Browsing Health Sciences Undergraduate Theses by Title
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Living with an Individual with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Phenomenological Study
(2011-04-01)Using Colaizzi’s Method of data analysis, which is a phenomenological approach, this paper explored the role that a primary caregiver plays in the daily life of an individual with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). DMD is ... -
Metabolomic Profiles of Articular Cartilage Vary By Osteoarthritis Grade
(2020)Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common chronic joint disease, characterized by the breakdown of the articular cartilage (AC). However, there are currently no therapeutic drug targets to slow the progression of disease ... -
Microbial Community Characterization in an Arsenic Contaminated Watershed
(2017-05-05)Helena, MT gets over 50% of its drinking water from Tenmile Creek. With a rich mining history, over 100 abandoned hard-rock mines have introduced arsenic into this aquatic ecosystem. The presence of arsenic may contribute ... -
Migraine Headaches: Are they an issue at Carroll College?
(2013-04-01)Migraine headaches have a significant impact on many college and university students. College students are younger and often healthier than older adults, but sometimes lead stressful lifestyles that may contribute to an ... -
Moral Law And Physician-Assisted Suicide
(1995-04-01)Each person is unique with an individual look, identity, perspective, and personality. Each will experience an individual death, different from all others. Although there are as many ways to experience the process of death ... -
Predictive Testing for Huntington’s Disease: A New Paradigm of Patient Care
(2000-04-01)Radical changes have occurred in America’s health care system in the last twenty years. Technological and research advances have given medicine the knowledge to treat and to cure diseases once only dreamt about. But in the ... -
Seatbelt Usage Among Drug and Alcohol Impaired Drivers in the Bakken Oil Fields compared to greater Montana
(2014-04-01)Introduction: Montana has the highest rate of deaths due to impaired driving in the nation and the fifth lowest rate of seatbelt utilization. This study seeks to examine the relationship between these two issues in urban, ... -
Social Smoking: A New Public Health Threat to Young Adults A Systematic Review
(2015-04-01)Background: Rates of cigarette smoking among young adults between the ages of 18-26 have risen slightly over the last ten years, counter to past and current public health campaigns warning against tobacco use. Some of this ... -
Use Of Medical Statistics To Improve Patient Care
(1974-04-01)Veritably any text on organization and administration, information management, or hospital affairs will contain a chapter on statistics. And an almost universal reaction to "statistics," whether in a hospital, large ...