Ever since Andreas was informed by his doctor that he has high cholesterol, he has been worried. His doctor told him that high cholesterol can lead to high blood pressure and an eventual risk of heart disease. He wants to buy a new blood pressure monitor to take his blood pressure at home. Which criteria should Andreas use when evaluating which monitor to purchase? Check all that apply.

cost of monitor
quality of monitor
doctor’s recommendation
whether it meets his requirements
advertiser’s claims

[120 total points] (public health) in one of the largest human experiments ever conducted, in 1954 a randomized controlled trial was run to see whether a vaccine developed by a doctor named jonas salk was effective in preventing paralytic polio. a total of 401,974 children (ages 6–9), chosen to be representative of those who might be susceptible to the disease, were randomized to two groups: 200,745 children (the control group c) were injected with a harmless saline solution (a placebo) and the other 201,229 children (the treatment group t) were injected with salk’s vaccine.what was the point of giving saline solution to the children who didn’t get the vaccine? explain briefly.

*psych* 1. discuss the major categories of abnormal behaviors as classified by the diagnostic and statistical manual (dsm) 2. identify the characteristics of the major categories of abnormal behavior.

What kind of wound occurred when the skin scrapes against a hard surface and tiny blood vessels break in the outer layer of skin