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Difference Between Hospice & Palliative Care

Hospice and palliative care both offer compassionate care to patients with serious illnesses, but they are not interchangeable. Palliative is always a component of hospice care, but palliative care is...

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How to Treat Tetanus Shot Reactions

A tetanus shot is a vaccination to protect against a potentially deadly infectious disease. Children receive booster shots (called Dtap or Tdap) for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis at well-baby...

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How to Test Peripheral Vision

Peripheral vision is what you see out of the corner of your eye while you are looking at something in front of you. Peripheral vision may also be called side vision or, more commonly, your visual...

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How to Send Vitamins & Food Through the Mail Safely

Mailing food and vitamins to a friend or loved one can be a stressful experience. You may worry about whether or not certain items will spoil or if the cookies you mailed were squished by the canned...

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What Are the Side Effects of Expired Albuterol?

Albuterol, sometimes called salbutamol, is a short-acting bronchodilator used by people with asthma that helps increase air flow to the lungs by relaxing muscles in the airways. As any other...

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Allergic Reactions to Lysol Disinfectant Spray

Though Lysol Disinfectant Spray is usually used to control germs in the home and create a healthy environment, it can have some adverse effects on those with allergies to cleaning solutions or...

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The Harmful Effects of Using a Laptop PC in the Lap

Laptops have become tremendously popular since their emergence into society. Despite the manifold benefits, however, they can pose some serious health risks when held where, as their name suggests,...

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How to Counteract Feeling Tired After You Donate Plasma

When you donate plasma, the blood bank uses a procedure called plasmapheresis to separate the thin, straw-colored plasma from your blood. All your other blood components are returned into your body,...

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Side Effects of the Antibiotic Cipro

Cipro, or ciprofloxacin, is a synthetic, broad-spectrum antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections such as bladder or skin infections. It is also effective against several microorganisms including...

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Health Risks With a High Voltage Transformer

A high voltage transformer is a kind of electrical transformer. The basic function of an electrical transformer is to transform electrical energy into usable forms. When it transforms a high number of...

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Rollator Cable Brake Maintenance

A rollator is a mechanical walker that permits individuals who would normally have trouble walking to get around to various places. Included in the design for added safety and convenience are brakes to...

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What Difference Between Hydrocodone and Codeine

Hydrocodone and codeine are both narcotic pain relievers, and both widely used as analgesics and cough suppressants. As codeine is used to manufacture hydrocodone, the two produce many similar effects.

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How to Stop Harassment

Harassment is a crime which can have long lasting psychological effects on the victim and erode feelings of safety, privacy and comfort. Harassment includes sending threatening or unwanted emails,...

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Age Restrictions for a Hot Tub

Children younger than 5 should not use hot tubs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A hot tub can prove hazardous to a child. If a child is allowed to get in a hot tub, he...

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Wi-Fi Harmful Effects on Humans

The scientific community has gone back and forth on the dangers and harmful effects of wireless network signals and technologies. As of June 2014, the common belief is that Wi-Fi signals and routers...

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Three Different Types of Population Pyramids

The population pyramid is a method of visually presenting the population data of a given group. They're used to show the age and sex distribution in a population, and can be used to assess potential...

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How to Donate Plasma for Money in Maryland

Blood plasma is used to assist in the research to find cures for disease. Blood disease affects millions of American citizens, and your plasma donation will be used to find cures, create medications...

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How to Donate Plasma for Money in Denver

Plasma donation is a trend that is growing in popularity. Due in large part to the economic downturn, many people are searching for new and easy ways to make extra cash, according to ABC's 7 News, the...

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Florida Medicaid and EBA Benefits

By 2005, Medicaid spending accounted for almost one-fourth of Florida's state budget and was on track to be one-third of the budget by 2010 and more than three-fourths by 2025. In 2006, Florida passed...

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Things Not to Do After Giving Blood

When you donate blood, you are literally saving lives. The donation process is quick, convenient and causes relatively little pain. Still, removing two pints of blood from your body in a 20-minute...

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What Are the Dangers of Sharpie Markers?

The strong stench of a Sharpie marker is a nuisance to some, yet a tool to get high for others. Sharpies emit toxic fumes that you or your child can sniff to enter a short euphoric state. Also known as...

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How to Donate Plasma & Get Paid in Tucson, AZ

Donating plasma is similar to and different from donating blood. You rarely get paid for donating blood but will usually get compensated for plasma. Because they centrifuge the plasma out of the...

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How to Donate Empty Medicine Bottles

Empty medicine bottles can quickly accumulate and clutter up a person's home. The temptation is to throw them away, but a number of recycling opportunities are possible. Current studies by the...

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List of Most Dangerous Cities in Massachusetts

The most recent complete crime statistics for Massachusetts provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is for 2009. A review of violent crimes -- murder, forcible rape, robbery and...

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What Are Some Advantages to Living Forever?

The idea of living forever remains isolated to science-fiction. But if you could, would you want to live forever -- and why would it be a good thing?

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Disadvantages to Donating Plasma

Many people donate plasma in an attempt to help others and even as a way to earn extra money, as many plasma donation centers pay for donations. Hospitals and other medical centers need plasma, which...

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Types of Stigma

Humans possess a deeply embedded need to belong. Feeling loved and needed brings confidence and happiness. When the need to interact and belong is denied through stigmatization, it can have disastrous...

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The Effects of Prejudice

Varying definitions of prejudice exist, but typically prejudice is described as a negative attitude towards a group of people, which can lead to stereotyping and active or passive discrimination....

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Comte's Law of Three Stages

Auguste Comte, 1798 to 1857, was a French philosopher known as the founder of sociology. He is widely regarded as the first philosopher of science, a discipline that pays attention to the social...

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What Are the Dangers of Raves?

Raves are all-night, underground dance parties that typically consist of loud, electronic music synchronized to lighting effects, according to the website, Teen Drug Abuse. These parties began in...

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What Are the Dangers of Spitting?

Spitting is not a habit worth getting into for reasons that go beyond the obvious. Despite the social indignation of those who spit, there are also personal health hazards that need to be brought to...

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Dangers of Living Near Railroad Tracks

Railroad tracks are necessary for freight and passenger train traffic throughout the country. However, living near railroad tracks poses health and safety risks. For those reasons and because of the...

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Environmental Effects of Radiation

Radiation occurs naturally when the nuclei of radioactive elements decay. Heat and light are forms of radiation that are generally not considered harmful. However, many forms of radiation, such as...

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What Kind of Clothes Do Doctors Wear?

The white coat has been synonymous with doctors for more than a century, but the reality is that doctors wear a variety of clothing depending on where they work and what they do.

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How Long Should You Leave in an Oral Thermometer?

Up until the last 25 years, temperatures were frequently taken with glass mercury thermometers. Due to health and environmental considerations, the old mercury gauges are rare today. Modern...

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The Effects of Alcohol Addiction on the Community

Alcohol addiction is a public health challenge for any community. Broken homes, social isolation and soaring health-care costs are only part of the toll of alcohol abuse. Communities that aggressively...

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Can Anorexia Cause Diabetes?

Anorexia is a serious, dangerous eating disorder. Although occasionally seen in men, it's most often seen in women, especially teenage girls. It is rampant in people who engage in professions like...

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Why Does a Sudden Change in the Weather Cause Sickness?

Every change in weather sends a new round of people to the doctor. But are these sicknesses real or imagined? Some claim that weather causing illness is an old wives' tale--and they may be right....

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Is Typhoid Contagious?

The year was 1907, and the cause for alarm was an epidemic of typhoid fever. Numerous cases of typhoid had mysteriously sprung up in Long Island, N.Y., which initially baffled health investigators....

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Social Disorganization Theory

The social disorganization theory is a key component in the study of criminology. Theories under the umbrella of social disorganization seek to identify and predict trends in criminal or deviant...

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Types of Communicable Diseases

Communicable diseases can be spread through bodily fluids, contaminated surfaces, air or food. Some spread during particular seasons, and others may be prevalent year-round in certain locations....

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Which Body Part is Least Sensitive to Pain?

The human body is a spectacular thing. While pain may not be its most popular feature, our ability to sense pain is vital–we avoid danger and discomfort with this crucial sense. Not all body parts feel...

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How Far Does Hair Testing Go Back?

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How Long Does Nicotine Stay in the Body After Quitting Smoking?

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How Is a Nursing Career Related to Psychology?

Although nursing and psychology are two separate fields, they are still linked. In the nursing field, the focus is on helping individuals with their health and recovery. Psychology on the other hand is...

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How Long Does it Take for Chewing Gum to Decompose?

Each year millions of people consume billions of pieces of chewing gum. Made with a base of non-biodegradable materials (natural or synthetic latex, rubber or wax), discarded gum has become a sticky...

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How to Reduce Arm Pain After Donating Plasma

Donating plasma helps people suffering from chronic illness, severe burns or trauma, as they receive vital plasma protein therapies that can improve the quality of their lives. The procedure is usually...

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Harmful Effects of Wearing Magnetic Jewelry

Magnetic jewelry is often worn as a form of alternative medicine called magnet therapy. Practitioners of magnet therapy claim that wearing magnetic jewelry on certain parts of the body results in...

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Symptoms of Mold Growing in the Body

Mold is a fungus that can get into your body and grow. In some people, mold causes an allergic reaction, while in others it does not. For this reason, there is no one uniform set of symptoms indicating...

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How Long Can I Wear My Contacts?

According to the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center, approximately 24 million Americans wear contact lenses. The style of contacts varies, as does the length of time that each style can be worn....

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