose. Between 1999 and 2011, the number of deaths resulting from the overuse of opioid has increased fourfold (Wachino, 2016). In 2013, 37% of the number of deaths in ...

Pharmacogenomics and the potential capabilities of sequencing technology are used to create future medicine which might be used by patients without much assistance. A healthy Malay male was asked of his parent’s medical history. Based from the history, the study was able to develop a working system and algorithm which shows the flow of possible variations in pharmacogenomics analysis (Salleh et al, 2013). The analysis showed that there are 607 variations found within the pathway of drugs. This only means that there are several potentials which can be used in medical practice. As a result, the study is ...

This article examines issues that can arise as the result of surrogacy. The author states that even though the parents appear on the birth certificate this can be reversed. The challenge of determining who the legal guardian is is challenging. Because of this most surrogacies are gestational. The author states that issues of discrimination can arise when speaking about an infertile parent versus a fertile parent. The ethical issues include this discrimination. It also calls to question if parentage should be reversed legally. Legally this presents many issues.
This article looks at the issues surrounding a patient’s ability to ...

Stevey is very opinionated, honest and open-minded about legalizing marijuana. As he gives his opinion as to whether or not marijuana should be legalized, he confesses to having been a user at some point in his life. He continues by saying that even as a user, marijuana did not affect him and he is one of the smartest people.
Credit cards are issued by the bank to enable an individual to buy goods or pay for services. They make life easier but if they are wrongly used they can make one to be in a massive financial debt. However, ...

Introduction

Cognitive Behavioral Interventions are approaches that use soft instruments to correct or enhance behavioral characteristics of individuals, either to comply with society expectations or to unlearn a particular behavior. A person with a drugs problem may be trained to handle the urges of taking drugs and avoidance of risky situations, with an aim of solving the problems. Cognitive behavioral therapy, commonly referred to as CBT, teaches the subjects a new set of skills designed to increase awareness of thoughts and emotions of an individual. The idea is to re-empower the individual to understand how certain exposures to situations, people ...

On Feb 5, 2016, a judge in a California Court sentenced Dr. Hsiu Tseng to life in prison for 30 years for the involuntary murder of her patients who totalled 3 in number. Her patients had according to the District Attorney overdosed on the prescriptions that she wrote.
When Dr. Tseng joined Rowland Clinic in California in 2007, little did she know that it would be the last place she would ever practice in her professison. On her short-lived career at Rowland Clinic, she wrote prescriptions for more than 27,000 patients. This translated to about 25 patients in ...

Medication overdose in Nursing Homes

Nursing home residents are often in need of pharmacological drugs for diverse reasons. However, sinister acts have been reported overtime whereby nursing residents are overdosed by unscrupulous staff due to varied reasons. Medication overdose in nursing homes involves giving residents higher doses than the prescribed dose. The major driving factor according to Paulozzi, (2012) is to subdue the residents. Research by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) documents this worrying trend and records that in excess of 17% of residents in nursing homes across the U.S receive more than the needed dosage of antipsychotic drugs daily (NCHS, 2013). ...

Nowadays, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental health diagnoses among school children. At the same time, it is a controversial case, as a lot of researchers still argue if ADHD is a real metal impairment. The main problem here is in the difficulty of diagnosis of this condition among children. The acceptance of the disorder is still problematic among both the specialists and families blaming pharmaceutical companies for promoting unnecessary drugs. Though, the supporters assume that the condition severely impacts children’s life and due to the complex symptomatic require special educational program. According ...

“Designer Protain blocks all know Strains of HIV.” An article by Davis McNamee written on 18th February 2015 on the Journal Nature
Internet Link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/289611.php
The exceeding revealed article parleys about new drug candidate that researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in Jupiter have developed. The researchers asserted to have created a drug candidate that is effective forming a foundation of vaccine alternative.

Introduction

Vaccines are molded from antibodies, which form a coat that prevent it from destroying the healthy cells in the body. Farzan, the chief researcher argued that antibodies failed to inhibit a great number of HIV strains. As a replacement ...

“The Meth Epidemic” is a documentary film made by Frontline in association with The Oregonian. The purpose of the filmmakers is to inform the Americans about the dangers of methamphetamine abuse and importance of the drug elimination from the streets, since in recent decades meth has spread like an epidemic across the states. The main concern of the documentary is above mentioned methamphetamine, its impact on individuals as well as their families, and the discussion of policies that control (or should control) the key ingredient of meth – ephedrine or pseudoephedrine.
The documentary makers claim that meth is the most ...

Introduction

In multicellular organisms, the cell divisions occur under the control of strict control of internal and external signals. However, cancer involves an uncontrolled growth of cells. The branch of medicine that deals with the study of cancer and tumors is known as oncology. A tumor is an abnormal mass of cells that may be benign or malignant. Benign tumors do not spread to other parts of the body while, malignant tumors can spread from the original site known as the primary site to other organs establishing secondary tumors.
According to their tissue of origin, cancers are classified as ...

Georgia’s Criminal Justice System on Governor’s Agenda

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The article essentially tackles the featuring of Georgia’s criminal justice system in the new Governor’s budget. Indeed, the author reports that it has been established beyond doubt that the budget of Georgia is shrinking. Amid the tough economic times and the tightening of fiscal policies in the state of Georgia, among the affected departments, is the criminal justice department. The author outlines the fact that the state of Georgia is spending comparatively too much on the justice system. He observes that at least one in every thirteen citizen in Georgia is under some of ...

Article Review

Introduction
Smoking is the most common drug dependence during pregnancy, and it is associated with a plethora of problems, which may encompass; fetal growth retardation, premature delivery, and low birth weight. In light with this, maternal smoking is not only harmful during pregnancy, but has a long term impact on the baby after birth. Over the decades, public health officials and the government have been in the fore front in the pursuit to control or correct the issue of smoking during pregnancy. Moreover, different medical researches on smoking during pregnancy have been carried out, and they have contributed monumentally to ...

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In this paper, I will cover the issues of treating patients with dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis is a condition when patients develop two disorders, and most healthcare professionals are not able to assist those patients in treating their conditions. A literature review reveals that lack of proper regulations and specialized treatment models are considered the main causes of low recovery rates among patients with comorbid disorders. Other issues include lack of patient motivation, education, compliance with treatments, etc. The available literature mainly criticizes the contemporary situation in healthcare when it comes to treating patients with comorbid disorders, but some approaches ...

The article Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault: College Women’s Risk Perception and Behavioral Choices (2008) was published in the 57th volume of Journal of American College Health in Miami, Florida. Written by Miami University professors Zachary Birchmeier, Emily Crawford, and Margaret O’Dougherty, the paper discusses the study they made on drug-facilitated sexual assault of female college students.

This article was chosen for this review because date rape is one of the topics discussed in class. Also, statistics show that 1 out of 5 college women are raped in their college years (Birchmeier, Crawford, and O’Dougherty, 2008). However, most ...

In the past few years, various types of research have been done on the new and arising issue of drinking of young adult in New Zealand. This hazardous drinking, mainly apparent among the youths who are mostly young adult students in New Zealand is a public-health concern. The issue has raised a lot of questions and a need to look into the matter of discipline among these students. Too often daily headlines bring news of another tragedy of a young adult involved in alcohol-related behavior, either a case of excessive alcoholic poisoning on the campus or as a result of recklessness and other bad behavior ...

Amoxicillin: A Review of Two Articles

The purpose of this paper is two examine two studies on the topic of the efficacy of amoxicillin or amoxicillin clavulanate as treatments for otitis media. The paper will describe the two studies, point out the major differences, and concludes with speculation as to why one study recommends the broad-spectrum penicillin antibiotic whereas the other recommends a wait and see approach.

Design of the Studies

Both the Dutch study, Damoiseaux et al. (2000), and the Finnish study, Tahtinen et al. (2011), used a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled design to test the efficacy of amoxicillin or amoxicillin clavulanate. The inclusionary criteria in the Damoiseaux ...

A study published in Current Psychiatric Reports in 2016 approached the topic of the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) after incidences of trauma (Qi, Gevonden and Shalev). The link to the article is http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4723637/. PTSD as a result of various types of traumas may result in different levels of disability. As methods of recognition improve, the numbers of diagnosed PTSD sufferers continue to rise. Subsequently, the research exploring causes, prevention, and treatment has become the most widely addressed post-traumatic topic and has evolved into an actual PTSD psychopathology. However, treatment options remain inconsistent for application. The article by ...