• Risk Factors of a Disease

    Risk Factors of a Disease

    A risk factor is any situation, habit, social or environmental condition, physiological or psychological condition, developmental or intellectual condition, or spiritual or other variable that increases the vulnerability of an individual or group to an illness or accident. The presence of risk factors does not mean that a disease will develop, but risk factors increase the chances that the individual will experience a particular dysfunction. [...]

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  • ILLNESS AND DISEASE

    ILLNESS AND DISEASE

    ILLNESS. Illness is a personal state in which the person feels unhealthy. It is a state in which a person’s physical. Emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired compared with previous experience. Illness is not synonymous with disease; although nurses must be familiar with different kinds of disease and their treatments, they are concerned more with their illness, which may include disease but also the effects on functioning and well-being in all dimensions. [...]

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  • List of Diet Foods that Even Make You Hungrier

    List of Diet Foods that Even Make You Hungrier

    Most of you are probably cramming when looking and surfing at the web for the best way on how you will pick the right foods for your diet because it seems not effective as times goes by. Do you have the same problem just like everyone else? Is choosing the right food for the best diet your problem? Then you could probably seek some advice from the experts. [...]

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  • Health and Illness

    Health and Illness

    Health is a fundamental right of every human being. It is a state of integration of the body and mind. It is a much sought after state; a highly desirable state for most people and yet at times, it remains elusive for some people. [...]

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  • Air Pollution: Another Factor Tied to Lung Cancer Next to Smoking

    Air Pollution: Another Factor Tied to Lung Cancer Next to Smoking

    We often regard smoking as the main factor which causes Lung Cancer. But even if you are not a smoker and even if you are not exposed to secondhand smoking, you are still most likely to suffer from Lung Cancer due to unbearable air pollution. [...]

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  • Dec
  • 08
  • 2011

New Study: Combined Drugs Increases Breast Cancer Survival

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New Study: Combined Drugs Increases Breast Cancer Survival

Breast Cancer is the most common type of cancer which attacks women in the late adulthood stage and as the years go by, the number of victims of breast cancer also continues to grow bigger. But there is already hope presented when another study came out last Wednesday. According to the latest study about how to survive from breast cancer, it was revealed that postmenopausal women with a common type of breast cancer that thrives on estrogen has survived longer when treated with a combination of two drugs rather than just one. [...]

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  • Nov
  • 16
  • 2011

Is it Possible to Decode the Aging Process?

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Is it Possible to Decode the Aging Process?

A recent study conducted states that medical researchers are trying to decode the aging process. Scientists are said to be starting to decode the most complicated biology of the aging process and they are really positive that the recent advances in research may lead to treatments that can slow or even reverse degeneration and disease. [...]

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  • Nov
  • 12
  • 2011

Risk Factors of a Disease

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Risk Factors of a Disease

A risk factor is any situation, habit, social or environmental condition, physiological or psychological condition, developmental or intellectual condition, or spiritual or other variable that increases the vulnerability of an individual or group to an illness or accident. The presence of risk factors does not mean that a disease will develop, but risk factors increase the chances that the individual will experience a particular dysfunction. [...]

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  • Nov
  • 08
  • 2011

ILLNESS AND DISEASE

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ILLNESS AND DISEASE

ILLNESS. Illness is a personal state in which the person feels unhealthy. It is a state in which a person’s physical. Emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired compared with previous experience. Illness is not synonymous with disease; although nurses must be familiar with different kinds of disease and their treatments, they are concerned more with their illness, which may include disease but also the effects on functioning and well-being in all dimensions. [...]

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  • Nov
  • 07
  • 2011

List of Diet Foods that Even Make You Hungrier

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List of Diet Foods that Even Make You Hungrier

Most of you are probably cramming when looking and surfing at the web for the best way on how you will pick the right foods for your diet because it seems not effective as times goes by. Do you have the same problem just like everyone else? Is choosing the right food for the best diet your problem? Then you could probably seek some advice from the experts. [...]

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  • Nov
  • 07
  • 2011

Health Promotion Model

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Health Promotion Model

The Health Promotion Model (Pender) describes the multi-dimensional nature of persons as they interact within the environment to pursue health. The model focuses on the following areas: [...]

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  • Nov
  • 07
  • 2011

Ecologic Model or Leavell and Clark’s Agent-Host-Environment Model

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Ecologic Model or Leavell and Clark’s Agent-Host-Environment Model

Leavell and Clark’s Agent-Host-Environment Model or also known as the Ecologic Model avers that there are three interactive factors that affect health and illness. The three factors are as follows: (1) Agent. Any factor or stressor that can lead to illness or disease. (2) Host. Persons who may or may not be affected by a disease. (3) Environment. Any factor external to the host that may or may not predispose the person to a certain disease. [...]

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  • Nov
  • 07
  • 2011

Smith’s Model of Health

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Clinical Model. Views people as physiologic system with related functions and identifies health as the absence of signs and symptoms of disease or injury. [...]

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  • Nov
  • 07
  • 2011

Health and Illness

Posted by admin In Definition of Health, Definition of Illness, Diseases and Disorders, Featured, Nursing Tools, Trivias | No Comments »
Health and Illness

Health is a fundamental right of every human being. It is a state of integration of the body and mind. It is a much sought after state; a highly desirable state for most people and yet at times, it remains elusive for some people. [...]

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  • Nov
  • 07
  • 2011

Health Belief Model

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Health Belief Model

Health Belief Model or HBM describes the relationship between a person’s belief and behavior. This model was developed by Becker in 1975. It states that individual perceptions and modifying factors may influence health beliefs and preventive health behavior. [...]

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