Trends and Issues
BID
Twice Daily
Arter
Artery
BE
Barium Enema
BKA
Below the Knee Amputation
ASA
Aspirin
bi
both, twice, double
What is the name of the fastest growing group of seniors?
Baby Boomers
BM
Bowel Movement
as tol
as tolerated
artho
joint
How often are new pharmaceutical drugs being developed?
Continuously/Always
Today's life expectancy for females
81.1 years
BMI
Body Mass Index
Holistic providers emphasize ___________ as a preferable tx.
Prevention
left ear
Transplantation of normal genes in place of missing ones
Gene Therapy
Today's life expectancy for males
76.1 years
Au
Both Ears
Holistic Medicine focuses on what 5 aspects of a person?
Physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and environmental
T/F: Osteopathic physicians receive similar training to MDs
true
Tx that uses drugs to identify and attack specific types of cells with less harm to normal cells
Targeted Drug Therapy
What was the average life expectancy for individuals born in 1900?
47 years
The important part of wellness is the emphasis on what for patients?
Responsibility for their own health
Disorders caused by mental or emotional factors are known as:
psychosomatic
Believe that pressure on the nerves leaving the spinal column cause pain or dysfunction
chiropractors