Academic Programs International – Health Line

There are many historical personalities, whose names are associated with the highest morality, and Florence Nightingale is, undoubtedly, one of those. She earned her reputation primarily for her significant contribution to the development of modern nursing, her innovative approaches to nursing care, reformations and reorganization of the British healthcare system, and, certainly, her legacy as [...]

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However, it is obvious that sometimes it can be very hard or almost impossible to find a doctor, who would write a prescription, and to find a pharmacy, which sells Plan B, within only 24 hours. That is why in December 2003, the Food and Drug Administration of the USA recommended distributing emergency contraception to [...]

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So-called “morning-after pill”, which is also known as emergency contraception or PCP (post-coitus pill), is a type of contraception pill, which has to be taken not before an unprotected sexual intercourse, but within 24-72 hours after it. The latest chemical version of this pill contains a high dose of such female-type hormone as progestin (levonorgestrel). [...]

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In the United States, one can find plenty of McDonald’s, KFC, Burger King and other fast food outlets in every city. Fast food restaurants are very popular in our country, and there are many people, who like eating there very frequently. From time to time, we all eat in Burger King or McDonald’s, though many [...]

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Existential-Humanistic and Experiential approach is based on practical experience of human being and humanistic knowledge, which helps to treat individuals with psychological disturbances. This strategy can be used for consulting people, who suffer from unsatisfied needs and unfulfilled potential, and to form their priorities in satisfying personal requirements.
Unlike previously mentioned Cognitive behavioral approach, which analyzes [...]

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Psychodynamic counseling approach is concentrated on unconscious perception and feelings. This approach takes source from psychoanalysis of Freud and is focused on determining and improving of psychological function, which was not properly developed since the childhood. Such malfunction brings to discomfort and must be corrected by psychodynamic therapy. Using this approach counseling specialists discover the [...]

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Hair is a very important element of everyone’s image. That is why often hair loss causes a lot of discomfort or other negative psychological effects. People, who start losing hair, usually feel depressed and disappointed with own look. Sometimes, these feelings can grow into harder psychological disorders. Also, another effect of hair loss is a [...]

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Many modern bodybuilders and sports enthusiasts use steroids and steroidal supplements because these stimulators are very helpful for improving physical performance and growing muscles fast. Some of the athletes  receive wrong information from their friends or managers about possible dangers of using anabolic steroids. Another cause of using steroids is desire to ignore the dangers [...]

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Despite quite long historical development of legal control over cultivation and use of cannabis, the issue of marijuana legalization became the point of vivid public discussion only lately. While many specialists around the globe criticize the position of Holland, which was the first country to legalize marijuana, the researches show that the level of drug [...]

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Specialists classify 2 types of diabetes: (1) so called juvenile diabetes, the condition when a human body produces too little (or completely stops producing) insulin, which is necessary for converting body sugar into energy; (2) more common condition, when a human body develops resistance to insulin effects or low sensitivity to it, and these defective [...]

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