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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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Marijuana Smoke Marijuana Causes
1,191 wordsHurry Up Long recognized as one of God's greatest gifts to mankind, Ganja truly can heal the earth. Unknown to many today, cannabis hemp was used worldwide in paper, fiber, lamp oil and nautical applications throughout the 19 th century, constituting "possibly the largest agricultural and industrial businesses in America" (Here 83). In the early part of the 1800 s cannabis was the number one medicine in the US (83). It held that spot tightly, until it was nudged to second place by morphine in 18...
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Taking Sides Clashing Sides Clashing Views
1,966 wordsMany of us are use to hearing about the War on Drugs or Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD), but not every day we hear about groups trying to stop mothers from killing their unborn child. The method that these mothers are using to kill or permanently hurt their unborn child is by using drugs during their pregnancy. Should these women go to jail for murdering or should they get help and pretend that nothing happened? Like every situation in our life, we must do what is right, and we must fight f...
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Shannon Mother Brain Damage Inhalant
573 wordsThe use of inhalants is a growing problem among teenagers. Inhaling, also called huffing, can severely damage someone. Teenagers arent the only ones subject to its influence. Adult use is on the rise and younger kids are getting into it. These deadly substances are not something that you have to buy off the street. These are everyday products found in your home. The ease of accessibility is scary since things like paint, markers, and glue are used to get high. Inhalant use refers to breathing in...
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Brain Injury Brain Damage
1,650 wordsOn a typical basis, George Fernandez is hit by sailing soccer balls, jabbed by elbows, is kicked by other players and, sometimes, flat-out knocked out cold. He has had so many concussions, he cannot remember some of them, which cause temporary lapses in the brain and sometimes longer-term side effects (Bellenir 72). This type of behavior is one source attributing to the increased occurrence of concussions during sports activities. George's case is a typical example of what is occurring on sports...
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Brain Damage Marijuana Users
906 wordsI believe that marijuana should be legalized. I believe that if the goverment did so the National debt would be greatly decreased by the money it would make from the taxation of marijuana and also from the decrease in law enforcement and jail cost that is caused by the "criminal" aspects of marijuana. I believe that the use of marijuana would be more likely to go down than up with the legalization of it. I believe this because half the reason some people use it is the appeal of doing something i...
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Anorexia Nervosa Self Starvation
1,595 wordsAnorexia nervosa is a life threatening eating disorder defined by a refusal to maintain fifteen percent of a normal body weight through self-starvation (NAMI 1). Ninety-five percent of anorexics are women between the ages of twelve and eighteen, however, in the past twenty years, this disorder has become a growing threat to high school and college students (Maloney and Kranz 60). Anorexia produces a multitude of symptoms, and if not treated, anorexia can lead to permanent physical damage or deat...
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Serial Killers Brain Damage
1,107 wordsI hated all of my life. I hated everybody. When I first grew up and can remember, I was dressed as a girl by Mother. And I stayed that way for two or three years. And after that I was treated like what I call the dog of the family. I was beaten; I was made to do things that no human bein would want to do. Ive had to steal, make bootleg liquor; Ive had to eat out of a garbage can. I grew up and watched prostitution like that with my mother till I was fourteen years old. Then I started to steal, d...
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Phone While Driving Cellular Phones
1,535 wordsOver a decade ago the house phone was such a remarkable advancement where it provided a person to call places over thousands of miles away. Then the ease and comfort of wireless phones came out. Now, the invention of cellular phones (a mobile telephone) is an excellent device to do business or call out for help when you need to. While for others it is a failure, annoying and a cause of accidents. Today, cellular phones have become a necessity in a persons pocket. (Vanlaecken, H. ). In According ...
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Agent Orange And Vietnam
1,467 words... ists contributed this to sun exposure. In 1992 the Air Force finally acknowledged that Ranch hand was a contributor to these birth defects. In the two years since the IOM report, the Ranch Hand results have been reanalyzed by the U. S. Air Force, and this new analysis bolstered the evidence from other studies, leading to the committee's conclusion that there is limited or suggestive evidence of an association. " (Institute of Medicine, 1) It took the Air Force 8 years to come out with this r...
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Marijuana As Medicine Affective Disorder
1,242 words... usa plants. However, within one plant there are more than 60 different attributes. Between the sixty, there is basically only one component that is being investigated (Talarico). This component is called THC, also know as delta- 9 -THC (Nahas 249; Talarico). Lori Talarico describes THC as the resinous oil in marijuana that can be extracted from the plant. There is already a THC counterpart on the market that is known as dronabinol. This is duly noted. You could say this is called 'medical ma...
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Brain Damage People Die
1,151 wordsBoxing is one of the first sports disciplines, known by the humankind from the beginning of the world history. The fundamental idea of boxing is borrowed form the nature. It is one of the basic instincts o every leaving thing to determine the strongest and fastest specimen in any particular group, the specie, which can become the leader for the rest. Being as the sort started thousands f years ag, it grew and grew in popularity until it reached its peak in the 1930 s. Being was ne f the mst brut...
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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Cerebral Hemispheres
2,341 wordsWhat life is like with prospagnosia? Damage to the brain can result in many different types of abnormal behavior depending on the extent and area of injury. One area of significance, visual agnosia, was a term coined by Sigmund Freud to describe the inability to merge singular visual impressions into a comprehensive pattern (Kolb & Whishaw, 1996). This effect was seen to occur despite the individual having undiminished fundamental perceptual competency in areas like acuity and brightness discrim...
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Part Of The Brain Areas Of The Brain
2,501 wordsNeuropsychology studies the relation between brain function and behavior or human behavior as based on the function of human brain. Although the term itself is relatively new (it dates from the 20 th century), the major ideas of the field covered by it have a rather long history. Its current profile is determined mostly by the brain hypothesis (the brain is the source of behavior) and neuron hypothesis (the unit of brain structure and function is the neuron). A general overview of issues brings ...
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Aggressive Behavior Brain Damage
723 wordsBoxing has always been a sport surrounded with controversy. It is known for its brutal nature, pitching two athletes against each other and allowing them to battle each other until one gain advantage over his opponent by rendering him unconscious. Yet this brutal sport still manages to attract countless fans despite its inherent danger which proved deadly in many occasions. So is it time then for the civilized world to put an end this unjustified sport? Hundreds of boxers have died due to brain ...
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Death Row Inmate Anti Death Penalty
5,511 wordsGeorge W. Bush came out of his national convention with a significant lead over Al Gore. One poll put the margin at 17 points. While this is reassuring to his supporters, it is a lead that could quickly evaporate. In 1988, Democrat Michael Dukakis held a 17 point lead over Republican George Bush and lost the election. One of the wild cards in this particular campaign is the performance of the national media, which has shown the ability to manipulate issues and events for the benefit of the Democ...
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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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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Brain Damage
1,594 wordsBabies grow and develop at a very rapid rate during the first year of life. They grow physically, mentally, emotionally, and socially. In this paper I will discuss the physical growth and development patterns of an infant all the way through adulthood. Development is the babys increased skill in using various body parts. When dealing with a development of a child there are three basic development rules. First development rule: This rule says that babies develop in the head region first, then the...
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Central Nervous System Anabolic Steroids
1,483 wordsDrug Drug Abuse Drug Abuse Drug abuse is the nonmedical use of a drug that interferes with a healthy and productive life. Drug abuse occurs from the rich to the poor and among young people as well as adults. Any drug may be abused, including alcohol and medications prescribed by a doctor. After continued use of certain drugs, some people develop drug dependence. Drug dependence can be psychological, physical, or both. A person with a psychological dependence craves a drug for the feeling of well...
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Central Nervous System Loss Of Appetite
1,804 wordsDrugs Abuse occurs when a drug is taken for unintended purposes and can lead to addiction. Addiction occurs when a person must use the drug to feel and function normally. Addiction occurs in two types, physical and psychological. Physical addiction is caused the brain, the brain produces fewer chemicals or neurotransmitters to make up for the extra chemicals therefore the brain needs the chemicals from the drug to reach the correct balance and individual becomes out of touch with reality. Psycho...
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