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The Side Effects Of Breast Implants
466 words
In the 1970 s women began to look for different
options other than padding their bra to get a more
voluptuous look. The 70 s were an age of a new
form of cosmetic surgery called breast implants.
These implants became a popular alternative to
padding. Serious side effects can result in
implants and women should be well aware of these
health risks before making a final decision. When
you first look into breast implants they appear
rather harmless, just a new way to gain fuller
breasts. Implants ar...
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Child And Adolescent Children And Adolescents
1,546 words
Adolescent depression continues to be a growing
American problem since its discovery in the 1970
s. How exactly to treat this problem, however, is
not a clear issue. For years the psychiatric
community felt that psychotherapy was the best way
to treat this growing epidemic. However, with the
development of antidepressants, most famously
Prozac, many people feel the problem is nearing a
solution. Many psychiatrists believe these pills
can be a quick and effective way to treat
suffering adolescent...
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Alzheimers Disease Antipsychotic Medications
2,006 words
Alois Alzheimer was the first man to discover
Alzheimers disease. Before this discovery, the
illness was classified as insanity. There is now a
more sensitive understanding of this disease.
Alzheimers is a disease that slowly, but surely,
causes one to lose his memory. Symptoms are simple
like one not being able to remember where he
placed his keys. Slowly he begins to forget names
and telephone numbers until eventually most of his
Forsyth and Ritzline claim that Alzheimers affects
mainly middle...
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Drugs In The Work Place
561 words
Drug Addiction in the School and Work Place How
has work efficiency changed as a result of drug
addiction in the sch a cool and work place? In the
1960 and 1970 's, men and women worked long hours
to support their family. For many, these strenuous
hours were hard to handle without taking drugs.
The use of "uppers" and "downers" was then
considered a way to tolerate those long work
hours. To this date, the concern of drugs being
used for work efficiency persists among adults who
work long late ho...
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Moral And Ethical Year Of Life
1,331 words
Since the first vaccine in 1796 for smallpox, made
by Edward Jenner, modern science has managed to
create vaccines to give us immunity to many deadly
diseases. Vaccines have reduced many diseases and
have even eradicated others. However, currently
there is evidence that not all vaccines are
beneficial and that some may actually be harmful.
In this essay, I will discuss about what a vaccine
is and how they work. I will also discuss the pros
and cons of vaccinations, and show some of the
advantage...
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Genetically Modified Side Effects
648 words
Do you want to be exceptionally good at sports?
Excluding the fact that you may be naturally
gifted and / or you have trained for sports most
extensively, but imagine becoming far better than
everyone else without making any effort. If so,
genetic alteration is already considered a cheat
in the game of life. In the Keeper of the Isis
Light, Guardian has surgically and genetically
modified Olwen to make her stronger and more
adapted to planet Isis. Basically genetic
alternation would involve mani...
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Negative Impact Side Effects
903 words
Thursday, September 28, 2000, the Federal Drug and
Food Administration approved the use of
mifepristone, the abortion pill known as RU- 486.
This pill makes it dramatically easier for a woman
to have an abortion. If pregnancy is detected
within seven weeks of conception, this simple pill
can abort the baby, making it unnecessary to go
through with abortion surgery. I believe that the
Fda's approval of RU- 486 was wrong and the pill
should be banned. This pill is one of the worst
things to come o...
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B And C Loss Of Appetite
832 words
There are different ways that hepatitis B or C can
be caught. They are spread by contact with
infected blood or other body fluids of people who
are infected with hepatitis B or C. Having sex
with an infected person is an example of how you
could be infected. When people who use intravenous
drugs share needles with someone who has the
virus, they can get hepatitis B or C. Health care
workers, like nurses, lab technicians and doctors,
can get infected if accidentally stuck with a
needle used on an...
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Potential Health Benefits Of The Human Genome Project
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... oregon organs either, as they will soon serve
no purpose. Improvements in the health field due
to the HGP extend all the way down to the area of
therapeutics. The project will allow
pharmaceutical companies to produce more effective
drugs, and doctors will be able to prescribe these
drugs based on ones DNA. Medical records will
include our complete genome and will allow for an
accurate prediction by doctors as to our responses
to certain drugs. These predictions by doctors
will help to antic...
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Taking Steroids Baseball Players
800 words
In professional sports athletes are trying to gain
and advantage on their opponents all the time,
especially in baseball. Many professional baseball
players take muscle enhancers and weight gainers
to improve their game. The athletes that are
really trying to get an edge on their opponents
may resort to steroids. Baseball players should
not be allowed to use steroids or muscle enhancers
because, it gives them too much power, they have a
better advantage over the other players, and it
can cause m...
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Acupuncture As An Alternative Medicine In Western Society
1,651 words
Alternative medicine is a very general term whose
definition can be very controversial. Basically,
it is many holistic techniques for preventing and
treating illnesses. Acupuncture, and many other
therapies, have long been a part of Asian cultures
and have recently been integrated into the Western
culture. Since Acupuncture is such an important
tradition in China, it has gained much respect
from other cultures. Acupuncture is a strong
component in China, and can be traced to their
health care sy...
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Side Effects Wide Range
930 words
Cannabis Sativa (marijuana) has been thought to be
an illegal and very harmful drug for many years.
But as you read this report you will learn that
marijuana has been around for many years (most
years legal) and isn't as harmful as some people
may think. Marijuana has been used for many things
in the past, including medicine, hemp rope, crude
cloth and enjoyment. Now it is mainly used as a
narcotic. Marijuana is an illegal weed that grows
up to eighteen feet tall with little or no
cultivation. T...
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One Hundred Percent Percent Effective
1,107 words
Robert Stone Eng. Writing 1015 CONTRACEPTION
Almost 3, 500 years ago, men in Egypt wore
condom-like sheaths as attractive and eye-catching
penis covers. By the 18 th century, condoms were
being made from sheep intestines. In Victorian
England, sexual stimulation was believed to
shorten ones life, so sex once a month was
considered more than enough. In the ancient Middle
East, Arabs placed pebbles in the uterus es of
female camels when they set off on long journeys.
They thought that a foreign ob...
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Taking Creatine Side Effects
807 words
To all the young lifters, In todays society,
children as young as eleven are taking creatine to
enhance their performance in the gym. Kids think
that creatine is their miracle cure for bulking
up. In most cases, they hear about creatine from a
friend who is taking it, so the next day, they go
out to GNC and buy the biggest bottle they can
find without knowing what it is, what it does, or
what the side effects are. This is why I write to
you. First of all, let me tell you what exactly
creatine is...
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Time Of Day Increase The Amount
1,544 words
Creatine Used in Sport Throughout time, humans
have had a fascination with being excellent at
what they do, and athletics have been no
exception. Many substances exist, and many have
been criticized and analyzed for their safety,
legality, and morality for athletes. With t
banning of steroids from competitive sports, and
the implementation of random drug testing in most
sports, most athletes, professional, recreational,
and would-be professionals are hoping to gain an
edge. More recently, one su...
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Low Blood Pressure Symptoms Of Depression
2,478 words
Mental disorders are becoming more prevalent in
today? s society as people add stress and pressure
to their daily lives. The elderly population is
not eliminated as a candidate for a disorder just
because they may be retired. In fact, mental
disorders affect 1 in 5 elderly people. One would
think that with disorders being rather prevalent
in this age group that there would be an abundance
of treatment programs, but this is not the case.
Because the diagnosis of an individual? s mental
state is s...
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Mao Inhibitors Gastrointestinal Tract
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Dothiepin Vs. Fluoxetine (Mechanism Of Action And
Dothiepin Vs. Fluoxetine (Mechanism Of Action And
Pharmacodynamics) Comparison Between Mechanism of
Action and Pharmacodynamics of Dothiepin and
Fluoxetine Description of medicines Mechanism of
action and pharmacodynamic's Dothiepin Dothiepin
is a tricyclic antidepressant. It acts by
promoting the effectiveness of several amines
(dopamine, norepinephrine, and 5
-hydroxytryptamine, which is also known as 5 HT
and serotonin). It functions by inhibi...
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Marijuana Should Be Legalized Nausea And Vomiting
734 words
Marijuana Did you know that there are over 460
chemicals in marijuana, which may have medicinal
uses? Marijuana at this moment is illegal in
forty-nine of the fifty United States. Last year,
in California, Proposition 215 was passed to
legalize marijuana for medical uses. As a result
of Proposition 215 and the legalization of
marijuana, many glaucoma patients have found
another remedy, vomiting, nausea, and loss of
appetites from chemotherapy have been safely
controlled, and patients and hospita...
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Controlled Substances Act Schedule Ii Drug
4,391 words
Marijuana (also spelled marihuana) is a
psychoactive drug made from the dried leaves and
flowering parts of the hemp plant. It is one of
the most strictly classified illegal drugs in the
United States. Under the 1970 Controlled
Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule
I substance, which defines it as having a high
potential for abuse and no currently accepted
medical use. Marijuana is therefore classified
more severely than cocaine and morphine, which as
Schedule II drugs are also banne...
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Nerve Endings Secondary Symptoms
2,961 words
migraine In America approximately 45 million
people each year consult physicians for relief of
chronic headache pain (1). Chronic headache pain
is second only to the common cold in loss of work
and wages due to ailment (8). In the past decade
advancements in the understanding and treatment of
vascular headache syndromes have increased
drastically. The activity in this field is plagued
and sometimes hindered with competing theories
about migraine pathogenesis. The many symptoms
that have broadene...
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