Is sleep a good or a bad thing?

Sleeping is natural phenomenon of every humans and animals. It is mandatory for every human to take at least five hours of sleep every day. The hours may vary according to the age group depending on their rate of work. It is scientifically proved that a person who sleeps very less than the normal sleeping … Read more

Non-verbal communication in healthcare situations (eye contact, silence)

Introduction: Effective communication is very important in therapeutic relationship and in health care professional. The communication it can be verbal and non verbal. non verbal communication contain some symbols and pictures such as body languages, touch and gesture. There are many non-verbal tools that can lead to a better and effective communication such as eye … Read more

Occurrence of death in Ghanaian female pensioners who retired from 1990 to 2005 at SSNIT

This chapter discusses the scope of data, data processing. and actuarial modeling process. This chapter also discusses the various methods adopted for this study. The study focused on pensioners and the occurrence of deaths. 3.1: Scope of Data The study focus on the occurrence of death in Ghanaian female pensioners who retired from 1990 to … Read more

Short QUestionnaire to ASsess Health-enhancing physical activity (SQUASH)

Background: Regular physical activity has many health-enhancing effects among patients with a physical disability or chronic disease. Accurate assessment of physical activity behaviour is a key factor in ascertaining these health benefits to occur. The adjusted Short QUestionnaire to ASsess Health-enhancing physical activity (adjusted SQUASH) intends to measure this multidimensional construct. This questionnaire has, however, … Read more

Meeting the health needs of service users in the home

In health and social care setting, helping people to stay healthy, active and independent for as long as possible is another challenge. It really needs a collaborative working in partnership to ensure that service users’ are staying healthy, active and independent. The National Service Framework (NSF) through the department of Health was created to bring … Read more

Post natal depression / evaluating cost effectiveness of complex public health interventions in the community.

This assignment will be explored in two sections: The first section will briefly introduce mental health post natal depression, the article explored and the critical appraisal of the article using the EVERS et al., 2005 CHEC-List. The second section of the assignment will explain some of the difficulties associated with carrying out an economic evaluation. … Read more

Acute liver failure

One of a main organ of the human body is the liver. The liver is the largest organ in the body and has critical roles. Liver protects the body of toxins and harmful materials, also liver produces bile that helps to digest fats. Without a healthy liver, life is not possible. Once the liver is … Read more

Health and safety / physical environment of a care home

Everyone has the right to take risks and make decisions about their lives. There is a balance to be found between service user’s participation in everyday activities and my duty of care. Within my workplace setting, all staff members are aware of the health and safety policy which is given to them before they start … Read more

Xrays, MRIs, Ultrasound

Task 1 1. (a) X-rays are created in an x-ray tube. The tube comprises of a cathode side (negative electrical charge) and an anode side (positive electrical charge). An x-ray beam is created by passing an electron beam through a vacuum between a cathode (-) and an anode (+). The positively charged anode draws in … Read more

Pharma’s monopolization of the drug industry narrows consumer choices of drugs

Are we overcompensating our medications? A study of 660 adults with lifelong diseases discovered that patients could not afford medications due to the price of prescription drugs increasing faster than the inflation rate for medical services (Sagal, 2006). Interestingly, Malaysia’s healthcare system is globally recognised as the best in the world even though the pharmaceutical … Read more

The basal ganglia / hypokinetic and hyperkinetic BG disorders

The basal ganglia (BG) are a group of interconnected nuclei located in the forebrain (Atkinson and McHanwell, 2018). The forebrain consists of the telencephalon, made up of the cerebral hemispheres which are covered with the cerebral cortex, and the diencephalon which consists of the thalamus and hypothalamus (Silbernagl and Despopoulos, 2009). The cortical regions involved … Read more