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Optic Nerve Nerve Fibers
1,351 wordsThis research paper examines glaucoma over the age of 40 in the United States, in the last 10 years. Knowing the fact that glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness in the United States leads us to choose this subject for research. Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that gradually steals sight without warning and often without symptoms. Vision loss is caused by damage to the optic nerve. This nerve acts like an electric cable with over a million wires and is responsible for carrying the...
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Visually Impaired Optic Nerve
1,359 words... s what lessons were learned from these three particular studies? The answer lies with lowering the IOP. The Ocular Hypertension Treatment Study evaluated whether "lowering IOP was effective in delaying or preventing glaucoma in patients with ocular hypertension" (Johnson & Brandt, 2005). This study was designed to identify the characteristics in progression of disease in patients. Also identified as major predictive factors for development of glaucoma was optic nerve anatomy and central ...
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Optic Nerve African Americans
1,364 words... 1992). By comparison to the Beaver Dam Eye study with a predominantly Caucasian population, the Baltimore Eye Survey was a cross-sectional study with a multiracial population. In the Baltimore Eye Survey (Rahman et al, 1996) 5, 308 participants received an ophthalmological screening examination. Of this sample, 2, 395 were African American and 2, 913 were Caucasian Americans. OAG was defined on the basis of glaucoma tous optic nerve damage, abnormal visual fields or both. IOP was not a crite...
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Genetic Testing Higher Risk
1,197 words... the advent of genetic testing availability comes the responsibility of appropriate use of individual genetic information. Misuse of genetic information may revolve around privacy issues as they pertain to a person's medical record. Medical personnel must continue to be diligent about guarding the privacy of each patient's medical records. Misuse of genetic information also has the potential to implicate discriminatory practices among employers, potential employers and insurance companies (Ge...
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Congenital Glaucoma Glaucoma Glaucoma Eye
599 wordsThe most common Glaucoma Glaucoma The most common eye disease of the eyelid is a sty, which is an infection of the eyelashes. Several congenital defects of the eyelids occur, including coloma, or cleft eyelid, and ptosis, a drooping of the upper lid. (Eye 4) Defects to the eye are in inner surface of the eyelid to the eyeball, which usually burns. The eyelids are skin diseases such as eczema and acne and malignant tumors. The mucous membranes covering the inside of the eyelids and the outside of...
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Controlled Substances Act Heroin Addicts
6,041 wordsIn 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam War addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of Miamis demand for help. In 1981, Miami was the financial and import central for cocaine and marijuana, and the residents were fed up. Thanks to the task force, drug arrests went up by 27 %, and drug se...
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Controlled Substances Act Marijuana Tax Act
3,566 wordsMarijuana as Medicine Introduction Marijuana is a drug made from the dried leaves of the Hemp plant. Marijuana is also known as cannabis, which comes from the scientific name of the Hemp plant or Cannabis sativa. These dried leaves are usually smoked in rolled cigarettes or pipes to achieve a psychological feeling of euphoria or well-being. The marijuana plant contains more than 460 known compounds, of which more than 60 have been identified as cannabinoids. The most studied cannabinoid, 9 -tetr...
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