A Guide To Indoor Air Quality
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All of us face a variety of risks to our health as we go about our day to day lives. Driving in cars, flying in planes, engaging in recreational activities, and being exposed to environmental pollutants all pose varying degrees of risk. Some risks are simply unavoidable. Some we choose to accept because to do otherwise would restrict our ability to lead our lives the way we want. And some are risks we might decide to avoid if we had the opportunity to make informed choices. Indoor air pollution is one risk that you can do something about. In the last several years, a growing body of scientific evidence has indica .....
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Cholera: Virulence, Origin, And Pandemics
.... low or not present at all, greater virulence can be expressed as causing more symptoms of illness. One such pathogen is Vibrio cholerae, which causes the disease known as cholera. The subject of this paper will focus on the V. cholerae pathogen and the significance of its presence on Earth. I will examine virulence patterns of various strains of V. cholerae, and what they are inclined to do.
Come (from) Hell or High (risk) Water?
Cholera’s origin is a topic that has been widely debated over the years. Some think that it dates back thousands of years to the first human civilizations that obtained water from public .....
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Three Important Values In Nursing
.... hope in patients with ALS or 'Lou Gehrig's Disease'. This disease, although it is fatal and causes ongoing deterioration of the body's ability to move, leaves the mind completely alert and does not affect intellectual function.
This article includes a quote from Ileane Mindel, RN, home liaison for the Les Turner ALS Foundation in Skokie, Ill. "It's not enough just to help ALS patients with their symptoms. The pain that patients experience, from being unable to do such things as putting their arms around their loved ones or kissing them, is devastating and much harder to treat."
If only physical aspects of health wer .....
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What Is PMS?
.... at any time in a menstruating woman's life. It usually appears in women in their early twenties through thirties.
*PMS is reported by mostly women who-
-have had children
-had pregnancy complications (such as toxemia)
-report minor pain and cramping with periods
-eat high in sugar or salt
-don't exercise regularly
-live a high-stress life
How Can A Woman Tell If She's Experiencing PMS?
A woman knows she is experiencing PMS when their symptoms get in the way of their daily routine. Right now, researches have no tests that show the presence of PMS. That's why it's important to keep a daily calendar to record their .....
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Schizophrenia
.... dangers to the unborn child. Schizophrenia is a disorder where the body’s immune system attacks itself. Schizophrenia is not present at birth but develops during the adolescence period or young adulthood. Schizophrenia is a biological brain disease affecting thinking, perception, mood, and behavior. Its exact cause is unknown but overwhelming evidence points to faulty chemistry or structural abnormalities in the brain. In some cases schizophrenia is generic. Schizophrenia strikes one in 100 people at some point in his/her lifetime (Compiled by Ontario Friends of Schizophrenia, Oct 94). Schizophrenia worsens and becomes .....
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Rural Healthcare
.... suffered by great amounts of the rural population, making health care insurance a relative luxury. Because of this, many ailments and injuries tend to go untreated.
Another problem is the lack of physicians willing to work in rural areas. The Hill-Burton Act of 1946 represented a major effort by the federal government to increase health resources in underserved areas. This subsidized construction program made it possible for many communities without a hospital or with inadequate facilities to obtain better health care. This had its shortcomings because hospitals without doctors were, of course, of little value. There were .....
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Hemophilia
.... calculated that worldwide there are approximately 350,000 people with severe or moderate hemophilia, although hemophilia B is 5 times less common that hemophilia A. All races, religions, and economic groups are affected by hemophilia.
Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder which is inherited genetically. Due to the pattern of inheritance, the disorder generally affects males only. About one third of hemophilia cases come with a previous family history. Women with a hemophilic gene are called carriers while men are either hemophiliacs or normal. A daughter of a mother who is a carrier and a father who is normal has a 50% chance of .....
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Smoking On Campus
.... me, it makes me sick!”. Just about every nonsmoker I asked had close to the same opinion. Of the 24 students I interviewed 5 were smokers. Why should so many of us have to suffer for a small percent of students to reap the benefits? The administrators know the effects of smoking, I guess they’re just not concerned about the well being of their students.
Second hand smoke should not be a problem on our campus. SPJC administrators should address the problem, and provide the means to alleviate it. One solution, that will accommodate both smokers and nonsmokers, is to establish a designated smoking area on campus for students and fac .....
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Why Exercise Is Important
.... because we want to follow society's footsteps, but because it's the right thing to do.
This guide will address the reasons of why exercising is a physical imperative in the areas of diet, aerobic exercise, and weight training. With the expert advice from numerous research institutes nationwide, as well as first hand tips from the pros themselves, this guide will present the different exercising methods that will train your mind and body to better health. In addition, it will also talk about how to train yourself to better health, including the foods to eat and the foods to stay away from.
A good friend of mine that's also a wor .....
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Diabetes
.... Because it is inherited, this type can not be prevented.
The second type of diabetes is type 2 diabetes, or "non-insulin dependent" diabetes. In this type, insulin is produced by the pancreas but is ineffective. This type usually affects obese middle-aged and older people and can affect nearly all races. The risk of developing this type increases with age. Similar to the first type, it is also hereditary but is triggered by obesity. Some of the symptoms of type 2 diabetes are thirst, excessive urination, weight loss, fatigue, blurred vision, frequent infections, tingling, and numbness. The only way to avoid this type is to avo .....
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Mad Cow's Disease And Mad Man
.... affects a sheep's nervous system. Scrapie's main target organ is the brain but may infect other tissues such as the spinal cord, the lymphatic system, the intestines and eyes. What does sheep have to do with not being able to eat a steak you ask? In 1986, British scientist discovered Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), better known as Mad Cow's Disease which is a mutated version of Scrapie. Since its' discovery in 1986 more than 160,000 British cattle have been diagnosed and millions more have been slaughtered for fear that they had the disease. Scientist's believe that the disease may have mutated from scrapie and cause .....
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Cocaine And Its Dangers
.... is used in eye, ear and throat surgery." "Now, they have been largely replaced by synthetic and local anesthetics such as lidocaine."
There are different ways of taking cocaine, because it is in a powdery form. "The most popular ways to take cocaine is snorting into nostrils or taking it orally." "To get a faster and even stronger "high", users take street cocaine and mix it with chemicals and make a paste, called freebase." "Freebase is smoked, and during heating, the chemical sometimes exploded and burned the users." "Injecting cocaine is an other way of taking it, it is going straight to the vein because it i .....
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