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Help with Finding Topics for Class Assignments

Finding a Topic

Browse a Website

One way to find a topic is to browse websites specific to your area of interest. Go to any of the websites below and look for articles and headlines on something that interests you.  While most of these articles will not provide in depth information, they can be a great starting point, inspiring you to explore a topic or issue in more depth.

Stream Videos and Podcasts

Watch a documentary or video on a topic that interests you.  As you watch, note names of people who are interviewed or discussed, places visited and issues explored.  Doing this can help you take the next step in focusing your topic and exploring it in more depth.

Health Sciences Topics

  • abuse in nursing homes
  • acne 
  • acupuncture
  • ADD/ADHD controversial treatments
  • addictions in health professionals
  • AIDS testing
  • alcohol abuse
  • allergies
  • alternative medicine
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • anesthesia, awareness during
  • anosmia (absence of the sense of smell)
  • anthrax
  • antibiotics, hoarding
  • antibiotics, overprescription
  • Asperger's Syndrome
  • asthma: on the rise
  • autism
  • avian flu
  • back pain
  • "bedside manner"
  • bereavement assistance
  • biological/chemical warfare--effects
  • bird flu pandemic
  • bone marrow transplantation
  • breast implants
  • breastfeeding
  • caffeine effects on health
  • carpal tunnel syndrome
  • cell phone use - dangerous?
  • chemical warfare effects
  • chocolate--good for you?
  • chronic pain
  • cloning
  • concussions 
  • contraceptives--distribute to teens?
  • COVID-19
  • crew resource management (CRM)
  • dangerous toys
  • dealing with death
  • dementia
  • diet fads
  • domestic abuse 
  • earthquakes--health effects 
  • Eastern medicine
  • eating disorders
  • elective caesarians
  • evidence-based practice
  • exercise
  • extreme makeovers
  • fatigue
  • feng shui 
  • flavonoids
  • fluoride treatments
  • Foley catheter
  • food additives
  • foodborne illnesses 
  • food contamination
  • gastric bypass 
  • gene therapy
  • gingivitis
  • ginseng
  • Gulf War illness
  • health care for non-English speaking patients
  • health food products
  • health hazards of radon
  • herbal medicine
  • HMOs
  • holistic medicine
  • home diagnostic kits
  • hormone therapies
  • human gene map implications
  • humor
  • hypervitaminosis
  • imaging techniques
  • immunizations
  • infant motality
  • infection controll 
  • influenza
  • inhalation therapy
  • iodine 
  • lactose intolerance
  • latex allergy risks
  • laughter
  • lead poisoning
  • living will
  • meditation
  • mind-body connection
  • mixed-sex wards in health facilities
  • mosquito control
  • MRSA infection
  • nutrition 
  • obesity
  • obsessive compuslive disorders (OCD) 
  • oil spills--health effects
  • organ donation
  • pain tolerance
  • pandemics
  • parasitology
  • patient education
  • patient privacy in acute wards
  • peanut allergy
  • penile implants
  • personal digital assistants (PDAs)
  • pesticides
  • philosophy of nursing
  • plastic surgery dangers
  • politics of health care funding
  • postnatal (postpartum) depression
  • post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • prayer & healing
  • prison health care
  • pulmonary embolism
  • radiation
  • radiation exposure 
  • regional anesthesia
  • rehabilitation engineering
  • remote sensing and disease vectors
  • role of calcium (or other element) in the body
  • SAD (seasonal affective disorder)
  • sand tumors: psammoma bodies
  • SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome)
  • scaling
  • school-based health clinics/centers
  • sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs)
  • "sick" buildings
  • SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)
  • skin cancer: on the rise
  • sleeping disorders
  • smoking cessation
  • sports injuries 
  • "staph" infections
  • stem cell research
  • steroids
  • stimulants
  • stress disorders
  • substance abuse
  • suicide
  • superbug
  • support groups
  • swine flu
  • tanning salons/tanning beds
  • terminally ill children
  • testing products on animals
  • tonic of laughter
  • tsunami 2004: effects on health
  • ultrasound therapies
  • vaccine shortages
  • vaccines
  • viruses
  • vitamin supplements
  • weight-loss drugs
  • weight-loss programs
  • wellness in the workplace
  • yoga