Health essays

Cho, K., & Lee, J. (2017). Influence of smartphone addiction proneness of young children on problematic behaviors and emotional intelligence: Mediating self-assessment effects of parents using smartphones. Computers in Human Behavior, 66, 303-311. doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.09.063 This study discussed relationships between parent attitudes toward smartphone use, children’s proneness to smartphone addiction, child problem behaviors, and child emotional … Read more

Article 1: Healthcare access for refugee women with limited literacy: layers of disadvantage. Authors: Annette Floyd and Dikaios Sakellariou Published: 25 august 2017 Reason for the study Refugees have a higher burden of diseases and a compromised access to healthcare. Refugees face many barriers, like limited knowledge on the lived experiences of this population. Strategies … Read more

Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder that generally affects cognition, movement and one’s emotions. Schizophrenia is distinguished by sudden breaks from reality, hallucinations, disorderly speech and behave that leaves others baffled. Schizophrenia is a disorder that comes with an array of symptoms. The diagnosis of this psychotic disorder is arrived at by taking into account all … Read more

Our brains constantly receive vast amounts of information from our surroundings. Attention allows us to selectively process this information, enabling us to ignore any irrelevant information, so we can interpret and attend to more important information. However, attention has temporal limits, this is demonstrated by a phenomenon known as the attentional blink (AB). AB can … Read more

Introduction Whether we like to admit it or not, homelessness is a prevalent issue within our Canadian society. According to statistics Canada, approximately 13% of the Canadian population earns what is considered a ‘low-income’ salary and estimates 150,000-300,000 Canadians experience homeless annually per year (retrieved from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-006-x/2016001/article/14678-eng.htm). Homelessness is a state where an individual or … Read more

A disease refers to any alteration within the body compared to the normal functioning of the body parts. On the other hand, adaptation refers to how the body on an organism changes to respond to a particular condition. Disease is one of the critical issues that completely change the normal functioning and behavior of the … Read more

Tuberculosis is a very common disease in the modern world. In many parts of the world, Tuberculosis has been known as the coughing disease. The reason for this name is because uncontrollable coughing is one of the most common symptoms that Tuberculosis patients get. One may think that coughing could never kill a person. However, … Read more

I worked in the hospital couple of years ago, and I was opportune to care for different patients who either just had surgery of the knee or thigh, Bariatric patients, and very few patients with cancer or any other ailment. One of the reasons why I chose my research topic is because of the increase … Read more

Biodentine: Usually, Biodentine is present as a capsule containing the ideal ratio of powder and liquid. The liquid contains calcium chloride which acts as an accelerator, hydro soluble polymer functions as water reducing agent and water. The powder contains Tricalcium silicate (3CaO.SiO2) (main core material), Dicalcium silicate (2CaO.SiO2) (second core material), Calcium carbonate (CaCO2) (filler), … Read more

EPQ: To what extent can the placebo effect be regarded as a cognitive bias regarding Parkinson’s Disease? (draft) Abstract The aim of this report is to explore and compare the placebo effect and cognitive biases, in particular the confirmation bias. I intend to review the mechanisms of both and the similarities and differences between them … Read more