Quit Smoking!
.... for the artery to rupture. Another drug in cigarettes, nicotine, causes your blood pressure to rise, your heart rate to rise, and your heart increasingly requires more oxygen to keep pumping.
Along with heart disease, smokers are afflicted with life threatening cancers. “Cigarette smoking is the major cause of cancer of the lips, tongue, salivary glands, mouth, larynx, esophagus, and middle and lower pharynx”(Kim and Saltzberg 2). Stomach cancer has also been found to be directly related to cigarette smoking. Another cancer that is related to smoking is bladder cancer. In addition to these, leukemia is also directly r .....
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Herbal Medicines
.... of the more serious side effects that come along with the stonger drugs. Antibiotics, as a drug, may do more to the body than just get rid of the bacteria or virus. That is why Ann Beemer, a Pierre, S.D., sophomore, said "she felt good about taking zinc and Echinacea tablets when she had a cold." She felt they were more gentle than over the counter medicines (Gullickson np). People that have experienced problems with over-the-counter drugs have turned to herbal medicines a safer alternative to healing.
Over the years people have discovered many helpful remedies with the use of herbal drugs. Some have even shown to help pr .....
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Menopause
.... as hot flashes, these may occur when sort burst of capillary expansion that cause a warm flushed feeling around the neck or head these may last for less than a minute or more and can happened one or as many as dozen times a day. Some women after menopause also note weakening of their bone structure or osteoporosis, which may leave them vulnerable to fracture.
A great many other physical and psychological changes have been attributed to menopause. These include fat in the thighs, loss of muscle tone and high blood pressure. Mental health problems, including depression, and fatigue have been said to be caused by menopause. To .....
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Bipolar Disorder
.... thoughts of death and suicide (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ). The manic episodes are characterized by elevated or irritable mood, increased energy, decreased need for sleep, poor judgment and insight, and often reckless or irresponsible behavior (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ).
Bipolar affective disorder affects approximately one percent of the population (approximately three million people) in the United States. It is presented by both males and females. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression. These episodes may alternate with profound depressions characterized by a pervasive sadness, almost inability to mov .....
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Nutrition: Facts On Malnutrition
.... 5 years of age, suffer from the effects of starvation more quickly than adults. In severe situations, they can develop a condition which is life threatening called protein energy malnutrition. This means that their diet provides too little energy and protein. Kwashiorkor and marasmus are the two most common diseases caused by lack of protein and energy. In developed countries, diets very low in energy are rare. People who suffer from psychological problems, such as anorexia nervosa and older adults who are ill or have lost their appetite may reduce their food and energy intake.
Protein and Fat
The diet must contain the .....
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Epilepsy
.... may trigger seizures though. Lack of sleep, emotional stress, missed meals, alcohol ingestion/withdrawal, even fever or some infections may produce seizures.
There are many possible cause of epilepsy but in more than half the causes, the precise cause cannot be determined. An inherited tendency to develop the disorder occurs in the families of some patients. Some of the known cause include head injuries, strokes, premature birth, infectious disease, complicated deliveries, or drug use/withdrawal.
General treatment measures include drug therapy with the goal of the preventing further attacks. The discontin .....
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Attention Deficit Disorder And Impassivity And Overactivity
.... Fine motor skills – to see if there are problems with the student’s hand-eye coordination and/or writing skills.
Then the student is evaluated. Parents are asked to describe their child’s behavior over a long period of time. The student’s teachers are asked to rate the student’s behavior using standardized forms, and to give their personal opinion of the student’s schoolwork and behavior. The student is asked what they think their problem is what their thoughts and feelings are and, what they do at home and school.
When all the information from the test, evaluations, and observations has been combined, a medical diagnosis is .....
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Von Willebrand’s Disease
.... adhere properly when blood vessels are injured, therefor it takes longer for a blood clot to form. In some patients, the factor VIII (the anti-hemophilic factor that helps blood clot) is also reduced, and blood clotting is severally impaired. In patients with hemophilia, the primary problem is the decrease or absents the factor VIII, while the von Willebrand factor is normal.
Erik von Willebrand, who lived in Helsinki, Finland, founded Von Willebrand’s disease in 1924. Who described a new type of bleeding disorder in the inhabitants of the Åland Islands is the Gulf of Bothnia, which is located between Sweden and Finland. This .....
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Schizophrenia
.... are affected,but in the larger cities schizophrenia is three to four times more common in the lower classes,than in the middle and upper classes.Doctors say this difference is due in part to the downward social status of people developing the disease."Schizo" occurs equally as often in men and women,however it occurs at an earlier age for men.Schizophrenia usually takes place in the late teen or early adult years,but can also occur in later years.
Varieties
There are differnt forms of the disease schizophrenia.It's subtypes include paranoid schizophrenia,the most seri .....
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The Human Genome Project
.... but do not have generations to wait . They usually do terrible and evil things long before the effects of a multigenerational genetic improvement program, however misguided, could be carried out.
Many religious leaders believe that genetic engineering is “playing god”. They worry that using this “unnatural power” will bring about something far more horrifying that anyone could imagine. However, the Biblical religions teach that human beings are, in some sense, co-creators with the Supreme Creator.
If creating new life forms is always bad, must we stop growing plants and animals, or altering their traits? If the objection .....
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Steroids
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In this paper I hope to show you all of the effects of steroids, both positive and negative. Steroids are a serious matter and a very controversial issue in our world today. Many people take the side that they shouldn’t be an illegal drug because all they do is help people gain strength and size. They feel that even though they might cause a few side effects they should be legal because even some over-the-counter drugs cause side effects similar to the side effects of steroids. On other side of this argument is the person who thinks that enhancing a person’s performance by building strength and muscle tissue gives him an .....
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Steriods
.... are also very hard to trace because of their water base composition. They can pass through the body within two days. All these benefits of steroids help an athletes become more competitive and increase their chance of being a winner. Of course everybody wants better biceps and triceps but when using steroids to achieve this goal there is a large price to pay.
However, steroids should remain illegal because they physically deteriorate the whole body system. When injected one risks the chances of developing hematoma and contracting AIDS. In women steroids contribute to the growth of facial hair, enlargements of the clitoris, .....
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