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Effects Of Marijuana Period Of Time
1,257 words... cy, meaning that currently available marijuana must be considered an addictive drug. Increasing numbers of teenagers report getting "very" intoxicated or "bombed" when they smoke marijuana, suggesting they may be using a powerful form of the drug. Among teens who smoked in the last month, nearly 20 percent reported compulsive daily use. Dr. Charles Schuster, former director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), stated: "Physical dependence, which is what most people mean by addicti...
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Iodine Deficiency And Toxicity
446 wordsThis essay talks about Iodine. What it does to the body when there is deficiency and toxicity. Why it is important to the body. The essay focuses on different age groups as well. The precautions to take. etc. If you are looking for a grade 12 study report on Iodine deficiency and toxicity then this is for you! A human body has to intake iodine (which is found in food as iodide) for the proper functioning of thyroid glands related hormones. These hormones are called: thyroxine and tri-iodothyroni...
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A Study On Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome
3,095 wordsA STUDY ON POLY CYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME S. No TABLE OF CONTENT PG. NO 1. INTRODUCTION 3 2. RESEARCH 4 2. 1 WHAT IS POLY CYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME? 4 2. 1. 1 A NORMAL MENSTRUAL LOOP 4 2. 1. 2 A DISTURBED MENSTRUAL LOOP 5 2. 2 WHAT CAUSES PCOS? 5 2. 3 WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF PCOS? 6 2. 4 HOW IS PCOS DIAGNOSED? 6 2. 4. 1 DIFFERENTIATING FACTORS 7 2. 5 WHAT ARE THE CHANGES THAT OCCUR DUE TO PCOS? 8 2. 6 WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS INVOLVED WITH PC...
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Adolescent Depression Menstrual Cycle
1,712 wordsCARRIE BY STEPHEN KING Adolescence is a time of emotional turmoil, mood liability, gloomy introspection, great drama and heightened sensitivity. It is a time of rebellion and behavioral experimentation. The physician's challenge is to identify depressive behaviors which may be superimposed on the backdrop of a more transient, but expected, developmental storm. This paper explores the theme of coping mechanisms of a teenager as she undergoes traumas in high school, with the power of telekinesis a...
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Cortisol And The Chemical Effects To Body
693 wordsCortisol and the Chemical effects to the body. The hormone cortisol, which is released in the body during stressed or agitated states, has gained widespread attention as the so-called "stress hormone. " (Stoppler, M. C, M. D. , 2005) Cortisol is secreted by adrenal glands. It is the main glucocorticoid hormone, which is produced in response to any physical or emotional stress. Cortisol regulates the level of carbohydrates, muscle proteins and fats. The concentration of cortisol can be increased ...
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Gender Differences In Mathematical Understanding Part 1
1,642 wordsGender Differences in Mathematical Understanding in Children The issue of gender differences in mathematics has been debated since 1970 s. Then the numerous research projects investigated the nature and extend of the differences between the achievements of boys and girls and proposed different kinds of reasons of such disparities. In my essay I will continue the discourse on mathematics and gender and examine the progress that has been made in this issue due to the recent research works. Thus, I...
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Outweigh The Risks Anabolic Steroids
1,210 wordsSteroids and Their Affects On The Human Body Drugs have been used in sports almost as long as sports themselves have been around. The ancient Incas discovered that the ashes from burned leaves of the Coca tree gave the people great stores of energy, and made sleep unnecessary for hours or even days, it was later discovered to be the stimulant cocaine. They would take it before long hunts, battles, and even found it useful in ancient sport competitions. It wasnt until 1886 that the first drug-rel...
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American Medical Association Androgenic Steroids
1,520 wordsWhat are steroids? Steroids are synthetic chemicals that mimic the hormones produced by the body. Hormones control bodily functions and are separated into various classifications such as adrenal, cortical, cardiac, bile salts, vitamins, and sex hormones. Anabolic steroids that build muscle tissue are classified as sex hormones and they stimulate the action of the male sex hormone testosterone. When testosterone is released at the appropriate time it has the natural effects of creating body size,...
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Outweigh The Risks Anabolic Steroids
1,173 wordsDrugs have been used in sports almost as long as sports themselves have been around. The ancient Incas discovered that the ashes from burned leaves of the Coca tree gave the people great stores of energy, and made sleep unnecessary for hours or even days, it was later discovered to be the stimulant cocaine. They would take it before long hunts, battles, and even found it useful in ancient sport competitions. It wasnt until 1886 that the first drug-related death in sports occurred. A bicyclist to...
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Fatty Acids Petri Dish
4,956 wordsPlan The initial variable to be considered will be the effect that caffeine and temperature has on the heart beat and if it has a direct or indirect effect on the daphnia's lifespan. If there is enough time to consider a second variable however, the effects of a temperature or alcohol on the daphnia's body system will also be considered alongside the initial variable of caffeine. These will then be slotted into the same graph which will show us how the figure correspond to the results. In order ...
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Menstrual Cycle Women Feel
588 wordsPuberty The arrival of the monthly friend. The principle sign that a girl has become sexually mature and is capable of reproduction is the onset of menstruation, a period of cyclic bleeding from the vagina. (Smith 1997, pg 217) This is one of the key physiological functions of the female body. An ovarian, or estrus, cycle is characteristic of all female mammals, but menstruation, periodic uterine bleeding that accompanies the ovarian cycle, occurs only in women, female apes, and some monkeys. Th...
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Pineal Gland Herbal Medicines
1,654 wordsHerbal Extracts and Hormones Herbs are found everywhere, and hormones are a natural product of everyones body. The production of hormones increases and decreases with the age and development of the individual. Due to the nature of hormones and the ongoing research still being done, this article will investigate only two hormones that are in common use by the everyday person. Herbs, on the other hand, can be found from California to China and as far as consumers are concerned, they are now mainst...
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Kill Cancer Cells Lymph Nodes
1,000 wordsClass Prostate Cancer More Bhinderwala Class A, Mr. Haight What is cancer of the prostate? Cancer of the prostate, a common form of cancer, is a disease in which cancer (malignant) cells are found in the prostate. The prostate is one of the male sex glands and is located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The prostate is about the size of a walnut. It surrounds part of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body. The prostate makes fluid t...
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Male Hormone Testosterone Sexual Orientation
2,012 wordsIs Sexuality a Biological or Cultural Process The aim of this essay, is to try and establish if sexuality, is an innate biological process that takes place as a result of our genetic make-up or wether sexuality is a result of our cultural back ground and the environment in which we are raised. These two differing theories are known as the nature / nurture debate, nature representing the biological theory for our sexuality and nurture representing environmental influences for our behaviour. The f...
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Central Nervous System Anabolic Steroids
1,185 wordsDrug and medicine- As our understanding of the chemical basis for biology has grown, we have learned more about how molecules which constitute life. Many scientists are beginning to understand the connections between the physical and psychological matters and the molecules that cause them. As a result, we can now use these new understandings of medicine against any dangerous or unpleasant conditions. For example, depression can be treated with drugs that can revive the brain to its normal level....
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Pineal Gland Autoimmune Diseases
2,133 wordsSet deep in our brains is a tiny gland called the pineal gland. This tiny gland is in charge of the endocrine system, the glandular system that controls most of our bodily functions. The pineal runs our body clocks+, and it produces melatonin; the hormone that may prove to be the biggest medical discovery since penicillin, and the key to controlling the aging process. The pineal gland controls such functions as our sleeping cycle and the change of body temperature that we undergo with the changi...
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Outweigh The Risks Anabolic Steroids
1,256 wordsSteroids Drugs have been used in sports almost as long as sports themselves have been around. The ancient Incas discovered that the ashes from burned leaves of the Coca tree gave the people great stores of energy, and made sleep unnecessary for hours or even days, it was later discovered to be the stimulant cocaine. They would take it before long hunts, battles, and even found it useful in ancient sport competitions. It wasnt until 1886 that the first drug-related death in sports occurred. A bic...
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Anabolic Steroids Remain Illegal
1,084 wordsDangers of Anabolic Steroids In the past three decades, steroids has been becoming a serious problem more than ever in the athletic field. Steroids are anabolic drug to build growth hormones that include the androgens (male sex hormones) principally testosterone and estrogen and progestogens (female sex hormones). Steroids were first developed for medical purposes. Theyre used in controlling inflammation, strengthening weakened hearts, preventing conception, and alleviating symptoms of arthritis...
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Effects Of Steroids Word Of Mouth
1,754 wordsImagine this. The year is 1999 and the New York Jets are playing the Minnesota Vikings in the last Super Bowl of the twentieth century. It is late in the fourth quarter, the score is Jets 21, Vikings 20. The Vikings are faced with a crucial fourth and one with a minute, ten left to play in the fourth quarter. The Vikings decide it? s do or die and are forced to go for it. The teams come to the line of scrimmage and the quarterback starts his cadence. The ball is snapped and the quarterback hands...
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Lymph Nodes Nervous System
1,517 wordsStress is the nonspecific response of the body to any demand made on it. Each demand made on the body is specific. Each drug or hormone has specific actions, yet they all have one thing in common; they increase the demand for readjustment. This demand is nonspecific; it requires adaptation to a problem. In other words, in addition to their specific actions, all agents to which we are exposed also produce a nonspecific increase in the need to perform adaptive functions to re-establish normality. ...
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