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Research Has Shown Type Of Treatment
1,705 words
Admitting Diagnosis: Ca of the Duodenum W. F. is
divorced and lives alone in a private dwelling. He
has worked as a city bus driver for the past 10
yrs and plans to return to his job when he is
able. W. F. also works part time as a carpenter
with a friend doing custom carpentry after his day
job ends. W. F. received support by regular visits
from his girlfriend and family located in the
city. Other family members live elsewhere but were
in contact with him. W. F. was a pack / day smoker
for appr...
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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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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Crack Babies
720 words
Mothers are Responsible for Crack Babies Drugs
have been a lasting problem for the American
society. Not just teenagers, but also pregnant
women use drugs heavily. To unborn children
mothers taking drugs are harmful. In all instances
mothers are be responsible for crack babies. The
mother is responsible for her faults. This problem
has been looked over, but it is important in its
entirety. The crack babies are truly sick. The
mother of a crack baby never has been held
responsible for endangering...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Children Of Alcoholics
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Topic Description The topic I chose for the
research assignment is children of alcoholics. I
chose to focus more on the children that are
involved in families of alcoholics rather than on
the family as a whole, because I felt there would
be too much information. Because I grew up in a
stable, relatively normal family, I chose to
research a topic in which I did not have
experience with. The participants that I chose for
the interview are people that I know to have
problems with parental alcoholis...
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Gulf War Syndrome President George Bush
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... to use air power with logistic and raiding
strategies. The second and third phase was combat
and raiding strategies that would use standoff air
power, close-in power, ground artillery and naval
artillery. The fourth phase used a combat and
persisting strategy, which was set out to remove
Iraqi forces. During all four phases the Coalition
concentrated on the Iraqi weaknesses. The greatest
weakness was their underestimation of the
Coalitions capabilities. The Iraqi strategy was
based on things...
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Should Stimulants Be Prescribed For Adhd Children
739 words
In this day and age, drugs are being prescribed
without hesitation. In fact, many of these drugs
are being prescribed for children with various
disorders. One of these disorders is called
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
An estimated five to ten percent of children are
diagnosed with this syndrome (Taylor 11). One of
the methods to treat this disorder is to use
stimulants, specifically Ritalin. This method is
controversial because it has many side effects and
its long-term effect...
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Parts Of The Body
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Ergonomics involves designing workplaces and work
tools to be used easily, efficiently and
effectively by people. The overall goal is to
promote health and productivity in the workplace.
Where ergonomic principles are not applied,
chronic musculoskeletal disorders such as
tendinitis of the arm and hand, eyestrain injury
and back injuries may be common. Most people are
concerned when they cannot use parts of the body
like they know they should be able to use them.
People are often unaware of ways...
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Familiar With Tourette Syndrome Children With Ts Child
501 words
According to the Tourette syndrome Association
there are not many schools in the nation that are
familiar with Tourette syndrome. However, even
though they remain few in number, more schools and
educators are becoming familiar with Tourette
Syndrome and are willing to provide the special
care and attention that TS children need to
enhance their learning ability and ease the
emotional stress they often experience during
school. Tourette Syndrome is something that should
be researched and discusse...
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Sexually Transmitted Disease Human Immunodeficiency Virus
738 words
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) had emerged as a major health problem for
women in the United States. Family physicians can
play an important role in the detection and care
of HIV-infected women. The epidemiology and
natural history of HIV infection in women were
reviewed. HIV infection is now a leading cause of
morbidity and mortality among young women in the
United States, particularly women of racial and
ethnic minorities. Most cases of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome...
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Genetic Disorder Genetic Basis
610 words
Polydactyl y or Polydactylism Polydactyl y is
usually defined as a congenital irregularity of
the feet and hands. In other words, polydactyl y
occurs when the person has more than five toes per
foot or more than five fingers per hand.
Alternative names for polydactyl y are extra
digits or supernumerary digits. Although it is
quite difficult to define the exact causes of the
disease, having an excessive numbers of digits can
happen on its own, and can have no links with
other diseases or symptoms...
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Crack Babies
735 words
Iris Crack Babies David Hester Iris Barbour
English 111 June 23, 2000 Mothers are Responsible
for Crack Babies Drugs have been a lasting problem
for the American society. Not just teenagers, but
also pregnant women use drugs heavily. To unborn
children mothers taking drugs are harmful. In all
instances mothers are be responsible for crack
babies. The mother is responsible for her faults.
This problem has been looked over, but it is
important in its entirety. The crack babies are
truly sick. The ...
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Safety And Health
2,315 words
Health Benefits of Ergonomics Essay submitted by
c. hall Ergonomics involves designing workplaces
and work tools to be used easily, efficiently and
effectively by people. The overall goal is to
promote health and productivity in the workplace.
Where ergonomic principles are not applied,
chronic musculoskeletal disorders such as
tendinitis of the arm and hand, eyestrain injury
and back injuries may be common. Most people are
concerned when they cannot use parts of the body
like they know they sho...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
472 words
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome In one week 10, 000 babies
are born in Canada. Twenty are born with Fetal
Alcohol syndrome (FAS). One hundred with other
alcohol related birth defects. FAS is most often
described as the leading cause of mental
retardation. FAS is not genetic or inherited and
is % 100 preventable. Fetal Alcohol syndrome
refers to a constellation of physical and mental
birth defects that may develop in individuals
whose mothers consumed alcohol during pregnancy.
It is an organic disease tha...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Urinary Tract
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Many pregnant women are not aware of the
complications that are involved with pregnancy.
The greater majority of young women see pregnancy
as a way of bringing a life into the world but do
not use precaution in their dietary habits to
prevent the destruction or inhibition of such a
life. Most pregnant women continue on their
drinking and drug abuse binge right throughout
their pregnancy. They do not think ahead to the
inexplicable damage that it could do to their
fetus. What they do not know is ...
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Central Nervous System Withdrawal Symptoms
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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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Endoplasmic Reticulum Hemorrhagic Fever
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Hantavirus: A Four Corners Study When a new virus
appeared in the Four Corners region, American
scientists were stumped. What was causing such a
quick death to such healthy people? Was there a
potential epidemic on their hands? No one knew,
and when they finally determined that a strain
hantavirus was involved, many were shocked. This
had to be something completely new to the
hantavirus family and that was somewhat
overwhelming. Normally, the hantavirus only
affects the kidneys, but this new vir...
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Dsm Iv Diagnostic Criteria
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Although at first sight the DSM-IV classification
system appears to provide clinicians with a useful
framework of which to view their clients, on
closer inspection however, the picture is somewhat
less satisfactory. Criticisms of the system range
from Wakefield's (1997) analysis that
psychological presentation ranges from problems of
living to harmful dysfunction; through to
Livesley, Schroeder 038; Jangs (1994)
counter-argument that evidence of discontinuity
between different diagnoses and n...
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Short Term Memory Long Term Memory
803 words
There are many Memory 1. There are many process of
memory. The basic of them all are encoding,
storage and retrieval. Your short-term memory
(STM) has a limited time till the information is
forgotten (10 - 30 seconds). Long-term memory
(LTM) virtually has an unlimited storing capacity.
Through process of consolidation and hints or cues
you can retrieve past memory s and emotions. Our
working memory has three areas: phonological loop,
visuospatial sketchpad and central executive.
These components...
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Papas Waltz Poor Man
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Mid-Term Paper: Intro. to Poetry. My Papas waltz
by Theodor Roethke. Written by: Lior Ashkenazy.
To: Dr. Ruth Kolani. In Theodor Roethkes My Papas
waltz the reader finds a horrid experiance, the
beating of a child by his father, which is told in
a way of a romantic and beautiful dance the waltz.
The feeling one get from reading this poem is that
the narrator, at least at the time in which the
poem is written, does not look at this experience
as something bad. He tries to beautify the
experience ...
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Kilometers In Diameter Mitral Valve
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Reading Response Researchers have now concluded
that a heart defect, called mitral valve prolapse
is not as dangerous as it was previously
pronounced. The defect is far less common and
dangerous, only effecting about 5 percent of
Americans. The syndrome, which is caused by the
mitral valve flaps becoming elongated and floppy,
letting blood flow backwards into the heart
chamber. The defect may require surgery to prevent
sudden death, stroke, heart failure, and abnormal
heart rhythms that cause fa...
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