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Toxic Shock Syndrome Years Of Age
1,700 words
... y lives. At first, it seemed to be a bad flu
or cold, and Jamie was to spend a few days in bed.
But it got worse... Jamie became disoriented and
the slightest movement caused her to feel faint as
her blood pressure sank lower. A fine red rash
covered her torso; her kidneys had failed. She
grew weaker and weaker. Her mother rushed her by
boat to the doctor. They had to call an air
ambulance. The paramedics were scared; they'd
never seen anything like this before. It was clear
that Jamie's con...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
1,578 words
Each year millions of people in the United States
are affected by serious and sometimes
life-threatening eating disorders. The vast
majorities are adolescents and young adult women.
Approximately one percent of adolescent girls
develop anorexia nervosa, a dangerous condition in
which they can literally starve themselves to
death. Another two to three percent develop
bulimia nervosa, a destructive pattern of
excessive overeating followed by vomiting or other
" purging " behaviors to control their...
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Second Hand Smoke Heart Rate And Blood Pressure
2,284 words
The Aspects of Smoking Many years ago, smoking was
considered alluring habit and it was quite popular
to smoke. However, when it was scientifically
proved after numerous researches that smoking was
the cause of many health problems, the public
opinion towards smoking had changed a lot. Over
the last 40 years, approximately the number of
smokers in the United States has dropped 30 %.
Private businesses and all levels of government
have jumped on the nonsmoking bandwagon. Almost
every state now re...
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Eating Disorders Eating Disorders Anorexia Bulimia
1,218 words
Eating Eating Disorders Eating Disorders Eating
disorders are devastating and harmful behavioral
patterns that occur with in people for numerous
reasons. The three types of eating disorders I
will be discussing include the three most common
of the disorders: anorexia, bulimia, and
compulsive over eating (known as binge eating).
Though the disorders take physical damage on the
body, they are not in fact physical illnesses. You
cannot catch and eating disorder. Rather, they are
mental issues that ...
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Eating Disorders Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa
759 words
Eating Eating Disorders Eating Disorders Eating
disorders include extreme emotions, attitudes and
behaviors surrounding weight and food issues.
Eating disorders are serious emotional and
physical problems that can have life-threatening
consequences for both males and females (Academy).
Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating
Disorder are the three major and most recognized
eating disorders. Anorexia Nervosa is a serious,
potentially life-threatening eating disorder
characterized by se...
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
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In the world today, there are many known deadly
viruses, but few present as great a threat as
Ebola, the virus that causes Ebola Hemorrhagic
Fever. Key factors in understanding Ebola HF
include: Its history, plan of attack, and the
diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The Ebola
virus can, and usually does cause a disease called
Ebola hemorrhagic fever, which is a Viral
hemorrhagic fever. According to the proceedings of
the 4 th National Symposium on Biosafety, the
clinical definition for Vira...
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Arms And Legs Effects Of Smoking
611 words
Effects of Smoking On the Body Smoking cigarettes
has been proven too be extremely dangerous to your
health, which causes various forms of cancer and
other life threatening diseases. There are over 4,
000 chemicals in cigarette smoke and 200 of those
are known poisons. Smoking cigarettes for as few
as a couple of years can have permanent effects on
the body. Smoking can effect the heart and lungs;
mouth and throat; arms, legs, skin and the mind.
One big area of where smoking harms the body is
th...
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U S Food Food And Drug
672 words
The plant rhododendron Rhododendron Rhododendron
The plant rhododendron belongs to the family
Ericaceae which also includes the Heath, and there
are about eight-hundred fifty species which grow
worldwide (Turner and Szczawinski, 171 - 2). The
Heath family is a large one with so many species,
all of the poisonous species fall into two of its
subfamilies, one of which is the rhododendron.
These cultivated plants occur naturally in
temperate regions of the northern hemisphere and
in the mountains o...
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Spanish Civil War Kansas City Star
2,660 words
I. Ernest Hemingway? s tough, Terse prose and
short, declarative sentences did more to change
the style of written English that any other
writing in the twentieth century. II. Ernest
Hemingway has had many great accomplishments in
his historical life but just one event has hardly
sticks out from the rest. The Old Man and the Sea
is one of Hemingway? s most enduring works. Told
in Language of great simplicity and power, it is
the story of an old Cuban fisherman, agonizing
battle with a giant marl...
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Short Term Memory Evidence That Marijuana
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The Benefits Of Marijuana Are you sick of hearing
your girlfriend nagging you about letting go of
your pot pastime? Have you been hearing a lot of
negative things about the use of marijuana lately?
Would you like to know what the real deal is
behind the use of this infamous drug? Then read on
because youre in for a surprise. One of the
saddest things in North America is the lack of
clinical trials on marijuana use. Many other
countries in the world have already performed such
tests in order to d...
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Students And Teachers Blood Pressure
967 words
Forgiveness, What can it do? by Jennifer Loeffler
Nearly every person on the earth holds a grudge or
emotion inside of him or her self that tears them
apart. The feeling of mistrust, hurt, and anger
wrapped into one ball. This may seem all too
familiar, however not one human being can deny
holding one of these feelings at some point in
time. Of all the diseases and illnesses this
plagues all the people of the world. Im talking
about the emotions we hold inside until we forgive
the one who had ca...
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H 2 O Amino Acids
1,852 words
Functions Of The Digestive And Kidney Systems
Functions Of The Digestive And Kidney Systems Of
The Body 1. You eat a hot dog, leave the bun,
describe the physiological response to the
increased food in your stomach. Food inters the
stomach and it increases the pH and H+ decreases
thus the stomach get more basic. The stomach walls
are also stretched. Chemoreceptors and stretch
receptors detect the change in pH and the stretch
on the walls. Nerve impulses travel to the sub
mucosal plexus this stim...
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Vital Signs Respiratory Problems
1,216 words
Legal Issues Case Study for Nursing Case 2 Nursing
Situation: Cindy Black (fictitious name), a
four-year-old child with wheezing, was brought
into the emergency room by her mother for
treatment at XYZ (fictitious name) hospital at 9:
12 p. m. on Friday, May 13. Initial triage
assessment revealed that Cindy was suffering from
a sore throat, wheezing bilaterally throughout all
lung fields, seal-like cough, shortness of breath
(SOB), bilateral ear pain. Vital signs on
admission were pulse rate 160,...
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Central Nervous System Withdrawal Symptoms
2,507 words
GHB, or gamma-hydroxy butyrate, is a nutrient that
is part of the metabolism process in mammalians.
It can be found in every cell of the human body.
The greatest quantities can be found in the
kidney, heart, skeletal muscles, and brown fat
tissues (Chin and Kreutzer, 1992). Chin and
Kreutzer also believe it to be a neurotransmitter,
however that has not yet been proven. GHB is known
to be a metabolite and also a precursor of the
inhibitory neurotransmitter GABA
(gamma-aminobutyric acid). GHB and...
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York Chelsea House Publishers Long Term Affects
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In the past Heroin Heroin In the past twenty years
heroin use has grown dramatically. Psychoactive
drugs have become the young persons largest
problem to face. Drugs have become a part of even
the most stereotypically normal family's life. No
workplace, home, or school can be completely drug
proofed. To live with these drugs one must learn
about them. Not knowing the facts about heroin
will ultimately lead to the drugs winning the
game. What is heroin? Heroin is an opiate, which
comes from the o...
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School Age Children High In Fat
2,155 words
In todays society childhood obesity is considered
to be an epidemic. The increase in obesity is not
caused by the change in the gene pool, but rather
by the change in the environment. This causes
vulnerable populations to express the obesity
phenotype (Stone, 1999). One in seven children
ages 6 - 17 are considered to be obese. Most
nutritionists will say that this is do to the lack
of parental guidance. A childs parents should
teach their child proper eating habits so that
they wont run across p...
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Birth Defects Blood Pressure
687 words
Marfan Syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder,
affecting approximately one in ten-thousand
people. Its affects both males and females
equally, and is equally prevalent in all races.
About one in four affected individuals are the
result of new mutations, however in most cases the
syndrome is inherited from one parent with the
disorder. In 1991 the cause of Marfan Syndrome was
traced to a defective gene on chromosome 15. This
gene, with normal functioning, tells the body to
produce fibrilla, a...
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Day After Day Symptoms Of Stress
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Stress is a term used by many, is somewhat
misunderstood, and often used to describe a
negative condition or emotional state. People
experience various forms of stress at home, work,
in social settings, and when engaged in activities
to simply have fun. Police officer s experience
stresses the same as others, but also in ways much
different than the average citizen. The dangers,
violence, and tragedy seen by officers result in
added levels of stress not experienced by the
general population. Wha...
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Blood Pressure Heart Rate
320 words
Stress can be loosely defined as anything that is
experienced as a threat to your stability or
equilibrium. A portion of your nervous system is
activated to ready the body to meet the demands
brought on by an emotional upset. The stress
responses is a physiological response to stress
that results in heightened mental and physical
awareness such as elevated heart rate, faster
breathing, dilated pupils, and tense muscles.
Stress can be broken down into three stages. The
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Blood Pressure Career Path
1,206 words
I was in Nursing Nursing I was in a hospital for
my co-op placement, I chose this because I was
considering nursing as my chosen career path. For
this reason, I have researched the nursing career.
I have spent many hours in this setting and feel
that I have a pretty good understanding as to what
goes on day to day. Before choosing to become a
nurse, one must first examine themselves and look
to see if they have the right qualities for this
demanding job. Some qualities are such; caring,
compassi...
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