Essays on Health

A national plan to reduce the number of smokers in Wales to 16% by 2020 for a safer, smoke-free country was launched today by the Welsh Government (19 September). Tobacco contributes most to the overall disease burden in Wales, causing about 5,450 deaths each year and costing the GSP an additional £ 302 m per...

Tobacco is a plant originated from America which has spread around the world that almost killed more than 8 million people a year. Tobacco leaves contain high nicotine levels that will cause addiction to people. It can be made for cigarettes, gums or sniff tobacco which will slowly affect human brain, lead to lung cancer,...

Elder financial exploitation is unfortunately an ongoing and common issue in the financial industry world today [1]. Elder financial exploitation is the act of an individual, or group of individuals, taking advantage of an elderly person and defrauding them of their assets. This is done by utilizing various known fraud trends including, but not limited...

General anesthesia and sedation are alternatives that can very often support dental practice. It is highly important to know these basic concepts about this area is of fundamental importance throughout the formation of the Dentist since in more than one opportunity you will be faced with a person who can only be treated under general...

Dr Shepps book, Mayo Clinic on Blood Pressure, describes how to be on charge and protect yourself from hypertension. This includes understanding ways to be safe, preventing, treating and taking preventive steps in adjusting and maintaining the human body. Health is important in all living organisms especially humans. They can take care of themselves when...

The term ‘Chronic Illness’ can be defined as a long-term affliction which cannot be cured or vaccinated. It can be argued that Chronic disease is one of the most prevalent health care problems worldwide, (Lubkin 2006) argues that approximately 133 million individuals were living with a chronic condition in 2004. Respectively, (Busse 2010) states that...

Nowadays, it has brought to many people’s attention that there are more and more news reports about young people committing suicide and self-harm due to bad mental health. These reports show that mental issues can threaten our lives, therefore maintaining good mental health, or having a state of mental wellbeing is very important. According to...

The discussion in this assignment will be focused on chronic malnutrition diseases and the effect it has on women’s pregnancy and children. The nutrition policy data and statistics will be compared between a less economically developed country (LED) in Asia, Nepal, and a more economically developed country (MED) in Europe, United Kingdom (UK). Concluding and...

Introduction The aim of this essay is to discuss the public health issue of adverse childhood experiences and mental health in adults which affects individuals/communities in the author’s field of practice. The Mental Health Foundation (2016), states that around £600 million is invested in mental health services a year in Wales, which is more than...

An introduction to homeostasis: Homeostasis is the ability to maintain relatively constant internal conditions despite fluctuating changes in the external environment (1). Having mechanisms in place in order to control internal conditions allows us to adapt to our surroundings and enables us to go wherever we want. The external environment mainly refers to the extracellular...