Essays on Health

Autism Spectrum DisorderAutism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a mental condition that is associated with behavioural challenges among children. Chiefly, there is nothing about people with ASD that is different from other people except their means of communication, as well as how they interact with others. The frequency of ASD is significantly greater in boys than...

Introduction Although tobacco smoking in the UK has significantly declined over recent decades, it remains one of the largest avoidable causes of health complications, cancer and death. As reported in a study by the Department of Health & Social Care, smoking cuts an average of ten years off one’s life (APPG 2019). The NHS Information...

The biggest question people have on abortion is usually the idea of is a fetus considered to be alive? The people who argue a fetus has no rights, are those who claim that a fetus is not alive. It is a well known scientific fact that life begins at conception. (1) In biological terms, to...

In this essay I will be talking about what theoretical perspectives and models informed my practise when doing my fieldwork. Community care is a social policy that informed my practise because it is long-term care for people who are mentally ill, elderly, or disabled which is provided within the community rather than in hospitals or...

Abstract: Where can I legally abort and where I can’t legally abort. The effect of abortion on the human body. The proportion of abortions worldwide. My opinion on abortion. What is Abortion? Abortion, also known as interruption of pregnancy or induced abortion, intentionally ends the pregnancy, removes the embryo or causes the death of the...

Introduction Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a severe and incapacitating disease characterized by at least one of the following referring to depressed mood or loss of interest, motivation, or pleasure [1][2]. For diagnosis, these symptoms must be accompanied by at least four of several additional symptoms related to appetite, sleep, pain, or lack of energy,...

Introduction Diabetes is quickly picking up the status of a potential plague in India within surplus of 62 million diabetic people as of now determined to have the disease. In year 2000, India (with around 31.7 million diabetic patients) topped the world spot with the most notable number of people with diabetes mellitus followed by...

Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream In particular, there are two movies about heroin use that are worth being discussed. These are Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream. Despite the popular idea that these movies present heroin addiction in the worst possible light, they do, however, romanticize the idea of being a “junkie”. They successfully...

HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus attacks the body’s immune system. HIV has affected many States worldwide. Texas is one of the states that have been affected by this virus. To understand the impact that HV has on this state, it will be beneficial to know the background of this state, the background...

The role of happiness in solving moral problems has been a topic argued by many philosophers. They have sought to understand whether it is the consequences or the motives of actions that truly matter in morality. Jeremy Bentham and Immanuel Kant both have demonstrated their own views in regards to this concept. Each philosopher follows...