Essays on Medicine Page 33

According to a recent study from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2017 there were 58 opioid prescriptions written for every 100 Americans.(1) With this staggering statistic chances are good that you or someone you know has at least one in their lifetime received a prescription for opioids. A growing number of opioids…

Introduction The essentials of epidemiology can be used to discuss the opioid epidemic or crisis, as we may know it, which has increased over the years. Opioids were once the basis for treating those with chronic debilitating pain, but have become known as an epidemic and leading cause of death due to overdose. According to…

The Opioid Epidemic has been affecting thousands of citizens in the United States. These sources below will look into the statistics on the Opioid Epidemic in the United States, the state of Wisconsin, and county of Milwaukee. These sources have been gathered in an effort to understand the epidemic, how many it is affecting, and…

The American Opioid Epidemic claimed some 42,000 lives in 2016 alone. In 2017, the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services declared the epidemic a public health crisis, and published a five – point plan to fight this disease run rampant; better addiction treatment services, better data, better targeting of overdose reversing drugs, better…

Introduction Currently, the opioid crisis in the Lower Mainland has significantly increased, growing at a rapid pace in society, showcasing that an opioid epidemic is occurring causing a public health emergency (Government of Canada, 2018). Opioid overdose deaths are the number one leading cause of death in British Columbia (Walley, Xuan, Hackman, Quinn, Doe-Simkins, Sorensen-Alawad,…

In the recent past, the world has witnessed increased rates of deaths due to abuse of opioids drugs. Opioids are used to relieve severe, acute, or moderate pain among the users. The epidemic can be traced back to 1990s when there was widespread concern on the drugs that can be used to relieve pain among…

In the beginning of the 1990’s, opioids and opioid-combination medications were being prescribed and introduced as a form of treatment to relieve pain. At the time, it was said that the likelihood of getting addicted to the prescriptions were very low, therefore, pharmaceutical companies didn’t hold back in prescribing the drugs to people even excluding…

Setting workout objectives is easy for people – the challenge is doing the activities needed to achieve the set goals. When you decide to exercise, you are likely to experience multiple setbacks along the way. The manner with you which you deal with the distractions determines whether you succeed or fail. If you want to…

What is a good diet? Is it good if it makes you lose weight? Perhaps it’s considered a great diet if you drop weight rapidly or does that harm us in ways we don’t even consider? These are some of the questions we will be asking through this research paper on the Ketogenic diet and…

A healthy lifestyle refers to orientation toward prevention of health problems, and maximization of people’s well-being. WHO advocates that consumers should adopt healthier lifestyle behavior, in support of a healthier lifestyle has put international strategies in place that promote healthier eating patterns. In 2008, 36 million, or 63%, of the 57 million global deaths were…