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Using Irradiation To Make Food Safer For Consumers
1,173 words... the product and not in all directions, the electron beam is more efficient. A ten kilowatt beam generator is as powerful as about one-million curies from a cobalt- 60 source (Murano 14 - 15). The electron accelerators produce from five to ten million electron volts and ten to fifty kilowatts (Murano 15 - 16). The electron beam efficiency can be increased by aiming the beam at a metal target, usually tungsten or tantalum. This produces Bremsstrahlung x-rays. This type of x-ray can penetrate a...
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Day And Age Thyroid Gland
1,405 words... be pulled upwards, and when the patient looks down the upper lids are slow to follow the eyeballs. Thus the eyes develop a staring quality and they may tend to bulge outwards (Korte 1994). This appearance is due to changes in the nervous control of the upper eyelid and usually disappears as the hyperthyroidism is controlled (Epps 1995). These changes may occur in hyperthyroidism due to any cause, and is not specific to Graves disease (Foley 1993). There are three main methods in treating hyp...
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Central Nervous System Side Effects
1,454 wordsTwenty-five years ago, the great Athenian doctor Hippocrates believed that balance is health and that imbalance is the cause of all illness and pain. For more than three hundred years, this concept has been in disfavour. Now, clinical experiences with Phen/Fen suggest that Hippocrates was right. While both phentermine and fenfluramine have been available since the mid-seventies, patients were generally reluctant to use them because of the always present fear of addiction. During many instances w...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Drug Testing
1,148 words... Cyclists used the drugs not only in training but to aid them in their races to give them that extra mile. Many athletes competing in the Olympic games tend to use the performance enhancers a lot. They probably think since they [performance drugs] got them this far, why stop now when they could win a gold medal. In the ' 92 Olympics the banned drugs most frequently used were anabolic steroids (57 %), stimulants (22 %), narcotics (8 %), diuretics (5 %), masking agents (1 %) and beta-blockers (...
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Obsessive Compulsive Amp Amp
1,109 wordsCase Study: Mrs A is a 71 year old widow with CCF and osteoarthritis who has recently been exhibiting quite unusual behaviour. Her daughter is concerned about her mother's ability to remain independent and wishes to pursue nursing home admission arrangements. She fears the development of a depending illness. Over the last two to three months Mrs A has become confused, easily fatigued and very irritable. She has developed disturbing obsessive / compulsive behaviour constantly complaining that her...
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Pharmacology A Case Study In
1,082 words... ion, neurotoxicity. Relevant interactions: None. Nursing considerations: Use cautiously in elderly patients and patients with cardiac disease. Check renal, hepatic, and auditory function periodically during prolonged therapy. Drug should be discontinued if abnormalities occur. Applications to case study Piroxicam is an arthritis medication and is being used to treat Mrs A's osteoarthritis. The 20 mg dose is standard. Brody, T et al (1994: 397) does not recommend a time of day for taking the ...
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Information Symptoms And Treatment Of Schizophrenia
1,581 words... patient to function more effectively and appropriately. Antipsychotic drugs are the best treatment now available, but they do not cure schizophrenia or ensure that there will be no further psychotic episodes. The choice and dosage of medication can be made only by a qualified physician who is well trained in the medical treatment of mental disorders. The dosage of medication is individualized for each patient, since people may vary a great deal in the amount of drug needed to reduce symptoms...
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Children And Adolescents Child And Adolescent Psychiatry
1,460 words... if you do decide to treat the child with antidepressants, which is by far the easiest mode of treatment, the child could still be at risk for self-harm due to the risk associated with antidepressant drugs and children. As a parent, this scenario is like tossing a one-sided coin, in that with or without treatment your child may be at risk of suicidal tendencies. Another concern is the dosage of antidepressants being given to children and adolescents. Currently, the lowest dosage for an antide...
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Coronary Heart Disease High Blood Pressure
1,530 wordsRunning Head: Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases (Authors Name) (Institution Name) CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Introduction Cardiovascular disease consists of several separate diseases of the heart and the circulatory system in the body, and it is in the general diagnostic category. One of the major health problems in the United States that can lead to death is from cardiovascular diseases and the most important components of this disease are the coronary heart disease and the cerebrova...
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Central Nervous System Years Of Age
655 wordsCODEINE (C 18 H 2, NO 3 H 3 PO 4 1 / 2 H 2 O) Our team researched the drug Codeine. We used several different sources to gather our information. We go information from Jay Moser and Sue Peterson, our two local pharmacists. We researched medical encyclopedias, journals, and magazines. Codeine is known medically as methyl morphine. It is a drug derived from opium, a poppy plant. It was discovered in 1832 by French chemist Pierre-Jean Robiquet. Codeine constitutes about 0. 5 to 2. 5 percent of this...
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