Throughout its short history of recognition as a legitimate experimental field of study (in 1879 when Wundt founded the first laboratory dedicated to psych research) and subsequent diversification into specialised areas, psychology has utilised and in some cases depended upon the use of non-human animals in research. For just as long, this practice has been contested. Views on the subject of animals in research are polar opposites and the debate appears to hinge upon two issues, first does the...

Health promotion programs should be created to initially attack the above risk factors at the primary prevention level. The risk factors that are most associated with primary prevention include obesity, smoking, and alcohol consumption. These are the most reversible risk factors and the majority of funding should be directed at this level. In addition, health promotion strategies should involve improving physical activity levels in conjunction with diet modification (ex: low fat, low...

INTRODUCTION This project is designed to illustrate the effects of prescription and over the counter drug abuse. It will not only show a comparison between the effects of illicit drugs and prescription drugs but it will also serve to show the significance of the prevalence and effects of prescription drug abuse."There is an erroneous belief that because these are medicines, whether prescribed by physicians or over-the-counter, that they are safer," stated by Nora D. Volkow, MD,...

By now you should be familiar with the most common reason for obesity: Overeating. When the consumption of food is much higher than the rate of calorie usage, anyone can easily turn obese. As you may have read in previous chapters, other causes for obesity include serious eating disorders, genetics and family history of the disease. In such cases, the mental game for an obesity victim gets difficult as feelings of helplessness arrive simply because he or she cannot control weight by just...

Management Information System (I.T) is the study, interaction and application of knowledge between people, data, processes and technology. That is, it interprets decision making and coordination in organizations for different levels. Its purpose is to build better relationships by achieving human objectives, organizational objectives, and social objectives. To implement Information Systems in a practical way in an organization, this report has been summarized by researching and putting together...

It has been argued7 that the exclusion of minority ethnic groups from clinical research is unethical and results in findings which are based on unrepresentative populations, which is hence biased10.  The possible exclusion of minority ethnic people from clinical research not only undermines the Government's NHS strategy for tackling inequalities11, it also potentially fails to meet the legal requirements set by the amendment to the Race Relations Act12, in which all public agencies are charged...

US healthcare system was inefficient despite of spending 15% of GDP during 2006 which was more than three times than in 1960. Ten years back, the health care system of USA was announced to be broken and in future it didn't improve. Managed care did not make visible the fixes promises. The rates of premium are increasing. The irritation of patients as well physicians flourish. The study shows that about 45 million people in Americans are still uninsured.In the coming future, these issues will...

What does Risk meana? Risk is defined as "a characteristic, situation or action, wherein two or more outcomes are possible, the particular outcome that will occur is unknown, and at least one of the possibilities is undesired"(1).Risk Analysis, what for? (RA) is a technique designed to quantify the impact of uncertainty.: "Risk analysis is a procedure to identify threats and vulnerabilities, to analyse them, to ascertain the exposures and how the impact can be eliminated or...

Medical tourism involves availing medical procedure in a foreign country. Westerners form a large segment of medical tourists who are attracted to the concept of quality healthcare and large savings as compared to the medical costs in their own countries. The patients take a vacation in the host country after receiving their medical treatments. Often patients cover their surgery expense , flight and resort charges for quarter of what they would have paid in their country (Puah, 2008)....

This year, President Barrack Obama has signed into law the health reform bill that lowers down health care costs for American people, families and small scale businesses. The legislation expands to cover millions of Americans, ends the bad practices of insurance companies and strengthens consumer health protection (Jennings 2).DiscussionsI am positive about the healthcare reform legislation. I believe in equality and fairness of the bill. American people have struggled enough with a health...