Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for Medicine & Health

Describing People: Appearance and Characteristics

Appearance and Characteristics

• Q: What does she look like? A: She's tall with red hair.
• Q: How old is she/he? A: She's about 32.
• Q: How tall is she/he? A: She's 1 meter 88. / He's quite short.
• Q: How long is her/his hair? A: It's short-medium.

Mastering 'Have' and 'Has'

Affirmative and Negative Forms

• Subject-Verb Agreement:
  • She, He, It = Has
  • I, You, We, They = Have
• Negative Forms: I haven't / She hasn't

Asking About Experiences (Present Perfect)

• Q: Have you been to a jazz club?
  • (+) Yes, I've been to several.
  • (-) No, I haven't been to one.
• Q: Has she ridden in a streetcar?
• Q: Has he called home lately?

Asking for and Giving Suggestions

Travel Recommendations

• Q: What can I do in Mexico?
  • A: You can see the...
  • A: You

Understanding Working Hours in Los Angeles

1. Working Hours

Working hours in Los Angeles (LA) refer to the time an employee spends working, calculated on a daily, weekly, or annual basis. The maximum duration is 40 hours per week, with no more than 9 hours per day, unless there is an agreement for an uneven distribution of hours throughout the year. Rest periods must be respected. Periods devoted to movement, changing clothes, etc., are not considered actual working time. Children under 18 cannot work more than 8 hours a day, including time spent on training.

The Law on the Settlement of Personal, Family, and Labor Life states that work schedules can be adapted, subject to agreement between both parties.

1.1. Extension or Reduction of Working Hours

Working... Continue reading "Understanding Working Hours in Los Angeles: Regulations and Rights" »

September 2010

Health and Wellness Insights

Keywords: Digestion, Super Clean, Improve, Illnesses.

1. Probiotics and Health Benefits

Probiotic foods are bought by many people. They are healthy because they contain good bacteria which fight illness, for example, in our intestines. They also make our immune system stronger, so psoriasis, influenza, and asthma may improve. People return to work sooner as they suffer these illnesses for less time.

3. How Probiotics Work

• If we feed these friendly bacteria into our system, we fight the bad bacteria.
• Your immune system can be helped by probiotics.
• We may not enjoy eating them so much.
• Unless we eat them, our digestive health may be affected.

4. Probiotic Benefits and Personal Diet

Some conditions that are helped... Continue reading "Health and Sports Insights from September 2010" »

Abbreviations should be obvious or well-known. Avoid using ambiguous abbreviations that could be misinterpreted. For example, don't use "the study com..." where "com" could mean communication, computation, or combination.

Ensure your notes are legible. If you have to bring your notes very close to your face to read them, the teacher could notice. Write small, but readable.

Write on both sides of the paper to conserve resources.

Hiding Places

Sweatshirts with pockets are a good place to hide notes. Calculators can also be used to cover notes (though some teachers check calculators). Notes can also be taped under the table or gum, or under your seat (the latter requires practice to avoid being caught). The goal is to have easy access to the notes... Continue reading "Exam Cheating: Strategies, Techniques, and Realities" »

Work provides financial resources, fosters social connections, contributes to satisfaction, and allows for skill development.

Health, as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO), is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.

A working condition is any job characteristic that may significantly influence safety hazards and worker health.

Employer's Duties

General Duties:

• Ensuring worker safety and health
• Integrating preventive measures
• Complying with occupational hazard prevention regulations
• Assuming the cost of health and safety measures

Duties Regarding Workers:

• Informing and training workers
• Addressing serious and imminent risks
• Regularly monitoring worker health
• Consulting workers and allowing

Cancer: Uncontrolled Cell Growth and Modern Approaches

Understanding Cancer Development

Under normal conditions, our body's cells are replaced at a proper rate. Sometimes, however, cells grow out of control and are unable to specialize and perform their corresponding functions. This uncontrolled growth causes a tumor. Some tumors are small and do not cause problems, but others grow quickly and destroy surrounding healthy cells; these are malignant. When malignancy progresses, the cells can spread throughout the body, i.e., metastasize, via blood vessels and the lymphatic system. Uncontrolled cell division can lead to malignant tumors, causing the disease known as cancer.

Preventing Cervical Cancer with HPV Vaccination

A new vaccine can prevent... Continue reading "Understanding Cancer: Causes, Treatments, and Prevention" »

Pronoun Functions

• Personal Pronoun: 3rd person, substitute for him/them. In this case, the pronoun is an indirect object. Example: Sent a gift to their grandparents / He sent it.
• Reflexive Pronoun: Used in reflexive structures (3rd person) where the subject performs the verb action on themselves. Example: They wore makeup.
• Pseudoreflexive Pronoun: Syntactically similar to reflexive, but semantically the subject does not perform the action. Example: John built a house.
• Reciprocal Pronoun: Used when the action is done mutually between the components of the subject. Example: Angela and Ines gave their gifts.
• Passive Reflexive: A mix of active and passive sentences. Example: They sell melons.
• Impersonal Pronoun: Appears in sentences without a grammatical

Primary Care Program for Seniors in Mallorca

Since 2000, primary care has been developing the Care Program for Seniors. Here is a quick review of the main points covered.

General Objective

To improve the health and quality of life of people 75 or older who live in Mallorca.

Specific Objectives

• Increase uptake of risk assessment in homes.
• Increase the proportion of older people with healthy lifestyles.
• Reduce the situations that increase the risk of illness, complications, and sequelae.
• Reduce the incidence of accidents and falls.
• Reduce the incidence of vaccine-preventable diseases (tetanus, flu).
• Reduce the number of elderly with mental or social functional disability secondary to chronic conditions.
• Reduce unnecessary hospitalizations and readmissions.

Crouching

bending

Grievance

offend

Aquamarine

pale-blue semiprecious stone

Seizure

grab

Daunt

scare

Besieged

surrounded

Affordable

Accessible

Astrakhan

sheepskin newborn

Dumbfounded

surprised

Subjugate

to humiliate

Banal

not important

Bizarro

Valiente - rare

Gap

opening

Brio

value

Blade

thin grass

Honing

polish

Hot

very hot

Candidly

simplicity

Refrain

annoying repetition

Capital

top of a column

Carrara

loading a truck

Cerulean

blue

Sizzle

make sharp noises

Cover

quilt

Concise

compact

Conviction

security

Zip

close

Curare

Poison

Gift

charity

Swallowing

swallow

Left

traces of a feeling

Deplore

regret

Slip

slight error

Skinning

remove

Teaching

on education

Squander

to waste

Dissent

disagreement

Elegy

a poem sad uy

Empirical

Based on experience

Skirmish

fight small

Scrutinize

review

Stampede

escape violent

Status

regulation

Etymology

origin

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Incorrect Attitudes Towards Family Illness

The following are incorrect attitudes when dealing with the illness of a family member:

1. Permanently refusing to face reality, which negatively affects the patient's psychological development.
2. Overprotecting the patient.
3. Interrupting all recreational activities, i.e., not allowing distractions.
4. Falling into servitude, that is, doing everything the patient says. This can lead to the patient and family resenting this behavior and engaging in recriminations.
5. Having a passive and inept attitude, that is, not wanting to learn how to care for the sick person.
6. Maintaining feelings of rage and anger for an extended period, which often accompanies the illness.
7. Anticipating the mourning stage,