This shows that many parents are sceptical to the vaccinations, what might have negative consequences for children. The reason why in 1990s and 2000s many children did not receive their vaccination was the publication of The Lancet study by Andrew Wakefield talking about a link between autism and MMR vaccination. The strong phrase that some people still remember is that vaccinations are dangerous. Despite the fact that science has proven this is wrong some people still believe there is link between autism development and MMR vaccination. Therefore it is strange that they are making informed choice.
Current research from the National Institute on Aging indicates that the prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease doubles every five years beyond age 65. As the population ages the disease impacts agreater percentage of Americans. The incidence of the disease is rising in line with the aging population in America. 2012 Alzheimer’s disease Facts and Figures article provides a statistical resource for U.S. data related to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia. An estimated 5.4 million Americans of all ages have Alzheimer’s disease in 2012.
It pointed out that that new cancer cases will grow by 34% moving from 3,200 to 4,282 this year The resources to treat, prevent and diagnose cancer are stressed. This is as a result of the patient growth that is currently outpacing the hospital’s ability to treat and diagnose cancer patients. There is also a shortage in some equipment particularly line accelerators and imagining equipment. The assessment also revealed a shortage in chemo units and operating suites. The assessment revealed that both staff and patients say improvement is need in the services available.
In the 1960’s and 1970’s when many states had lowered the MLDA, besides the rise in drunk-driving deaths, studies showed that people raised from childhood in under-21 states were involved in higher rates of alcohol and drug use as adults, and had a higher rate of homicides and suicides. (Moses, 2011) This in turn convinced federal law makers to raise the MLDA again to 21. However, in order to encourage states to comply, the federal government would tighten their purse strings and states would receive little or no funding towards highways. So while there are those who do not necessarily care one way or the other about the actual age limit on alcohol consumption, they do prefer having the federal
Although communicable diseases account for more deaths, the country is currently in a stage of epidemiological transition, illustrated by a decline of communicable diseases and the growth of NCDs (Ministry of Health). Generally speaking, in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the burden of disease associated with NCDs is greater than the burden of disease associated with communicable diseases and injuries. In LAC, NCDs account for nearly 70 percent of deaths. Also, in LAC, about 50 percent of all years of life lost are related to NCDs, whereas only 30 percent are due to communicable diseases, and 20 percent are due to injuries (R, Keith). NCDs affect everyone, from the rich to the poor.
"Most are inclined not to believe that the 'nice little old lady' is an alcoholic," Campbell says. (2) Some physicians also are reluctant to diagnose an elderly person as an alcoholic, because they're unsure how to treat the disease, or are pessimistic that the person will be able to cope with the disease. In actuality, the elderly have among the highest rates of success in treatment, says Joanne Schwartzberg, M.D., director of the AMA’s department of geriatric health. (2) To combat the problem, the American Medical Association recently released Alcoholism in the Elderly: Diagnosis, Treatment, Prevention, a set of guidelines that is being distributed to 110,000 primary care physicians nationwide. Doctors are encouraged to use the guidelines to screen every patient over 60 to ensure that illness or chronic disease is not being caused or aggravated by alcoholism.
According to a survey completed over a course of almost two years by the University of Central Lancashire and the Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF), there is a higher percentage of drug and alcohol abuse in members of the LGBTQ than that of other people (Morrison, 2012). Placing facts into study and analysis, scientists have come up with the relationship of societal factors and substance abuse. Scientists showed that people from the LGBTQ community abused the said substances more due to the societal rejection that they felt and wanted to repress (Leible, n.d.). Nonetheless, people have started accepting the members of the LGBTQ community. In fact, on the 26th of June 2015, one of the biggest countries in the world, the United States, has joined several other countries like Canada, Netherlands, etc.
Types of abuse Signs and symptoms Why people are vulnerable to this type of abuse Physical Marks on a person such as bruising, burn marks, bite marks also a change in a person’s behaviour could be a sign of physical abuse. People are vulnerable to physical abuse because they cant fight back, they don’t know anything different, there young/elderly, disabled - (physically or mentally ) they also might have a sensory impairment. Sexual Signs of sexual abuse could be repeated urinary infections, depression, low self esteem, and unable to form a long time relationship. People are vulnerable to sexual abuse because they might be too young to know the difference or could be an elderly person who cant do anything about therefore there are frail and scared. They could be disabled therefore they cant speak out of protect themselves from abuse Emotional Being emotional abused could lend to having low self esteem and no confidence with in your self, this could also lend to being withdrawn from
Recognize the myths about aging and negative attitudes about older adults. Start challenging the myths. There are many erroneous beliefs in our society –e.g. that older adults’ lives are less valuable and older adults are less deserving of having their rights respected; that older adults feel emotional pain less or do not have sexual feelings; or that older adults are largely responsible for growing health care or other social costs. Recognize that a label like “elderly” or “seniors” tells us little about what to expect from a person.
English 100 May 6, 2008 Prescribed Addiction The persistent problem with the addiction and misuse of prescription drugs is affecting the way people live on a daily basis. One problem that is not helping with this rising epidemic of the abuse of prescription drugs is the availability of these types of drugs. Addiction to some types of prescription drugs can begin unintentionally after being prescribed the drug. Due to the major problem with illicit drugs such as cocaine, heroin, and crack, prescription drug abuse has not been looked at as a major priority in our society. There is promotion of prescription drug abuse among the youth figures in our society, due to the pressures to be successful in school.