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Blood Sugar Levels Grolier Electronic Publishing
1,280 wordsHypoglycemia is a condition in which the amount of sugar in the blood drops to an abnormally low level. It occurs in association with a number of diseases and can affect anyone. Blood sugar, more formally known as glucose, is the fuel all cells in your body uses for heat and energy (Hypoglycemia, (Low Blood Sugar) ). Glucose is produced by the breakdown of glycogen, a pancreatic hormone that tends to raise sugar in the blood. Glucose enters the cells of your body through insulin. Insulin is what...
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Close Proximity Mortality Rates
2,724 wordsThe disease known as Asiatic cholera first infiltrated Great Britain in 1831, with its arrival in Sunderland 1. From there, it broke out in epidemic proportions through 1832. Three more epidemics would follow the 1832 outbreak, 1848, 1854, and 1866. Cholera is defined as an acute infectious disease, originated in India, characterized by profuse vomiting, cramps, etc. 2 These epidemics killed numerous Brits and effected many more. Several reasons can be seen for the continued importation and spre...
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York Chelsea House Publishers Long Term Affects
1,089 wordsIn the past twenty years heroin use has grown dramatically. Psychoactive drugs have become the young person's 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. Heroin is an opiate, which comes from the opium poppy. When the opium poppy dies, ...
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Symptoms Include E Coli
525 wordsE. coli are germs that normally live the intestines of people and animals. The most common symptoms are severe stomach cramps and diarrhea. E. coli lives in the intestines of healthy cattle and can get into the meat when cattle are slaughtered. The germs are killed when the meat is thoroughly cooked. The most common food source is ground beef because the grinding spreads the germs throughout the meat. These germs have also been in raw milk, roast beef, apple cider, salami, and sometimes on veget...
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Guided Imagery Warning Signs
1,147 wordsExecutive Burnout and it's Causes Definition: According to New York Psychologist Herbert J. Freudenberger, PhD. , who coined the term, burned is a state of fatigue or frustration brought about by a devotion to a cause, a way of life, or a relationship that failed to produce the expected reward. Burnout is a problem born of good intentions, because it happens when people try to reach unrealistic goals and end up depleting their energy and losing touch with themselves and others. Symptoms: The ons...
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Central Nervous System White Blood Cells
1,504 wordsThe name itself is revealing: multiple, more than one, and sclerosis, which refers to areas of sclerotic (scarred) tissue. Multiple sclerosis is a demyelinating disease of the white matter of the central nervous system. These areas of sclerosis, also referred to as lesions or plaques, occur in the white matter of the central nervous system. Gray matter consists primarily of nerve cells. Axons (nerve fibers) are the connections between the cell body and the muscles, sensory organs, and primary or...
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Cerebral Palsy Nerve Fibers
632 wordsCerebral Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy is the term given to a general group of nonspecific neuromuscular disorders that cause behavioral abnormalities. The condition was originally thought to be caused by asphyxia and trauma during pregnancy; however, through extensive research many divisions of cerebral palsy emerged. Such categories include spastic, athetoid, and ataxic cerebral palsy. Today over half a percent of the worlds population is subject to this condition of the brain. ...
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Psychological Dependence Opium Poppy
2,700 wordsDrug and Alcohol Abuse Both Drug and Alcohol abuse seems to be a big problem in our world today, with the idea that some kind of substance is needed to have fun. Its mostly in the teenage and young adult years that drug abuse begins, and most older addicts started when they were young. In this paper i am going to go over a few will used drugs, their ingredients, uses, and effects. Alcohol Alcohol, the most wide abused drug, In todays world, alcohol is not often thought of as a drug largely becau...
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Eating Disorders Disordered Eating
2,128 wordsI sit here writing, with my heart the heaviest that it? s been in a very long time. A million emotions plummet through my body, yet I know nothing of the struggle of a eating disorder. And it seems the more I try to understand, the less I know and the less I understand. I played college volleyball for two years for Florida A&# 038; M University. Those two years I lost and gain 45 pounds. I now sit and reminisce. I saw my teammates going thought rigorous diets and fads. I think about similar frie...
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Sickle Cell Anemia
965 wordsHemophilia Hemophilia is the most famous bleeding disease. In this disease, there is a lack in the amount of a certain protein called anti-hemophilic globulin, or Factor VIII, in the blood. Factor VIII is extremely vital in the clotting of the blood. Because of the way hemophilia is inherited, only males can contract this disorder. Hemophilia is passed from generation to generation by female carriers. In the United States 1 male in every ten thousand has hemophilia. Symptoms appear in childhood ...
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Burning Sensation Symptoms Include
620 wordsGonorrhea is a curable sexually transmitted disease (STD) caused by bacteria called Neisseria gonorrhoeae. These bacteria can infect the genital tract, the mouth, and the rectum. In women, the opening to the womb from the birth canal is the first place of infection. The disease can spread into the womb and fallopian tubes, resulting in pelvic inflammatory disease (PID). Gonorrhea is caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, which is a small obligate aerobe with flattened abutting sides. It s fast growing...
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Environmental Protection Agency United States Department
3,619 wordsOUR FOOD SYSTEM After a long hard day of work you sit down in your comfortable recliner and open up your favorite snack. But when you reach into grab a piece, you pull out a dead bug. Suddenly many thoughts come into your mind, you wonder how did the bug get there and was it dead or alive. Is it harmful or carry a disease. You ask yourself did the bug come from the United States or another country and where was your snack made? As all these questions come into your head, you wonder who can give ...
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York Chelsea House Publishers Long Term Affects
1,147 wordsIn 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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Digestive Tract Bowel Movements
3,093 wordsIRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME Suffering in Silence Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), is a common disorder of the intestines that affects nearly one out of five people in the United States. According to the book, Irritable Bowel Syndrome &# 038; the Mind-Body-Brain-Gut Connection by William B. Salt II, IBS is the most common functional gastrointestinal disorder. The symptoms include constipation, diarrhea or alternating bouts of both, bloating, abdominal pain and many other problems. Symptoms of irritab...
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Signs And Symptoms Drugs And Alcohol
1,324 wordsFrom high to low. From exhilaration to despair. From wildness to apathy. These are the extremes associated with bipolar disorder, which can be a serious and disabling mental illness. The condition is also known as manic-depressive illness (from manias on the one extreme to depression on the other). Bipolar disorder affects a likely 1 percent to 5 percent of adults in the United States. It often begins in adolescence or early adulthood and may continue for life. Its causes are vague, and there is...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Auditory Hallucinations
1,704 wordsMENTAL DISORDERS The DSM IV (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) systems which was published in 1994, represents the official classification system used in the United States for diagnosing psychological disorders. It gives specific criteria that are used in diagnosis, along with other information regarding other features that are sometimes seen in people with specific disorders and issues that are considered differential diagnosis (distinguishing between a primary disorder and...
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Symptoms Of Schizophrenia Obsessive Compulsive
1,875 wordsThere are many diseases and disorders that may affect the human mind. Some of these are serious, while others are minor and may not even be noticed. Some of the disorders and diseases to be covered in this report are delirium, dementia, and schizophrenia, also a discussion of specific symptoms and treatments available for the different disorders. A mental illness is defined as any disease that affects a persons mind, thoughts, emotions, personality, or behavior. For any mental illness, as in a p...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Genetic Disorders
1,287 wordsPregnancy: Risks, Complications And Contraceptive Essay, Pregnancy: Risks, Complications And Contraceptive PREGNANCY: RISKS, COMPLICATIONS AND CONTRACEPTIVES Part I. Risks and Complications to the woman and child during pregnancy a. Introduction There are many risks that a woman (and the child) undertake before, during adapter pregnancy. These are due to a varied number of effects such as exposure to temperature extremes (very hot or very cold environments), radiation (from x-rays and dental ins...
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Multiple Personality Disorder Cause Of Schizophrenia
1,710 wordsSchizophrenia, an often Schizophrenia Schizophrenia Schizophrenia, an often misunderstood disease, is usually interpreted by those not familiar with it as Multiple Personality Disorder, but this is not so. While a person afflicted with schizophrenia may also suffer from multiple personality disorder, it is not the rule of thumb. Unfortunately, due to lack of support from family or friends, many schizophrenics go without proper treatment, and may wind up homeless. This paper will discuss procedur...
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