Essays on Universal Health Care

This essay is going to explore how effective it has been reducing inequalities in health in the UK and whether the National Health Service (NHS) has been successful. It will also explore three milestones that have happened since the NHS was commenced and the impact…

New research and findings are released everyday into the public, typically through a public press release of the data reinterpreted by the media. Being given the research information, it can often be a very fine line between whether the hypothesis being tested is a cause…

I almost always hated watching the news nowadays. The never-ending chaos between politicians, newborn babies being abandoned in cemeteries, people killed by other people or of natural calamities, or worse, people killing themselves – it is not so often do we receive good news anymore….

In patients with chronic alcoholism, obesity, or viral hepatitis (Type B and C), the parenchyma of the liver becomes fibrotic; chronically leading to liver cirrhosis. The permanent scarring of tissue within the liver’s venous system obstructs portal vein outflow, resulting in elevated blood pressure in…

Once we speak of dementia, we’re not referring to a simple, singular illness, but instead it represents a complex type of cognitive-related disorders. Unfortunately, there is no clear-cut cure for this type of age-related cognitive impairment, and the most one can do is attempt to…

For the past year, I’ve heard many popular youtubers referencing the documentary What The Health. As someone who has considered becoming a vegan, this documentary was definitely on my radar when many high fame vegans in society recommended it. However, upon watching the documentary and…

Flowers (2018) describes cultural competence as developing an understanding of one’s existence through thoughts, sensations, and environment without letting it have an unnecessary impact on those from other backgrounds. Betancourt et al. (2003) explains cultural competence in a healthcare setting to understand the importance of…

Nowadays, there is an increase in insufficient Physical activity, which leads to major health and economic costs. In 2000, $76 billion was spent on medical expenses. Physical inactivity is the origin of several chronic conditions and among the top 10 risk factors for global disease…

Assessment of the neonate is vitally important for immediate and long-term health. All body systems need to be assessed but there are several critical areas. Respiratory function is naturally the first system to place focus. Before the umbilical cord is cut, the neonate is sharing…

Understanding impact of stroke needed an appreciation of various nature of the disease and the recovery process from biopsychosocial view. Therefore, this study is to explore the experiences of male-patients post-stroke and their wife-caregiver’s perceptions of factors that impacting the patient’s quality of life and…