AIDS Esssay
.... the Bible would follow this command. Some people think that nothing will happen to them or that a person can only get AIDS by needles. Unprotected sex outside of marriage, in the eyes of some, is considered wrong. Through unprotected sex people can contract AIDS. When a person incessantly sleeps around with strangers, AIDS becomes a part of his or her life. Unprotected sex will always have its disputes, but there is no question that AIDS will always be there.
Innocent mistakes always display themselves when talking about AIDS. Transfusions of the wrong blood type or of AIDS contaminated blood serve as innocent mistakes .....
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Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
.... predisposing factors ultimately lead to the narrowing of the costoclavicular space in the shoulder.
This injury is most commonly an overuse injury. This is due to the cause of the build up of scar tissue on the muscles of the neck by there being a stretching injury to the neck muscles. The tight muscles press against the nerves to the arm causing the symptoms. Neck pain and headaches are caused tightness of the neck muscles.
Treatment for this injury includes a trip to the doctor to rule out any other complications, then start out with a moderate stretching exercise program. Abdominal breathing and posture corrections shou .....
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
.... dysmorphic features. This is only because a child with FAS their features may change over time and age. However, the clinical recognition and reporting is improving, but on the other hand improvements can become troublesome by clouding the true changes in the rate of FAS over time. Tracking and collecting data is hard to do because first the patient has to be diagnosed and a continuing follow-up must be done; if not this could and would cause problems.
There has been two programs of surveillance which includes FAS. The first program is the BDMP which relies on reported hospital discharge diagnosis of newborns. This progr .....
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Dietary Supplements
.... and postmarketing surveillance research. Conversely, product testing is not required for any supplement with ingredients that have been present in the food supply prior to October 15, 1994, or that have a history of use or other safety evidence in labeled conditions.
Many supplements were not required to submit evidence because the ingredients were found in food or had been used safely prior to the passage of DSHEA. For those supplements that do not meet these requirements, evidence of safety must be submitted to the FDA 75 days prior to market release. However, this safety information, which could include any citation to a p .....
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Marijuana As Medicine?
.... the 28th century BC. He prescribed it for such things as constipation, malaria, and absentmindedness. (Medical Marijuana, www.normal.com) Marijuana was also commonly used medically in, but not restricted to ancient Egypt to treat sore eyes, ancient India as an anesthetic, and ancient Greece to treat earaches and inflammation. In the 20th century the use declined due to new and better drugs, such as aspirin. In 1937 the United States Government passed the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, which outlawed non-medical use. Since this act made medical marijuana hard to come by, it was removed from the pharmacopoeia. It was dropped dow .....
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Schizophrenia
.... brain chemicals- dopamine and serotonin- in those who suffer from schizophrenia”(Bower,1). Also scientists believe schizophrenia is caused by poor parenting of weak will power. “This disease makes it difficult for a person to tell the difference between real and imagined experiences, to think logically, to express normal emotional responses or to behave normally in social situations”(Schizophrenia, 1). This disease affects about 1 percent of the world population. 2.5 million people in the United States have this disease. “Schizophrenia affects men and women equally, however, its onset in women is typically five years later t .....
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Issues To Consider In Deaf And Hard-Of-Hearing Patients
.... for conducting interviews with these patients.
Illustrative Case
A 60-year-old deaf woman, a native user of American Sign Language, presented as a new referral. During visits with her previous physician, she had always communicated by using her daughter as an interpreter. The referral physician arranged for a certified interpreter and then called the new patient (using the state's relay service) to inform her that an interpreter would be present during the office visit. The patient expressed her relief. For the interview, the physician chose a well-lit room and allowed the interpreter and the patient to arrange the seat .....
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Leprosy
.... of sensation in that particular area (2). Due to this loss of feeling sufferers are more susceptible to burns and other injuries. These injuries often become infected and turn into ulcers. When these remain untreated the final result may be the loss of an appendage (LEPROSY 1). Patches of skin that have been affected will have a look similar to that of ringworm (A Brief 2). These patches are denoted by a raised circular area, with reddened borders and a loss of color within (2). If leprosy remains untreated it may leave the sufferer deformed or even crippled. Many times these deformities along with social misconceptions m .....
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What Are Brain And Spinal Tumor
.... identity such as (nerves, blood, or skin) grow uncontrollably. Possible causes under investigation include viruses, defective genes, and chemicals.
Metastatic tumors occur when the cancer cells break from tumors in other parts of the body, travel throw the blood stream, hook up to other tissues and make new tumors inside the brain and spinal cord. The top two culprits that lead to metastatic tumors in the spinal cord and brain are lung and breast cancer. Brain and spinal cord tumors are not contagious or, at this time, preventable.
HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TUMORS
Research studies suggest that new brain tumors arise .....
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Tobacco
.... in uptake of serotonin, alterations in dopaminergic systems, alterations in peripheral and central noradrenergic neurons, and changes in DNA and RNA synthesis in the brain (9). Children prenatally exposed to nicotine consistently score lower in the two subcategories of expressive language and conceptual comprehension.
Evidence from studies of human neonates suggests that maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with increased rates of neurobehavioral difficulties. Several studies have linked maternal smoking during pregnancy with childhood inattention, impulsivity, and motor hyperactivity in offspring. Similarly, ma .....
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Schizophrenia
.... hear their thoughts, also known as Broadcasting, and even change them. ex...hear their thoughts, insert thoughts into their minds, or control their feelings, actions or impulses. Patients might think they are Jesus, Napoleon, or Franklin D. Roosevelt. @ (American Psychiatric Association Annual >90 page 1)
Pregnant women who experience an immune reaction that presents danger to their unborn children, this reaction raises sharply the rates of schizophrenia in the unborn child. Severe malnutrition in the early months of the fetal development may contribute to schizophrenia. It is also known that schizophrenia runs in families. Th .....
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Biological Warfare And Terrorism
.... This was the beginning of a frightening future for the modern world. "Organized and indiscriminat e murder" (Tokyo, A1) on a large scale is clearly possible and chemical weapons are likely to be a terrorist's vehicle for mass destruction.
The threat of terrorist use of chemical weapons is now quickly forcing its way into the thoughts of people all around the world. The attack in Japan, "says Israeli terrorism expert Yonah Alexander, 'has global implications. It's a quantum leap to terro rism by mass destruction" (Strasser, 36). There is such broad selection of chemical weapons exhibiting such diverse characteristics that the .....
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