Flash Memory
.... The person may become so focused on the memory that he or she
may be effectively distracted from coping with real problems in his or her life.
There are many models which try to explain how memory works.
Nevertheless, we do not know exactly how memory works. One of the most
questionable models of memory is the one which assumes that every experience a
person has had is "recorded" in memory and that, "some of these memories are
from traumatic events too terrible to want to remember"(Thomas Billings
Publishing 1995). . These terrible memories are locked away in the sub conscious
mind, (i.e. repressed, only to be remember .....
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Ovarian Cancer
.... amplification or mutation, aberrant tumor
suppressor expression or mutation. Also, subversion of host antitumor immune
responses may play a role in the pathogenesis of cancer (Sharp, 77).
Ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma was first described by Peham in 1899
as "hypernephroma of the ovary" because of its resemblance to renal cell
carcinoma. By 1939, Schiller noted a histologic similarity to mesonephric
tubules and classified these tumors as "mesonephromas." In 1944, Saphir and
Lackner described two cases of "hypernephroid carcinoma of the ovary" and
proposed "clear cell" adenocarcinoma as an alternative term. C .....
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Healing Health Care
.... everyone,
not just the wealthy, can enjoy good health. As it stands, America is the only
civilized country where access to basic health care depends on where one works
and how much one is paid. For many well insured people there is debate about our
nationšs stance on the separation between the individual and the state, but the
fact of the mater is that if our friend Grant had been born five hundred miles
to the North he would still have his teeth and a much brighter future.
In Canada, where they have had a national health insurance since 1967, a
citizen is guaranteed treatment for any illness that may afflict him or her. In
additi .....
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Health
.... of diseases, preservation of health,
and improved quality of health for those suffering from disability and disease.
What does it mean to be healthy? Health is a state of complete physical
, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease, illness
or infirmity. It is important to distinguish between disease and health.
Disease is the prognosis of a particular disorder with a specific cause and
characteristic symptoms. On the other hand, illness is the existence of disease
and, the individual's perception of and response to the disease.
Whether in sickness or in health age and the progression through li .....
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The Ear And Hearing Loss
.... in all vertebrates.
The ear can hear in several different ways. They are volume, pitch, and
tone. Pitch is related to the frequency of the sound wave. The volume depends
on the amplitude or intensity of the sound wave. The greater the frequency, the
higher the pitch. Humans can hear about 30 and 20,000 waves or cycles per
second. High pitch sounds produce more of a trebly sound, while low pitch
sounds produce a rumbling bass sound.
When a person loses these abilities to comprehend sound, it is referred
to as deafness. It can be caused by disease, toxic drugs, trauma, or an
inherited disorder. Those causes can be classi .....
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Heart Attacks
.... People who smoke have a
harder time keeping their hands and feet warm because their blood does not
circulate as well as it does in non-smokers. When the heart rate increases and
the blood vessels remain constricted for an extended period of time, ten or more
years, arteries begin to close up. When an artery feeding blood to the heart
closes up, the heart can no longer function. This results in a heart attack.
Stress is another cause of heart attacks. The causes of stress vary from
person to person, although there are many stressors. Anger, fear, deadlines,
work, conflict, and school can all be stressors. When an indivi .....
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Hemispheres Of The Brain
.... a
railroad worker that had severe frontal lobe damage. This happened when a rail
road spike was shot through his head by a piece of dynamite. Miraculously he
lived through the experience, but with a severe change in his personality. From
this physiologists learned that personality was largely controlled from this
point namely by removing a persons inhibitions.
For the most part the brain has been a mystery that is waiting to be
opened. The last two decades have witnessed a period of research on the human
cerebral functions comparable to the great era of discovery initiated by Broca
in 1861(Young, G,. Segalowitz, S,. Co .....
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Hemophilia
.... carrier will have hemophilia. There also is a fifty
percent chance that the daughters of a female carrier will be carriers of
hemophilia. In addition, all daughters of men with hemophilia are carriers, but
his sons are unaffected. Men cannot transmit hemophilia, and female carriers
are free of the disease.
Hemophilia is the most common hereditary blood disorder. Currently,
approximately one in every 10,000 people in all parts of the world suffers from
hemophilia. This blood related disease affects about 20,000 people in the
United States. It affects males almost exclusively and knows no geographical or
ethnic boundarie .....
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Hepatitis
.... a person can only contract Hepatitis if associated with HIV or
AIDS. This is not true! Any one can become infected with Hepatitis.
Unfortunately this is about all most people know of Hepatitis. They need to
know the full horror of which the virus is capable.
The first of the Hepatitis viral infection to be discovered is Hepatitis
A. Hep. A is the mild mannered virus compared to the other viruses. It has the
symptoms of influenza, fever, vomiting, loss of appetite, and weakening of body,
but it does have some differences such as jaundice (a yellowing pigmentation of
the skin and whites of the eyes) and urine appears to be .....
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AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
.... $119,000. Outpatient care, including medication, visits to doctors,
home health aids, and long-term care, accounted for approximately 32 percent of
the total cost. Persons exposed to HIV may have difficulty in obtaining adequate
health-insurance coverage. Yearly AZT expenses can average approximately $6,000,
although in 1989 the drug's maker did offer to distribute AZT freely to HIV-
infected children. The yearly expense for DDI is somewhat less at $2,000.
Therefore, if the AIDS epidemic is not controlled, its cost to American
taxpayers will become overwhelming. I feel that the effects of the epidemic on
society at .....
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HIV
.... organ transplants.
The acronym HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, where as the
acronym AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. When someone has
contracted the HIV virus in almost all cases it produces the AIDS virus.
Apparently there has been a controversy that HIV really isn't the cause of the
AIDS virus, but careful research has proved without a doubt that it is the cause.
Socially the production of the viruses has caused a lot of hate, prejudice,
racism and above all homophobia.
Many people only talk about the late stages of AIDS but HIV does not
always produce the AIDS virus. If the HIV virus is caug .....
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Hospice
.... given to:
Physical needs - this is the first and foremost function. Within hospice you
are dealing with a patient that has been given a diagnosis of having 6 months or
less to live. For many patients, relieving pain through medication is an
important part of hospice care. I have provided you with a list of ways that
patients are made more comfortable. A goal of hospice it to help patients use
their physical abilities as fully as possible.
Social Needs - Sometimes little things make all the difference to people.
Although these patients may not be as active as before their illness, you can
see on your handout a list of things t .....
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