...Jyn Allec R. Samaniego HNF 61 Z Mam Ma-Ann Zarsuelo May 7, 2015 Position Paper: Western Medicine versus Traditional Medicine The Limitations of Traditional Medicine from the Needs of the Society In this time of modern technologies, we have found new ways of treating and curing disease. However, traditional medicine that was derived from old cultures is still available. Some people still prefer this kind of method, but some stick to conventional one which is the western medicine. Western medicine is related to scientific method and emphasize measurable biochemical processes that drive disease, treatment and health. It relies on new modern technologies to alleviate disease and cure symptoms (“knowledgewharton”, n.d.) On the other hand,traditional medicine is the sum total of the knowledge, skills, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness (Qi,n.d.) Is it still better to use traditional medicine? It may be natural, has less side effects and holistic but I think that is too old and slow compared to the western medicine which is more accurate, more advanced and is readily available. Traditional medicine may heal you but it is not optimized for effectiveness. It also takes time before it works. It may also contradict to your condition and may not be effective (“holistic”,n.d.) Specially...
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...Modern medicine contributes a vital role in health care. In one hand, contemporary medicine has brought advantages, namely declining mortality, and improving humanity health. Nonetheless, there are certain unfortunate consequences of modern medicine, such as demographic ageing and substance abuse. This essay will outline the beneficial and problematic implications of modern medicine. For the purpose of this essay, the “modern medicine” is the period of the history of medicine from1790 when the vaccine was invented to the present. There are two main advantages of modern medicine. The first merit of modern medicine is improving humanity health. For instance, vitamin deficiency can be supplemented with tonic utilisation or physical pain can be reduced with analgesics. Moreover, life expectancy can be extended by methods such as damaged tissues repairing or defective organs and limbs replacing of artificial ones. The second benefit of modern medicine is decreasing mortality. This is rooted in the fact that widespread immunisation lead to a considerable decline in infant mortality. Moreover, mass death which resulted from prevalent epidemics in the past, for example smallpox, measles, and malaria now can be distinguished in a fairly short period of time with vaccines. Furthermore advance medical techniques, particularly diagnostic imaging such as X-rays, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging permit early detection and treatment of diseases, for instance, lung cancer, or tuberculosis....
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...Classification of Mental Disorders PSY/310 May 1, 2013 Abstract The discussion of this paper will be on Kraepelin’s early development classifying system for mental disorders. The subjects will be the advantages, and the disadvantages of classifying mental disorders into types and maintaining such taxonomy for clinical reference. It will also describe the modern classification system and what current events are happening regarding this system. This paper will give a better understanding of how mental disorders were classified, and maintained from early times to modern day. Classification of Mental Disorders In the early seventeenth century society was faced to deal with individuals whose thought processes, emotions, and behavior were deemed as deviant. With little knowledge of metal illnesses during that century, society’s only thought on why individuals behaved the way they did was because he or she were evil or possessed; thus the only way to deal with it was by torture, locked in cells, or put to death. It was not until many trials and errors with mental illness that in 1883 Emil Kraepelin wrote a textbook that was a classification scheme for illness, which went through nine editions, the last one appeared after his death (Goodwin, 2008, p. 407). Through Kraepelin’s classification system he could identify thirteen categories of mental diseases in 1899 that ranged from mild with promising prognosis, to the more serious disorders. Kraepelin’s Early Development...
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...insurance programs; run by the government and paid for through taxes. Finally, private health insurance is another way to fund for health care; purchased by individuals. What are private healthcare sites? What are their characteristics? Private healthcare sites are those where the hospital or office is owned by a for-profit company and the funding comes from patient and insurance payments. What is patient-centered care? Patient-centered care are healthcare and medicine that is based on treating patients. Critical Thinking Questions Private health insurance is a common form of healthcare payment in the United States. What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of private health insurance? Private health insurance provides another means of funding the healthcare system, the disadvantage of this is that there are limits on the amount of coverage and the types of treatment that the insurance will cover. What was healthcare in the ancient world like? How did it provide the foundations for modern healthcare? Healthcare in the ancient world was build up on belief, superstition, and religion. However, with...
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...Destructive Test (NDT) X-Ray Advantages of X-Ray X-rays are invisible electromagnetic energy, which is used as a way to get or make images of internal tissues, bones and organs of our body. It is by this process that an expert determines bones of a patient are intact or broken after an accident. Likewise, you can find internal injuries to organs. In addition, X-rays are used to find out whether or not a person has a cancerous tumour. With the increasing technological advances, the dose of the radiation exposure to patients has decreased (www.chem.ucla.edu). X-rays are a form of ionizing radiation which can pass through materials. The X-ray technology is an invaluable tool for medicine, industry, science and security. For example, it can be used to observe the fractured bones and swallowed objects, to monitor the blood flow of patients and to check for cavities. In addition, X-rays can be used to diagnose cancer, kill bacteria in food, detect flaws in machinery or products, analyze the structure of crystals or distant stars and inspect baggage at airports (www.chem.ucla.edu). Now there were more modern medical devices, which process image digitally. This technique automatically selects the parameters of the human organs to be examined (www.chem.ucla.edu). Disadvantages of X-Ray The discovery and immediate use of X-rays and radioactive elements, in the late 19th century and early 20th century brought benefits to science and medicine, but also caused damage...
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...fundamental to the services we have today. Technology provides many advantages that include: new medical and surgical procedures, sophisticated equipment, modern facilities, and pharmaceutical innovations. As a consequence, technology has improved our health, our quality of life and life expectancy. In the past, some conditions were not possible to treat. Surgeries produced extensive visible scars. Equipment and medical specializations were not available. Healthcare delivery system has been benefit from the advances in technology. It is amazing what technology has done for people, as technology has given people the ability to walk again, and has also reduced the number of fatalities during surgery, among others. Most recently, information technology and informatics become available for healthcare professionals and organizations. These technologies include medical records systems, clinical data storage, radiology and clinical laboratory reporting, pharmacy data system and administrative information systems. For example, now physicians can avoid prescribing drugs that may interact with each other by using a computer program, any interactions pop up on the screen. One disadvantage of technology, medical innovations and researches is that have increased costs. But, definitively, the advantages overcome the disadvantage of the costs. REFERENCES: Litherland, 2, N. (2010, April 1). The Effects of Modern Technology on Medicine | eHow. eHow. Retrieved January 13, 2014, from...
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...Nuclear Medicine Argosy University Nuclear medicine is a specialized branch of modern medicine that exploits the process of radioactivity for imaging, diagnosis, and treatment. Many imaging techniques inject small amounts of radioactive material into the body, which are then tracked by a sensing device specific to the type of radiation emitted from that material. Radiation has also been used to destroy diseased tissue, typically beyond the reach of standard surgical techniques. Nuclear Medicine is the medical specialty that uses unsealed sources of radiation (liquids and gases) for diagnosis and therapy. These unsealed sources are known as radiopharmaceuticals, drugs that emit radiation. Depending on the type exam a patient needs, the radiotracer is injected into the body, swallowed or inhaled as a gas. It will then eventually accumulate in the organ or area of the body being examined. Radioactive emissions from the radiotracer are detected by a special camera or imaging device that produces pictures and provides molecular information. Another radioactive treatment that’s used is called radioactive iodine therapy. It offers therapeutic procedures that use small amounts of radioactive material to treat cancer and other medical conditions affecting the thyroid gland. How to prepare for a nuclear medicine exam varies because each study is different but otherwise, the patient is given a small amount of radioisotope, either orally or by injection, to enhance the visualization...
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...How Modern Genetic Technology May Lead to Personalized Medicine While the practice has actually been around for a while now, modern genetic technology is already trying to make its way into mainstream healthcare. There are specialized treatments being developed for breast cancer called Stratified medicine that takes patients and splits them into four groups to see which one respond to the medicine and the ones that don’t are no longer given the treatment. Another treatment is Gene therapy, this treatment looks to change the genome to stop diseases at its root, this treatment has been changed to longer include aggressive courses of action it is now less aggressive and being used more. There are also vaccines available for certain types of cancer as well as ways to reconstruct tissue. Benefits of Personalized Medicine The rise in the technology available to us for our healthcare needs make sure that more and more diseases are stopped before they even get a chance to take hold. Society as whole are becoming more health convince than ever and it is only natural that we would be looking to personalized medicine as our future. Personalized medicine can let us know how well patients will respond to traditional therapies, and allows their health care to be tailored to meet their needs. Patients will then be able to know out front which conditions they would be at greatest risk of contracting and be able to come up with a course of action. Things like change in diets and genetically...
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...The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Cloning Since the cloning of Dolly the sheep in 1996, cloning has become something of a buzzword, especially in scientific circles. Formerly a staple of science fiction stories, it entered the public consciousness as it never had before. Not surprisingly it has generated controversy, with many of the objections coming religious organizations. Ethical implications aside however, there are however, advantages and disadvantages to the practice of cloning. Those listed below are just a few of the many pros and cons associated with cloning. Advantages of Cloning 1/Potential benefits to modern medicine Even today, the full potential of stem cells has not been fully explored. The issue of stem cells has led to controversy because embryos are generally used and they have to be destroyed for the cells to be used. However, a number of researchers believe thatstem cells will eventually change the face of medicine as we know it. Given the fact that the cells can be manipulated to mimic other types of cells, this can provide new ways to treat diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s. Cloning also offers hope to persons needing organ transplants. People requiring organ transplants to survive an illness often wait years for a suitable donor. In many cases these patients die waiting, as there are long lists of people requiring organs. Theoretically,cloning could eliminate this by producing more animals that can act as suitable donors. Pig livers have been...
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...Private healthcare sites are where the office or hospital are ran by a for-profit company. The patient or insurance company pays for the bill. The characteristics for these is that they can give you more advance testing or having more staff and equipment since they cost more to go to them. 5. What is patient-centered care? Patient- centered care is to focus more on the patients and not just their illness. Critical Thinking Questions 1. Private health insurance is a common form of healthcare payment in the United States. What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of private health insurance? Some advantages of private health insurance is more staff members, specialized services, and more equipment. But some disadvantages to this is how much it cost. Requires payment from all patients no matter the income they bring in. 2. What was healthcare in the ancient world like? How did it provide the foundations for modern healthcare? The healthcare in the ancient world had a lot to do with herbs and plants because this is what they knew. But they also learned from these and learned about the body and how it works and tired different things. They...
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...Personalized Medicine Introduction to Biology This paper focuses on the representation of the personalized medicine and how the modern techno-scientific has lead for its evolution. Personalized medicine refers to contemporary techno-scientific advantages in modern medicine, such as vitro fertilization technologies, organ transplantation, stem cell therapy, complex life support technologies, etc. The point here is that these and related developments not only continue to stretch and design life, and to boost life expectancy statistics, especially in advanced countries, but they also pose ethical challenges, disadvantages and support a dichotomous relationship between longevity and quality of life. For example, with hundreds of thousands of test tube babies living in the world, in vitro fertilization (IVF) has become much more common. IVF is usually reserved for instances in which a woman suffers from blocked or damaged fallopian tubes or a man has low sperm count. The typical IVF cycle begins with drug treatment designed to control ovulation. One common method is to take five days of nasally administered gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRH) to shut down the ovaries, followed by then days of injections of follicle-stimulation hormone (FSH) designed to spur the production of multiple eggs. Blood tests and ultrasound exams help determine the best time to remove the eggs from follicles in the ovaries, which is done surgically bout 36 hours after an injection of...
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...Nowadays, when the rapidness of development and research is so impressive, it is easy to think about the advantages of modern technology. There are many advantages, and people of all ages and other groups can enjoy what technology has to offer no matter whether they use it for business or they just play around with it in their personal lives. COMUNICATION: One of the main advantages of technology is staying in touch with people. You can talk to people all over the country and all over the world when technology is involved, and it doesn’t really matter how far apart you are – you can still be connected. Make sure that you show the people you care about how to use technology, so they can stay involved in your life and share in your joys and your sorrows. Social networking has become such a big deal today that there are always new people to meet and talk to, no matter where you live or what you do in your daily life. EDUCATION: Students & trainers use computer technology for research and education. it does not only allow for the aquisation of knowledge but also makes studying more efficient as information and learning materials could be accessed on the internet and local networks. BUSINESS: Technological advances in the past few decades have greatly increased the competitive nature of the economic business world. Companies have used software, computers and the Internet to transform their businesses from local places of business to national and global market competitors. Many...
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...Corporate Focus 5 1.7 Management Philosophy 5 CHAPTER 02: INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 7 2.1 Rivalry among existing firms 7 2.2 Threat of entry of new firms 9 2.3 Threat of Substitute products or Services 10 2.4 Bargaining power of suppliers 10 2.5 Bargaining power of buyers 11 CHAPTER 03: COMPANY ANALYSIS 13 3.1 SWOT ANALYSIS 13 3.1.1 STRENGTHS: 13 3.1.2 WEAKNESSES: 14 3.1.3 OPPORTUNITIES: 14 3.1.4 THREATS: 15 3.2 Competitive Strategy Analysis: 16 3.2.1 Advantage of SPL in using an Integrated Strategy: 17 3.2.2 Disadvantages of SPL in using an Integrated Strategy: 17 CHAPTER 01: COMPANY OVERVIEW 1.1 Introduction The flagship company of the Square group of industries, Square Pharmaceuticals Limited (SPL) is the largest pharmaceuticals company in Bangladesh. Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh, SPL develops, manufactures and markets drugs for humans and the animal world. The company owns and operates modern pharmaceutical factories mainly in Bangladesh and also has a separate division to operate a modern chemical factory which produces and sells basic chemical products. It also has divisions to produce and sell agrovet and pesticide products. It exports its products to Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. SQUARE Pharmaceuticals Limited (SPL) is the largest pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh and is leading the Pharmaceuticals sector from the very beginning. It has been continuously in the 1st position among all national and multinational companies since...
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...THE CONTRIBUTION OF HHERBAL PLANTS IN THE FILED OF MEDICINE A Research Paper in ENGLISH IV Submitted to: Mrs. Grace B. Amar Submitted by: Queeny Kenn A. Amar Cristelle Mae T. Gille IV – Faraday Sy: 2010 – 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter I Page No. Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-2 Statement of the Problem - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Definition of Terms - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 Chapter II Findings of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 - 14 Chapter III Conclusion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 Recommendations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 Bibliography - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 17 - 18 i TOPIC OUTLINE I. Introduction II. Different types of Herbal Plants A. Luyang Dilaw (Ginger) B. Malunggay (Horseradish) C. Ampalaya (Bitter Melon) D. Mangosteen E. Sabila (Aloe Vera) III. Different practices and traditions of Herbal Plants in some countries. A. Greece B. China C. India IV. Conclusion V. Recommendations ii INTRODUCTION Herbal plants have a great contribution in the field of medicine. They are defined as the nature’s natural healers. The plants are use for treating common diseases and promotes...
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...Review Questions 1. What are diagnostics? How is this related to the health sciences? Diagnostics is, essentially, figuring out what is wrong with a patient. This is related to the health sciences in that patients do not always know what is ailing them. It is the health care professional’s responsibility to take care of and diagnose the patient. 2. What is trepanation? Why was this used? Trepanation is the ancient practice of drilling holes into the head in order to relieve cranial pressure. This procedure dates back to as early as 7000 BCE. It was used in an attempt to relieve pressure inside of the skull due to illnesses such as epilepsy, migraines, and the swelling of the brain. 3. Describe three ways that healthcare is funded. There are several ways in which that health care is funded. These methods include private funding, government funding, and public funding. Private funding is paid for by outofpocket payments, generally with assistance from an insurance company. Government funding is paid for by the taxpayer, and is offered to individuals who cannot afford their own insurance. Finally, public funding is paid for in donations. Public hospitals do not seek a profit beyond that of basic maintenance. Profits are made solely through donations. 4. What are private healthcare sites? What are their characteristics? Private health care sites are characterised by their method of payment. At private health care sites, you are required to pay fo...
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