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Breast Cancer
Although it remains true that many Americans will die of acute illnesses, injuries, and accidents, it is at the same time becoming the case that more and more Americans are dying of chronic diseases such as cancer. In fact, cancer is expected in the future to be the leading cause of death in the United States, and any integrated plan for providing quality medical (including) nursing services in the future must focus on the treatment of such long-term illnesses.
Among the most common forms of cancers, breast cancer cases are increasing the most quickly (Ku 2001), with the overall lifetime risk for American women having grown to one in eight (American Cancer Society, 2001). The reason for this increase is not understood, although a number of factors are known to come into play, and it may be possible that the increased risk is a combination of these various known factors, which include increased overall environmental exposure to known cancer-causing agents as well as delays in first pregnancies and less time spent breastfeeding infants.
It is also possible that the rise in reported incidents of breast cancer may in fact be to some extent an artifact, that it may in fact reflect simply a rise in reported rather than actual incidents. Women are today more aware...
This combination of self-examination and examination by medical staff may well have combined to increase greatly the reported incidence of breast cancer rather than indicating that a true rise in breast cancer cases exists, or that the true rise in breast cancer cases is in fact as high as it currently appears.
The true rate at which breast cancer is occurring, and the relationship between this rate and the rate a generation ago is, thus, not precisely known or understand. One thing that is well understood, however, is the fact that mortality from breast cancer cases is dropping. Even though the overall number of cases of breast cancer is rising, the overall mortality figures are dropping, indicating that American women are detecting their cancers at an earlier and earlier point.
One of the most important tools that can be used to detect breast cancer at an earlier stand is, of course, self breast exam. However, not all women perform self breast exams and do not, therefore profit from the potential for early detection and early…
In the daily diet; (5) Include cruciferous vegetables in the diet. (Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi and cauliflower); (6) Consume alcoholic beverages only moderately; and (7) Only moderately consume salt-cured, smoked and nitrate cured foods. (American Cancer Society, 1984, pp. 122-123) What little was understood about nutrition as it relates to cancer rates is summed up in the following specific food categories by the American Cancer Society in its 1984 report: Food
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Lesbian Health Care Lesbian Health Issues in a Heterosexual Society The additional burdens placed on the lives of minorities as a result of social exclusion can lead to health disparities. Social exclusion theory has been used in previous research to investigate the health disparities that exist between socioeconomic classes and individuals of different ethnic backgrounds living in the United States, but it has not yet been applied to another important minority group:
Antipsychotic Medication and the Physical Health Problems of the Patient With Mental Illness More and more attention is now being given to the mental disorders especially in U.S. And due to this increase in attention an increase has also been noticed in the treatment of these mental health issues (Zuvekas, 2005). About 30% of the total U.S. population that is between the ages of 18-52 is being affected by mental health
UK Welfare The following review of current literature is categorized by a number of variables. Statistics and Data initiate the report and is quickly followed up with Policy Literature. From there, an Academic Literature Review focusing on five articles (with corresponding studies and citations) takes place. After the Academic Review comes a Relevant Campaigning Review and a Media Review. Finally, a quick conclusion ties the literature together in a neat little
self-absorption. This becomes a time of self-reflection and if all bodes well a time of increased creativity (Erickson & Erickson, 1997). However, should there be increasing family or financial stress, if there has been problems with their husband or children or they find themselves with looming bankruptcies, the likelihood of depression increases tremendously (Robinson, et.al., 2001) and the maladaptations of overextension and rejectivity (Erickson & Erickson, 1997) can lead