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Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus Gestational Diabetes
1,238 wordsDiabetes mellitus is a group of diseases characterized by high levels of blood glucose resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. Diabetes can be associated with serious complications and premature death, but persons with diabetes can take measures to reduce the likelihood of such occurrences. 15. 7 million people -- 5. 9 % of the population -- have diabetes. But only 10. 3 million people are diagnosed so that leaves 5. 4 million people not diagnosed. Studies have foun...
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Short Term Effects Mayo Clinic
1,380 wordsSteroids are drugs that many athletes use to enhance their abilities in sports. The use of steroids can be dangerous to both your body and mind. The drug also can give athletes unfair advantages which could propel them to victory. The use of steroids should not be permitted What is a steroid? Steroids are a synthetic version of the human hormone testosterone. Testosterone stimulates and maintains the male sexual organs. It also stimulates the development of bones and muscle, promotes skin and ha...
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Multiple Causation Theory Of Leukemia
1,944 wordsLeukemia is a malignant disease of the bone marrow and blood. It is characterized by the uncontrolled growth of blood cells. The term leukemia has a Latin derivation. Luke means white and heme is blood. Therefore the word leukemia literally means white blood. The common types of leukemia are divided into four major categories: myelogenous and lymphocytic, which can then be divided into acute or chronic. Thus, the four major types of leukemia are acute or chronic myelogenous leukemia and acute or...
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Systemic Lupus Lupus Erythematosus
1,101 words... leven criteria are closely related to the symptoms discussed above. Some patients suspected of having systemic lupus may never develop enough criteria for a definite diagnosis. Other patients accumulate enough criteria only after months or years of observation. When a person has four or more of these criteria, the diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus is suggested. The eleven criteria used for diagnosing systemic lupus erythematosus are: malar (over the cheeks of the face) "butterfly" ra...
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Advantages And Disadvantages Amount Of Time
1,288 wordsOutline F. Vaginal Contraception Sponge 4. Advantages and Disadvantages IV. Sexually Transmitted Diseases The reproduction system is made up of the male and female organ that are involved in the regenerative process. This involves the forming of reproductive cells, conception, sex determination and developments, gestation, birth and patterns of inheritance. A. Ovulation is the release of a female egg. I occurs in the middle of every menstrual cycle. The egg enters the fallopian tube on its way t...
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Virus That Causes Form Of Birth Control
1,086 wordsToday's world is full of worries and problems which did not affect teens a generation ago. New problems keep appearing in today's world, such as STDs, increased pregnancy rates, and other factors facing teens who choose to have sex. Emotionally and physically teens and getting less developed before having sex and are not prepared for the serious problems which come along with their decision to have sex. No longer is it a matter which will just go away if we ignore it, but teen health and the hea...
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Short Term Effects Effects Of Smoking
1,263 wordsThere are numerous effects of smoking that affect the individual. They can affect not only your health but also your social and family life. It can also affect the non-smoker around you. Non-smokers suffer from allergies, noise and eye irritations and headaches as a result of inhaling second hand smoke. Smoking while youre pregnant can result to the growth of the foetus and may even result in the death of the baby. Down below are some long term and short term effects of smoking. Cigarette smoke ...
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Abdominal Pain Older Adults
1,519 wordsWhat is Crohns Disease? Crohns disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines. It primarily causes ulcerations in the small and large intestines, but can effect the digestive system anywhere between the mouth and the anus. It is named after the physician who examined the disease in a landmark paper written in 1932. It is also called Morbus Crohns, Granulomatous enteritis, Regional enteritis, or Terminal ileitis. The disease is found in equal frequency in men and women, and usually e...
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Girls And Women Surgeon Generals
1,362 wordsOption Paper Abstract: There is ignorance about the health risks of tobacco. There is further darkness over the risks related to smoking women. It is not that men are spared but here we would deal only with smoking and women. Although there is heavy ponder over health issues like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, atherosclerosis and cancer. How innocent our society is to ignore causes and trying to combat effects? Tobacco still remains to be one of the largest threats to health and most imp...
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Young Black Men Prostate Cancer
1,579 wordsUse of Castration as Treatment Men stricken with the disease often face castration to stop tumours growing and spreading throughout the body. But the drug, which has just completed clinical trials, has been found to be just as effective in keeping the cancer at bay. Prostate cancer kills more than 10, 000 men in Britain each year. Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and actor Roger Moore are among the public figures who have battled the illness. The new treatment is a member of the anti androgen family ...
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Virus That Causes Form Of Birth Control
2,065 wordsTodays world is full of worries and problems which did not affect teens a generation ago. New problems keep appearing in todays world, such as STDs, increased pregnancy rates, and other factors facing teens who choose to have sex. Emotionally and physically teens and getting less developed before having sex and are not prepared for the serious problems which come along with their decision to have sex. No longer is it a matter which will just go away if we ignore it, but teen health and the healt...
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Children With Down Syndrome Child With Down Syndrome
913 wordsPeople Down Syndrome Down Syndrome People with Down syndrome are first and foremost human beings who have recognizable physical characteristics due to the presence of an extra chromosome 21. The estimated incidence of Down syndrome is between 1 in 1, 000 to 1 in 1, 100 live births. Each year approximately 3, 000 to 5, 000 children are born with this chromosome disorder. It is believed there are about 250, 000 families in the United States who are affected by Down syndrome. Children with Down syn...
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