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…: drug companies, physicians, and consumers who may need anything from arthritis medication to athletic foot powder. Arguments for and against DTCA, changes in the methods of management, and issues relating to DTCA were also reviewed. DTCA is a flourishing…

…these patients with effective tools for managing their condition. With the introduction of new therapeutic modalities, as well as the improvement of existing medications, IDDM will eventually become a curable disease. Diabetes mellitus impairs the way the body uses…

…the telephone calling the police to alert in firefighters and ambulances. As she waits for help she rushes in the plane herself, transporting people single-handedly back to her house for further treatment. Having no medical experience, she doesn't support the back…

…health care to low-income families, particularly the uninsured. They are typically private, nonprofit, consumer-directed health care corporation that provides comprehensive primary and preventative care to medically underserved people (Program...). I work…

…getting by or who are in government-funded hospitals and institutions. The United States should either find an alternative way to take care of these people or perhaps raise liquor taxes. Either one of these options would conceivably minimize…

…States. Usually, the agent cited as the most likely to be used is the smallpox virus. The federal government has recommended that only certain public health and health care workers be vaccinated. If a major outbreak of smallpox were to occur however…

…idividual, group and/or family psychotherapy, nutrition counseling and often medications. Depending on the patients state of physical health, there will be greater or lesser control of the person's eating and total environment. When binge eating and purging…

…system $2 billion in nursing home costs, as smokers die prematurely and need less long-term care (“Putting” 1).” Since people die earlier from the cigarettes, the medical system saved several billion dollars. This industry helps save the government money…

…of the people as a whole to take care of the homeless people who have fallen prey to the lure of alcohol related problems. As of 1991, about 14 million Americans met medical diagnostic criteria for alcohol abuse or alcoholism. There are numerous health problems…

…-wide AIDS problem with specific reference to the devastation it is causing in South Africa. (In my interview with Tammy Oleson, the Director of Nurses of Hospices Health Care in Stuart, I asked her if she would compare the AIDS epidemic in South Africa…