Airport Screening Airport screening has become a controversial topic among Americans because of the new technology of being able to thoroughly screen people and reveal more than past machines have been able too. Airport securities personal are able to see through passenger’s clothes to ensure that no illegal items are being brought on board. A lot of people feel that the virtual nude scanners are an invasion of privacy that the airport security personal can see nude pictures of all the people
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Importance of Family Health History Your Patients’ and Your Own JoAnn Grif Alspach‚ RN‚ MSN‚ EdD‚ Editor As much as we might anticipate that the most cutting-edge scientific approaches to health assessment would afford the most reliable indicators for guiding health care decisions‚ that isn’t always the case. Researchers at the Genomic Medicine Institute’s Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare at the Cleveland Clinic recently reported that when an assessment of family health history was compared
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The article “Air Pollution Still Harming Europeans health” discussed the impact of urban outdoor air quality the human population. The article addressed the substantial number of low birth weight babies due to the effects of air pollution. Low birth weight is a complex problem because it is not only the cause of adverse health effects but also complex living condition. Children born with low birth weight tend to have decrease lung function and higher incidence of asthma. As the article suggests pollution
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Concussion screening test are important in identifying head trauma amongst NFL athletes. The King Devick test is an accurate and credited screening tool for concussion. It has been used in 40 different peer reviewed articles and medical journals as an effective sideline screening test for concussion. The K-D test can be administered on the sidelines by coaches‚ parents (Leong et al.‚ 2014)‚ athletic trainers or other medical professionals to subjects as young as 5 year olds (Galetta et al.‚ 2014)
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Urine drug screening Factors affecting a valid specimen Urine creatinine concentration is assayed to detect diluted specimens. This can be caused by surreptitious addition of tap water or excessive fluid intake before the collection. A urine creatinine level < 1.76 mmol/L indicates a dilute specimen. A repeat specimen should be considered. The temperature of the specimen indicates if it is freshly passed. If the specimen is fresh‚ the temperature should fall in the range of 33–38°C. If
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As a small business owner‚ do you feel there’s room for improvement in your background checking program? Do you find it difficult to apply current employment laws to your situation? If so‚ here are some reasons that an employment screening company could solve your pre-hire issues: Criminal background checks: As an employer‚ you have the duty to make sure that your employees pose no foreseeable risks to others. Adding personnel without performing due diligence can open your firm up to negligent hiring
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its staff to expand their work within public health. Known today as the nation’s premiere health promotion‚ prevention and preparedness agency‚ the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is without exception recognized for conducting research and investigations‚ and for its action-oriented approach. CDC administers research and findings to enhance people’s daily lives and answer to health emergencies‚
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Adolescent depression is a disorder that affects teenagers. It leads to sadness‚ discouragement‚ and a loss of self-worth and interest in their usual activities. Everyone experiences some unhappiness‚ often as a result of a change‚ either in the form of a setback or a loss‚ or simply‚ as Freud said‚ "Everyday misery." The painful feelings that accompany these events are usually appropriate and temporary‚ and can even present an opportunity for personal growth and improvement. However‚ when sadness
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Patient safety Definition: Patient safety is a fundamental principle of health care. Every point in the process of care-giving contains a certain degree of inherent un safety. Adverse events may result from problems in practice‚ products‚ procedures or systems. Patient safety improvements demand a complex system-wide effort‚ involving a wide range of actions in performance improvement‚ environmental safety and risk management‚ including infection control‚ safe use of medicines‚ equipment safety
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nutritional intake in vital to successful growth and therefore many adolescents are vulnerable to developing nutrition related problems. In addition to it being important for influencing proper growth and development‚ proper dietary intake during this period is also imperative because it is an investment in helping adolescents establish proper health practices as they enter adulthood. There are several problems associated with adolescent nutrition including iron deficiency anemia‚ low calcium intakes
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