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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Muscle Weakness
1,379 wordsMuscular dystrophy is a group of progressive, genetic diseases in which the muscles that control movement degenerate and weaken. In some forms of this inherited disease, the heart and other involuntary muscles and organs are affected too. There are nine types of muscular dystrophy - (1) Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy (2) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (3) Becker Muscular Dystrophy (4) Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (5) Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy (6) Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (7) Oculop...
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Hemp Seed Oil Making Drugs Legal
5,475 words... deteriorate again. The marijuana really was beneficial. When he smoked, he could walk unaided, and see clearly. To prove the skeptics, he stopped smoking again for six months. He became blind, and lost control of his arms, legs, hands, and feet. He was now addicted to Valium and became depressed. He started smoking again. Within three weeks, he started to improve. After six months, he could read, write, walk, and could teach his children how to play soccer. He could kick the ball. He was reb...
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Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
1,028 words... someone has been badly traumatized, the support of loved ones is critical to their recovery. Family and friends should not assume the traumatized person can snap out of it; instead allowing time to grieve and mourn is all part of recovery process. Being able to communicate with the feelings of guilt, self-blame, and rage about the trauma usually is effective in helping people put the event behind them. Psychiatrists have several medications such as beta-adrenergic blockers called propranolol...
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Anorexia Nervosa Eating Disorders
1,018 wordsEverybody eats. However, according to the human behavior, there are huge differences between people. Some eat more, some eat less, some put on weight easily, and other does not. And some people go to such extremes that they harm themselves, by eating too much or too little. As a result they may harm their health and come to the attention of doctors. This research deals with anorexia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that usually strikes women. Of the seven million women aged 15 to ...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Guilt And Shame
2,217 words... g they can also have the opposite affect, shoes may be untied, teeth unbrushed, clothing may be slovenly and hair may be dirty. In these cases, fear of contamination of personal objects or body parts leads to the individuals refusal to touch them. A combination of excessive hand washing and sloppiness in other areas of grooming had even been reported. Obsessions revolving around a need for symmetry may result in compulsive arranging. Children who engage in symmetry-related rituals may also f...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
1,524 wordsLiving with Tourette syndrome gives a deeper insight to the highly misunderstood and understated disease, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome. The book delves into the origin of the disease, the symptoms, the medications, and the treatments. Then the author gives thoughtful advice, a guide, so to speak, for parents, relatives, loved ones, and sufferers of Tourette. The author Elaine Fate Shimberg, is the mother of three children with Tourette Syndrome and a board member of the Tourette Association. S...
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American Psychiatric Association Tourette Syndrome
1,599 words... disorder. 40 to 60 % of children with ADHD grow up to have symptoms as adults. (Shimberg, 1995, p. 62) More than 10 million Americans are thought to have ADHD. 2 out of every 3 children with Tourette syndrome also complain of tactile sensitivity. This is called sensory integrative disorder, and is not uncommon in TS, although tactile sensitivity is found in those who do not duffer from TS. Sensory integration disorder is characterized by hypersensitivity of the senses. It can be misinterpret...
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Hemp Seed Oil Red Blood Cells
2,632 words... Furthermore, these drugs have terrible side effects encompassing bone softening, reduced production of red blood cells, swelling of the gums, and emotional disturbances. Overdoses my cause rapid uncontrollable eye movements, loss of motor coordination, coma, and even death. Studies have shown that treatment with cannabis is extremely successful. Here is a case of a 24 -year-old man, a sufferer of epilepsy: "With the phenytoin (prescription medication), I had about one seizure a week. After s...
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People Who Suffer Downs Syndrome
2,784 wordsAll children that are born with Downs Syndrome (previously called mongolism) have a common characteristic appearance and may also share similar congenital birth defects. Dr John Downs, of whom the condition is so named after, found that children who were born with these similar characteristics and that after testing were complete. It was found that there was a common chromosome abnormality, which is known as Trisomy 21 (Cunningham, 1996). Every pregnant woman is at risk of having a Downs Syndrom...
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Time Life Books Lucid Dream
1,387 wordsWhen we go to bed at night we close our eyes and hope we have a great dream. What happens when the dream is not so pleasant? Instead you have a horrible dream called a nightmare. Nightmares can be very disturbing. When it comes to the human mind, it is hard for us to know why it acts a certain way, but we can always try to learn. Everyone has had a nightmare one time or another maybe when they were a child or even as an adult. But what happens when the nightmares are constant? The fact is that n...
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Oral Contraceptives Bright Lights
1,125 wordsSpeaking about the most common neurological conditions it is believed that headaches are the most common and widely spread. They come in various intensities, lengths and locations. An average American citizen has at least one headache a year. The migraine headache is the most renowned a headache type experienced by about 6 percent of all men and 18 percent of all women. It makes almost 10 % of the population that suffers from the killer headache. But a migraine isnt a headache. It is a neurologi...
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Anorexia And Bulimia Family And Friends
1,083 wordsA variation of Anorexia, Bulimia ranges from excessive food intake, to an out of control compulsive cycle of binge eating where extraordinary amounts of any available food, usually of high carbohydrate content, may be consumed. Once having gorged, the victims are overcome with the urge to rd themselves of what they hate eaten by purging themselves, usually by vomiting, and sometimes by massive doses of laxatives. Between these obsessive bouts, most are able to accept some nutrition. Whereas the ...
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Respiratory Infections Lung Function
2,927 wordsDescribe The Main Limitations Suffered By Those Describe The Main Limitations Suffered By Those With Chronic Asthma One of the major public health problems facing Australia today is Asthma. It is disturbing that there has been an apparent increase in its prevalence and severity, and increased rates of hospital admissions. (E. J. Coming, 1996) For the diagnosed patient, the degree to which he or she suffers is related to severity of the condition, compliance with recommendations by medical expert...
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Anorexia And Bulimia Bulimia Nervosa
1,262 wordsDid you know that 90 % of women dislike the way they look? And it s all because of the media and their emphasis on the ideal figure of a woman. Super models like Kate Moss and other Barbie-doll-figure-inspired women grace the cover of magazines all over the world promoting a perfect shape. Girls of all ages think that this is what people want to see. They think that this is what they should look like and try to set impossible goals for themselves to look like cover girls. As a result, many women...
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Eating Disorders Normal Weight
922 wordsEverybody Eating Disorders Eating Disorders Everybody eats. We do so both because we need to and because we enjoy it. However, as with all human behavior, there are huge differences between people. Some eat more, some eat less, some put on weight easily, and others do not. And some people go to such extremes that they harm themselves, by eating too much or too little. As a result they may harm their health and come to the attention of doctors. Although it is easier to talk about them as differen...
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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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Hemp Seed Oil Dangerous Side Effects
5,104 wordsFor many years, the United States government has outlawed drugs such as marijuana from sale in the marketplace. Yet, with prohibition, marijuana use has decreased only minimally. It appears as though the media has publicized only the bad aspects of marijuana use. What many people do not realize are the many positive aspects of marijuana legalization, including new medical cures, cleaner and more efficient industry and Marijuana, as most people commonly know it, is really a plant called hemp, or ...
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Parkinsons Disease Vitamin C
1,981 wordsNo Parkinsons Disease Parkinsons Disease No man has ever been successful in an endeavor for which he felt no passion -J. T. 1995 - My grandfather is Joe Kenneth McLe more, he was born June 16, 1938. He has been more like a father than a grandfather to me; I was even named after him. So, in 1995 when he was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease I was devastated. At the time I knew very little about this disease, most of us dont, it effects less that? of 1 % of the population. The only thing I knew ab...
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Traumatic Stress Disorder Post Traumatic Stress
2,126 wordsPost-traumatic Stress Disorder or (PTSD) is defined as being caused by exposure to violent events such as rape, domestic violence, child abuse, war, accidents, natural disasters and political torture. PTSD has effected thousands of people and it affects children, adults, men and women. It was thought to be a disorder of war veterans who had been involved in combat, but research studied reveals that PTSD can result in many types of trauma especially those being life-threatening. It has been calle...
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